Official Grey's Anatomy Magazine #3 sneek peek

Welcome to ABC.com's sneek peek of the all-new, official Grey's Anatomy Magazine #3. This special 100-page issue includes a great interview with Ellen Pompeo... (read more)

GREY AREA It's been one year (in story time) since Meredith Grey picked up a scalpel at Seattle Grace Hospital, and although she's learnt a lot about surgery, will she ever learn about love? Despite all her efforts to extricate herself, she's still locked into her on-off relationship with dishy doctor Derek Shepherd, and no matter how much she tries, she can't make herself fall outof love with him. She's tried the distractions of gorgeous vet Finn, and a disastrous one-night stand with fellow intern George O'Malley. She's tried dumping Derek, she's tried choosing Derek. He's even tried walking away from her for her own sake, but fighting battles of life and death in the emotionally-charged atmosphere at Seattle Grace keeps throwing them back together.

Sometimes, actress Ellen Pompeo admits, even she wants to sit her character down and give her a good talking to. "She could stand to learn a few things from me. Emotionally speaking, I'm light years away from Meredith Grey," she says. "She has some catching up to do with her emotional intelligence. I think the problem is she has spent so much time focusing on the academia, that the emotional part of her life has come sort of secondary to the books. But I like the fact that she's flawed. She has all this disappointment and sadness and anger, and we're trying to show that everyone makes mistakes. There's usually a double standard in TV, so if a man is flawed, he's seen as dark, complex, and interesting, while if a woman is flawed, she's needy and whiny. We're trying to show everyone is just human, with weaknesses."

But as far as Ellen's concerned, Meredith's biggest mistake was staying mixed up with a married man. When Derek revealed there was still a Mrs McDreamy in the picture, it should have been her cue to run for the hills. But instead, Meredith and Derek continued to dance around each other, despite Addison being a constant fly in the ointment. "I'd like to teach Meredith to walk away sooner," says Ellen. "The minute that wife came into the picture, she should have just been gone, and you know, no begging and just to hell with him. And of course if you run, they'll chase."

Read the full interview in Issue #3 of the official Grey's Anatomy Magazine, on sale June 12. Also coming up in Issue #3:Source: Grey's Anatomy

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