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Grey's Anatomy: Season 5
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 27, 2005
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 8 , 9
User Score
6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 39
  3. Negative: 11 out of 39

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  1. bsullivan1992
    Oct 1, 2010
    9
    Season 5 of Grey's Anatomy was just as good as ever. The beginning of the season sarted off a little slow but as the season progressed I fell in love with some of the episodes. The Izzie-Denny story appeared wierd at first but as soon as I figured out that she was seriously sick my heart broke for Izzie and I completely understood what was going on. Season 5 was packed with MerDer scenes which always manage to put a smile on my face, except when McDreamy decides to be a McAss and call Meredith an unfixable lemon. But he got back on my good side with his adorable elevator proposal which was one of the best moments of the season and in geys history. And then who can forget the post it wedding which was perfect for Meredith and Derek. Alex and Izze had some good moments this season as well and I really do enjoy them togther. The finale of season 5 was a complete shocker to me. When John Doe was tracing 007 in Mer's hand it clicked right away...John Doe is George. And then Izzie started coding and viewers we left wondering who would live? Breathtaking finale and amazing season.… Expand
  2. TravisA
    Mar 13, 2009
    3
    The plot lines are tiring. How many times can a writer use a Lesbian plot line? Too many to care about. The males characters are whiny and the female characters are even whinier. The show will keep going in circles until, mercifully, it dies.
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  3. JohnW
    Oct 5, 2009
    1
    This show needs to go! It's so far from a realisim it hurts my head. It's like there trying to recruit idiots to be doctors and nurses...who would never pass any of the requirements. Anyone who likes this show should be treated for depression.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  4. AlyssaG.
    Jul 7, 2009
    0
    Sorry, I forgot this was a medical show. I'd just hate to be a patient in Seattle Grace. I could be dying but no one will ever notice because they're all too caught up with their personal lives. It's always about the MerDer relationship! It couldn't hurt to get characters who actually care about their patients at just the right amount! Someone who doesn't ignore their patients or someone who gets too emotionally involved with them. This show is for people who don't have a life! It has many fans, sure! But most of those fans are probably jobless losers! If you want a medical show, go watch House MD, not this pathetic excuse for a tv show!… Expand
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  5. MartinS.
    Oct 24, 2008
    4
    As medical dramas go, Greys Anatomy ranks right up there with General Hospital. I would hate to be a patient at Seatle Grace or Port Charles General Hospital. The writing is so silly and melodramatic, you feel sorry for the actors that have to speak the lines.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  6. RanelG
    Nov 30, 2009
    0
    This show has no story line, the doctors barely do anything related to medicine (unlike ER and House, heck even Scrubs has more medical references than GA). it's basically a soap opera for prime time TV. There's a good reason why these kids of shows are on air during the daytime when most young people are at work or school. The only reason why this show is popular is beyond anybody's guess, but I know a lot of women who watch this show just so they can cry weekly.… Expand
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  7. Treeebla
    Nov 26, 2011
    10
    A drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors.
  8. Treblotski
    Mar 13, 2012
    7
    The season focused on Sloan pursuing a committed relationship with Lexie despite Shepherd and Meredith's word not to, the discovery of Meredith's mother's journals from when she was a resident, Meredith's reaction to the journals, Lexie and her fellow interns performing procedures on each other, the reappearance of Duquette, who appears to Stevens as a hallucination, only to later learn that she was terminally ill with Stage 4 metastatic melanoma. The season came to a close with O'Malley being hit by a bus and Stevens battling cancer, with both of them flatlining for the season's cliffhanger.… Expand
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Metascore
69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tim Stack
    91
    It returns with an emotional and surprising (hint: you'll never look at icicles the same way) premiere.
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  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    50
    It's still the Meredere (or Deremere) show, and Cristina's right. It's just ... so ... over.
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  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    63
    The Grey's Anatomy writers acknowledge last season's ratings decline by offering a parallel plot that finds Seattle Grace's ranking as a teaching hospital suffering in tonight's entertaining and ridiculous-in-the-regular-Grey's-ways two-hour season premiere.
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