The Emotional Stages of Watching Shonda Thursdays
33 Moments of Emotional Torture For Anyone Who Watches Shonda Thursdays
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To some people, Thursday is just an inconvenient roadblock to the weekend. To fans of writer/producer/force to be reckoned with Shonda Rhimes, it's the day that television's holy trinity unites for a three-hour block of TV full of pure, epic, murderous, sexual-tension-fueled reasons to keep living. ABC's Shonda Thursday airs Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away With Murder back to back to back, leaving loyal viewers in a steaming hot puddle of wine and emotions by 11 o'clock, without fail. Keep reading to see exactly what goes down!
1 As you turn on Grey's Anatomy, you're feeling pretty optimistic.
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2 Shonda is a certified TV genius, after all. What’s the worst that could happen?
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3 Everything at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital is suspiciously calm . . .
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4 . . . until a plane crashes into a train, which flips onto a ferry and sails into the hospital?!
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5 Then you realize your favorite character is trapped under debris and possibly bleeding out.
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6 Thank God you know Shonda would never kill off your favorite character in such an awful way.
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7 Your favorite character dies 30 seconds later.
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8 You casually start hyperventilating into the paper bag you keep stuffed under the couch cushions for Shonda-related emergencies.
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9 You tweet Shonda 1,000 sobbing emojis and tell your roommate you'll never watch the show again.
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10 Then you calm down during the commercial break and realize that this character’s death actually makes sense.
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11 You’re still going to write an angry blog about it later, though.
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12 Scandal starts and your heart rate goes up for different reasons (Olivia and Fitz are making out, obviously).
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13 Their relationship is finally on track for once and you couldn’t be happier. *prayer hands emoji*
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14 Then Olivia suddenly delivers a dramatic three-minute monologue about how they’re not meant to be.
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15 GIRL, WHY?
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16 Meanwhile, Huck's rocking back and forth in the fetal position in a scene that lasts at least a decade.
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17 And as soon as Cyrus starts pointlessly yelling, you know it’s time to break out the wine.
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18 Good thing you did, too, because Jake takes off his shirt and your body literally ignites.
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19 Unfortunately, the episode ends the way it almost always does: Olivia and Fitz aren’t together, and your heart is breaking.
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20 How to Get Away With Murder just started, though, and you’re pumped for Annalise Keating and co. to distract from your agony.
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21 The first flash forward scene is so overwhelming that you immediately forget about Liv and Fitz.
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22 Once you get it together, you zero in on the hotness that is Connor Walsh’s face.
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23 And tune out the annoyance that is Michaela's constant complaining.
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24 There's a weird moment of sexual tension between Wes and Annalise when you're like, "Are they a thing? Aren't they?"
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25 Immediately followed by Annalise having an intense emotional moment to herself.
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26 The interns are fighting with each other while you fight internally with your desire to openly sob.
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27 It’s OK, though, because the team wins the case and Annalise takes them to da club to celebrate.
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28 "This episode will end on a good note,” you quietly murmur to yourself. “Shonda owes me that.”
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29 The closing scene is another flashback, which shows everyone you’ve ever known or loved dead or dying.
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30 You briefly pass out.
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31 You're canceling your cable for real this time.
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32 Goodbye, cruel world.
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33 JK. See you next week, Shonda!
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