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jazy3 · 3 years

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Thoughts on Grey’s Anatomy: 17X13

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Oh my gosh! Wow! There’s so much to say about this episode. I'm so glad that Meredith woke up and appears to be on the mend. As much as I loved the beach, I am ready for Meredith to rejoin society and the land of the living and get back to doing what she does best! I'm glad that Meredith got closure and that we as fans got closure too not just with Derek but with George as well. The beach wedding scene was perfect and the dialogue throughout was great.

I laughed out loud multiple times and Meredith and Derek’s scenes were both funny and bittersweet. I particularly liked Meredith and Derek's lines about how Meredith hates weddings, but Ellis hates the Post It Note story and wishes they had a big wedding. That she would give her that big wedding if she could. I felt like she was also saying she would give Derek that big wedding if she could. I also loved their conversation about Amelia. Derek told her what she needed to hear. Sometimes losing someone close to you at a young age makes you stronger and sometimes it turns you into Amelia.

Amelia has grown so much, but she spent most of her life a mentally unstable drug and alcohol addicted mess spiralling out of control in large part because she witnessed the brutal murder of her father at the age of five. And that’s not to say that Derek wasn’t just as screwed up by what happened to their Dad. He like Amelia became a neurosurgeon always chasing the high. He stayed in a loveless marriage he hated and when Addison cheated on him with Mark he moved to Seattle where he pretended to be single and pursued a relationship with Meredith.

Even after he and Meredith got together, he lied and cheated and repeated that pattern over and over again. First with Nurse Rose and then with Renee his research fellow in D.C. Derek could be selfish, cruel, hypocritical, and jealous. While Amelia’s scars and trauma were more obvious and blatant Derek was just as affected as she was it just showed up differently. Derek makes it clear he does not want that for Zola, Bailey, and Ellis and after talking to him Meredith realizes that she doesn’t either.

I loved seeing Meredith talk about how well Amelia is doing and Derek saying, “I know!” From the moment Derek on the beach I had a feeling they were going to talk about Amelia and the kids and all of that and I’m glad they did. One of my favourite moments of the episode was when Meredith told Derek that Ellis hates the Post It Note story and wishes they had a big wedding and Derek said, "She gets that from my mother!" I loved that they showed Ellis’ drawing on the fridge when Maggie is talking to Winston on the phone.

I love that Meredith and Derek got their beach wedding like Derek talked about in Season 5 when he made Meredith a bed in front of the fireplace. She went from never wanting to get married to marrying Derek on a Post It Note, getting legally married at the court house so that they could adopt Zola, and then marrying him on the beach in her COVID dream and giving Derek and Ellis the big wedding he always wanted and the one Ellis dreams of. So beautiful. I’m glad that they got closure and that Meredith decided to go back and that she knows Derek will be waiting for her when she’s ready, when it’s her time. When she’s old and senile and smelly just like they promised.

But now is not that time. She has kids to raise. Patients to treat. Sisters, friends, and family that need her. And a certain Irish doctor who would very much like to take her for a drink once she’s feeling better. I loved that Meredith realized through talking to Derek that even though her body was tired her soul was still fighting and that she needed to go back to her life. I loved her scene with Zola when she woke up and said, "We love you so much," meaning both her and Derek. That Mommy and Daddy love her so much and that’s why Meredith came back. She gave up on an afterlife with Derek to be with her children, friends, and family in the real world. That was so beautiful.

I loved Maggie's talk with Zola. I love that she took what Catherine gave her about screaming out your feelings and used it to help Zola who has been through so much express her emotions in a healthy way. I really felt Zola's heartbreak and how much she missed her Mom and Dad. I'm glad that Maggie decided to take Zola to visit Meredith. It was risky, but it paid off. The set department did a great job with Zola’s room. When she’s sitting on her bed crying you can see the photo of Meredith and Derek holding her at her first birthday party. You can also see a sock monkey that she had at the dream house.

The slop of the roof indicates that her room is in the attic. At last we saw it Lexie was living in there and Mark was visiting her while they were sneaking around, and it was an unfinished space with wood panelling. It appears that since that time as her family expanded Meredith had the attic finished and turned into a proper bedroom for Zola. We don’t know how big the attic is so it’s possible that there are more rooms up there or that there are more rooms upstairs than what we’ve seen.

I'm glad that Derek was there for Meredith in her time of need and helped her find the will to fight even though she was exhausted. I'm interested to see what's next for Meredith. If we'll see her being discharged in the coming weeks or if they will do a time jump. Will we see her at home with the kids first or back at work? Will her and Hayes finally have that drink? If so, how soon? I want to know more! I’m excited to see Maggie tell her about her engagement to Winston and see her meet Winston properly and get to know him. I’m also excited for what I’m sure will be an emotional scene when she thanks Amelia and Link for taking care of her kids while she’s been sick.

I’m also expecting some very emotional scenes with Richard and Bailey. I’m interested to see how they will address DeLuca’s death. I’d also like to see Jackson’s reaction when he returns from his most recent quest and finds out that Meredith has woken up and is doing better. I’d also like to see someone notify Cristina, Alex, Arizona, Callie, and April that Meredith is doing better. I can’t wait to see Hayes’ reaction to finding out that Meredith is on the mend! My heart!

Now let us turn our attention to the other shenanigans that were going on at Grey Sloan Memorial this week while Meredith was busying getting closure with Derek and waking up. We saw Teddy back at work trying her best to move forward. I was glad to see that she found a therapist that works for her even though it has to be virtual due to the pandemic. I'm glad that Owen was there for her. She really needs a friend right now and as Owen said previously, he's well placed to be that person. I like that he backed her up, but also pointed out that she would be destroyed if something went wrong with Meredith. That lead to her paging Winston to scrub in with her which I think was the right call.

I think Owen did the right thing by rejecting her kiss but choosing to stay with her and let her cry and breakdown. She needs the support right now and while I’m not usually an Owen fan I think he did a good job supporting her this episode. I also really felt for him when he lost a patient he thought they were going to be able to discharge and struggled to tell the family. As he says to Teddy, they did this all the time during the way, but this is different. They are losing patients on a level that they’ve never experienced before, and they can’t even take a moment to catch their breath because they have more patients to treat and pronounce.

