OMG! I finally got to watch it today and I have to give the writers credit. I can usually figure out what they're going to do to me, and I'd heard about TR Knight leaving, but I thought the enlistment thing would be it, maybe he'd do a cameo after he "got out of basic" or something.... but I *NEVER* saw that coming. I felt like I got hit by a bus! (Ha ha, bad joke, I know.)
As for Izzy... I hope she makes it. She's sort of the glue that holds it all together, say whatever you like about Meredith 'adopting' people through the years. She's the most maternal of the group, and unless they suddenly get Miranda or Little Grey into the house with the residents, that's kind of a vital element of the clique to take away. But, Heigel has to do what she thinks is best for her career. I just wonder, if she does pass away, what the writers are going to do with those frozen fertilized eggs they dropped into cryo before Izzy started chemo. Karev with a baby? Might be interesting to see him trying to be a Mr. Mom and hot dog surgical resident all at once.
As for Private Practice... holy hannah! :hair: I actually felt a little sick watching that finale, but I love that the writers gave Violet the courage to say "No, don't do that, you'll hurt the baby. Measure 2 fingers up...". That, to me, was proof of the character's intentions to be a good mother. Like the parable of the women who claimed the single infant, the child's true mother couldn't stand to see the baby come to harm, even if it meant she didn't get to keep him. It redeemed Violet to me, a bit, for being so wishy-washy earlier in the season.