Tag: tv

Grey’s Anatomy, Flashpoint, and Who knows how many others

[a little old…guess who finally, finally, got to be Chief of Surgery!]

Why didn’t Bailey get the Chief of Surgery position?

For the same reason Ed jokingly says to Greg, in a Flashpoint episode, when he questions his rank, “Should I get you a dress?”—and they both laugh.

Because in 2012 being a woman is (still) (STILL!) (STILL!) …

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The Soaps vs. The Game

While both ‘the soaps’ and ‘the game’ have been criticized as poor viewing choices, only the soaps have been dismissed as fluff.  However, a close examination reveals that, in fact, the soaps have more heft than the game.

In both cases, the central theme, and that which drives the action, is winning.  In the soaps, …

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