My heart breaks for the real life doctors and nurses who are dealing with stuff on a daily basis. It’s so hard. On a lighter note, I really loved Amelia and Link's patient storyline this week. It was funny and interesting, and it was great to see Amelia back in the OR. While it was wrong of Amelia to steal Link’s patient and I think she did overstep I understand why she was so eager to get back into the OR and she was right about what was wrong with the guy.

I understood Link’s anger and frustration, but I also appreciated that he understood Amelia and was there to support her and build her up. I like that he brought in Tom and had him on standby, but also showed complete confidence in Amelia. His line about how Amelia always likes to raise the stakes was hilarious and accurate. Another scene I loved was when Amelia and Link were leaving the hospital and Link thought she was using sexual innuendo and then she clarified that she needed to get home because her boobs felt like they were going to burst, and she needed to either pump or breastfeed. That one cracked me up!

We also saw some amazing acting by Caterina Scorsone when upon arriving home and finding Link’s parents looking after Bailey and Ellis, they rushed to the hospital thinking something was wrong with Meredith. Amelia was riding high from the surgery that day and when she thought Meredith had gotten worse, she panicked only to realize that Meredith’s condition hadn’t changed. Her sobbing and desperation as she said over and over again that she really needed Meredith to live were gut wrenching. Caterina did an amazing job.

I also really liked Bailey and Levi’s patient storyline. The peanut butter brittle woman who took up roller skating was the best! She was funny and helped Bailey see that you need to rest and also follow your joy. The scenes where the woman gave Levi the brittle and then he was smelling it made me laugh! As a result of treating that patient Bailey decided to reverse her earlier decision and let Jo switch specialities. While I’m not on board with that storyline I'm glad that Bailey decided to support Jo in following her joy. Making someone stay in a role they don't like will only make them resent you and make everyone involved unhappy.

That being said, I hate this career switching storyline. It’s so dumb. I've realized with this episode that my opinion on this storyline isn't ever going to change. If they use it as a segue for Jo adopting Luna that could be interesting, but watching Jo leave general surgery behind and re-specialize in OBGYN so she can stand on the sidelines while all the other characters do ground breaking work and cool procedures just seems dumb to me. I am not invested in this storyline at all.

Levi and Jo have great comedic timing which was on full display in this episode. Jackson was MIA this episode because he went roaring off on another one of his quests leaving the person he’s dating in the lurch and telling them about it after the fact. He took a leave of absence from work and then left Maggie a voicemail back in Season 15 telling her he needed some time to think and then went camping in the woods to look at trees which lead to him talking to April and texting a woman he met on this trip behind Maggie’s back. He then left her in the fog on a dark road in an area with bears at the end of Season 15.

Now he’s left Jo to go on an unknown quest that’s 11 hours away. When did Jackson become the guy that just vanishes at random to go do whatever the heck he wants? I was surprised that Nico asked Levi to move in with him at the end of the episode. That was not at all the answer that Levi was expecting so I understand why he ran off and said he promised Jo he'd do a movie night with her. Levi wanted to move in with Nico last season and Nico didn't want that, but instead of just saying that outright he dodged the topic and was a real jerk about it. That resulted in them breaking up and Levi moving in with Jo.

They only got back together because of the pandemic and in the intervening time Levi has grown as a person and no longer wants that kind of a relationship with Nico. When he told him that him leaving his bathroom bag at his place didn't mean he was going to move in with him he was being sincere. He just didn't want to have to keep carting his toothbrush back and forth all the time. In response Nico realized he's always running away from what scares him and pushing people away when they get too close and he wants to fix that, so he asked Levi to move in with him.

Therein lies their problem. They're never on the same page. When Levi wanted to move forward and take that next step Nico didn't want to. Now that Nico wants to move forward and take the next step Levi is no longer interested. What a dilemma. I also noticed that Jo and Levi had very similar outfits at the beginning of this episode. You know you’re becoming good friends with someone when you start unconsciously matching outfits.

Onto the next episode’s promo! We see Jackson driving in the rain, showing up on someone’s doorstep talking to himself about how his appearance might seem impulsive, but he has thought it through. The door opens to reveal April who is holding Harriet in between clips of his and April’s relationship. I have a few theories about this. First off, I think they are faking us out. If there was trouble in paradise and things weren’t going well with April and Matthew, they wouldn’t have had Jackson make a comment in the first half of the season about how Matthew is spending more time with Harriet then he and April are because they are taking more COVID shifts.

April is a deeply religious Christian woman whose faith is really important to her. She was vehemently opposed to getting a divorce even though her relationship with Jackson was clearly over because of her faith. Marriage is not something she takes lightly so I have a hard time seeing her divorce Matthew out of the blue because Jackson shows back up and is in crisis when her and Matthew have been together for the past three seasons and have been married for two.

Also, they are raising two children together and co-parenting one of those kids with Jackson. A lot of court services were shut down in the first few months of the pandemic for safety reasons which made it difficult to get a divorce and this episode takes place in June of 2020. So even if April and Matthew split up they couldn’t legally get a divorce very easily at this time and if April and Jackson got back together they would still have to interact with Matthew on a regular basis because they are co-parenting kids together and there’s no way that April would walk away from Ruby.

The only way I could see April and Jackson getting back together is if Matthew has died or fallen ill somehow. Otherwise I just don’t see it. I think they’re faking us out. I think the clips in the promo are there to entice japril fans and play into that because logistically I don’t see how a storyline in which April and Matthew suddenly divorce and April and Jackson get back together in one episode is possible.

Until next time!

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gevher-sultan · 5 years

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Let’s All Go to the Bar - 16x09

The truth is that I had no idea how to do this, so it took me a while but I think I will do it by dividing the storylines of the episode in order of appearance (this could be a bit long):

Meredith's return

Meredith is finally back! I loved her mini welcome party. It was very nice. I think she had a tough first day with the New Head of Peds but I'm very glad she is back in the Grey-Sloan.

DeLuca “ending” his relationship with Meredith

I will only say that I believe that this relationship lacks communication (from both sides). Both should have a long talk about their insecurities and how they really feel about each other (What Meredith told Maggie and Amelia and what DeLuca told her in the previous episode about the respect). They should clear things up.

