Do you ever feel like you’re in a toxic relationship with a TV show? The writing, storylines and character’s personalities are no longer what they used to be. 

As the plot points get more unbelievable and more of the characters you’ve developed relationships with depart the show, you tell yourself “this is it, I’m not watching this show anymore.” But then the show runners throw in just a little Easter Egg that ties back to the series' early days and you’re like…”ok, I’m back in.”

KEEP READING: You'll Never Guess The Highest Grossing Movie Ever Set in Idaho

Welcome to our absolutely toxic relationship with Grey’s Anatomy. The first episode of the show aired during our junior year of high school. Despite being fed up with the show on multiple occasions, we’ve seen every single episode. 

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Worse yet? When Facebook’s algorithm decided that all of the Reels that we needed to watch were flashbacks to the very early seasons of the show, we decided to start rewatching it from the beginning over the summer. 

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That’s when we started noticing things we didn’t catch the first time around! Things like the number of times that Idaho was subtly worked into a storyline. With Seattle Grace Hospital/Seattle Grace Mercy Hospital/Grey Sloan being in the Pacific Northwest, we probably shouldn’t be surprised that fictional hospitals from our area ended up sprinkled across the show. However, we were very surprised that we didn’t realize how many BIG stories Idaho was linked to. 

Do you remember any of these Easter Eggs? 

4 Major Idaho Easter Eggs You Totally Missed on Grey's Anatomy

Yes, we're in a toxic relationship with this show. We started a rewatch this summer and noticed these Idaho related plots that we missed the first time around!

Gallery Credit: Michelle Heart

KEEP READING: Did You Know These 15 Big Movies Were Shot in the State of Idaho?

Idaho has everything a filmmaker could want to use in their films: mountains, whitewater, dusty back roads, farms, lava flows and quaint towns. These are some of the films that took advantage of that!

Gallery Credit: Michelle Heart

15 Times Boise Was a Major Plot Point in Your Favorite TV Series

Boise and Idaho in general has found themselves on TV a lot lately. Unfortunately, it's usually for something in the news that makes Idaho look like the laughing stock of the United States or some tragic true crime story that happened within our borders. We decided to break it up a little bit and search for times where Boise was mentioned as a story line in some of your favorite fictional TV shows!

Gallery Credit: Michelle Heart

 

 

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