Thank you, m_ruv! That was sooooo worth the wait. This was the funniest recap I have read in my year and a half as a loyal TVgasm fan. I will miss your work so much this summer - maybe you could go back and recap the first season off the DVD?

m_ruv: Cristina was asking Burke if he was going to tell McDreamy about his hand tremor I think.

But I think he is a) gonna wait to see if it goes away or b) doesn't know how to tell him because he knows Derek will feel guilty, since he was afraid to do the surgery in the first place.

I agree that Alex won back a lot of points over the 2 final epis. He obviously really loves Izzie -- and he was very sensitive i.e. un-Alex like in handling her emotional state.

we will miss your recaps m_ruv! see you in fall!

Well, let me tell ya. I waited a long time for the recap because my DVR decided to go bonkers and recorded only the first 17 minutes of this show. You may recall Pres. Bush gave his bullshit address re immigration that night and Oprah must have thrown her weight around to avoid having her "Legends" ball run late, delaying it until tonight. Aaaaaaanyway, I'm awfully glad I missed the prom ball. That scene belongs in "24", where all the impossible stuff happens. I, for one, am glad the dragged-out Denny saga is over and I truly hope Dizzie is gone forever. Alas, they'll probably replicate her season-long stupid "love" next year, a la the familiar sequel mode.

Given that some of the characters are so poorly defined, or so way out they wouldn't be tolerated anywhere, let alone a major hospital, one has to continue to suspend reality. May as well be in Alice in Wonderland. I initially loved no-nonsense Bailey, she of the golden vajayjay, but allowing the farce over the interns' Denny high-jinks ruined her character. The little sourpuss deserved better. Now she falls into the "tough with a heart of gold marshmellow" category. Not good. Her snarkiness factor is way down now.

Still, this show is what saved the last few months for "Desperate Housewives", which has sunk to a tremendous low. I won't be visiting Wisteria Lane anymore. I notice I'm not alone, since you guys quit in disgust several weeks ago. Farewell! Maybe now you can start reviewing something worthwhile, like "CSI Miami". Just kidding!

The countdown to "Big Brother" begins. Hope this season is as good as last year's hatefest for "The Friendship", but I also hope we get someone smarter than Kaysar to play the hero.

Worth the wait and I do believe that you took the cake for funniest screencap captions.

I thought I was the last sane person on earth the whole second half of the finale. Dog and prom could have been kept out, I thought the interns were being stupid and selfish, not noble, but that last scene with crazy izzy walking out of the hospital in her dress was pretty good.

booooo mcdreamy!! bring back mcsteamy!

What is your issue with making fun of the way the black women talk? the first time it was slightly amusing, but by the 6th reference, i was offended. stop.

m_ruv, thanks for the great recaps on this show all season. Your screencap captions on this one were so funny. I'm sure you didn't intend any offense on the jive-talking jokes for the black women characters, but I can certainly see where someone could take offense since you did go to that well quite a few times. Kind of a stark contrast since this show probably has the most positive and non-stereotypical portrayals of black characters in prime time.

Will be interesting to see how the Meredith/He-Shepard thing plays out. I think the writers have tried very hard not to have the whole show revolve around "will they or won't they", since that premise can make for great television (i.e., first two seasons of "Moonlighting"), but it can only take you so far and then you have nothing left (i.e., all subsequent seasons of "Moonlighting").

I didn't see it as making fun of the way some black women talk, but acknowledging and praising how they are not afraid to speak their mind and are often right on target about the ridiculousness of a situation, which results in extremely funny comments. The screencap with Bailey and "Oh hell no . . . Journey" was truly something I could imagine her character saying - or something a good friend of mine, who also happens to be a successful and professional black woman in her mid thirties would say if we were at a club. And don't forget, m_ruv is an equal opportunity humorist, we've had lots of jokes en espanol when it comes to Dr. Torres and her chichis grandes.

I thought Cristina was asking Burke if he was going to tell He-shepherd about the stuff with Denny.

Ack! Certainly no offense intended, but apologies in any case. With recaps this long sometimes it's hard to keep track of how many times a joke is used. But between Izzie jokes and Callie jokes and Bailey jokes and Meredith jokes I'm sure I've offended everybody by this point.

m_ruv - GREAT JOB! I think you nail Mrs. Webber and Bailey. They are both super feisty and don't take any shit.

And thank you for finally succumbing to the romantic-ness that is Denny and Izzie. God, between the dog and Denny, I cried for a good 20 minutes of the show.

BTW, what kind of name is Denny? You've got Preston and Addison and Derek and...Denny? But oh well, he's so hot.

Loved the finale, I don't care if it was melodramatic or Denny's storyline went on too long or the prom thing was improbable. I was laughing and crying and gasping and that's what good TV is supposed to make you do!

However, I had one problem. When Meredith made her entrance down the staircase to the prom, Finn (and McDreamy, I think) was/were awed by her beauty. I didn't get it. She didn't look any different than usual; she was just wearing a black dress instead of scrubs. To me, there was no real transformation there, which made the moment lack believability. I used to defend Meredith when people said she was whiny and unlikeable, but it's getting a little hard to believe that two men would be in love with her. She has every right to be down because her life's not going so great right now, but I think she needs to gain back a few personality points so we have reason to believe that these men would be interested in her.

Excellent recap!
I full on snort laughed in my cube at the "Shit, she heard me say that" pic.

My outloud laughing was caused by the line about Denny - have you NOT BEEN WATCHING THIS SHOW.

Also loved Meredith: The High School Years pic.

Hilarious recap

m_ruv- I've really enjoyed your recaps this season and thank you for so many laughs!

