I really think that they made Burke into an asshole to punish Isaiah Washington. Now, should he say those homophobic things? ABSOLUTELY NOT. No excuse for that. If Isaiah Washington thinks or feels that way, I can't stop that, but it is inappropriate in the extreme for him to say those kinds of things.
But they decided to write Burke out/he decided to leave and they decided to do it by making him a huge asshole. There were so many possibilities with this hand tremor that they could have gone with. It sounds stupid, like I'm taking it all too seriously, but don't punish the character for what the actor does. Burke was awesome (THANKSGIVING. TEACHING IZZIE WHAT TO DO WITH THE TURKEY) and they changed his character to make us hope that Burke and Cristina would break up and we'd be glad Burke was gone and if they can do that, based on what the actor does--that makes me nervous in the extreme to trust them to keep the other characters consistent.
But Owen does seem fantastic and that video is really great. I just need to tell myself that this isn't the GA of seasons 1 and 2 and get over myself, because clearly, I want to still watch and enjoy it.
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I really think that they made Burke into an asshole to punish Isaiah Washington. Now, should he say those homophobic things? ABSOLUTELY NOT. No excuse for that. If Isaiah Washington thinks or feels that way, I can't stop that, but it is inappropriate in the extreme for him to say those kinds of things.
But they decided to write Burke out/he decided to leave and they decided to do it by making him a huge asshole. There were so many possibilities with this hand tremor that they could have gone with. It sounds stupid, like I'm taking it all too seriously, but don't punish the character for what the actor does. Burke was awesome (THANKSGIVING. TEACHING IZZIE WHAT TO DO WITH THE TURKEY) and they changed his character to make us hope that Burke and Cristina would break up and we'd be glad Burke was gone and if they can do that, based on what the actor does--that makes me nervous in the extreme to trust them to keep the other characters consistent.
But Owen does seem fantastic and that video is really great. I just need to tell myself that this isn't the GA of seasons 1 and 2 and get over myself, because clearly, I want to still watch and enjoy it.