By the way I loved the combo Andrew-Link-Nico, I've wanted to see Link and Nico interact with someone other than themselves and their partners for a long time and I think Link has a point when he says: "She fell in love with you knowing the facts".

Richard, Catherine and Gemma

They do have serious communication problems, everything is so easy to solve but they keep going around the matter and they probably have something thought about and that is why they do not solve it but I am DEFINITELY not anxious to see the outcome of this conflict, I think this storyline is really not necessary.

Jackson and Catherine (and Vic)

I still like Jackson and Vic although we have not seen much of their relationship and in fact it seems forced (due to the rapidity with which they began) and I thought that in the first episodes of "Station 19" they were going to touch that topic, but apparently they won't, so I'm a bit disappointed. I wanted to know their dynamics and growth as a couple.

I liked seeing Catherine defending Maggie and I think she has to listen to Jackson and I have nothing more to say here (At least now, maybe at some point I will add something else)

Schmico and the hate for Schmitt

I love how Nico supports Levi in all this, I love them!

Definitely Schmitt's classmates have to mature, it's okay Meredith is their idol but she is back now, They should be trying to learn from her and not hating Schmitt.

Jo and the baby

I really liked this part of the story, Jo interacting with Gibson who went through the same thing, I hope they touch that topic at some other point in the series and share their experiences and can support each other.

I loved seeing Jo next to the baby, I'm like 70% sure she will adopt him, reminds me a lot of Meredith and Zola!

I love Jo and Link's friendship very much, they support each other and I am sure that Link will help her until the end with the little one.

Pregnancy Club

The dynamics of the Pregnancy Club that Amelia and Bailey did were so cute, they advised and supported each other, it made me very sad to know that it will end although I already knew that something would happen to someone.

Maggie

I don't know what to say about Maggie, I feel very bad for her, I hate that she is going through this bad time. I think she needs someone or some situation that makes her realize how good a surgeon she is (but something real, not someone who tells her in a context of comfort), I hope Richard helps her.

Meredith Grey and Cormac Hayes (”The bald guy”)

I like that someone has arrived at Grey's with experiences similar to Meredith's, she needs someone like that in her life, maybe not as a couple but as a friend. I am very excited to see the development of their relationship (Although he has been mean almost the entire episode). I like him.

Oh and it was a huge contrast, I mean, the last character that came was Link who is so relaxed, not complicated and happy and now we have Cormac who has proven to be the opposite (Please do not forget that we have only seen it in ONE EPISODE)

I almost forgot it: Please don’t be rude to people who support other ships, please respect others, I already saw a lot of controversy about this on Instagram.

Benley

Why? Why do they do this? They were so happy with Bailey's pregnancy, I really wanted to see their baby.They don't deserve to go through this suffering, I just hope this don't separate them It would hurt me to see them go through a bad time again.

Amelink

I loved all their interaction throughout the episode, everything was very nice, their discussion about the baby was even more and Amelia calling Link “My boyfriend” was all I needed but they had to ruin it in the end with the plot change that I don't know how they want us to believe it (at first with the shock at the time I believed it but when you start analyzing the publications on the topic you realize that it is really hard to believe).

I will be very sad if the baby turns out to be not from Link because he has been so supportive, i’m sure that he will continue to be like that if the baby is not his but it would be very sad to see how all his illusions are destroyed.

And if the baby is from Owen, I would be very angry and sad, neither Link nor Teddy deserve all this, her pregnancy already had a lot of drama and Amelia needs a quiet pregnancy and far from drama.

Joe's Bar

WTF?!?! A CAR??!!?!? I just hope nobody gets seriously injured.

Yes, it was quite long and if I miss something, feel free to ask me.

My head hurts a little, so I could not check it very well so you know, if you see any error (English is not my native language) feel free to correct it and if you think differently of course leave your opinion (please respectfully).

See you on January 23!

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nellie-elizabeth · 3 years

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Grey's Anatomy: The Makings of You (18x12)

Huh. I feel distinctly torn about this episode.

Cons:

I like that we're actually doing some stuff with the kids, it's fun to see Zola have a personality and interests of their own, but also... oof... the kids' acting in this show is... not the greatest. It's a little distracting to see Maggie and Winston playing off of the performances from the little ones playing Bailey and Ellis, and even Zola.

Nick. Okay, so in this episode, we meet Nick's niece Charlotte, and we learn that he can have a bit of a temper sometimes, and that he's overprotective of his niece. Real, concrete information about this guy. A personality. I wish I could bring myself to care more. I will give them credit and say this is the most that a storyline with Nick has ever made me want to pay attention, and that's because I love Meredith and I want her to be safe and happy. I just can't quite click with this generic nobody, no matter how hard they try and make me.

I suppose it was fun to see Ellis Grey and have her share some insights about giving Maggie up for adoption, but honestly this plot thread didn't seem to give us any new information? There was sort of a revelation there at the end where Maggie said she'd felt like something was missing because she'd never known her mom, but that after reading the letter she can let go of that or whatever... I don't know, it seemed a little flimsy to me.

Pros:

As I said, though, this story with Nick was the closest to a good one the show has had with his character all season. Charlotte and Meredith's conversation in the kitchen was a particular highlight for me. They could have gone a far more dramatic route and had Nick and Meredith get into some big fight, but instead Nick is sort of snippy and Meredith chats with Charlotte like an adult and doesn't overstep her bounds, and things end more or less peacefully. I keep grappling with the fact that Nick is boring as hell, but that I am genuinely happy for Meredith getting to have this kind of peace and gentleness.

While Maggie's story felt a little thin on the ground, I enjoyed it from a performance perspective. Maggie's exhausted, and she gets this unexpected blast from the past, and she's having uncomfortable and conflicting feelings about it. I love how Winston steps up with the kids, and is there for his wife: they genuinely do make such a nice couple, it's touching to see.

Finally, we've got the third sister in this little unconventional family, Amelia. I love seeing her and Kai together. They go out to a bar, Kai's in a band, they have tender, fantastic sex, they get to know each other, Kai has names for all their plants, they talk about Kai not wanting kids, and Amelia learning more about herself. Without the interjection of Link drama, or Jo drama, or Owen and Teddy drama, this episode was allowed to focus on the start of something new and lovely and exciting. I'm all about it!

