Katherine Heigl and the killing of Izzie Stevens

I admit i loathed the Izzie/George stoyline, but theyre done with that now right? I always liked her character and i like Heigl. She a good actress and i like what she has to say. I seriously hope they dont kill her off, coz i really dont think that would benefit the show, lol. Shonda Rhimes should totally be a good sport, and not take it that bad. So no, im all for keeping Izzie alive :D.

But a threesome with Callie and Hahn, i am all for that!!

"George shrugs and walks away" - could you be any funnier?? I doubt that!!

another great way to get rid of her, without killing her, would be if callie told erica about izzie cutting the lvad-wire and then erica would force the chief to fire izzie. see, easy, makes sense, and no death involved!! but I somehow doubt that they'll kill izzie off, katherine heigl has a strong fanbase after all.

I don't like the threesome idea - I mean come on, she has not deserved to see any of those two wonderful ladies naked, let alone have sex with them. we wouldn't want to do that to erica and callie, they deserve better!!

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I don't know if it was an insult or not, but she was right.  She really didn't have much of a story line this past season.  Up until this past season she had really deep story lines, but other than the akwardness with George and trying to save whats his face from Eva this season there wasn't anything there for her. 

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The whole story about Katherine Heigl and how so many people got in an uproar when she dared to speak her mind just sort of reminds me of when women are called bitches for speaking their minds and being tough yet men are considered leaders, etc. Yes, it could probably have been handled with a bit more diplomacy/tact, but Katherine wasn't really wrong with her comment, was she? I mean, let's be honest she really didn't have an Emmy worthy year this past season on Grey's.  I mean while other characters were saving people, she was saving a deer (just to cite one example).

I do think that she did the right thing though by removing her name from consideration, since far too often I find myself shaking my head in disbelief over who ends up winning the Emmy, thinking that they only won because they won the year before and not because they were most deserving of the win for this particular year. 

In the end the entire thing could have been handled better by Katherine, who probably didn't need to explain why she felt the need to take her name off the list, but since she did and was really only being truthful, I also think that people should just get over the whole thing and not continue to make a "mountain of of the proverbial molehill" with Katherine's comments. It sort of ends up being a damned if you do/damned if you don't situation.

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Forget about Katherine Heigl...you posted that picture of Tina Fey!  Hey, I can't even read any more...my eyes have fallen out of my head, and my brain is oozing out of my ears.

Tina is a goddess!

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and have ever since her Roswell days.  Maybe she shouldn't have made such a public proclamation, but I also don't understand why everyone seems to have the idea that writers should be immune from criticism.  Personally I thought that Izzy did have a lame storyline this past season and I thought the writing for Season 4 was pretty weak in general (at least compared to previous seasons). 

I really respect writers and all that they do, but just as I will be more than happy to praise excellent writing, I have no problem whatsoever calling out bad writing.  Lots of people are saying that Katherine Heigl is "biting the hand that feeds", which may be true.  But it's also true that she said what I know for a fact that a lot of people were thinking.  I hope that she doesn't get killed off because I like her character.  I think she adds an important dynamic to the show, and something would be missing without her -- just as it would if Cristina or Meredith were to exit.

Wow, this is mean. I can't believe people are plotting her character's death just because she spoke her mind.

If some male actor said what she said, he'd probably be applauded for being assertive and telling the truth. But if it's an an outspoken woman, it's all "oh my god, we have to fire that bitch!"

I've said it a million times (well ... really, three other times) ...

DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU!!!!

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Hmmm ... my ideal scenario?

As she's falling into the water on the ferry dock, she becomes the unwitting victim of a certain Pirate's Krakken, who currently resides in Elliot Bay ...

My treasure is my gallant bark,
My only God is liberty;
My law is might, the wind my mark,
My country is the sea.

I would send Shonda Rhimes flowers (and I don't even LIKE Shonda) if she actually went through with killing off Izzie (which totally won't happen, but I can dream right?) Gah, Katherine Heigl just BUGS. It's not even just about the whole "withdrawing her name from the Emmys" thing, it just seems that every time she opens her mouth she does or says something completely off-putting. Too bad she's staying in Grey's, because if she indeed left, it would be almost incentive enough for me to start watching again (almost, because I still hate McDreamy with the passion of a million burning suns).

The possible death scenarios were fun to read, though! Especially the shark-jumping one and this one:

Ben suggests that Izzie jump out of a moving car to avoid having to listen one more time to Meredith whine about McDreamy.

Bwah! So true!

....with murk.  I think if it were a male doing exactly the same thing, he would be applauded for his stand.  A woman doing the same thing though, and she made out to be a money-hungry, power-starved prima donna.

I like Katherine Heigl because she's willing to speak her mind, and willing to live with the consquences of those actions.  I think she just has high standards and expectations for herself.  Really, her character last year was annoying in every way....and even more so than Meredith (who usually leaves me reaching for the mute button).

Considering it's Hollywood and a contract has about as much value as a used piece of toilet paper, if she wanted out, there is more than likely a way that she could get it done.

Any road is a good road when you don't know where you're going.

Heigl has a history of biting the hand that feeds her. I don't need the media to point out bad behaviour, I can spot it all on my own (Just like the Emmys can decide what is truly worthy of a nomination.)

She didn't do anything ethical or exemplary, what she did was make an assumption she would even get nominated at all. And an assumption that her peers love her so much, they'd overlook her "poor" storyline. If that isn't a sign of a rampant ego, I don't know what is.

Put Izzie in a long-term coma and leave her there. The gang can have lunch in her room and she can lay there like the boring 2 x 4  her acting generally reminds me of.

