"Grey's Anatomy" makes my sky bluer and brighter.

Everyone has heard of it. Everyone knows people who watch and, as far as I can tell, everyone has an opinion on it. Grey's Anatomy isn't exactly an underground find I stumbled upon. It is intensely popular and also criticized by those who dismiss it as nothing more than a well funded, well advertised, prime-time soap.

Yes, the show is a drama, but it is also more than that. The majority of people who criticize the show have not watched more than one episode, if they have seen an episode at all. You may be a skeptic of the show yourself. There are exceptions to the rule; the show isn't for everyone, but it is not just a soap opera.

The show itself is wonderfully written. The dialogue between the characters is full of wit and sarcasm, leaving the audiences laughing, crying (possibly both) at the end of every episode and full of a feeling of impatience to see what happens next.

Grey's Anatomy makes you not only believe the characters are real for an hour each week but also makes you love them, even when they're wrong. For there to be plot there must be an antagonist. These characters are hated at first but within a few weeks the viewers often find that a particular character is not the evil, soul-sucking demon incarnate that they originally might have appeared, but rather a "real person" with issues, struggles and dreams. For example, Addison was originally hated because she was interfering with the love affair between Meredith Grey (the title character) and Derek Shepherd. Now, Addison is so well loved that ABC is risking making a spin-off show, which I fear will be a mistake, called Private Practice.

The 'Anatomy' plot is dramatic but people feel connected to it anyway. Viewers feel that their lives, in some way, are similar to the drama on the show and can't help but to relate to the characters.

For me one of the best things about Grey's Anatomy has nothing to do with the show itself and everything to do with the people watching it. I personally watch it religiously every Thursday night with two of my roommates. It's our scheduled time together every week. We remain so busy that we may barely see each other through the rest of the week, but on Thursday nights we catch up between commercials and during the next hour or so that we stay in the living room with the TV still on through October Road, which comes on after. I have never talked to anyone who watches Grey's Anatomy alone. Some people make it into a weekly party for them and their friends.

There are people who aren't going to love the show like I do, but I also know that people should give it chance. If you think it's nothing more than a soap try this before you make your final assessment: find people who already love the show to watch it with, take some snacks, put your criticism on hold and look for a character you can relate to, I'd bet you won't be able to choose just one favorite.