Reality Show

As I was watching Grey's Anatomy tonight I was almost (I said almost) questioning the need to watch this prime time drama when life offers up so much of its own.

I think we enjoy the 60-minute escape from reality. The lives of those interns in no way reflect mine. However, by virtue of their names only, shows like Lost and Desperate Housewives might draw some parallels.

Don't you think sometimes our lives are so crazy they'd make good fodder for a sitcom? Indeed, some things are so sad, unfortunate, frustrating, you almost have to laugh and say, "Is this really happening?" Then the viewers watching would say, "That new show on the Austin family sure is crazy. What a dysfunctional lot! There's no way all of that would happen in real life. Good show. Good escape from reality."

Maybe that's how I should view this week. Just a little episode in a long -- and successful -- television series. What's going to happen next? We'll all have to stay tuned. Only our producer, Mr. G upstairs, knows that one.