That's all I've got for this one, short and sweet. We get some time with Maggie, Meredith, and Amelia, and took a step away from some of the plot threads that have been annoying me most all season. Onwards to what's next!

8/10

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joysmercer · 7 years

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Grey’s Anatomy 14x17 Final Thoughts

Oh my god guys. KV really wasn’t lying when she said to bring the tissues for this one. What an episode.

There are 3 main storylines in this one, focused on Meredith, April, and Owen respectively.

Meredith is doing her own Meredith thing when she comes across a transplant surgeon who looks like he’s in pain. After revealing that he has just gone through his own transplant, he collapses, leading to friendship/flirtation developing between these two. Seriously guys, it was absolutely adorable. They talked about their lives, their family, their kids (well, his adopted niece and her kids), and their plans if they were no longer doctors (canoeing or sharing a hammock on the beach <3 ). He’s developed a DVT, and right before he goes into surgery, he tells Meredith to make sure his niece goes to college and leads a good life. This kind of speech, especially when the patient is close to a doctor, usually ends tragically on this show. But not this time: Meredith saves his kidney, and Dr. Mars can go back to Minnesota healthy.

I tried really hard not to like these two together, and it just became even harder as the episode went on. I’m really glad he lived. It’s been a while since I saw Mer smile like that. On the other hand, I’m so, so glad they didn’t actually become a thing. As she said, she is his doctor, and they have separate lives. But, it’s nice to see her opening up to someone again. This storyline was a feel-good, happy one that just made me smile. It’s been a while since Grey’s had one like this, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

You know who have separate lives but did try and become a thing? Owen and Teddy. Owen, I love you. I really do. But you are an IDIOT. All of their scenes made my blood boil. For one thing, we know Owen is not going to stay in Germany, and that Teddy is (probably) not going to come back to Seattle, which means whatever happens is going to be for this episode only -- so we knew going into the episode it probably won’t end well. I never liked Teddy and Owen together as a couple; I always saw them only as incredibly close best friends, However, I would take them a couple over what happened here.

First of all, Owen getting on that plane in the first place was so out of character of him; secondly, the Owen I know would have slightly more common sense than Comet in that episode of Full House where he thought a truck was a Hot Dog and got lost in San Francisco. Apparently, though, Owen thought it would be a brilliant idea to bring up his ex’s name, and then mention they were sleeping together just the night before. This effectively ended any friendship between Teddy and Owen. She kicks him out of her apartment, and our last view of her is her crying behind the door. And frankly, I felt the same emotions. Guys, these two have been through so much together, both before and during the show, and they did not deserve this crappy ending. They were never a good fit as a couple, but this lifelong friendship is now destroyed.

Meanwhile, April is treating an old patient of Dr. Bailey’s, who’s developed some bad complications to antibiotics. April blames Bailey for not choosing surgery, and her choice of words and sudden anger make it obvious she’s not just mad about her patient’s condition, but at the world, as she has been for too many episodes to count. Thankfully, as she cares for the Rabbi, he manages to “fix” some part of her, helping April realize that the world is not perfect and she should never expect it to be. I couldn’t help but warm up to the Rabbi, but unlike Dr. Mars, I just knew beforehand that this patient would not live. He needed to die for April to finally come to her senses. Sarah Drew’s acting was Phenomenal in this episode, as it has been for the past few ones as well. She is absolutely amazing, and so talented, and has been portraying April in such a raw, powerful way. Remind me again why she’s leaving the show? Anyway, April’s story was just really beautiful and touching. I think someone on Twitter said it too, but Sarah Drew deserves an Emmy for this.

I already said I disliked Owen’s story in this episode, but there are some other things I wanted to be addressed as well:

Where the hell is Arizona?? We only have, like, 10 more episodes with her (maybe), and her development this season is an actual piece of crap. Her best friend is spiraling out of control, but she’s too preoccupied with who-knows-what to do anything about it. I mean, seriously, this is just poor writing. Not only are they making Arizona act completely uncharacteristically, but they’re not even trying to give her scenes -- Carina hasn’t been around for a few episodes either, and we had maybe, 10? minutes of the two of them working on their project while Mer had like 3 episodes focused on hers. I actually love Arizona more than I do April. She deserves better.

Amelia??? Her ex-husband just jetted across the world, and she apparently has no opinion. In fact, she’s not even around this entire episode.

Jo and Alex. First of all, the promo is terrifying. I thought we got over the whole Alex-taking-his-anger-out-by-punching-people thing. I mean, it is for a good cause this time, but dude, Jo just proposed to you again. Grow up. Meanwhile, Jo is nowhere to be found, like, at all. No updates on her and Meredith’s research, no chief-resident drama, nothing. And, apparently, no wedding planning going on on-screen either :/ Hopefully there’s more of that next week.

Maggie. Ok, Jaggie irritates me, but Maggie was so adorable last episode that I was looking forward to seeing more of her. Same with Jackson, but at least he was there for April (slightly). Although, I don’t want to see these two together. Please.

Where are Zola, (Derek) Bailey, Ellis (Shephard), and Sofia? These doctors have children and we forget they exist 99% of the time. I want more kids, and not just Zola being way too smart for her age or Sofia missing her mom.

On the whole, though, this episode was a really beautiful one, with a touch of drama but still some old-grey’s peeking through as well. And don’t think I missed that Cristina reference ;) Ah, the Twisted Sisters.

OH AND I ALMOST FORGOT. What do you think Meredith’s “flashback” look in the end was about? Is she getting a new love interest, and did he just walk through the door? I honestly couldn’t care less, as long as she’s happy :) But, I do want answers!

Anyway, until next time!

