Starting off the premiere, TV Guide has reported that the September 24 season 6 premiere will not be a flash-forward like Desperate Housewives, but will continue from where we left off, that is, Izzie flat-lining and George just successfully telling Mer that, well, he's George. Apparently, all the events will weight "very heavily" on the doctors of Seattle Grace, especially one "whose reaction you may taken for granted." Judging from the finale, it's Bailey (Chandra Wilson) who was most visibly rattled by the harsh sequence of events. What did she say again, tearfully - "We're all scared!" to the chief.

Elsewhere, Shonda had indeed confirmed that Mer will be on maternity leave. And despite being "optimistic" that she'll be back quick, the Grey's Anatomy creator said she has a "lovely story" to take the ABC medical drama into her maternity leave, including some stand-alone episodes.

It's here when Rhimes revealed that she's ready for everyone to go, sort of, so she's trying to "mess with the structure" in order to still function without some of the characters. "What would we do without Ellen? What would we do if we had an episode without Patrick Dempsey?" she said, for instance.

In relation to that, Shonda had said, rather ominously to Mer fans, "But at least we have Lexie Grey." Season 6, then, as it is about transitions, can be all about easing Meredith out. Sounds far-fetched? We also thought the same way about George getting killed off, but look where we stand now.

In relation to that, E! Online reported that Seattle Grace will say hey to at least three interns. According to descriptions, this will include "a bleeding-heart caregiver, an exacting perfectionist and a scheming underminer." I don't know about you, but that sounds awfully like some of our original interns, most notably the "exactly perfectionist" part. I wonder if this is already a sort of passing-the-baton kind of thing.


- Glenn Diaz, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: TV Guide, E! Online, Entertainment Weekly
(Image courtesy of ABC)