The following post contains what some might consider to be spoilers. If you wish to know nothing about what’s coming up this season, now’s a good time to look away.

**Spoilers**

Word from Ausiello this week points to another Katherine Heigl hiatus starting early next year. This time, the reasons for her time off are personal in nature: she wishes to spend time with her new daughter. Who can fault her for that? Of course, she’s not the only new mom on the block, so I wonder how all the new moms are taking to this break? Ellen Pompeo was quick to get back to work after giving birth and I’m sure she wouldn’t mind some extra time with her daughter.

Look for Izzie to go MIA again after the holiday break.

In the meantime, the question lingers: Is she really pregnant? Ausiello wouldn’t give a yes or no answer to the question, but he did say that “ABCs promo gurus are very sneaky!” So my guess is that they cut the promo in such a way that it made us think Meredith was talking to Izzie but was in fact talking to someone else. Whether that someone else is someone important or a guest star/patient, I have no idea. Or – Izzie could be pregnant. But I’m doubting that.

In other news, if you’re looking for some news on The Chief, Ausiello reveals that he will be “falling off the wagon” at the end of tonight’s episode.

What are your thoughts on The Chief this season? And what do you think of Katherine Heigl taking another break?

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Word has it that the Grey’s Anatomy babies will soon have their own nursery on set. For the moment, the trailers are doubling as “baby havens” according to Chyler Leigh.

The question, of course, then becomes whether all of this baby craze will inspire some on-screen pregnancies. While you should never say never when it comes to Grey’s, Shonda Rhimes has stated clearly that it’s not happening. In an interview with TV Guide, Rhimes stated, “We don’t do babies on Grey’s.” So no McBaby then? Doesn’t look like it … at least not any time soon. Rhimes explains that while Derek wants to be a father, Meredith isn’t into the idea so much. Uh oh. Will that be a problem in the future?

We’ll have to wait and see on that particular point. In the meantime, all the behinds-the-scenes baby love will have to do, as it doesn’t look like we’ll be seeing any pregnant doctors around Seattle Grace any time soon.

Are you disappointed that Rhimes doesn’t seem keen on writing in any pregnancies or are you relieved?

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Callie’s storyline for the episode had little to do with the ongoing invasion. She had an invasion of her own with the return of Daddy Torres, who brought along a priest to help cure Callie of her new-found gayness. Callie told her father, “You can’t pray away the gay!” And after butting heads a few times over Bible quotes, Callie stormed out. It was Arizona that stepped up to talk to Callie’s Dad and get him to remember his role as a father. In the end, Father and Daughter have a sweet moment, ending in hugs, smiles, and promises of grandkids.

Meredith spent the episode in a hospital bed, hiding away the pregnant belly, while the others came to visit her occasionally with updates of the out-of-body attackers. Meredith’s invaders were more internal for this particular episode. Very little Mer-Der to report.

Lexie and Cristina had their own battles against the Invaders. Lexie crossed the line when she stole the other doctor’s private notebook. But she apologized. Cristina’s battle led to a breakdown in Meredith’s hospital room during which she admitted that she misses Burke. Not romantically, but professionally. She doesn’t know what she’s doing anymore.

The most important part of the episode came at the end, when – after a fight with Charles – Izzie made a horrible mistake with a patient, causing the patient to lose her spot in the kidney transplant list and almost killing the woman altogether. The mistake cost her the job at the end of the day and despite teary begging, the Chief’s decision was final. Izzie was fired from Seattle Grace.

We then find out that in addition to leaving the hospital, she has also left Alex. She leaves him a vague note in his locker.

We already know that Katherine Heigl was granted a temporary (5 episode) hiatus from the show so she can finish filming a movie. All sources confirm that she will be back. Her departure has been in the cards for a while now and is meant to be only a short-term thing. It will be interesting to see what happens when she returns and whether or not she gets her job back.

Overall, the episode was mainly focused on the arrival of the new Mercy Westers and the changes that will emerge from their presence. There’s going to be a big adjustment period as currently nobody likes one another.

I’m looking forward to seeing a different dimension to the new arrivals as it’s an adjustment for viewers as well. I don’t really like any of them at the moment.

What did you think of the new doctors? And what did you think of the episode?

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I think the biggest question of all was whether or not Izzy lives. It was a pretty sure deal to say that George had already died because we all knew through the media that he was getting off the show. There can’t really be a George without a T.R Knight right? So that answer was pretty much already answered. The second question was whether Izzie or not was going to join him. Again, the media had to ruin this for us. It all began when both TR and Katherine Heigl were going to leave the show together. They were such good friends that if one of them left, the other was to follow. Turns out though that really only George said goodbye, while Izzie Stevens decided to ‘live’ on.

