Ranking all the seasons is sort of an impossible undertaking, since the dynamics and cast are always shifting.
Heck, thename of the hospitalchanged from Seattle Grace to Seattle Grace Mercy West to Grey Sloan Memorial.
What the hell are the doctors doing?
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This is the season that the ceiling collapses on someone in the middle of surgery.
Season Nine
Too sad!
Pretty much only bad things happen to our main cast this season.
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Meanwhile, the season-long arc is about…buying the hospital.
Hello, this isGreys Anatomy!
Where are the sexy people in love triangles?
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I did not tune in to learn more about sitting on a board, sorry.
A dramatic tale worthy of Shonda!
Season 21
So far, a bit of a downer.
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And Mollys amnesia, which…thats the thing you do when you run out of ideas.
And they did it so perfectly with Rebecca way back in the daywhy even go there again?
Unfortunately I cannot forgive this season for saying Amelia had a brain tumor that changed her personality.
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Season 11
Was anyone else just a little bit fed up with this season?
The acting is great, but it feels like the writers were kind of running out of organic ideas.
Season Seven
On the one hand, musical episode!
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On the other…musical episode?
Season 16
Sooooo many mixed emotions about Karev.
Watching Bailey go toe to toe with Catherine will never not get us jazzed up.
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Season 13
For the first part of the season its all emotions, relationships, feelings.
Then its about rapists, fires, and long-lost sisters coming back from the dead.
Couldnt they have mixed it up a bit?
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Season 10
Goodbye, Christina!
The show just wasnt the same after Oh left.
Season 19
This was the payoff for sticking around.
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Merediths headed out and a new group of interns are headed in.
ItsGreys2.0, and not a moment too soon.
New faces with new problems and new mistakes to make.
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New lessons to learn and new love and friendship situations to muddy up.
Season 12
The intrigue.
Meredith and Amelia versus Penny.
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We are finally back in that sweet spot.
Season Six
Talk about an emotional roller-coaster.
Oh, and Meredith is pregnant too, which she finds out during an actual active shooter lockdown.
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Season 17
Many shows skipped over or touched lightly on the COVID pandemic.
But it does show the wonderfully human spirit that still guides the show.
Even if this wasnt executed perfectly, the season gets a zillion points just for trying.
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Season Eight
Devastating, just devastating.
Sadly, small aircrafts do tend to crash.
Much like George repeating his intern year, this season was kind of spinning its wheels.
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Season One
Obviously, we all love the first season, where it all began.
Season Three
The arrival ofMcSteamy!
), most of the relationships work.
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This is the season of bomb squad and Izzie/Denny.
Both stories are about love in the face of uncertainty and hope in the face of death.
And both are self-contained, beautifully acted, and heartbreakingly written.
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From the guest stars (Christina Ricci!
to the more lighthearted moments (who cut the LVAD wire?)
to the little TV twists just for added fun (everyone in prom clothes!!!!
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), these are the storylines that madeGreys Anatomya phenomenon.
