I am already predicting the ...
Question: I am already predicting the 2006 Emmy win for outstanding supporting actress in a dramatic series will go to
Sandra Oh of
Grey's Anatomy. The last few episodes showed Oh's wide range and gift for adding levity to grave plotlines without seeming inappropriate or out of place. From the episode when her character lost her baby, I could identify with the interactions with her mother and snickered at the ways she tried to prove she was OK enough to get back to work, only to be dismissed and ushered back to bed. Then the scene where she is crying uncontrollably while the other interns stand by helplessly watching and she suddenly yells, "Somebody sedate me!" It was a moment that made me want to simultaneously cry and laugh hysterically. And I about fell off my chair when an orderly came running into the trauma room full of train-wreck victims, appendage in hand, and yelled "I found the leg!" And Oh's competitively driven Yang mutters deadpan under her breath "I want that leg."
Oh, how I love her!
Answer: And that's how you write a fan note. Couldn't agree more. She gets funnier and more fascinating by the week. That entire cast is on fire right now. (Are you listening, SAG Awards?) Since she was nominated last year, it's almost a done deal she'll be back in the running next time. And maybe then the Emmy voters won't be swayed by an expensive Showtime campaign and foolishly throw their votes away on
Huff again (much as I love
Blythe Danner, c'mon).