Because I like Heigl's character and thought that her storylines provided some necessary comic relief (besides which, would George and Callie have broken up if not for Izzie? and if they hadn't, would we ever have such swoon-worthy kisses between two hot female doctors?)

Still. Izzie Stevens' spontaneous combustion, coupled with a few more kisses shared between the aforementioned hot female doctors, would be more than enough to keep me watching Grey's Anatomy this season.

Assuming said doctors do not try to have a baby or a threesome with anyone male. 

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"From error to error, one discovers the entire truth."

- Sigmund Freud 

I find this situation to be a perfect example of how we judge people based on our own experiences and views (I'm including myself in this lump pile).

We read about the actress, see her on TV, get a brief glimpse into her world, and we get a sense that we know her and her motivations.  While some see it as an ego-charged move, others see her as being head-strong.  What I think really gets lost in the shuffle though is that we have no clue who these people really are.  We don't know them or the reasons behind their motivation.

I agree that her acting isn't anything stellar, and that I wouldn't really miss the Izzy character should she be booted to the curb - she's annoyed me since season two.  And, I probably won't see many, if any, of the films she's in because I just don't really enjoy that genre.

That being said, I still like Katherine for being willing to speak her mind, and deal with the consquences as they come.  I get sick of celebrities giving lip service and keeping everything within the safe cliches.

Maybe it was ego-driven to make a deal out keeping her name off the Emmy ballots.   Maybe she was just ensuring a spot was left open for someone she felt was more worthy, in case she was nominated.  I don't know....I can, however, see both sides of the argument.  I just kept going back to we don't know her motivation behind the choice.

Regardless of all of it....Grey's is going to have get stellar again to keep my interest.  All the girls got whiney and self-absorbed last year.  I can get enough of that in real life.  Let this show be the reality escape that it should be.

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I think she has a point; she didn't haev much of a storyline this season, and definitely not enough to earn an award, but I think the way she expressed it could have been different. Not to say she should spare feelings, but I eh. I dunno. I can't speak for everyone else, but i'd never heard of her before Grey's, so I kinda think blasting the show that made your name kinda big is a bad move.

I don't think they should kill off Dr. Stephens, though because even though she's not one of my favorites, she brings a dynamic to the show and all the other characters have a piece that bounces off of hers, just like she is made up of a piece of all the other characters. It would throw the whole equilibrium of the show off. i mean they already got rid of Burke (which killed me inside, now that I'm catching up on the show and am successfully obsessed.)

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should just give the girl a break. She just pointed out, and i really support that statement, that Izzie really haven´t had that great of a storyline season 4...

The last 2-3 episodes just about saved her character from total disaster, in my opinion. I really hope they don´t kill her off. It´s enough that Addisson is of in Lala Land checking out half naked surfer boys ... =) If Izzies gone, well that would be just sad. So keep the woman alive, give her a better storyline and please continue hooking up Hahn and Callie ... and I´m all good.. =)

Cheers people!

I never did like Katherine Heigl, and although I too was disappointed with the last season of Grey's (well up until the Callie and Erica story line) I think Katherine Heigl is a jerk for pretty much bad mouthing the writers, the very same people who created a show that made her a 'celebrity'... no one (except the Roswell fans out there) knew who she was before Shonda Rhymes came along... so I think instead of killing her character:

Izzie decides to bake a cake one day, when all of a sudden she starts to choke on it and then falls into the oven, the accident then causes her to go into a coma, indefinitly, so she ends up spending her days in a room at Seatle Grace Hospital... and most of the scenes in the show should take place in her hospital room, where she just lies there, motionless and speechless in the background, while the other characters recite the awesome words written by the writers who have had an ephiphany on how to improve the show, back to the entertaining show it once was.

the end.

I think that she was just using the media to manipulate the writers to get a better storyline, and even though she probably won't lose her job, that move wasn't the smartest one. Just my two cents on her speaking out. Anyway on how Izzie should die, I say that no matter how she goes George should go with her, because I can't stand either of their characters. So I see 2 options

1. George and Izzie unable to cope with their inability to maintain healthy, fufilling relationships they decide to carry out a murder suicide pact.

or

2. George and Lexie get together and then George and Izzie cheat together again. Lexie snaps under the pressure of her father's alcoholism and now the reality of George cheating and she kills them both.

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i thought she started being annoying way back during the denny-izzy-alex love triangle.  i do have a thing for cute blonds in general, as she is -- but at the same time, izzy needs to go.  don't care how -- but must be pronto!  

I've had a crush on Heigl since way back when she starred with Gerard Depardeau (or however his name is spelt.. the guy with big snozz) in that movie where she pretended her father (Gerard) was her boyfriend to get the attention of some guy. Not a great movie but she was hot in a bikini. eidted to add: Movie was My Father The Hero, it was in 1994 when Heigl was only 16, but I repeat myself)

I'm noticing a few really good points in this thread.

1) George should definitely be killed off (he irks me)

2) everyone seems to know what Katherine's motive was when nobody really knows her at all.

3) if she were a man she'd probably be hailed as a strong willed person

4) that people seem to think tearing women apart is more capitalist than sexism. When really, if tearing women apart is what sells the magazines (capitalist) then shouldn't we be examining the mindset of the broader population who buys these magazines who finds it acceptable to support and join in on capitalist-motivated attacks (which is where the sexism comes in).

5) Izzy had some crap storylines this season

6) the sun does not shine out the rear ends of the writers, despite what alot of people think. They are human, and although many are talented, even Da Vinci had bad days and produced utter crap.