Grey's Anatomy Making your own happy ending

17-03-2007 11:31

So much has changed since Series One, when in the very same episode that Derek told Meredith he loved ferryboats they shared that moment in the Seattle Grace lift.

By the start of the third episode, ‘Let It Be’, it seems clear that taking a boat ride to work is no longer fun; nor, come to mention it, is taking the lift… unless, that is, you like painful silences and an atmosphere you could cut with a knife – or, seeing as this is Grey’s Anatomy we’re talking about, scalpel.

But times are changing, and there’s just enough in these two episodes to keep any devoted Mer/Der fan happy.

They may not be back together yet, but there are still some great moments between them; and, as we’ve come to expect, one of them is in the now infamous Seattle Grace lift when Meredith finally admits to Derek that she misses him.

You almost think things are going to go back to the way they were… until, drawing on the experiences of close friends, Savannah and Weiss, Derek decides that ‘it’s all about the vows’, even if unconvincingly.

There’s also that moment in ‘Thanks for the Memories’ where Meredith tells Derek that it’s good that he’s trying to repair his relationship with Addison, telling him, ‘You wouldn’t be you if you weren’t the kind of person who was trying to make it work.’

Tellingly, when she asks if Derek loves Addison, he says, ‘I don’t know.’ So not only is it great to see some kind of resolve between them, but also to feel that while there’s life, there’s hope – or, perhaps that should be while there’s love, there’s hope.

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