That doctor on Gray's Anatomy

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So my mom watches Gray's anatomy, and she told me about this one character with Aspergers syndrome, I saw it and thought it was pretty steryotyped. It's like they read the symptoms on wikipedia and created a character that they picture to be like that. I guess they took "apparent lack of empathy" to mean that she doesn't care if someone dies. Thats ridiculous. Of course i'd care. Can't there be any realistic portrayals of AS characters in the media?

Yeah I saw that episode. It was a terrible depiction of Aspergers. She was a complete drone.

Then again, that show is complete crap. Everyone sleeps with everyone, everyone rants in the same way, the word "Sometimes" is used about 50 times per minute, and there's the annoying songs blaring in background, and long self-indulged monologues in the beginning and the end.

Private Practice, the show's spinoff, is actually a somewhat better show. It still manages to generate some drama and suspense.

Yeah, terrible depiction. Are there any shows with accurate depictions? As others have said, and I totally agree with, a sitcom would be a great idea. I mean, aren't sitcoms just exaggerated depictions of life? A sitcom with aspie characters has the potential to be hilarious, i'm sure the writers could have AS, maybe even some of the actors.

I would watch it.

I love Grey's Anatomy (probably not something a 16-year-old guy should be into, I suppose). Which character are you referring to?

There was a minor character introduced toward the end of last season that lasted only a few episodes that had Asperger's. I think that's who they are talking about.

If it's Cristina you're talking about, she's not Aspie... at least I don't think she is.

I just realized that there's a show with an obvious Aspergers character lead, which bases quite a lot of jokes around her literal interpretation of social context and various concepts.

The show is called Bones. She's partnered with an NT (played by David B. from "Angel"), which results in a lot of comedic potential.

Oh I figured the character Zack for an Aspie. But I guess she could be one too.

I was enlightened to hear about that doctor on Gray's. But in the end, I do agree she was somewhat of a drone.

Gray's Anatomy is just like Desperate Housewives. And it annoys the crap out of me. It is full of peoples' complaints about their own lives. And if anything positive happens, its all in this fantasy relationship that one could almost care less about. To be honest I think House is a more entertaining show. You can actually learn something from that as well.

It's Grey's Anatomy. And yes, House is better. I think it's better because there are a lot less emotions and whining. That doctor with Asperger's Syndrome was actually my favourite character and I hated everyone else because they were being horrible people towards her. I liked how she didn't bring emotions into her job, which I think no doctor should do. Which brings me to my idea that the world would be a better place if everyone was replaced by robots.

I don't think the world would be a better place if it was run by robots, I mean, haven't you ever seen the movie I robot? The part where the Will Smith character is saved from drowning when his car goes underwater, but saves him over an 11 year old girl because statistically, he had as higher chance of survival? Robots can't think abstractly or ethically because they don't think, they merely do as there programmed.