Iknow that, for literal decades now, "Grey's Anatomy" has been sort of a punchline among avid TV watchers, and I'm the first to admit that the show isn't perfect . Especially in the later seasons, every character becomes a walking exposition dump. At one point, a female doctor yells about how she understands a patient's botched Brazilian butt lift because it's so hard for women to exist in society, and I wish that was a joke. But in the show's early seasons, showrunner and writer Shonda Rhimes was really cooking with gas. Throughout the series, we follow Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), who begins the show as a lowly surgical intern — albeit with a pedigree, as her mother, Dr. Ellis Grey (Kate Burton), was a pioneering general surgeon in her own right — as Meredith learns, loves, and
5 Essential Episodes Of Grey's Anatomy Everyone Should Watch At Least Once

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