Grey’s Anatomy: Dylan’s back (and Denny too)

Welcome back, Kyle Chandler!

She did it. She really did it. Shonda Rhimes resurrected “hot-bomb-guy” Dylan, (Chandler) to greet Meredith in the Great Beyond. Rhimes also resurrected another familiar face: Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan.) Thank you, Ms. Rhimes!

I’d like to think Shonda is an avid Tube Talk reader and listened to my pathetic plea to give us one more go-around with Dylan. But, I’m not that naïve. My guess is that she loves Chandler as much as we do.

The ending scene of Sunday’s Grey’s Anatomy made me gasp out loud, when Meredith awoke in the bright light to see a smiling Dylan say, “Hey.” Oh, how I love spoiler-free TV! Brilliant. If that weren’t enough, the camera then panned to Denny, who seemed equally happy to see Meredith. Talk about a cliffhanger. I can’t wait to see how the after life has been treating the boys. I’m especially pleased that Dylan is back in one piece, after he was eviscerated all over the walls of Seattle Grace.

Admittedly, I was a little hard on the Grey’s folks, when they killed Dylan last year. (See the post titled “They killed Kyle. Those Bastards.”) At the time, I had no idea Chandler was headed for a great destiny: the incredible Friday Night Lights on NBC. There, he plays Coach Taylor, a tough, but fair, family man and high-school football coach. He’s doing some of the best work on television in that role.

So, whether you fell for Chandler as bomb guy on Grey’s, or as the guy who changed fate with the help of a newspaper on Early Edition, don’t miss his appearance on this week’s Grey’s Anatomy.

Click here for previous Tube Talk posts about Chandler and his work on Friday Night Lights and Grey’s Anatomy.

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