I loved Callie and Erica's friendship and didn't really buy the transition to love affair for them, but I think both characters deserve better then this. Brooke Smith is a terrific actress, and the character added a lot to the show. If the problem was the lesbian affair, they had a built-in exit - Callie doesn't really feel gay - without losing the character of Erica. I would have loved to have seen them split up, stay friends, and watch Erica explore her new sexual identity. It's a waste.

I think that if Erica was going to leave she would have done it in a bigger way. She would have secretly had a meeting and then walked out on them in a big way. I didn't really think that Callie & Erica had any chemistry but just walking away makes NO sense. I also think she would report them and cause Seattle Grace more suffering. That makes sense.

I'm mainly pissed that they didn't deal with Dennygate sooner once Hahn came on full time. Back when she was shunning Yang from CT in favor of Izzie I kept waiting for the issue to arise and it never did until the bitter end. So much wasted potential by ousting her.

To me it seemed like the writers didn't see this coming (it was all announced this week) so that's why the exit was so horrible. I didn't know until coming her that it was the last time we'd see Hahn. I thought despite the announcement we'd still see her for a few more episodes.

And I have to say, I loved seeing Hahn emotionally tied to a patient. I think this could have been the beginning of a great storyline between Izzie and Hahn.

I think it fit perfectly with Erica. she consistently has had an all or nothing attitude. and telling callie she couldn't be a sort of lesbian was bull and I was glad to hear callie say yes i can. I don't go for these blended name relationships where people dissappear in favor of their coupled moniker. She's Callie, not callica. I love my Callie, part timer or not. they were cute together but I think something more beautiful could be in the works.

I can't imagine ABC could legally fire someone because of a storyline, and I can't imagine they'd be so tone deaf anyways. I have to think there was a contractual issue that made ABC unwilling to work with this actress any more. I'll be very interested to see if she's on another ABC show any time soon.

Never liked Hahn particularly, so I'm not sorry to see her go. The circumstances of Smith's dismissal are stupid but I won't miss her. Grey's has always been a watered down ER anyway. Hahn may be a ballbusting surgeon but she's no Keri Weaver.

They handled the whole situation so poorly. Hahn was one of the only doctors who I didn't hate. I always felt so bad that she's surrounded by a bunch of incompetent idiots, especially last night with Izzy.

And I hate how the chief is so appauled that it's the 12th ranked hospital, when he's doing a terrible job at running it. It's become basically a big joke.

I read that Smith WANTED to leave. She was uncomfortable with the lesbian storyline. I don't think it is the writer's fault. I think they did the best they could given that she wanted to go.

I think it was obvious this was her last episode - she walked off into the night. What more is there to say? The Callie-Erica storyline was done anyway - I lost interest a couple episodes ago.

I agree, Ellen. OR - Izzie could accidentally kill her in an arguement over the whole thing, then get sent to jail for the rest of the season! Two birds with that stone!

Um is it me or is there something they are obviously not saying about the actress which forced her to be fired without ability to write her out. I am thinking she has some serious problem we will find out about later.

I think that, though I loved Brooke, the show handled her and Callie really badly. A lesbian relationahip could (and should) have offered an interesting new alternative to a show that dealt in a lot of bed hopping. As it is, Hahn's gone without a lot of people missing her character, as they could have if the whole plotline was better handled from the start of season one, and we're back in very much the same boat as far as other characters are concerned.I've heard talk about a bisexual intern, but I just hpoe that Grey's doesn't go down the random, hot, temporary lesbian route that shows like The OC have in the past

I mean season five, not season one. Sorry!

Um...I didn't even know that last Thursday was her final episode. I really like her character. It gives some much needed balance to the ongoing stupidity that is the show! My ratings for this show have been going down for the past year, simply due to the fact that nothing really changes...seriously! Hahn was awesome. I was hoping she could bring Seattle Grace back from the dead! I hate how shows turn out sometimes. Why do they have to get rid of great, strong characters? Brothers & Sisters, here I come!

Even Burke's departure was better than this.