re: dream a little dream of me

i'm not a big fan of season premieres in general. i prefer season finales. i find that after a long summer of waiting for the season premiere, the expectations are just too high and almost never impress. i think this season premiere fell in this category; although i thought it was good it was...different.

first off, it seemed rather theatrical, especially with the 3 wives walking around mournfully in their ball gowns and overdone make-up. i didn't get why sarah beth didn't have her red velvet shawl thingie wrapped around her like a blanket...i'm sure she was cold in her strapless dress, and wouldn't the shawl have provided a sense of comfort? instead, she just let it hang at her side in her hands. oops, digressing. going back to the exaggerated drama of it all, there was one scene in particular, where lexie was talking to someone, and one of the wives went into her husband's room, and lexie just stopped talking to watch the scene unfold. it made me feel like i was watching dinner theatre. pass the salt?

the humour was a little strange and atypical, like rose's "joke" about carrying derek's child. thre are some things you don't joke about, and meredith and derek's relationship is one of them!!!

the writer's blog said that every conversation in this season premiere had a point and that everything happened for a reason. here, i will attempt to predict what will happen this season:

1. i think cristina will shed her negative-nancy view on life. the icicle impaled her on the very same spot that burke was almost killed; burke continues to haunt her in the background of her life, what with him leaving her at the altar, and going on to win prestigious awards without her. cue owen, crazy army guy whose voice sounds a lot like sloan's. maybe she'll move on and learn how to be happy.

2. of course, derek will propose to meredith. maybe in the season finale? swoon! happily ever after! HAPPILY EVER AFTER!

3. alex and izzie will hook up again. and the girl that alex was making out with in his room? was that ROSE?!?!? it couldn't be...but it was her hair...maybe they ran out of money to pay more actors, so they just asked rose to pretend to be alex's hussy.

4. george and lexie will also hook up, but they will realize they're better as friends (poor george, that always seems to happen to him), and lexie and SLOAN will start dating. i'm not sure how i feel about that.

5. erica and callie...i guess they'll live happily ever after too. i kind of wanted hahn to be written off the show, especially since she's a bad teacher anyway, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.

6. the chief will have to come to terms with the fact that he's harbouring resentment towards meredith for being ellis' daughter.

7. bailey will realize that her estranged husband is now a professional assassin in prison break who stalks and kills innocent people and will move on.

let's see if my predictions come true...