Grey's Anatomy - The Complete Season 5 [DVD]

RRP: £35.99
Our Price: £22.49 (subject to change)

Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review

Season 5 is a pivotal one for the riveting Grey's Anatomy. The doctors at Seattle Grace Hospital bloom and show new layers, the drama meets and exceeds that of previous seasons, and the show marks an important milestone--its 100th episode--with developments that, as with all the great Grey's episodes, brim with belly laughs and moving tears.

The season gets off to a slow start, with perhaps a bit more relationship angst than even diehard fans would prefer. Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Derek "McDreamy" (Patrick Dempsey) start out with the familiar push-pull of their love affair--but a resolution, at last, is in their future. Callie (the excellent, and newly glamorous, Sara Ramirez) wrestles with her sexual orientation. Cristina (Sandra Oh, never better) is still picking up the pieces from her ruined engagement to the departed Burke (Isaiah Washington). To help her, or maybe to throw her for another loop, the series introduces the gruff, macho military doc, Owen (one of TV's sexiest hunks, Kevin McKidd).

Yet series creator and still active writer Shonda Rhimes unveils story arcs about midway through the season which have the surgeons' operating room dramas intersecting with the characters' private lives--with waves of heartbreaking results. Fans may take issue with "Dead Denny" (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and his endless visitations--complete with sex--with Izzie (Katherine Heigl)--but as the season builds, Izzie's mystery illness, and her deep love for Alex (Justin Chambers) are treated with delicacy and respect, and Denny's character both reacts and ultimately supports. There's a wedding--a fairy-tale one--celebrating the show's 100th episode, and the love of the characters, and the pain they've overcome to get there--are equal parts of the very human, very lovely, result. The season finale is among the show's best ever, with the fate of two beloved characters, George (T.R. Knight) and Izzie, left unknown and laden with sorrow. --A.T. Hurley

THE BEST SEASON SO FAR.....BY A MILE
Review date: 2010-08-26 Rating: 10 out of 10

as a massive grey's anatomy fan i had been waiting over 6 months for this boxset to be released in the U.K though i have to say it's 100% worth the wait! the first episode isn't really up to much but after that the season just keeps getting better and better! the best episode is defiantly the shows 100th episode titled "what difference a day makes" and the season finale is phenomenal! just brilliant telly, that you can't stop watching! fantastic

Reviews

Great season of Greys, emotional finale
Review date: 2010-08-19 Rating: 8 out of 10

Grey's has somewhat lost the spark it once had, but that doesn't mean this season isn't bad.

If you like Greys 1-4, you'll like this.

The main negative is how George is barely included in any storyline. At all. It's bad, really.

But it has an amazingly emotional finale.

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review date: 2010-08-02 Rating: 10 out of 10

As ever, Grey's Anatomy is engaging, thrilling and enjoyable. The characters really develop and the storyline is really absorbing, with many plot twists and turns. The only complaint I would have is the delay in the UK DVD release- over a year after the US release. I know that Amazon cannot help this, but, as a direct plea to the producers, PLEASE release these seasons DVD's at the same time as they are released in the US. However, overall an excellent product.

hooked
Review date: 2010-07-29 Rating: 10 out of 10

I love it ! Completely hooked and cant stop watching episode after episode till silly o'clock every night.

amazon.co.uk is a year out of date
Review date: 2010-07-09 Rating: 2 out of 10

not only is this item a year out of date but the 6th season is coming out in the US in september! The show has moved on so far from this point and this time LAST YEAR i literally got so frustrated that i went out and brought myself a multiregion DVD player and ordered the US version! The issue is so ridiculous that my friends even went as far as buying season 5 from China where they share our region at the same time we brought ours from the US!

Sort it out! We've watched season 5 through twice now and watched season 6 and about ten days after this is released from here we'll be buying the next season from america!

WHAT IS GOING ON

Product Details/Specifications

Actor(s):
Ellen Pompeo
Katherine Heigl
Patrick Dempsey
Sandra Oh

Creators:
Ellen Pompeo (Primary Contributor)
Katherine Heigl (Primary Contributor)

Recording label: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
EAN: 8717418258641
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 7
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2010-08-23
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 41 minutes
Language: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired)
Language: Italian (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: Swedish (Subtitled)
Language: Norwegian (Subtitled)
Language: Danish (Subtitled)
Language: Finnish (Subtitled)
Language: Icelandic (Subtitled)
Language: Portuguese (Subtitled)
Language: Dutch (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)