One thing: I was surprised that you were not amused (since it wasn't mentioned) by Bailey's pseudo tyrade about her interns being completely MIA when they are normally complete "suck ups," even referring to them repeatedly that way. Then Burke's deadpan response, "I'm just a patient." It was great... It's amazing how this show combines humor and drama so well.

Loved the recap, loved the show, even though by 10:15 I was SO ready for bed. Yes, the prom was ridiculous, but a necessary evil for all the other ridiculous things that had to happen. Dr. Webber really IS the most interesting character on the show now. I hope they show us more of the backstory of he and Ellis' love affair. I hope Pollywax doesn't choose Finn and also doesn't choose McDreamy either. I don't want her to hurt poor "I have a dead wife" Finn with her "I love McDreamy, but will give you a try" demeanor; and McDreamy is a real little shit for following Pollywax into the exam room and proceeding to do an in depth internal exam when he had such contempt for Addison when she performed her own thorough exam on McSteamy. "For shame" as my Grandma Betty used to say! McDreamy (even though I love Patrick Dempsey) deserves a season alone to sort out his feelings. On another front, Callie is just too big a girl for George. He looks like such a little thing next to Callie of the generous curves. Also, I really can't wait to see the Christina/Burke storyline play out. I'm sure I'll be planted right in front of the TV when season 3 with all of the anticipated twists and turns begins!

When Meredith came down the stairs in her prom dress, they should have had "If You Leave" from OMD playing in the background. If you don't know what I'm talking about you're definitely under 30.

Thanks for the recap, m-ruv.

The pink hair-in-high-school comment was ludicrous. Ellen Pompeo, sure, but Meredith Grey? No way, you know it was tartan plaid skirts and saddle shoes all the way.

Loved that scene where Callie helps with Meredith's dress.

Wandered around my house aimlessly and dejectedly between 10 and 11pm last night...is it next season yet?

I just read the other day that even Ellen Pompeo is annoyed at how weak and whiney her character is. She has supposedly been asking the writers to give her character more depth.

Oh my God, they killed Denny!! Sorry, couldn't resist with all the rumors about how he was signed for some shows next season.

I liked the finale-loved the Weber interviews. I also loved how Derek made it so obvious when they came back from the rumble in the back room that something had happened-has he not learned his wife is not a total idiot? And what was with the 2 guys calling for Mere like a dog who's forced to choose between 2 masters? Is that supposed to be an extension on the whole dog dying like their relationship metaphor?

Any-who, I thought it was a great show, even the prom thing. But I wish they could've put Torres in a better dress-at the opening of the scene where she came barreling down the hallway she looked like a drag queen. What, now that there is a female character on the show involved in a romantic storyline who weighs more than 86 pounds, they can't make her look nice too? Though to be fair, I agree with what someone said about Mere-she didn't look all that good either.

And I second the motion-bring back McSteamy!

Thanks for the great recaps of this show m_ruv, it was worth sitiing through three hours over two nights to get what we got. The whole scene with the dog made me cry so hard. The whole scene with the other dog (McDreamy) just pissed me off. maybe that's why he had his Titanic sugical cap on. He knew whatever semblance of sympathy he could get as a loving husband and gifted surgeon was waning. First- he messed up a little on Dr. Burke, the he messed uo A LOT by diddling Mere in the supply closet. They're both Hooo-ers (thanks whawha)! :)

Hey, I thought we were to refrain from using a certain phrase about a certain fish being leapt over? Am I wrong or is it currently being used on the home page??

That was a hilarious recap. I loved it. The "O-face" and the "Amadeus" links were great, I mean tears running down my eyes great. Must you leave us for the summer m-ruv????
I miss your recaps already.

okay, apparently i am the only one who was yelling at the people in my tv to find meredith's underwear. that's not exactly the kind of thing one should leave laying around an exam room, especially with the rampant syphilis attacks and all.

i thought izzie looked absolutely amazing in her dress, both she and alex definitely undid some damage with that scene. however, the writers have succeeded in making me hate all of the other characters all over again. seriously, i don't get why they can't even leave one likeable character in the whole show. even christina sucks now. bleh.

great recap m_ruv, can you guest recap big brother every once in a while this summer?

JasonR- OMD would have been PERFECT during Mer's 'grand*cough*entrance'! Oh, I love the 80's.

I half expected McDoogal to break out in that spaz dance he did in Can't Buy Me Love. Talk about REALLY becoming the popular kid then....

hahahahaha I loved the SHIT. She heard me said that. Hilarious recap. But more seriously i loved this finale even if the prom was crazy and made no sense, the ending was awesome, and the scene where alex picked up izzie, oh lord, that was the best. I dont know what Im going to do all summer without this!!!!!!!!

Just so you know, the wake test is commonly done in that situation.

Ha. Damn damn! Well, that's why I'm not a doctor.

I too thought Katherine Heigle did well in all three hours ... Good episodes and great recap!!

I enoyed the episode although I thought it was too long. Cutting the whole prom thing would have helped since it just seemed to be an excuse for everyone to dress up (Lizzie has three "prom" dresses to choose from? wtf?)

Loved the recap m_ruv, great screen caps and captions. Like someone predicted, Denny's death was sort of anti-climactic since he nearly dies at least once every episode. The tears started to flow when I saw Lizzie with him. Alex always tells the truth even when he's being a dick or rude. He (gently) tried to ease her pain and get her out of the room. He definitely earned some points with the audience. Christina might be able to redeem herself with us if she does something insane like be nice to Burke!

I agree: get Ms. Grey some backbone. She's become as boring as Carrie with Mr. Big.

omg. i cannot wait for the new season. is izzie coming back?