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violetemerald · 6 years

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Grey's Anatomy: Owen Hunt & His Journey to Becoming a Parent - "Bless The Broken Road"

Voiceovers are transcribed at the bottom of this description. ~~~ I don't know what to expect with Owen and this foster baby storyline going forward but I'm SO HAPPY about it so far. Also my OTP on Grey's right now is Owen/Amelia and her being so involved has not hurt my happiness about it... lol. But seriously, I have all the excitement of shipping feelings right now but more toward Owen&happiness, I have been rooting for Owen and parenthood for 7 years, I'm pretty sure, and it's all HAPPENING!! ~~~ As you may have learned from my personal video about my queerplatonic relationship I was in on-and-off for a couple years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN_3ynvHdY4 - I really want to foster and/or adopt children myself in my future. Owen's storyline (including a willingness to adopt or even foster an older child!) and his struggle to find a partner he's in love with who actually wants to have children has been one of the parts of Grey's Anatomy as a TV series that has resonated with me the most, especially recently as I re-watch a big chunk of the series knowing I'm asexual and aromantic-spectrum. I was so shocked when 14x19 happened and Owen signed up to do parenting single via fostering to adopt, as that is basically my plan if I can't within the next 6 or 7 years or so find a partner to co-parent with. I started this vid immediately and have been SO inspired.

Special thanks to cardiffgiant02 for helping me brainstorm scenes!

I couldn't fit in everything I wanted to, especially in regards to explaining how his relationship with Emma in season 10 was so close to giving him his dream of children but SHE wasn't who he wanted in a romantic partner, and actually in order to fit in most of what I wanted to I edited the song and EXTENDED IT...

...but repeating certain instrumental sections a few times. I hope the song extension/edits don't sound horrible and overly distracting... I couldn't help it, I really *needed* the extra 30 or so seconds, lol. Also I hope my glowy effects on the scenes from the two "What If" episodes where Owen has kids in season 8 and season 10 are not too much...

Mainly I'm pretty happy with how the video turns out even if it's not entirely perfect. I worked hard on this and I really hope people enjoy it. Please leave me a comment if you like it, as it took me many, many hours to edit. :)

And yay for my first Grey's Anatomy video in 4 years, by the way! Check out my playlist of all my Grey's Anatomy vidding here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQIrXD4weMlgmJGC93E8d3QAXaht9guad

I actually hope to make some other Grey's Anatomy fanvideos soon, probably to vid Cristina & Meredith's relationship, to vid Amelia and/or the Owen/Amelia ship, AND to vid the hospital shooting storyline and the whole aftermath of that trauma throughout season 7. I already have perfect song ideas for all of those. They all mean things to me personally. Cristina & Meredith are the epitome of queerplatonic partners in many ways, although there is no one way to do that relationship structure, and I love so much in my re-watch noticing the show exploring their bond. The trauma and coping with the aftermath of a gun related trauma is personal for me after my friend perpetrated a murder-suicide 5 months ago. Etc. There's a LOT going into my feelings toward the show right now.

I felt a little weird vidding this song because A) I started a vid years and years ago set to a different cover of this song and I almost-never repeat vid songs, and B) I'm an atheist - I don't believe in God and this song is kinda more heavily about "God" "blessing" the difficult journey to get to the happy ending. But the previous vid I had been working on, a Lucas & Peyton (One Tree Hill) one I didn't vid more than about 45 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l9yExD5zQY and I just couldn't think of a better song for focusing on the "broken road" part, the angst and long journey to getting tot the end. A lot of other songs that crossed my mind, like "Brighter Than Sunshine" by Aqualung or other covers of that, focused too much on how life NOW is great, brighter than sunshine, and while it turns out episodes 14x20 and 14x21 gave us quite a few Owen w/ a child scenes and I could've probably made a song like that work, I picked the song when all I knew was the end of 14x19 and I was expecting maybe one scene at best by the end of the season of Owen getting his dream of Parenthood. I was expecting the happy ending to be more implied in this vid when I first started out making it. Anyway... I think the song worked pretty perfectly, even if at the end the lyric switches to "lover's arms" so I had to be creative with Amelia... :P There aren't a lot of songs out there focusing on platonic happy endings after a lot of broken hearts, if you know what I mean.

Song: Bless The Broken Road Cover Artist: Luke Murgatroyd & Mike Watson (Originally by Rascal Flatts) Discovered it here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYP8UqF5x8s

Voiceovers:

Cristina: I don't want a baby. Owen: Well, you have one.

Owen: I could take a leave for six months, or a year. Cristina: No, you couldn't. Owen: Yes. Sure, I could. I'm telling you I want this. I can do this. Cristina: There is no compromise! I don't want to be a mother.

Cristina: I made an appointment... to terminate the pregnancy.

Owen (to Megan): I always imagined us raising our families together. Camping trips, cookouts.

Owen: It's a cute baby, right?

Owen: I could sing a song... You tired? [Sofia coos]

Owen: It's always been about you! It's what YOU want. That's always been your position. We live like you want, how you want... you get WHATEVER you want.

April: I don't know, it's just a feeling. [Owen scoffs a little] April: But... you don't have any kids.

Owen: It was- it was a... life that I envisioned for myself, okay?

Megan: You don't have any kids. How exactly would that dream work out?

Owen: You KILLED our baby! You don't ever forget that!

DSHS Worker: So, are you looking to foster a child? Or foster-to-adopt? Owen: Foster-to-adopt.

Owen: Oh, sure. Ok, we're fine. Except for the part where you aborted the child that I wanted. Cristina: Except for the part where you held my hand while I exercised my right to choose, and then four months later you screamed I killed your baby in front of all our friends.

Cristina: I do not want kids- Owen: Most people would've considered dropping a bomb like that BEFORE the wedding. THAT is when it would've been relevant.

Meredith: He should be with someone who wants a baby.

Amelia: You have wanted this forever!

Ethan: Can I stay with you? Owen: [chuckles] No, no, no, I have to- I have to work.

Owen: When you and Derek adopted Zola, how did you know?

Owen (to Emma): Are you planning to break my heart?

Owen: I mean, how did you really know that that was something you were gonna do? Meredith: Why? Are you thinking...?

Owen: You know, this kid, he needs someone. And... I like him! And, uh... he likes me! He's scared and alone, and... I could help. I know how to help, and I want to. It's a huge commitment; it's a lifetime of responsibility... but then I spend one minute with this kid, and... I can't imagine not doing it.

Meredith: You know, Owen was talking about taking the kid, himself.

Cristina: Were you even going to tell me you wanted to... ADOPT him? Owen: Well, that didn't happen, so... Cristina: But you WANTED to! Owen, you want kids!

Cristina: Derek watches Zola put applesauce in her ear, and he's enchanted. You felt that way with Ethan.

