Well,
the season eight finale of Grey’s Anatomy came and went exactly as I
thought it would – Lexie Grey met her end in order to help pay for
the renewed contracts of original series stars Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson,
Sandra Oh, James Picket Jr., and Justin Chambers. Thus,
this once vibrant and iconic show is reduced to using the old “death of a
main character” TV trope – again -- to gain publicity and ratings. My,
how the mighty have fallen.
Once
a must-see, talk about in the office the next morning type of show, Grey’s
Anatomy has fallen from an astonishingly high 20 million+ viewers an
episode in its initial seasons to an average of 11 million an episode.
It also holds the distinction of being the single most DVR-ed American
network show – which tellingly indicates it is no longer must-see TV for
about half of its core audience anymore. So what brought this
once-mighty TV titan down?
