Meredith Grey is dead (for now)

Wow.

The spoilers were right on. The folks over at Grey's Anatomy really did do the ONE THING you would never have thought they'd do and killed the lead character. But because this is Shondaland and the title of next week's episode is Some Kind of Miracle, we just know she'll be back. Plus, one of the other spoilers was "Someone we think is dead will come back." So... yey! Dark and twisty Meredith will survive. They'll warm her up and she'll somehow live. 'cause what would Grey's Anatomy be without Meredith Grey?

Even though I know this is just some kind of soap-ish device, it was still really difficult to watch. They made Ellen Pompeo deathly blue and Dempsey did such an amazing job as Derek desperately trying to revive the love of his life, then crying helplessly out in the hallway. It was heartening though, to watch the character's reactions, from Addison ("Don't do this, Meredith") to George in tears, to Izzie's "I believe" speech.

I can't wait 'til next week.