Is it too Late to start watching Grey's Anatomy?

[JanetRose]

Can someone give me a short background on the main characters? It seems to be a popular show so I may as well starting watching!

Thanks!

 

[becka]

GA is a really good "soapy" show. I think the best thing would just be to jump in for 2-3 weeks and I think you can get caught up pretty quickly. Any specifics can be answered later.

Here is the write-up from the ABC site:

Meet Meredith Grey. She's a woman trying to lead a real life while doing a job that makes having a real life impossible.

Meredith is a first year surgical intern at Seattle Grace Hospital, the toughest surgical residency program west of Harvard. She and fellow first-year interns Cristina Yang, Izzie Stevens, George O'Malley and Alex Karev were students yesterday. Today they're doctors and, in a world where on the job training can be a matter of life and death, they're all juggling the ups and downs of their own personal lives.

The five interns struggle to form friendships in this most stressful and competitive atmosphere. Meredith's medical ambition is overshadowed by a troubling secret: Her mother, a noted pioneering surgeon, is struggling with a tragic and devastating illness. Cristina is a study in contradiction; highly competitive and driven, she eschews any favors in order to make it on her own. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens is the small-town girl who grew up dirt poor and, in spite of paying for her medical career by modeling, still struggles with her self-esteem. George O'Malley is the warm but insecure boy next door who always manages to do or say the wrong thing at the wrong time. In spite of his attraction to women, he's treated as "just one of the girls." And Alex Karev, the intern the other interns love to have, masks his working class roots with arrogance and ambition.

The interns are guided by an established team of doctors who are determined to shape them into skilled surgeons or break them: Miranda Bailey, a senior resident responsible for training them, is so tough that she's nicknamed "The Nazi." Derek Shepherd is the flirtatious but very capable surgeon who shares a forbidden but undeniable sexual attraction with Meredith. Preston Burke's arrogance is second only to his skill with a scalpel. Overseeing them all is Dr. Richard Webber, Seattle Grace's paternal, but no-nonsense chief of surgery.

Grey's Anatomy focuses on young people struggling to be doctors and doctors struggling to stay human. It's the drama and intensity of medical training mixed with the funny, sexy, painful lives of interns who are about to discover that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white. Real life only comes in shades of grey.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

that pretty much sums it up..i have missed a week or two occasionaly, but i still love it and get right back in !

 

[JanetRose]

I don't think I like the character, Cristina Yang, after watching tonight - is that most people's opinion?

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I don't think I like the character, Cristina Yang, after watching tonight - is that most people's opinion?

She's a hoot!

I guess that would take the whole season to take getting used to...what she did tonight was hilarious b/c of just how her character is. Her relationship with Dr. Burke is new territory for her b/c she's a very private person and isn't all ushy-gushy/touchy-feely. Her discomfort was priceless as--she wasn't ready to step that far yet.

 

[ladycollector]

I don't think I like the character, Cristina Yang, after watching tonight - is that most people's opinion?

I don't 'not' like her, but I think her family skills are lacking. Perhaps that's something that will be explored later..?

 

[princess momma]

I don't think I like the character, Cristina Yang, after watching tonight - is that most people's opinion?

I think she's got some deep dark secrets, and when they come out we'll understand her lacking social skills.
Maybe.
But I like her.

 

[4greatboys]

I like her. She isnt a warm and fuzzy kind of character but can be humerous and does have some nice qualities--you just have to keep watching to see them.

 

[Pam]

She's a hoot!

I guess that would take the whole season to take getting used to...what she did tonight was hilarious b/c of just how her character is. Her relationship with Dr. Burke is new territory for her b/c she's a very private person and isn't all ushy-gushy/touchy-feely. Her discomfort was priceless as--she wasn't ready to step that far yet.

She and Dr. Burke are my favorite characters!

 

[jedi_librarian]

I think she's got some deep dark secrets, and when they come out we'll understand her lacking social skills.
Maybe.
But I like her.

Remember the episode with her mom?? Her mom drove her crazy. She was kinda a pain in the butt. Have they ever talked about her dad?