I knew right from the finale that George had died and Izzie had not. It was all so spelled out for us. Izzie came up the elevator, while George was already standing on the ‘other side’. Izzie never got off the elevator which means Izzie never died. She consciously made that decision to not step off the elevator. What we didn’t know is what would happen in the premier. Would something go wrong after the fact? Or would there still be complications in her operation?

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I always love the beginning and end to Grey’s Anatomy. Meredith Grey always has some sort of metaphorical monologue and the end always ties into what she said at the beginning. This episode, she talks about the 5 stages of grieving. Like all other episodes, each stage ties in perfectly with how each of them are reacting to George’s death.

My favorite part of last night was during George’s funeral, where Izzie has to leave with her head down and Meredith, Karev, and Christina all follow thinking she’s about to collapse in tears. Turns out, she was laughing her head off. It was a really cute scene where you could just feel for all of them what they must be going through, and shares the friendship between them. I have actually been in a situation similar, where it is the sadist day ever because something terrible happens, and all you can do is laugh. It doesn’t make sense because the situation is far from funny, but you just can’t help yourself. In someway it’s comforting to know that the lowest of the low, still can turn out.

So where does that leave the characters?

Meredith and McDreamy. They are always off and on so of course people foreshadowed the ‘post-it’ falling off the locker and bad things happening to them and fighting all over again, but the opposite happened. They can’t get enough of each other ‘literally’. Even doing it on the stairs!  Their response? ‘Newly-weds”

Christina and Owen. They have really grown on me. He is still dealing with his post trauma’s and afraid of hurting Christina, but talking it through with his counselor. The moral of their story is ‘to wait’. You can actually feel their sexual tension as all they want to do is go crazy, but know the right thing to do is wait for Owen to deal with his problems first, and be able to open up in front of Christina. Once he is comfortable to talk about his issues and war stories with her, they can move forward. An end clip showed the two of them finally slowly opening up and talking about it and you can tell they are starting their journey.

Izzie and Karev. You can feel the tension between them. Karev has automatically jumped head over heels for Izzie and can’t live without her. You would think that now that she survived and is alive, he wouldn’t be able to keep his hands off her and be extra nice but the opposite is happening instead. He has created a wall up because he is so afraid to loose her again. Izzie is just lonely and wants to be touched so she can feel like she is living again, but Karev is being Karev. The jerk in him that comes out when is feeling something for real.

‘McSteamy’ and Lexie. Lexie is afraid to move in with Mark Sloan. Why? No idea. Wow that guy is hot. Great body, and he def has quieted down since when he first appeared on the show. He used to be full of himself and was just going to cause trouble, but now that he has a main part, they have windled him into the show nicely. The only thing that seems to be worrying Lexie is the fact that he moved across the hall from Callie! I don’t think she should be worried, and if she is, move in with him! He asked Lexie to move in, so she is the one that just has to say the magic words and problem solved! Besides, Callie is with Dr. Robin which seems to be a pretty steady relationship. Lexie was worried and asked Callie how gay she really was so that she could be at ease. Her answer wasn’t necessarily yes or no, just that Dr. Sloan never looks at her boobs anymore and apparently that was enough of an answer.

My heart goes out to Bailey. I love Dr. Bailey. I think she is a great character and always balances everything out. She is at a point right now where she is just emotionally drained. Too much heart, too much passion, and too much sensitivity has gone into all her patients, interns and work that she just wants to collapse.

And what do we think about the Chief? I used to always have a lot of respect for the Chief but not during this episode. Wasn’t he already retired? Wasn’t his end always about to come sooner than later? Well it almost has with the ‘merging’ of Seattle Grace will be merging with Mercy West and that all of their jobs are at risk. There are not jobs for everyone, so everyone must be on their best.

Did this season preimere have to be two hours? No, but it did get the ball rolling and reminded people of what’s what and where we were/are in the story. I just love Grey’s Anatomy as it is so 2 hours of entertainment, I’m not going to complain!

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**spoilers**

For those of you that haven’t seen the first five minutes of the season 6 premiere, here you go:

They’re sort of evil, aren’t they, those Grey’s Anatomy people? Leading us on to believe that there’s a chance it’s not George.

Lots of people are now confused because of the sneak peek and are wondering if there’s a chance that George is still alive. Ausiello responds, “Yes, there’s a chance. A really, really small chance. Tiny. See where I’m going with this?” There’s no chance. Don’t get your hopes up. Move through denial into acceptance.

