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OMG – Meredith has three kids and they were all seen together in a breakfast adjacent scene!!! WOW. Impressive. (But to achieve such we had to completely exclude Teddy and Owen, Link, Jackson – who’s probably busy with Vic over on Station 19 – and Niko from this week’s episode … well that and we had to pay for Catherine Fox’s end-of-episode cameo …) And totally called it – the minute Zola crept into bed and said, ‘Mommy I don’t feel well.’ My immediate thought was ‘OMG SHUNT REVISION.’
But it’s not so scary when you have Koracick, jerk though he is, in the hospital. I mean if he’s good enough to remove Shepherd’s tumor, then he’s good enough to revise Grey-Shepherd’s shunt. And he was. And she’s fine. (Sometimes it feels like she never even had Spina bifida … or that she had a father, but hey – we mentioned him for two hot seconds this week – these things do crop up from season to season … usually around Halloween when the veil between the Grey-Sloan living and the Grey’s Anatomy dead is as its thinnest.)
Not really complaining about the lack of Teddy and Owen. That seems to be wrapped up for a hot and happy minute, but only because he still doesn’t know the other great love of his life is now pregnant – and keeping it – with someone else. (In some very strange alternate universe, I picture Ross one day returning with a little baby that belongs to him and Cristina …) Didn’t even mind the sappy overdone ‘Helm is hot for Meredith’ storyline that we revisited this week.
Maggie is so way less annoying when she’s brought in as 1/3 of the Medic Sisters. (It’s like Charmed only surgical and sciency!) And much like all cardio-thoracic prodigies, we have discovered that her one true love is surgery and that should be strictly adhered to. (Teddy was never really Cardio-Thoracic, though held the position as head of Cardio for a time … she’s way more trauma.) Amelia was cute and quirky as we watched Mer spiral her little toes into the ‘dark and twisties’ of seasons long past.
It was pleasantly surprising to see Richard respond to Gemma the way he did. He SHUT THAT DOWN really quick when she started tossing up his well-known history. And I love that he’s actually standing his ground and sticking to his guns. Maybe he has learned the lesson. And I love that he called her out: ‘That’s not sober behavior, get yourself a sponsor and to a meeting.’ Worried about how Catherine will (over)react when/if she finds out, though.
Meredith Grey: Do Not Settle. Your gut may not always be 100%, but if you’re not sure – don’t settle just because he’s great with the kids and he’s sexy and he’s fun. But maybe also don’t break so many rules. Bailey may be a raging ball of hormones, but she’s right – you’re not an intern anymore … so all the rule-breaking sans actual consequences … those days are far behind you (just like bombs with your hand in a body cavity.) Jail will be fun for you … hopefully you won’t get peed on like Derek did.
We didn’t see much of Karvev/Alex this week but that’s okay because we got great healthy, healing backstory of Jo’s time spent in rehab/therapy house. And it’s nice to see that Bailey still has a Karev to yell at. Watching Jo tweak out and then heal was really touching. Watching Bailey blurt out she’s pregnant – P-R-E-G-O (anybody else think it’s supposed to be two P’s?) – was hilarious. Watching Bailey use Jo’s techniques to calm and self-actualize was really, really brilliant.
Bailey was really having some moments here this week too! And when she started to blurt it out to Ben – that she – they – are pregnant – the look on his face – I was dying, thinking, OH GOD … what if Ben is NOT on board? But then in true Ben Warren overtly insane enthusiasm, he busted out in glee-smiles. And spun the PREGO lady around. SO glad he’s on board with that.
Not sure if/when the rift between Grey-Sloan & Pac-North will merge … or what’s going to happen with all the PREGOs going forward, but next week we’re getting a good and proper Halloween episode – possibly the first since Season 10? (Last year we did a Day of the Dead themed episode but I’m struggling to remember one between then and Season 10 …) Can’t wait to see how Meredith fares in jail!
Grey’s Anatomy airs Thursdays at 8:00 PM on ABC.
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