Re:  "Grey's Anatomy"
I, too, found the show both fascinating, gruesome and a bit tedious.  Not knowing what the whole Izzy thing is about is very irritating.  If this show is trying to be a bit "fantasy", it's a wrong move, IMO.  The interns sewing on each other, and then cutting into one of their own, was just wrong in every conceivable way.  I'm guessing there is something real-life-inspired about it, but it wasn't pretty.  Doctor Bailey pleases me every time she is on the screen.  I liked Alex's commitment to Izzy, though, and I hope -- if they're not easing Izzy out of the show -- that they honor that.