The other question asked of Ausiello was whether Katherine Heigl adopting was the reason for her five week hiatus from the show. Ausiello says that’s not what he’s heard. What we’ve all heard is that she’s filming a movie and needed some time off for that.

In terms of actual spoilers for the series, he did have some, in the way of: “The looming shakeup at Seattle Grace will have everyone fearing for his/her jobs. And that includes Cristina, who is forced to consider the unthinkable: a career in pediatrics.”

Is everyone going into pediatrics? My goodness.

And… that’s it from Ausiello.

But the good news is that season 6 premieres in one week. One. Week. At long, long last.

What did you all think of the first five minutes? I’m really looking forward to seeing the whole episode. Although, I know it’s going to be a tearjerker the whole way through.

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We know that Katherine Heigl will be taking a break from Grey’s to wrap up filming Life As You Know It. This means the writers had to figure out a way to write Izzie out of the show for a whole five episodes. And if you’re wondering how they might go about that, there’s some hints coming our way thanks to E! Online.

**Spoilers**

According to E!, Izzie will continue to battle with cancer for a while. A cancer patient support group will be a big part of her storyline for season 6. It’s unclear whether that will lead into her five-episode hiatus, or whether her absence will be due to something else. But it’s possible that this might have something to do with it. It is also unclear in what way Izzie’s illness will affect her relationship with Alex, and whether potential issues there might result in her needing a trial separation (or something of the sort) leading to her temporary departure.

Season six is right around the corner, which means that so are all of the answers to our long-held questions.

What possible reasons do you see for Izzie taking a break from Seattle Grace? Something cancer related? Something Alex related? Something George related? Or something new and unexpected?

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The baby girl – named Naleigh, after Heigl’s mother (Nancy) and sister (Leigh) – will be ten months old at the end of September. As she told Ellen, “She was actually born the day before me in November, which I thought was really serendipitous and just kind of like a sign. I realized just recently that I basically forfeited my birthday for the rest of my life.”

The news, while seemingly out of the deep blue, has been a long time in the making. Two years ago, Heigl told USA Today that she was “done with the whole idea of having [her] own children.” Adoption was a natural next step for the couple.

Adoption is a beautiful thing, and I’m sure I’m not alone in saying a big “congratulations!” to the parents-to-be.

Look for the interview on Ellen tomorrow.

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Heigl’s unexpected (or perhaps expected) break from Grey’s potentially overlaps with Ellen Pompeo’s upcoming maternity leave. Which means that for a big chunk of the first half of season 6 we’ll likely be missing both Izzie and Meredith. Expect to see the other doctors at Seattle Grace picking up a lot of extra screen time.

Then again, maybe not, seeing that the ever-revolving door of our favorite hospital has been spinning inward lately. New cast members have been added to the roster, such as Jesse Williams, who Ausiello confirmed will indeed have a recurring role in the series. Others like Nora Zehetner and Robert Baker have also been cofirmed.

As Shonda Rhimes somewhat cryptically pointed out during an interview earlier this summer, “Eventually, everybody is going to leave the show.” And she went on to state that season 6 would be about exploring the potential immortality of life beyond MerDer and the rest of the core cast.

So expect things this season to feel a bit experimental. Not too experimental, we hope. But yes.

What do you guys think of Katherine Heigl’s break?

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Well, it looks like all of the mystery surrounding the stroller-shopping has been answered: Yesterday, Katherine Heigl hosted Ellen Pompeo’s baby shower at her home in Los Angeles. There were twenty-five guests at the party, including Kate Walsh, Sandra Oh and Eric Dane’s wife, actress Rebecca Gayheart. According to PEOPLE, the party was held in the backyard, beneath the merciful shade of umbrellas.

It’s also very likely that the baby – due in October – is going to be a girl, gauging by the vast array of pink-themed gifts. Pompeo registered for gifts at the Juvenile Shop in Sherman Oaks, and received gifts such as: a Sleep Sheep toy mobile, Sleepy Safari stacking toys, organic hooded towels and more.

According to an eye witness, “Ellen looked gorgeous in a white summer dress with her hair in a braided up-do. She seemed very excited to celebrate with her girlfriends.”

People also revealed that Ellen Pompeo spent the earlier part of the day hanging out with friend and fellow mother-to-be, Nicole Richie.

It sounds like Ellen had a much-deserved great time with her friends. As seen in the photo, her husband Chris Ivery came by to pick her (and the loads of gifts!) up afterwards.

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But it would seem a tad early for stroller shopping. Perhaps they’re shopping for gifts for Ellen Pompeo? Or maybe someone else entirely.

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