Trying To Love It

The least enjoyable episode of The Golden Girls is the one where the Girls have all but a walk on while we are forced to sit through the pilot for Empty Nest. They attempted to avoid that tonight on one of my other favourite shows. An hour of Grey's Anatomy sprinkled across two hours to try to pass off a completely different show as being part of the episode. It was frustrating at best. I'm sorry, but this possible Addison Shepherd (played by Kate Walsh) spin-off just doesn't work. For starters...Tim Daly. He's gorgeous, but come on. Everything that the man has touched since Wings has flopped.

Mainly, though, Addison is not a lead character. Do we really care about this character outside the walls of Seattle Grace? Quite frankly, no. The actor and the character are not strong enough to survive without the tension with McSteamy, McDreamy and the McInterns. Okay, I made that last one up, and I apologize. It just doesn't work. Maybe I was overanalyzing, but Addison's potrayal in tonight's episode did not seem like the character we've been getting to know over the past two and a half years. That and they were really giving us far too much. Too much insight into these new characters' lives, too much trying too hard, too much L.A. and all in too little time.

Also, get rid of the surfer receptionist! What is this, a Diet Coke commercial? If Addison continues to reside on Grey's then this new show may not be so bad. I mean, just get Taye Diggs in some state of undressed...how bad could that possibly be?