 The series has a score of 66 out of 100 on Metacritic , based on five reviews for season seven . In response to the season , Bianco from USA Today commented : " Happily , it now seems to have landed on solid ground . " Also of the seventh season , Entertainment Weekly 's Jennifer Armstrong said : " It 's in the shooting 's emotional reverberations that the show is regenerating after the past few hit @-@ and @-@ miss seasons , " whereas Verne Gay of Newsday commented : " Unfortunately , they 've settled on far @-@ too @-@ easy and facile answers for the most part . " HitFix gave a positive review saying that , " season 7 overall has been one of the show 's strongest ever . " and added , " There was a time when Grey 's Anatomy was this show where I suffered through a lot of stuff that made me cringe to get to those genius melodrama moments it could do so well . Over the last couple of years , it 's evolved into a show that 's much more consistent in tone , where it may not move me as often as it did in the early years but also very rarely makes me question my reasons for watching . " Speaking of season eight , Entertainment Weekly 's Mandi Bierly called it a " so @-@ so season " , and Lesley Goldberg of The Hollywood Reporter called it " emotional " . Also acknowledging the fan base Verne Gay of Newsday wrote " Grey 's has had a good season and has an intensely loyal fan base to prove it . " regarding the 8th season . 
