‘Grey’s’ DVD full of features
The second season of the hit show doesn’t fail to entertain
By Lisa Roney, staff writer
Posted on September 14, 2006

No movie released on DVD this week could match the awesomeness of the television phenomenon known as “Grey’s Anatomy.” And with the second season now available on a six-disc set for viewing at any time, procrastination throughout residence halls and apartments is a guarantee.

The DVD features over five hours of “extras,” including extended versions of four episodes.

“The Doctors Are In” is a 13-minute question-and-answer session with stars Kate Walsh (who plays Addison Shepherd), Justin Chambers (who plays Alex Karev), Jim Pickens (who plays Dr. Webber), and T.R. Knight (who plays George O’Malley). Some questions sent in by fans are quite good, and it is interesting to hear the answers, but some (for example, “How do they make the blood look so real?”) are exhausting to sit through.

“The Softer Side of Dr. Bailey” spends seven minutes looking at the show’s tough resident and her real-life counterpart, Chandra Wilson. Pickens lovingly describes her as a “breath of fresh air,” and an emotional clip from the episode where Bailey gives birth to a baby boy shows why she’s one of the show’s most loved characters.

“Creating ‘Pink Mist’” is a five-minute look at the most talked-about episode of the season: the Super Bowl episode. It shows, with very interesting detail down to the storyboards, how the climatic explosion was produced.

Pickens hosts an eight-minute tour of the show’s many sets in yet another featurette.  Facts flash at the bottom of the screen with interesting details about many of the rooms.

Twelve deleted scenes are included on the DVD.  The worthwhile ones include Mark (“Dr. McSteamy”) apologizing to Dr. “McDreamy” (aka Dr. Derek Shepherd) for having an affair with Addison, and the interns explaining a patient’s spontaneous sexual arousal episodes to her father.

The most worthless and pointless featurette is “‘Grey’s Anatomy’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’,” a stupid, humorless special that only features three of the stars, with a gag in the middle that isn’t even remotely funny because it’s such a serious subject. This is the one “extra” worth skipping.

The second season proves that “Grey’s Anatomy” is one of the most intensely amazing shows on television today. With each hour, you’ll find yourself on an emotional rollercoaster that provides an adrenaline rush that no other hour on the small screen can provide.