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Meet Meredith Grey a brilliant first-year surgical intern at Seattle Grace Hospital. Together with her fellow residents in training Meredith navigates her way through the daily traumas and social landmines of life inside the hospital and out in the real world. GREY'S ANATOMY is a smart and witty look at young people struggling to be doctors and doctors struggling to stay human. Both a critical hit and fan favorite GREY'S ANATOMY burst onto the television landscape with gripping plot lines a sensational soundtrack and hot stars including Ellen Pompeo Patrick Dempsey and Sandra Oh. It's "a winner" raves the New York Daily News. Now you can experience all the drama romance and excitement of GREY'S ANATOMY from the very beginning.DVD Features Under The Knife: Behind The Scenes Of GREY'S ANATOMY -- A look into the production of the show.A Hard Day's Night Vignette -- Exclusive collection of unaired scenes from the pilot.Deleted ScenesAlternate Main Title SequenceFrench Spoof Trailer -- A fake French trailer made by the production team.Audio Commentaries System Requirements:Running Time 386 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: TV-14 UPC: 786936300451 Manufacturer No: 04173500

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #724 in DVD
• Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
• Released on: 2006-02-14
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .30 pounds
• Running time: 387 minutes

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Just when you wanted to say "Oh no, not another hospital drama," Grey's Anatomy turns into one of the most addicting series on television. With no big stars and no hype, the ABC series debuted last spring as a mid-season replacement and became a bonafide smash in its nine-episode season.

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The series, a hybrid of House's medical detectives and Dawson's Creek's hormones and catchy pop-rock soundtrack, follows five competitive surgical interns at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital. There's optimistic ex-model Izzie (Katherine Heigl), bumbling do-gooder George (T.R. Knight), competitive glacier Cristina (Sandra Oh), cocky womanizer Alex (Justin Chambers), and the show's namesake, Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), whose medical career is complicated by her famous surgeon mother who now lives with Alzheimer's, and her frowned-upon relationship with another surgeon, Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey, enjoying the best career revival since Rob Lowe). The doctors juggle romance and foster friendships while trying not to stab each other in the back over surgeries.

Grey's Anatomy's first season, while entertaining, went a little far trying to find its groove, overdosing on Meredith's overly simplistic voice-overs ("At the end of the day… faith is a funny thing"), and musical montages. It has the usual trappings of a hospital drama (unusual cases, such as the patient with the 70-pound tumor, and trysts in the on-call room), but with more warm fuzzies and light touches. (Sometimes, a little too light--the opening credits sequence features an eyelash curler next to medical instruments and red-painted toes savorting with a male patient under a sheet)

Pompeo, who can sound just like Renee Zellweger if you close your eyes, is likeable but not strong enough of a presence compared to her co-stars. Luckily the quirky dialogue and stellar acting by the ethnically diverse cast, particularly by Chandra Wilson (Dr. Bailey, aka "the Nazi") and Oh, who won a Golden Globe for best supporting actress, more than make up for it. The DVD covers the first season's nine episodes, plus commentary on the pilot and a behind-the-scenes feature. --Ellen A. Kim

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Customer Reviews

Amazing hospital show
This show is one of my favorite TV shows, and I only started watching it in the last week! It has such a great story line and wonderful characters. I have spent my fair share of time in hospitals, and it is so cool to see a TV show that can be so entertaining and yet fairly accurate at the same time. I was disappointed that there were only 9 episodes to the first season, but they are so wonderful that it makes up for it! Anyone who enjoys an intellectual and serious TV show will love Grey's Anatomy.

ER for the new generation
Grey's Anatomy is a great show not only for Hospital Show veterans, but also for anyone interested in seeing approachable and interesting characters in a TV show. Of course there is enough love, action, and drama to keep it interesting and a pleasure to watch, and the patient cases as well as the interaction between the characters keep the audience emotionally involved in the show.

Love It!
I was first introduced to Grey's Anatomy by my sister. I think it was halfway through season one or two, and I've been hooked ever since.