First season of Grey’s Anatomy? Good. Very Good.
Second season of Grey’s Anatomy? Very Good with frequent flashes of greatness.
Third season of Grey’s Anatomy? Great quickly declining into good with brief forays into the ridiculous.

Unfortunately for Grey’s Anatomy, its actors and creators, greatness has fallen victim to its own hubris. I mean, what happened to the meaty storylines. Meredith falls into a lake and I got watch her walk around in some stupid dream sequence for an hour with Denny of all people. Denny’s dead! Remember? He was a cool, sympathetic character, but let it go. Sorry, but I hated that whole bit. And Kate Walsh? What were you thinking? More money, your own show and you jump ship. But what good is it when your show only lasts one season (maybe two)? And now they’ve fired Isaiah Washington. Now, I don’t agree with things that he’s done, just like I didn’t agree with what Don Imus did. But I didn’t think Imus should have been fired, and I definitely don’t think Washington should have been fired. I mean, how contrite does a man have to be? So maybe he was hard to get along with on the set. So what? He brought edge to the show. He brought depth to the show, and dammit, he was good as Dr. Burke!

First they move Grey’s to Thursday, which in hindsight, was a gutsy, winning move. But the writing ain’t so good anymore. Now they’ve lost two of the show’s better actors and one has to wonder if Seabiscuit is about ready to be put down. Truth is, as long as the writing is above par, it really doesn’t matter who you shove in front of the camera. The story is the foundation to a great show, movie, whatever. Hopefully, the people at Grey’s will stop loving themselves so much and get back down to business. Enough with the dopey storylines and enough with mediocrity.