I was forced to go to that aquarium on a family outing. That tank is really small. I hope the Mystic people don't get their wish for a baby whale. What a horrible life it will have.

I was strong until the moms came in. Then there are a lot of allergies suddenly.

Most of the professors here have used sabbaticals to write books or do research. I don't know anyone who has used it to snooze at the beach.

um, I came in at $75k as an assistant with a master's.

Really? I work in an English Department at a mid-sized University on the East Coast. Most of the professors on TT got a pre-tenure semester off to work on their book or research as well as GURs over the summer. One of them has actually had two semesters of maternity leave.

I had to watch it for a paper. I don't anymore. I haven't watched Grey's Anatomy for forever. Thanks!

I'm not purposefully ignoring anything. It's badly written and not funny.

It is concerning that you ignored 90 percent of what I wrote explaining why I didn't like this show and became fixed on this one specific point. Most doctors I know (and I work in the field, so there are many) don't come across as a Hills extra.

Why are you taking this so, so personally? I don't like this TV show and you're getting all ruffled and stompy about it. It's kind of funny. But IT'S A TV SHOW.

I dislike it because I don't think it's smart or funny, and the lede character is really shallow. If that makes me morally superior, uh, ok.

Well, according to this Jezebel page, sez a lot of people. People who wanted to love this show and came because of Mindy Kaling. And are now disappointed. But if you like this, go you.

I watched almost all of them actually because I was researching a paper on how current television incorporates a variety of music.

Except it's not funny.

It seems a little odd to me that people here are so defensive and demanding I support my position with evidence. Would you like a peer-reviewed study on PubMed?

you'd think it'd be a given that she was smart, but there's no evidence that she's smart at all, even as a doctor. And if this show was dorky in a funny way AT ALL, I'd give it a pass.

also, she is NOT young. Not on the show and not in real life. By the time you're a doctor in your own practice, that's a solid 30-something.

Because she acts stupid and uninterested in anything BUT boys and pop culture?

I actually know many doctors. They might be socially awkward at parties and not be able to talk politics or literature but most of them are smart as hell.

I'm right there with you. I wanted to LOVE this show.

"I've felt that constantly people assume I'm not funny. People will think that you're not funny because of the way that you look. "