Weeds Vs. Grey's Anatomy

Ordinarily, I am a big fan of Grey's Anatomy. My DirecTV is set to Auto tune. I send a reminder email to half a dozen friends eight hours before a new episode airs, and I have at least two of those friends, including my mother, on speed dial. During commercial breaks I enthusiastically rant and rave about how stupid Burke was for leaving Cristina at the altar! But wait! It's back on! I gotta go!!

However, I am forced to admit that I simply was not impressed by the episodes about Meredith's drowning. I may not have been completely disappointed but to be blunt, I'd rather be watching Weeds since Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) could certainly teach Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) a thing or two about drowning.

To start with, Meredith is entirely too wimpy and she gives up too easily. Any depressed heart-broken woman can stick her head underwater in the bathtub and hold her breath. Actually, I do that every now and then and no, I'm not trying to really drown myself. All I want is to enjoy two short minutes of silence during which no shrieking human being less than three feet tall is crying "Mommy." It is within those two preciously muffled minutes that I think life inside a fish bowl would truly be blissful. Not suicidal.

While I'm concerned about leaving my infant and toddler unattended in the bathtub with less than an inch of water, I'm not concerned at all about Meredith. Now, if Meredith had tried to slit her wrists, it might have been a tad bit more convincing. Since Meredith is a doctor, she would have known exactly how much pressure to apply and precisely where. Though, I still would not have worried but so much. Another doctor in the house would have magically appeared and found her before Aerosmith's "Walk on Water" finished playing.

Then at the ferry disaster scene, Meredith's second attempt at drowning is a bit more convincing than the bathtub, yet still overrated. Time apparently seems to stand still and Meredith just gives up. Wimpy once again and vaguely reminiscent of Leonardo DiCaprio as Kate Winslet lets him go in Titanic.

Ferry boat. Ocean liner. Hmm...see the comparison?