That said, it sounds like this is a fairly recent development and not something secretly in the works for months and months (like Heigl’s adoption). He stated during the interview, “I don’t know if it’s going to end up working out, but that would be something I would like.”

That said, he did admit that he’s wanted kids for a while, but has been recently inspired by little Naleigh (Heigl’s baby). “She’s such a beatuiful baby. I’m so happy for her and Josh.”

So while T.R. Knight is no longer a part of the Grey’s cast (RiP, George), it’s still nice to know what the actor is up to. Perhaps we’ll hear news in the incoming months that he’s adopted!

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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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We knew, too, that Shonda Rhimes stated around the time of the announcement that she really wanted T.R. Knight to come back to film an episode of season six, but that Knight declined the offer. This left us wondering what exactly Rhimes might’ve wanted to film and whether it meant that George had a chance of survival, or not.

Well we now know for certain exactly why Shonda Rhimes wanted T.R. Knight back and what we won’t get to see.

I’m going to put the next part after the cut, and also warn anyone seeing this page directly that there are spoilers and would-be spoilers ahead so please stop reading if you don’t want to know anything for certain regarding George.

Ready?

Set.

Spoilers!

By now it’s probably no secret to most of us that George is dead. But for those holding out hope, there’s now confirmation that he does indeed die and does not instead survive and get tranferred to another hospital indefinitely, or get taken over by a different actor altogether, or anything of the sort.

The reason why Shonda Rhimes wanted T.R. Knight back is because she wanted to shoot an episode that took us back to the last day of George’s life, so we could see what happened in his day, so we could watch his decision to save the girl’s life at the risk of his own, all the while knowing exactly what would happen. “I wanted to see his last day [alive] really badly,” [Shonda Rhimes] says. “What I thought was interesting was the idea of, we now know it’s the last day of someone’s life, [so we’re] looking at it differently than [we] would any other time.”

She says that she “kind of” gets why T.R. Knight decided not to return to the show, but she’s disappointed that she won’t get to show this episode and feels the fans would’ve really appreciated the closure.

I admit I’m disappointed as well, as I think that the episode sounds like it would’ve been a beautiful tribute to the character.

What about you? Are you glad that T.R. Knight decided to stay away or do you wish he’d come back to film this?

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Michael Ausiello posted a few sneak peeks of the article in question. This past season – season 5 – George’s screen time in the first nine episodes was atrocious. His total screen time for those nine episodes totaled 48 minutes, which is pretty sad compared to Sandra Oh’s 114. T.R. Knight reveals that he didn’t go to Rhimes to ask what was going on, and instead decided simply to move on from the show. “My five-year experience proved to me that I could not trust any answer that was given [about George],” he explains. “And with respect, I’m going to leave it at that.”

Reading between the lines, we can see that there must’ve been a lot of friction between T.R. Knight and Shonda Rhimes and perhaps others. It’s unclear whether this friction was there from the beginning or if it came as a result of the whole Isaiah Washington mess. Though Shonda Rhimes denies it – insisting she was supportive of T.R. Knight’s decision to come out – T.R. states that Rhimes was among the people telling him not to come out. “I think she was concerned about having my statement come out so close to the [initial] event.”

He admits that he was not a fan of the storyline in which George cheats on Callie with Izzie, and that what came next for his character after that was a lot of nothingness (season 5). “There just comes a time when it’s so clear that moving on is the best decision,” he says.

Katherine Heigl tried to talk him out of it, insisting that she didn’t think it was the right decision and that whatever problems existed could be ironed out. But in the end she says that she’s happy for him because T.R. seemed ready to move on.

In terms of how he feels about leaving, T.R. Knight acknowledges that many people think that his leaving is seen as him being a spoiled actor, but he maintains that “in the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work.”

The full story is on this week’s Entertainment Weekly so be sure to pick up a copy!

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Katherine Heigl

For example: Heigl has known for a year now that she’d be returning next year. She’s also known for a year that T.R. Knight would not be returning for season six. She also admitted that she was surprised that ABC/Shonda Rhimes had let the cat out of the bag already since they’re all about the secrecy.

