Burke, a highly ranked surgeon at the hospital was the leading surgeon in the surgery that the same women underwent five years prior. The towel is promptly removed but the situation is investigated. The episode continues with another patient who undergoes a surgery in which a towel is discovered inside her lungs. The reason this is so interesting to the viewers is because throughout Grey’s Anatomy, many lives rest upon the hands of the main characters and when lives are at stake, people tend to take things much more seriously. The conflict is established and the show is already able to spark the audience’s interest before it even plays the intro sequence. What does this have to do with the show? Well, this entire scene was part of the first ten minutes of the episode.
It is later revealed that Meredith’s glove had a puncture in it and she may have punctured the heart as she was dealing with it. Burke is able to revive the heart with a defibrillator. Soon after she releases the heart into the woman’s chest, the heart stops beating. Meredith Grey holding a woman’s heart after being awake for forty-eight hours. Episode five of season one starts with Dr. Let’s start with the overall tone of the show. Plus, how fun would it be if the show lost it’s title character in Season 1?įor the last blog post I’d like to talk about the format that makes Grey’s Anatomy stand out from many other television shows. It’s not what would really happen, but his clever vouch for Meredith interests the viewers and provides an unexpected resolution to the episode’s conflict. Burke, who had left a towel in a patient years ago, saved her. For example, when Meredith Grey punctures a heart during surgery and her mistake is found out, she would have realistically been punished much more severely than she was. Without some of the unrealistic elements in the show, it would be boring. The focus of the show is centered on this as well as the medical aspect. The truth is stretched in favor of conflicts between doctors and nurses, relationship drama, and friend squabbles. I was so prepared to complain until I realized that this unrealistic yet realistic world works.Īt it’s core, Grey’s Anatomy is a medical drama, not a documentary. When I watched the show, my only annoyances were small unrealistic hospital details that longtime patients would know. This aside, I had to look for the bad in the show by reading several “15 Facts About” articles.
Seattle Grace hospital deals with bombs in patients, gunshot wounds, deadly motorcycle races, train crashes, and so much more.
Patients are given MRIs with metal inside them and wake up right after surgery.
There are so many incidents of events where, in real life, the interns or doctors could have lost their medical license or even been arrested. There is so much wrong with Grey’s Anatomy, but it works.