Sunday, November 20, 2011

A House of Candles


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye6TcG55KG8

This past summer I developed a great attraction to the show Grey’s Anatomy. Being interested
in medicine…along with having some extra time on my hands and some high recommendations
from friends, I decided to watch just a ‘couple episodes’ of the series. However…I soon became hooked. From the drama created by the medical mysteries to that created by the characters themselves, I couldn’t stop watching. My favorite by far, as is with most people who watch this show, is the chemistry between Derek Shepherd and Meredith Grey. This interaction started off immediately with the first episode…the night before Meredith’s first day as an intern at Seattle Grace. At a bar, and not knowing anyone, she ended up spending the night with who else but Derek Shepherd. Yet, the thing to note here is that Derek was Meredith’s attending (boss). And this is where the romance began. However, the one episode that I can’t get out of my head is the one where Meredith builds a house of candles for ‘McDreamy’…as he is commonly called in the show. This scene exemplifies ‘the romantic’ in more ways than one. After months of fleeing his pleas towards settling down, Meredith finally comes around. The viewers have wanted this pair to finally realize that they were meant to be. This house of candles represents an idea becoming reality. If you watch the scene, you see that Meredith explains her plans for each room in the house…including the kids’ rooms. As viewers would know, Meredith was strongly opposed to any idea of getting married or settling down. However, just this one comment shows that everything is about to change. This just adds to the reality aspect as the couple is finally planning a future for themselves.

Every girl loves this scene because it portrays the great emotion present at that exact moment. Ever since the beginning, the audience pleads for Derek and Meredith to get together. With their on and off relationships, most never thought that it would last. However, this scene creates a structure of feeling by giving that glimmer of hope…an idea emphasized by the ‘romantic.’ At this precise moment in Derek and Meredith’s lives, anything can happen and reason and fact go out the door. One more thing to note is that Meredith was always portrayed as being ‘broken’ as her mom was one of the best cardiac surgeons in the nation and extremely critical of Meredith’s every move. Yet, with Derek in her life, someone she can talk to and share anything with, Meredith finally began putting the pieces of her life together. But this scene just cements her together, and she is finally whole again with Derek permanently in her life (as the audience assumes). The romantic loves this scene where for one short-lived instant everything is perfect and nothing else can come in the way.

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