United States |
Decider
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"[20th Season Review]: The Grey’s cast has changed over the years, but the show has managed to stay familiar and retain so much of what makes it addictive" |
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United States |
AV Club
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"[20th Season Review]: New interns and that same old crazy drama" |
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Canada |
Screen Rant
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"[20th Season Review]: it continues what worked last season while also setting up some exciting storylines for future episodes (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)" |
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Decider
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"[19th Season Review]: One of the longest-running dramas, 'Grey's Anatomy' is finally fun again by leaning on the strengths from its early days" |
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Sydney Morning Herald
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"[18th Season Review]: The brand-new season is here, and 'Grey's' is still packing in the drama and romance like so many metres of surgical gauze" |
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AV Club
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"[16th Season Review]: No one is ever going to quit expressing astonishment that 'Grey's Anatomy' is still on the air. But if the show wants to keep itself fresh for season 16, a whole new hospital, led by Alex, of all people, is an inventive way to do that" |
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The Age
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"[16th Season Review]: The first episode tonight is a lively and often funny instalment of this long-running series that also, of course, contains the necessary cry quotient. Number two isn't quite as good but keeps all the relationship action chugging along (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)" |
NEU
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The Daily Beast
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"[15th Season Review]: Characters have come and gone, obviously, but it's fitting that Ellen Pompeo's Meredith Grey is still holding down the fort" |
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United States |
AV Club
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"[15th Season Review]: it doesn't reinvent the 'Grey's Anatomy' wheel, but it does play like an enjoyable greatest hits montage of the past 14 seasons. At this point, that's pretty much exactly what I want from this series" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[15th Season Review]: Well done, writers. Well done" |
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United States |
TV Guide
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"[15th Season Review]: it is back for its fifteenth season, and, as always, there's a lot of love and loss to go around for the Grey-Sloan gang already" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[14th Season Review]: And so kicks off the 14th season, which the cast promised would be 'lighter, funnier, and sexier,' and hooah - did they deliver" |
POS
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United States |
Vulture
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"[14th Season Review]: Very Grey's in the best way (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" |
POS
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United States |
The Wrap
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"[14th Season Review]: It egts political by taking light jab at Donald Trump" |
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United States |
Variety
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"[14th Season Review]: It's bound to be a roller coaster ride of a season" |
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United States |
USA Today
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"[13th Season Review]: In essence, Grey's remains a character drama once described as "high school in a hospital" -- and those characters, and fans' affection for them, has always been the real key to the show's success" |
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United States |
AV Club
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"[13th Season Review]: What 'Grey's Anatomy' has going for it that very few other shows do right now is its history. An extensive, over a decade long, emotional history" |
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United States |
USA Today
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"[13th Season Review]: In essence, Grey's remains a character drama once described as "high school in a hospital" -- and those characters, and fans' affection for them, has always been the real key to the show's success" |
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United States |
AV Club
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"[12th Season Review]: A phenomenal season of 'Grey’s Anatomy' sticks the landing" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[12th Season Review]: So welcome back, 'Grey's', and thanks for reminding us that life does indeed go on - annoying sisters-in-law and all" |
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United States |
Vulture
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"[12th Season Review]: Should Pompeo ever depart, as fans have worried for so long, we have proof, via season 12, that this show has a way of modifying its formula and format to accommodate new themes and relationships" |
POS
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United States |
The Daily Beast
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"[12th Season Review]: In an age of on-demand viewing, it's the last remaining TV that has any sense of urgency" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[11th Season Review]: It's nice to see 'Grey's' pull back on the throttle on its soap opera tendencies and aim for drama that feels a bit more grounded" |
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United States |
AV Club
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"[11th Season Review]: 'Grey's' greatest gift is the connections it builds across the cast" |
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United States |
TV Guide
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"[11th Season Review]: Creatively speaking, there's nothing worse than watching a longtime favorite wear out its welcome" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[10th Season Review]: There's true sorrow here along with the passion, which keeps their dynamic so intriguing to me" |
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United States |
AV Club
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"[10th Season Review]: At its best, it s about everyday bravery, sacrifice, and courage. At its worst, it's a melodramatic, moralizing soap opera. Both sides are on display as the show heads confidently into its 10th season" |
NEU
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United States |
The Daily Beast
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"[10th Season Review]: the show is not just another ABC soap. With a character like Sandra Oh's Cristina Yang, that could never be tru" |
POS
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United States |
Vulture
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"[10th Season Review]: Cristina Yang deserved a better send-off from 'Grey’s Anatomy'" |
NEU
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[9th Season Review]: There's still one good reason to keep watching: Where else can you find such deep friendships between female co-workers?" |
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United States |
USA Today
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"[9th Season Review]: There's still life left in 'Grey's'" |
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United States |
AV Club
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"[9th Season Review]: TV is at its best when it emotionally connects, and even when it seems to be otherwise merrily hurtling off a cliff, it is nothing but emotional connection, which is more than other, more consistently better shows can say" |
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United States |
AV Club
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"[8th Season Review]: Just because a show is meant to be fun doesn't mean it shouldn't have standards, and this episode just simply didn't measure up" |
NEG
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[7th Season Review]: it hasn't relegated the finale's events to a dramatic stunt; rather, it's reveled in the possibilities of rebuilding life in the wake of tragedy" |
POS
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United States |
USA Today