Alex: Mm. Maybe you're not a "baby guy". Babies just don't like some guys.

Cristina: You broke up with her? She was IT, Owen. Picket fence, a dozen kids. Owen: I don't want to talk about that.

Owen: I'm a baby guy! You can see that, right?

Owen: Um... kids? Amelia: Five. Owen: Whoa, five? Amelia: Sure, unless the first few terrorize us, then we can have four. Owen: Are we really talking about this? Marriage and kids?

Owen: Hey, did I tell you I spent all day with Harriet today? It was so much fun. After a while, I just... I felt like I'd done it forever.

Owen: And so I was thinking that we could turn the... study into the nursery!

Megan: If I die, I need you to promise me that you'll take care of Farouk.

Amelia: My baby lived for 43 minutes.

Owen: I keep trying to think of him as like a "practice baby", but he is such a cute practice baby. [Sighs] Oh.

Amelia: I got to hold him. And it almost killed me! I haven't told Owen all of it. [Breathes.] He wants a family so bad.

Owen: You know, and then we can- We can turn the nursery into his room! Or her room. I mean, it's a good room for a kid, right?

#Grey's Anatomy #fanvideo #Owen Hunt #Amelia Shepherd #Cristina Yang #vidding #GA fanvid

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blancheharrington · 6 years

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Honestly the only firm Jolex headcanon I have is that they'd absolutely adopt at least one kid. Given their pasts and the fact that Alex was the one who brought over Zola and those other kids and fought so hard for Derek and Mer to be able to adopt her (and how cute he is with her), it would just make so much sense for them. I'm sure they'll have bio kids too, but I have my heart set on them adopting at least once… though I guess that's unlikely since Owen decided to try to adopt.

I have no doubt that they’ll end up adopting at one point, it makes so much sense with their backgrounds. Just because Owen is in the process of adopting doesn’t mean Jolex can’t or won’t. I mean, Mer adopted, too. There’s no limit to which characters can adopt and which can’t, just like it goes with pregnancies. If Amelia is pregnant, that doesn’t mean Jo can’t be later on (or even this season ;). So I’m not worried about that aspect. Plus, we don’t even know if Owen’s adoption will go through!

I guess I’m in the minority with wanting to see them have a baby from the beginning. I think I’ve always pictured Jo and Alex having that little arc during a pregnancy where they’re both worried about being good parents and they take that time to process and prepare and then they’d reassure each other as well as themselves. Plus, I’m a sucker for the “finding out your pregnant” tropes and I really want to see Jo and Alex go through all of that. Zola’s adoption storyline seemed very rushed to me and I hated that they made Mer and Derek separate during that arc, so I have some concerns for any future adoption storyline. But I totally get your headcanon.

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Anonymous said: Holy frick that is so encouraging and I needed that so much bc I literally visited my college to measure my dorm room and drove home in tears bc I panicked myself into a frenzy about whether or not everything leading me to this point has been a mistake and what if I fail and ruin my life before it even starts (I have since calmed down a little) so your encouragement was much needed & is much appreciated

I’m glad I could help <3 <3 <3 Good luck at school! I’m sure you’ll kick its ass

areverieofchaosdreams said: It's Fanfiction Writers Appreciation Day. So thank you for all your amazing stories!!!

Oh goodness I’m all a blushin :’)

Anonymous said: *HAPPY WRITER APPRECIATION DAY* Send this to someone whose talent has blown you away, who you'd like to encourage to keep on writing always, and who you'd like to thank for working their butt off to provide fandom members with breathtaking stories to consume! THANK YOU :D

Aw thank you!

Anonymous said: Hi! I Hope you're well! Do you still take fic requests? Because I really miss Colin Wilkes and I'd love to a story of him with your writing!

Unfortunately I don’t often take requests these days, but I’ll definitely keep Colin in mind!

dirtycherrypie said: hey! applying for WE for the R&D department (may or may not be aware of producing bat gadgets)

dirtycherrypie said: SHit forgot my name - Bea, at your service!

[Bruce Wayne voice] hired

tigers-and-weeds said: Literally just fell down the rabbit hole on your tumblr for the last 12-24 hours. I am in love with with you headcannons and fics! The angst feeds my soul... So I figured I would request: anything angsty with Dick and Damian please please please

Okay again I don’t usually take fic requests BUT I like me some angst so the odds that this will eventually happen.... are extremely high. I’ll try to remember to dedicate the next one to you :) And thank you!

math--ew said: I went on a little birthday vacation to california and I've never been to the beach before. I was bending down to grab a pretty shell and this huge wave knocked me face first into the sand. Like, five people saw and laghed but I got the shell so I guess it's a win win.

Duuuude back at Lake Michigan last month the same thing happened to me. I was taking care of my little sister and her five year old friend, so I was so busy making sure they were okay that the wave plowed me halfway across the beach

babybatbrat said: when i was in ap physics i once spent an entire study period in my physics teacher's room working on one problem. as far as i could tell i was doing all of the work correctly and had all the initial values right so i was racking my brain trying to figure out why i wasn't getting the right answer. the third time i went up to my teacher and asked for help he told me to start at the beginning and walk him through my process bc he couldn't tell why i was getting it wrong either (1)

babybatbrat said: (2) so i start the problem and explain how i got through all the values - "okay so the rod is 5 inches long and half of 5 is 3 and a half -" and i stopped there bc it occurred to me that 3.5 is not half of 5. "it's what?" My teacher asks. i put my head in my hands and stood there for a minute before picking up my work and walking to the back of the classroom while he laughed, bc i had just spent 45 minutes convinced that half of 5 was 3.5 and not, in fact, 2.5, and that was the only thing wrong

Honestly??? Relatable

babybatbrat said: One time i woke up at six in the morning to hear the neighbor's dog barking and instantly realized that meant my dog had jumped the fence, so i went racing outside and sprinted down the street to catch her. when i did i picked her up and turned around to go home and then saw my neighbor standing on their front porch, realized i was in only an oversized spiderman tshirt and snowman pajama shorts, holding a twenty pound labrador and thats how i met my new neighbors

Incredible...... 10/10.....

thrakaboom said: Not a funny story,but two days ago at comic con I met Tom King and he showed me a picture of his kids while he was signing my books

Well hey that’s pretty cool

Anonymous said: I adore your Tumblr. It was a wonderful way to get into the Batfamily fanbase; prior, I thought that there was only one Batman and a single Robin, dearie me was I wrong. And those stories you write, just great. The Headcanons are just as enjoyable. As for Batman, that has come to be a sibling enjoyment. Thank you for your contributions and existence!

