When Grey’s Anatomy premiered as a mid-season replacement in March 2005, few could have predicted it would become the longest-running scripted primetime medical drama in TV history. Created by Shonda Rhimes, the series didn’t just focus on medicine; it focused on the messy, complicated, and often "dark and twisty" lives of the people practicing it.

: Handheld camera work and "songtages" (emotional montages set to indie music) created an immersive, almost voyeuristic experience of the high-stakes hospital environment.

MEREDITH > The body is a map. Veins are rivers, bones are mountains. We spend our lives trying to read the terrain.