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"[7th Season Review]: Happily, it now seems to have landed on solid ground, with its best ensemble and most engaging stories in years (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" |
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United States |
AV Club
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"[7th Season Review]: After a handful of seasons that were, charitably, hit and miss, 'Grey's' has started to get entertaining again" |
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United States |
The New York Times
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"[7th Season Review]: Was there a new kind of joy or sorrow brought forth through the magical power of song? Did anything happen to justify the ridiculousness of it all? Alas, no" |
NEG
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United States |
Collider
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"[6th Season Review]: Shonda Rhimes and Co. keep providing new reasons to watch each week" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[6th Season Review]: While the return of our favorite oversexed surgeons was wobbly, it had its moments - and was characteristically chock full of quotable moments" |
NEU
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United States |
Common Sense Media
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"[5th Season Review]: Aside from the soapy, sexual overtones, what has so many people hooked on Grey's is the complexity of its characters (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" |
POS
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United States |
USA Today
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"[5th Season Review]: All we need ask of 'Grey's' is that it tell its stories well in its own way, and tonight it does (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" |
POS
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United States |
New York Post
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"[5th Season Review]: Tonight, through the miracle of modern medicine, the show comes roaring back (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" |
POS
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United States |
Chicago Tribune
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"[5th Season Review]: You'll pardon me if I'm more interested in the weekly guest stars and in the work done by Grey's standouts Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. Their characters, Miranda Bailey and Richard Webber, are the heart and soul of Grey's" |
NEU
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United States |
Variety
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"[5th Season Review]: Assuming the desire to stay at this hospital depends on replenishing key storylines, the longterm diagnosis doesn't look good" |
NEG
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United States |
Los Angeles Times
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"[5th Season Review]: The big reveal of this season finale was that Meredith has quietly become a much more stable and sympathetic character, a very welcome payoff for an often painful season" |
NEU
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United States |
IGN
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"[5th Season Review]: The season proved to be an overall success, bringing the show closer to the well-balanced mix of emotion and drama -- albeit of the primetime soap variety -- that characterized its first two seasons" |
POS
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United States |
Collider
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"[5th Season Review]: while this season is one of the most compelling since maybe the second or third season -- arguably the show's peak at this point -- it also poses more questions than answers" |
NEU
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United States |
The New York Times
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"[4th Season Review]: 'Grey's Anatomy' wore out its welcome" |
NEG
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United States |
IGN
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"[4th Season Review]: It had enough heart and satisfactory reconciliations to bring the season full circle so that season five can start anew" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[3rd Season Review]: it never pretended to be as deep as 'Lost'. At its best, it's a serious guilty pleasure: death, disease, hot bodies swaddled in scrubs. But, frankly, the women are awful" |
NEU
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United States |
IGN
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"[3rd Season Review]: Tragedy is not always drama -- sometimes you have to let your characters smile and allow the grin to stay awhile. Reducing everything to tears and hopeless self-loathing isn't good writing" |
NEG
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[3rd Season Review]: Three whole seasons in, I still love watching these two flailing hot people -- he soft, she hard -- trade well-turned TV wooing dialogue. It still works; it's still romantic" |
POS
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United States |
Slant
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"[3rd Season Review]: Grey's went through a period where it took itself a little too seriously, but it has mostly returned to the zesty blend of soap opera, sitcom and romantic drama that distinguished its first two seasons" |
POS
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United States |
Boston Globe
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"[2nd Season Review]: the show offers a secure view of a hospital, if not of love affairs" |
NEU
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United States |
IGN
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"[2nd Season Review]: it is a terrific show -- indeed, one of the best currently on television" |
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Australia |
The Age
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"[2nd Season Review]: Rhimes' big finish does exactly what it's supposed to do: it leaves you wanting more" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[2nd Season Review]: The plot itself wasn't full of twists, but what was shocking was just HOW MUCH the show could make you feel" |
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United States |
USA Today
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"[1st Season Review]: It's emerged with a great cast and a strong set of characters, and it remains one of TV's most entertaining and popular shows" |
POS
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[1st Season Review]: There's still one good reason to keep watching: Where else can you find such deep friendships between female co-workers? (...) it's a relief to see best friends Meredith and Cristina keeping up one of the great love stories on television" |
POS
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United States |
The Washington Post
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"[1st Season Review]: The show is much more a matter of commercial calculation than an honest attempt to try something fresh and different" |
NEU
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United States |
Newsday
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"[1st Season Review]: Like Hugh Laurie's irascible 'House' title character, star Ellen Pompeo's newly minted Dr. Grey conveys such substance that you simply can't stop watching." |
POS
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United States |
New York Post
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"[1st Season Review]: That rare TV show that comes to the air fully formed, as if everyone involved has been working together forever, instead of just a few weeks." |
POS
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"[1st Season Review]: Ultimately, there's nothing new about the bones of Grey's Anatomy. Somebody needs to reinvent the hospital drama" |
NEU
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United States |
Chicago Sun-Times
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"[1st Season Review]: Grey's wants to offer something for everyone, it seems, and does an admirable job not only of mixing drama, comedy and romance, but also of mixing in issues of today's complicated world of science" |
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United States |
The New York Times
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"[1st Season Review]: In this age of 'Desperate Housewives' and 'The O.C.,' it is refreshing to see a television show whose heroines aspire to meaningful work as well as meaningless sex." |
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United States |
Chicago Tribune
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"[1st Season Review]: The storytelling and dialogue are amusing, mildly touching and unpredictable...And Grey's Anatomy wins points for its cast, starting with Pompeo" |
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