Ellen Pompeo - Ferryboats [Meredith & Derek] #1: "Dr. Shepherd cannot come to the phone right now because he's fighting with his wife." - Page 18

mel_ · 04-01-2014, 05:59 PM

That gorgeous face demands success, I mean who wouldn't want to see him on a poster saying 'Cure Your Alzheimers'

**runawaaay** · 04-01-2014, 06:04 PM

I was surprised they havent broke back the Alzheimer's trial story

mel_ · 04-01-2014, 06:08 PM

Actually yeah, but wasn't Derek blackballed by the FDA?

**runawaaay** · 04-01-2014, 06:18 PM

Yes. But then the president called him

LG Stargirl · 04-01-2014, 06:18 PM

Also, they can't have a storyline where Derek (or anyone) actually has a cure for Alzheimer's unless something like that happens in the real world. I know Grey's is fiction, but Alzheimer's is increasingly becoming a prominent health care issue as it's fatal and without a cure. NBC news just featured a report about how it's numbers are growing alarmingly. It would just be too "out there" for the show to do a cure on its own, like if someone found a cure for cancer in an hour drama.

Actually, it's pretty brilliant they had Mer mess up the trial so Derek ended up being not successful in finding a cure - it kept it real with the mess that Alzheimer's is truly creating in the world.

mel_ · 04-01-2014, 06:44 PM

^ That's also all true. If he did cure it, it would have to be a SL that started minimum next season and continued for a very long period of time in order to make it even at the very least bit believable.

Wouldn't that be favoritism Jaje, I'm not American so I'm not sure what kind of strings pulling presidents usually do. From where I stand if he got off and other Doctors found out about it, that would piss the entire system off.

**runawaaay** · 04-01-2014, 06:49 PM

The show isnt always realistic anyway

LG Stargirl · 04-01-2014, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetxmisery (View Post)

The show isnt always realistic anyway

For sure.

But this would be a little on the crazy side, especially to those millions hoping for an Alzheimer's cure every day.

**runawaaay** · 04-01-2014, 07:39 PM

Yeah. You got a point. And millions are actually hoping to get a cure.

Girlatjoes · 04-02-2014, 08:21 AM

That's true, they like to give Derek's success. If he ever found a cure, would be whole package being Mer's knight in shining whatever. I mean, of course it would be for the benefit of millions of people and his reputation as a pioneer & neurosurgeon, but remember one of his top motivations is his wife.

**runawaaay** · 04-02-2014, 08:50 AM

He will save her
Like she saved him from drowning

QueenMeredith · 04-02-2014, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by LG Stargirl (View Post)

For me, one of the main points of the entire show is what an extraordinary person Meredith turned out to be despite being the neglected daughter of Ellis Grey. She is the anti-Ellis in many ways (as a wife, mother, friend, colleague). So, it would be a not-so-clever ending for them to give Mer the same tragic ending as Ellis in my opinion. Here's hoping the writers are smart enough not to do so. Especially since Meredith is constantly worrying about getting Alzheimers - it would be sort of cliche at this point to go ahead and give it to her.

I totally agree.

Let's hope they would be smart enough.

It would be totally crazy for them to find a cure on the show - when there isn't one in RL. I guess one of the reason they dropped it in season 7..

**runawaaay** · 04-02-2014, 07:54 PM

Perhaps they will say they made strides.

But i personally dont want her to get it.

QueenMeredith · 04-03-2014, 07:21 AM

Nooo, that would be horrible. Even thinking about it make me so upset.

Bring on the MerDer tonight!! I NEED MD.

**runawaaay** · 04-03-2014, 08:27 AM

We have been deprived


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