 In contrast to the moderately negative feedback the third and fourth seasons received , Alan Sepinwall of The Star @-@ Ledger said of the fifth season : " Overall , it feels more like the good old days than Grey 's Anatomy has in a long time . " Misha Davenport from the Chicago Sun @-@ Times said season five " hits on all the things the show does so well " , adding : " There is romance , heartbreak , humor and a few moments that will move fans to tears . " Brian Lowry of Variety , less impressed , opinionated that the season five displayed the show running out of storylines . Speaking of the sixth season , Bianco of USA Today wrote : " Grey 's has always loved grand gestures . You like them or you don 't ; the only real question is whether the show pulls them off or it doesn 't . This year , it did . " 
