Sign up for our newsletters! Grey's Anatomy We know, we know.
There are certain stunts television producers pull that scream
"jump the shark." It's that moment when cousins Oliver (Brady
Bunch) or Pam (The Cosby Show) arrive. Or when a will-they-or-
won't-they couple finally does, like Who's the Boss's Tony and
Angela. Or when The Fonz, literally, jumped a shark. Some of you
TV viewers might consider sleeping with a ghost, as Izzie did on
Grey's Anatomy last season, a shark-jumping gimmick. But we're
here to convince you...okay, beg you...to give our beloved
Seattle Grace another chance. Here's why:  1. Shonda Rhimes is a
genius. She dreamed up the world of these sexy surgeons (hello,
McSteamy!) back in 2003, when she was working from home as a
newly single mom of an adopted daughter. Once she got the show
off the ground, she headed up a team of writers who believed in
their characters and treated them like friends—writers who were
so respected that their writers' blog was almost as successful
as the show itse