When asked how she felt about T.R. Knight not coming back, she said she was really sad about it, but that at least they live three minutes away. When the interviewer pointed out that T.R. would be headed to New York soon (to star on Broadway) she said, “That really pisses me off.” Heh heh. Guess she’s not very fond of the idea of having her best friend really far away.

Another thing revealed is that Heigl has nada, zero, zippo plans of ever giving the Broadway stage a shot.

(Never say never, though).

For the full clip of the video, you can visit E! Online.

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So, the first obstacle was the fact that T.R. Knight had gone ahead and shaved his head, thinking he was done with Grey’s. But as luck should have it, part of his storyline included enlisting in the army so Shonda decided to just stick him in a military uniform. Problem solved.

The other problem, is that Katherine Heigl wasn’t available to return for a re-shoot, since she was all the way in Atlanta working on a different project. So T.R. Knight phoned up Heigl and discussed what Heigl had done in that scene so that he, in turn, could match her facial expressions. “I was like, ‘What did you do in that scene?’” he says with a laugh. “It’s nice when you’ve worked with someone for five years. There’s a shorthand.”

Concerned, Heigl called up Shonda to make sure that it would work, but Rhimes assured her that it would be “perfect.”

And indeed, had we not been told that this was not the original ending, I doubt any of us would’ve thought differently.

I’m glad that it all worked out in the end, as I think seeing George standing there was a much more powerful ending than Denny standing there.

Thoughts?

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According to Ausiello, the scene was originally shot with Denny standing in George’s place. But Shonda Rhimes had a last minute epiphany that it should be George not Denny standing there.

Since production had wrapped up by that point, some issues got in the way of them reshooting that scene. The first is that Katherine Heigl was somewhere else entirely. The second involves T.R. Knight’s head. Ausiello says to pick up the new issue of EW for further details.

My guess is that T.R. Knight got a hair cut right after production wrapped and that’s the reason we see him in a military uniform rather than scrubs.

What do you think of the change? Would you have had an entirely different reaction had it been Denny standing there, rather than George?

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There’s not a lot of information about the play quite yet, as additional casting is still unnanounced. But we know that T.R. Knight will be playing the role of Max and that Stanley Tucci will be directing. You might recognize some of his work in Kiss of Death, Big Night and Road to Perdition. If you missed those, you might recognize him as the art director from The Devil Wears Prada. He’ll also be playing the murderer in Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lovely Bones, which I believe is due out in December 2009.

The play, on the other hand, opens February 2010.

This is all bittersweet news for Grey’s fans, as we’re going to miss T.R. Knight/George dearly in our show, but it’s always good to know that we can still head over to New York and see him perform. I’m sure he’ll be getting the same support from the Grey’s cast as Chandra Wilson.

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The way things are looking: George dies, Izzie lives.

As saddened as I am that any of them has to die, I think I would’ve been more surprised if the outcome had been any different. But I know a lot of you were thinking/hoping that George would be the one to survive and Izzie would head through the exit doors.

This is a pretty major development for the series. When season six airs, we’ll be missing one of the core characters that made Grey’s Anatomy the show it is today. Do you think that T.R. Knight/George being gone from the show will mean the end of the series as we know it? Will you stop watching all together or is Izzie’s survival enough to keep you glued to the screen?

Drop your thoughts in the comments!

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What does this mean for George? I’m afraid that the news is grim. Though many fans seem to still think the character could live on in another actor’s body, Rhimes has laughed off the rumor, which presumably means that George does not survive the accident.

It does however sound like Shonda & Co. would’ve liked to have Knight around for three episodes next season, but that could not be worked out. Which means that we may very well have seen the last of George/T.R. Knight at Seattle Grace.

Sad news.

For T.R. Knight fans, the actor is in talks to return to the Broadway stage for the revival of Lend Me a Tenor in 2010.

How do you feel about the departure? And what do you think it means for Izzie?

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