Grey's anatomy

Last week, my mother-in-law wanted to watch Grey's anatomy. I dutifully switched channels so that she could watch the show. I decided to watch the show with her, as I had heard that it was extremely popular and so wished to see what the fuss was all about. I had only watched 1 previous episode and had not been particularly impressed. This time round, it was downright painful. The episode centered around Meredith Grey's boyfriend wanting to kick out her roommates and all the angst that causes. Along the way, there were the obligatory quirky patients each with a story that was supposed to grab our interest. All the stories were cliched - girl who tries to deny that she was dying, man whos wife dies before he is finally cured, and man believes he is down on his luck, gets a break and finds out he has cancer through a freak accident during surgery (the roof falls in as a result of pumbing problems). Through all this, all the regular cast are varying degrees of irritating, whining or plain obnoxious. Most importantly though is the fact that all of them are 2 dimensional, unbelievable and excruciatingly boring. I cared nothing for any of the characters but that wasn't the worst. The beginning and end of the show was bookmarked by Dr. Grey's saccharine sweet voice-over stating pseudo-intellectual surgical metaphors. I could not find one aspect of the show that was worth watching, and I am being kind. The writers should have their contracts revoked and the actors should simply be embarrased. But even that may a be beyond their shallow abilities.