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As September is drawing nearer, the Grey's Anatomy creator has started to talk about what we might expect in the upcoming season. In an interview with EW, she's given us the scoop on what's to come for Meredith and Derek, how the crew will survive in the aftermath of the hospital's season ending disaster and more. Looks like Meredith and Derek may finally build that house they've been dreaming of too!

Here's an exerpt from Shonda's interview with EW:

“We’re going to start the construction on the Dream House,” creator Shonda Rhimes recently told EW. “We’ve been talking a lot about what that means, what it looks like."

"Then we’re actually going to see it [later] this season.”

This isn't to say there won't be obstacles - time bombs even - for MerDer.

The new season of Grey's Anatomy is set to start on September 23rd, 2010. With all the hype this show has gotten over the years, there are new viewers that have started watching every season.

The only problem is, that means that they've missed a lot of the plot! To help with this problem, ABC put together a starter kit that gives you a brief synopsis on everything you should know about past seasons that will be relevant to the new one coming up!

Watch it here on YouTube to get caught up for September!

The new Kate Plus 8 premiered this week and in summary, it was a good PR move. Kate has returned, and she hasn't changed. In the first of two episodes, viewers were given a glimpse into her life while doing Dancing with the Stars and other press tours. Whether you agree or disagree that the mom of eight should be working in showbiz, it's the reality and the show acted as a reminder that Kate Gosselin is not a frosty individual just hoping to climb to the top. Perhaps both of those things are true, but the episode truly did help viewers remember that she is human and she is a mother who succumbs to stress just like anyone else. After months of negative media, this was exactly what was needed to start things off.

Every week, the lead writer of each Grey's episode blogs about the inspiration and the backstory that went into penning the episode. This week's episode was written by the series creator herself and she writers about it!

When I was a kid and I did something crazy, like climb on the roof or eat detergent to see how it tasted, my mom would say -- in that weary, exasperated, “I’d rather be on the beach” tone that all moms have – she would say, “Shonda, what do you have to say for yourself? WHAT?”

I tell you this because I am quite sure that if you saw the finale and you are reading this blog and you…I don’t know, like babies or Mer/Der or happiness or dancing it out…if you like those things, you are shouting, “Shonda, what do you have to say for yourself? WHAT?”

(I’d like to point out that the dark and twisty among you might not be shouting at all. You might be saying, “I get you, Sister! Solidarity!” Or maybe I’m just desperately hoping that is true.)

The Grey's season finale was intense, but for once, the episode didn't end with a major cliffhanger. Instead, there were some unexplained elements of the core of the episode itself that have left viewers stumped. Well, the series creator talked to EW's Michael Ausiello right after it aired!

One of the most controversial aspects of the finale was Meredith’s miscarriage. Did you ever consider a different outcome?
RHIMES: If she didn’t have the miscarriage, she wouldn’t have been pregnant at the beginning of the episode.

Yesterday, EW's Michael Ausiello had a few major things to say about the Grey's Anatomy 2 hour finale. Today, with that all behind, it's clear he spoke the truth in saying:

"based on what I’ve seen (the first hour) and heard (much of the second), it’s no exaggeration that this is truly a momentous game-changer."

"If you think the first seven minutes were disturbing or shocking, then I strongly suggest you skip the remaining 78-odd minutes, because some seriously dark and depressing $h!t goes down in that hospital tonight, and it’s not for the faint of heart."

Grey's really took things to a new level - letting go of some of the romantic drama and turning the doctors into the patients. This season of Grey's Anatomy has not been the best so far, but with an ending like this, they've ensured that viewers will be tuning in when the next season begins!

We thought we’d start by seeing our characters have some fun.  Or at least feign having some fun.  I mean, technically it’s a party, right?  Fun!  Okay, it’s a lame “meet and greet the Chief” party.  It probably shouldn’t even be called a party… more like a work function.  But there’s much juicy info to be gleaned from the party.  For instance, Alex and Lexie are a couple.  A couple couple.

Also?  Cristina agrees to move in with Owen.  Through all the angst, all the PTSD, all the choking – Cristina wants to make this work.  She’s all in.  Until life happens and kills her bliss (more on that later).  What else… Reed wants to play in the big leagues by hitting on Mark.  Who had just hit on Callie.  Who was watching Arizona.  Who was trying not to watch Callie.  Cause Callie still wants so badly to be with Arizona…and that kiss in the elevator pretty much said the same for Arizona – such a bittersweet moment.  Wonder how they’ll figure out this mess.  Stay tuned.

We’d already discussed the idea of putting our doctors, infamous for their irreverence and dark humor, their ruthless and clever nicknaming of patients, into a lecture on Patient Sensitivity, and this seemed like the perfect patient to tie it to.  Then, I started researching Bailey’s lecture, looking around for the kinds of things that hospitals actually recommend for doctors to do and say, and I found it really telling that almost every program I could find was aimed toward sensitivity to bariatric – obese -- patients.  That’s partly because obesity is an epidemic in this country – more than one-third of Americans are considered clinically obese – and the medical community is racing to catch up.  And also because, sadly, obesity is often called society’s last acceptable prejudice.  So sensitivity to these patients apparently needs to be taught, stressed and re-stressed.

Nothing to spoil here, except the fact that the end of the season is definitely going to be hot. We already know he's set to return next season, so gawking at Jackson Avery after season 6 ends will not be an issue!

"Regardless of whether you watch the show, the last four episodes will be the most compelling TV you've seen in a long time ... it's really out of the box."

Check out the YouTube video interview with the Grey's stud at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmG629wkM3k&feature=player_embedded