We want to say how much we appreciate all of you who have downloaded, listened, and e-mailed comments to the McPodcast during the last couple of years. Your wit, intelligence, and dedication is humbling, and we appreciate it more than you know.

However, after several weeks of consideration, we've decided not to resume the McPodcast for Grey's Anatomy this fall, for two reasons:

• In order for us to produce a podcast that's entertaining and worthy of your time we need to feel a high level of enthusiasm for the topic. As long-time listeners know, our disappointment in story choices on Grey's Anatomy has grown during the last two seasons.
• Increased demands in our professional lives leave us less time to plan and prepare for the podcasts than we'd like. And, frankly, we don't want to turn out a half-assed podcast.

It's possible we may produce a podcast about a different show later on but, as we can't agree on a specific show at the moment, that may be a season or two away. We'll leave this site up for a while for those who are interested in older episodes/podcasts, but we won't be uploading any new content.

Thanks again... y'all are great.

Sincerely,
David & Eric
August 5, 2008

Season 4, Episode 16: Freedom

Posted 5.25.08:

Season 4 wraps up — for real this time — with scads of kissing, the first cancer trial survivor, an object lesson in the use of concrete, and... oh yeah, Meredith and Derek back together. Good show!

Season 4, Episode 15: Losing My Mind

Posted 5.18.08:

Cristina and Meredith go to their dark places, but Meredith finally asks Dr. Amy to fix her. We just have one more episode for Meredith and Derek to get together. Will it actually happen?

Season 4, Episode 14: The Becoming

Posted 5.11.08:

With Seattle Grace caught between Don't Ask, Don't Tell and Date and Tell, this episode is all about being honest about your feelings. Not that these people are particularly good at that.

Season 4, Episode 13: Pieces of My Heart

Posted 5.4.08:

Addison's back! Addison's back! Okay, she's not back for good. And some other stuff happened, none of which matters much, because Addison's back!

Season 4, Episode 12: Where the Wild Things Are

Posted 4.26.08:

So, okay, we're still in Season 4 after all. Post-strike, we find Bailey arranging a "lion fight" that turns the doctors into snappish, disease-hungry, sleep-deprived children costing the hospital hundreds of thousands of dollars in unnecessary tests. Good to know why our healthcare system is in such great shape. Oh, and George doesn't like cockroaches.

Prescriptions for Season 5

Posted 1.27.08:

With Season 4 cut short by the Writer's Guild strike, we take a look back over the last 11 episodes and make our annual prescriptions for curing what ails the show when Season 5 finally rolls. We also crown our McMoron of the Season. Yes, folks, it's unanimous.

Show link:
Katherine Heigl's Scrubs Collection

Season 4, Episode 11: Lay Your Hands On Me

Posted 1.14.08:

Grey's returns for one final episode this season, and as accidental season finales go, it's not terrible. Oh, except for that breaking up Bailey's marriage thing. That's terrible.

Season 4, Episode 10: Crash Into Me, Pt. 2

Posted 12.8.07:

We crash headfirst into the writer's strike, as the season ends... maybe... with lots of surgery gone awry and just about every romance on shaky ground.

Show link:
World Magazine article, Grey's Fantasy

Season 4, Episode 9: Crash Into Me, Pt. 1

Posted 11.24.07:

Crashing a'plenty — two ambulances, Bailey's home and work duties, Ava and Lexie, Izzie and Cristina, and Derek's surgical computer. Plus, Seth Green's neck explodes. Good work, Lexie.

Show link:
Click here for the Wikipedia Season 4 episode entries, which includes music and song credits

Season 4, Episode 8: Forever Young

Posted 11.18.07:

A bus crash brings high school to Seattle Grace, exposing geeks, freaks, poms and — in Mandy's case — blithering idiots.

Season 4, Episode 7: Physical Attraction, Chemical Reaction

Posted 11.11.07:

The WGA strike begins to affect filming for the remainder of Season 4. That's only a good thing because it distracts us from icky, sweaty O'Mizzie sex.

YouTube videos from the WGA picket lines:
Sandra Oh: "How greedy can you get"
Patrick Dempsey: "They WANT the strike!"
Our Friends from Grey
Grey's Cast supports Strike of the WGA (ET Online video)

Season 4, Episode 6: Kung Fu Fighting

Posted 11.4.07:

This oddly-named episode has no Kung Fu, but it does have plenty of snark from the new Burke... er, Dr. Hahn... not to mention bloody brides-to-be.

Season 4, Episode 5: Haunt You Everyday

Posted 10.28.07:

Meredith brings her Mommy to work — in a bag — and helps a little boy trick-or-treat for ears, while one man gets a heart, another man loses a foot, Cristina gets a new roommate, and Dr. Hahn takes Burke's old job.

Show links:
AIDS Walk
LA Times interview with Brooke Smith
Series 7: The Contenders at Netflix, and the original movie website

Season 4, Episode 4: The Heart of the Matter

Posted 10.21.07:

The theme is people making mistakes and being forgiven except, by the end, nobody much gets forgiven... especially not Izzie and George.

Season 4, Episode 3: Let the Truth Sting

Posted 10.15.07:

Despite on-going technical difficulties we finally manage to get something recorded. And despite the title, this episode is not about Mer/Der's S&M thing. It's about... well, not much, really.

Season 4, Episode 2: Love/Addiction

Posted 10.7.07:

Everyone encounters an addiction of some kind, and Diahann Carroll guest stars as Mama Burke: Addiction Counselor and Kitchen Appliance Broker. We'll miss her.

Season 4, Episode 1: A Change is Gonna Come

Posted 10.1.07:

Grey's begins its fourth season with a bunch of nameless interns, our gang in charge of said interns, no Burke, no Mer/Der, and no end in sight to O'Mizzie. Oh Shonda, please get a clue.