I was watching early season 11 this morning and Pierce is an entirely different person. Indeed, it's nothing against her skin colour and nothing against the actress, it's about the way she's been Flanderised into a spoilt brat who calls dibs on a crush and thinks the world revolves around her, which is light years…

I doubt this episode had more extras than the average Grey's programme (there are patients, passersby, nurses, interns, receptionists, coppers, etc), and this one didn't feature Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson (acting), James Pickens, Jr., Kevin McKidd, Jessica Capshaw, Sarah Drew, Jesse Williams, Caterina Scorsone,…

I don't know how that works from a monetary perspective but, do they have to pay Patrick, Sandra and Chyler for showing their faces? If so, that'd explain Eric Dane's complete absence: not a single image of him is shown … perhaps they wanted to save money (which seems to happen a lot this season, with every third or…

Yet another bottle episode, with only two regulars, a bunch of one-timers and limited locations. This season's overdosed with those… but all in all I sort of enjoyed this one. Solid directing courtesy of the great Chandra Wilson and McZealand is growing on me. It was a bit filmic and they managed to make us root for…

That shows how memorable those characters are.

That's racist! Kinda … but it also happened to me :S

I think that's what he's been trying to do all along ;)

Yeah, I don't wish her to die, I just wish someone to put her in her place. Cristina, maybe?

I don't think she was ever part of the main cast, was she? She was merely a recurring character on her first run, and now probably just an occasional guest. Still, didn't miss her at all.

Kelly McCreary, as an actress: Really fond of her.

I was sobbing from the first minute up until the last. Briliant writing. It was just … I loved it!

I suppose there was some emotional investment but it came from how the story hit some points which are, for many, painfully familiar: the loss of a loved one, the deterioration, the denial, the fact you're never ever ready for it, the way you cling to the hope that this case will be different or that your loved one…

Ellen knows this programme inside out, for obvious reasons, so it was fitting that she finally got to direct. How did she do? Actually, quite well. Some nice shots, interesting subtlety and effective use of dynamics. Other aspects I liked about this episode: it was moving, emotional, it had a structure, it brought…

Very sorry for your loss.

That's just not the way she behaves. Jess does (e.g. texting Winston to tell him Aly was single, even though she wasn't - but Jess didn't know that), but maybe Cece didn't want to get her hopes up for no reason… plus, of course, rule of drama.

Ditto!

Standing ovation!

Loved it.

In that sense, DeLuca and Wilson (or whatever her name is) are a good match. She's also prone to choosing emotional moments to promote her drama.

Gaol doc was a good one. I'd take her over Minnick any day. Maybe add a nurse to the core cast for a change - it worked well on ER and Scrubs.