!!!!!! Welcome to the crew!

frnkensteingrrrlz said: hey!!! i just went through ur reasons to be happy tag and!! i'm so so happy bc of it (esp the damian hcs, they're spot on imo and he's my favourite) so i hope u have a good day!!!

Thanks! I am having a good day today! Although I’m sure it’s been a long time since you sent this :////

Anonymous said: HELLO I have just discovered and binge-read all of your fics with my homeboy Damian in them, and just wanted to pop by and say that I love you & you are my hero & you write my boy so well so thank u and I hope your life is blessed & you achieve your wildest hopes & dreams

My day is made :D

badfaith00 said: Best batman storyline you've ever read ?

Ooooooh hm I’m mighty attached to n52 Batman and Robin? Particularly the first storyline, but the second is also fantastic

Anonymous said: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHAMELESSLY REBLOGGING YOUR OWN WORK BC I HADNT SEEN IT BEFORE AND ITS HONESTLY SO PHENOMENAL ITS GOING ON MY LIST OF ALL TIME FAVORITES THANK U AND BLESS U

THANK YOU!!! THAT ONE IS MY FAVORITE AND I AM VERY PROUD OF IT

onwardmotley said: In today's Detective Comics someone finally told Bruce and co that Tim's alive. They didn't explain where he is, or how to get him back, but hey. It might've had more impact if anyone was seen actually mourning Tim and it wasn't just played as him being in cosmic time out, but at least it should end soon idk. Hopefully.

Tim Drake? It’s been years since I heard that name.....

Finally. Thank goodness.

Anonymous said: Idk if I prefer your soul crushing angst or your heartwarming fluff... actually I like to suffer so I'll stay with angst lol

Y’all seeing this? Anon gave me permission. Can’t yell at me next time because it won't be my fault (thanks babe :))

Anonymous said: for music, idk what kind of music u like so here is variety: St. Vincent - Paris is Burning, Sea Wolf - Dear Fellow Traveler (tbh everything by Sea Wolf is great), Dirt Poor Robins - Eleanor Rigby, Between Wind and Water- HAEL, Ellem - Kings and Queens and Vagabonds, The Rigs - Rise & Fall, Tally Hall - Light and Night, and Streetlight Manifesto - The Hands that Thieve.

Thank you! I’m excited to listen to these! I’ll start right now!

Anonymous said: 1) What are the good comics to read for Batfamily stuff (from any point in time) and 2) what are the best Jason Todd comics? Thanks!

Okay for Jason I would definitely start with the big ones, which are A Death In the Family and Under the Red Hood. After that you could try Red Hood: the Lost Days and Countdown to Final Crisis. I would avoid the n52 series until you have a good enough grasp of the character to recognize bad writing when you see it.

For the generalized batfam.... that’s pretty broad. My personal favorites are Red Robin, Batgirl (2009), and both B&R series. If you have more specific questions, you should IM me! I promise I’m better about answering those than asks

yellowwallsbluesky said: Have you heard Swooner by The Zolas? I've really been jamming to it lately

Listening to it right now! Sounds like a bop so far :)

Anonymous said: Hidden citizens paint it black 💜

Much obliged!

Anonymous said: Harry styles "sign of the times".

[adds to list] thank you!

neo669 said: I MISS CASA OLE!! Sorry just read that you lived in Bryan/College Station and I used to live there as well. It's kinda hard to find people that even know that it exists. But I'm sure you can kick law schools butt. You got this!

Yooooooo I miss cstat too :((((

palliddark said: Adalgiza, and I'll be a translator (English to Brazilian Portuguese)

[Bruce Wayne voice] also hired

maeofthedead said: I love your headcannons and now I sort of want to cry thank

Excellent that is the exact target response

Anonymous said: Love your rant in the tags about the pizza making I'm laughing so hard

Listen..... I have strong feelings

Anonymous said: Did you hear they're making an omnibus of Tomasi's entire run on Batman & Robin?? I just heard and now I kinda want to get this massive book in honor of my favorite batkid and the series that made me love him so much

Man I already have all the individual volumes but if I didn’t......

sonicboom00724601 said: Hi. :) Nice headcanon. :)

I’m not sure which one you’re talking about, but thank you! You're real sweet

Anonymous said: can you maybe write an interaction between Wonder Woman and Captain America? I absolutely adore your style and would love to see your take on it.

Hmmmm I don’t really have a good enough grasp of Captain America’s characterization to try that one :////

Anonymous said: i tried to kill on mosquito that was on my ceiling by slamming it with a book but mosquito was on the move so i bounced swiftly and jammed both my wrist and thumb and now my existence is Pain. also my thumbs swelling and looks purple, so that's nice

Oh shit anon you good???

daziy said: Do we know who Barbara's mother usually is?

Yeah! In her original version, Babs had a birth mom and an adopted mom. She was originally Jim’s niece, so her birth mom’s name was Thelma Gordon. After the adoption, her parents were Jim and Barbara Gordon, with her adopted mother being her namesake. So two Barbara Gordons.

I think for awhile the canon was that her mother died in a car crash, but the current version has her still alive. She left Jim when Babs was young, taking her son (Babs’s brother) with her. James Gordon (the son) turned out to be a serial killer.

Barbara Gordon Sr. and James Gordon Jr. both appeared in the n52 Batgirl series during the Death of the Family arc. There’s also a very good story about James from the Dickbats period. That one’s called The Black Mirror, if I’m not mistaken?

Anonymous said: Hi! What do you think of the upcoming metal event? Dick and Damian seem to have a big role in it ( I hope Jason is involved too but there's still no sign of it)

Hmmmm I don’t know that I have an opinion just yet, but as always, I hope to be pleasantly surprised

Anonymous said: bless you are your wonderful tagging system. know that i may have avoided death because of how easy it was to f ind the thing I wanted in your tags. bless

Oh goodness anon I hope you’re not serious about almost dying.... but thanks?

Anonymous said: hi amy! would u say that damians narrative is written as a child abuse one? like there are definitely many allusions to it but its also not as explicit as say, cassandra or rose. like how much of it would u chalk up to comic world dynamics and how much to actual abuse? also would u consider jason to also be a case of this?

Oh I have very strong opinions about the role of abuse in Damian’s narrative. It’s absolutely there, and the effects are staggeringly large. There is no doubt in my mind that the league was an abusive environment, and I can’t justify some of the things Bruce did either.

I think I would say the same thing for Jason, if not quite as strongly. I definitely think that some of the things that happened to Jason as a child shaped his story later on, but less of those were abuse than outside circumstances. The n52 takes a different track on that one, I think, but I don’t put much stock in that characterization.

Anonymous said: has jason forgiven bruce for not killing joker? if so, what made him?

Unlikely. They get along better these days, but I would argue that comes from poor characterization of Bruce, not an actual resolution process.

mellenabrave said: My mom accidentlly threw my Damian doll away (╥_╥)

Tossed in the garbage by yet another parent--

Anonymous said: Whoa where'd you get that bat and oracle shirt you're wearing in your necklace pic? It's so cool! (The necklace is also gorgeous!)

Shoot I think it was from Redbubble? But I can’t find it now

Anonymous said: Omg that necklace was so cool!!! Kudos to the maker of it!! Also I really like your top!!

Thank you <3

#......dont look at me #listen i JUST got wifi again #asks

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bi-lullaby · 5 years

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I already sent you the list of male characters, so here's a list of our amazing GA women to try to rank from your favorite to least favorite, no ties allowed! :) Meredith, Cristina, Bailey, Izzie, Callie, Lexie, April, Jo, Arizona, Maggie, Amelia, Teddy, Addison, Erica. Good luck, and as always, feel free to include your reasons why because I love your answers! I realized while typing this that overall I love the way GA writes its female characters a lot more than its male ones, btw

Oh honey, same! Here’s my list, whoch has some Solid Reasons but the main one is who makes me recreate this gif:

More enthusiastically, which is very personal, otherwise by level of awesomeness it’d be, like, a 10-way tie!

1 - Meredith. I feel in love with her in the first ep and that has only grow exponentially over the last 15 seasons. Is she perfect? As far for it as possible. She can be harsh and inconsiderate of other people’s feelings, she can be arrogant and agressive. I know that. But I also feel she’s the character who’s the most aware of her own flaws and who actively tries to overcome them. Her whole relationship with Derek was a six season long of her working over her issues until she felt ready to be more intimate and close to someone and marry him. I feel like everyone is a little too harsh on her (main character curse). Every other person on the show is allowed to have bad days, to lash out and mourn and be sefish whrn they’re going through a lot (i mean, Amy has a whole speech to Mer about how “she’s never lost the love of her life” and “she doesn’t know how that messes a person up, and yet I see so many people agreeing with that and hating Mer when she was the one in Amy’s position and also took some less than stellar, hurtful decisions) but Mer, who has quantitatively gone through the most (not a competition because I feel she, Jo and Amy are on equal footing, just by sheer number of bad things), is called whinny, bitchy, cold, uncaring, when she is anything but! She cares so freaking much she’s willingb to go to any distance! Donating her liver to her stranded father because of her loved little sister? Risking her job and career for someone she loves? Risking her life/career/license for patients? Welcomig people in her home with open arms? Operating through a miscarriage while her husband lies dying on the next OR? Being a great friend who defends, sticks by, forgives, comforts and protects who she loves from abusive exes, jail, judgment or tests? She has done all that and more. Also, she’s so empathetic/compassionate! She refused to bet on George’s failure on season one, she was the only one to try and shield that “tumor pregnancy” patient from judgment, she was the only one (not her best and oldest friend or hes husband, Mer) to get Jo to talk after she became depressed, she defended Cristina’s choice to Owen even if that was not what she’d personally do (she had tried so hard for a baby! She went out of her way to adopt Zola!) not just because she had empathy for the fetus that would grow to mimic her own situation, but for the woman who would mimic her mother’s (also, low-key one of the best speeches, damn)! She feels everyone’s pains and tries her best to help! She’s dorky and fun and smiles so often, no matter how bad her life has been! She pushes people to be their best (Alex, Cristina, Jo). She’s a great teacher! Also, one of the things that make me the softest is how she recognizes the flaws in her upbringing and tries her best to correct them and not continue that bad cycle with her own children! When she’s mad and needs to be alone, she tells Zola “you’re perfect, and mommy needs a minute”. When she’s dating, she puts her kid’s feelings first and foremost! When she’s away from them, she misses them like crazy! She talks about them with a brilliant, vivid smile! All of her relationships are fantastic (she’s such a people-person, as much as she tries to cover it up and doesn’t know how to truly express it) and some criminally underrated. She’s a kind, brilliant, loving, still flawed, beautiful woman who deserves the world and more, and I’m on Meredith Grey’s defense squad from now till forever!

2 - Arizona. As a bubbly blonde wlw who’s interested in being a pediatric surgeon, has authority+parental issues and an older sibling she loves, Arizona is one of those “I see myself in them” characters that just make me so happy! I felt both represented and inspired to try my best, to be at the top of my game but jot let go of my humanity and compassion and happiness. It’s weird because I didn’t quite like her in the first few eps she appeared, as she was rude and biphobic and kinda crass. Then she grew on me enormously. I think her relationships are all so criminally underrated, and that she should come back with Callie and Sophia and April in tow and make my day. I suffered when she suffered, and when she smiles, I feel lighter and happier, truly! She showcases some important messages! I have said this in a previous post, but I love that she... Came into the show and left pretty much the same. Her arc wasn’t as much about change as it was about finding herself again, glueing her pieces back together again. She entered a bubbly, hardcore, brilliant peds surgeon who had a very strong, clear set of values, was able-bodied, enamorated with Callie Torres and didn’t want to have children, out and proud and beautiful. She left a bubbly, hardcore peds+fetal surgeon, a mother, with a very strong, clear set of values, woman with a disability, enamorated with Callie Torres, out and proud and beautiful. Some things changed and she grew, like any healthy, normal human being, but seeing her get lost in such a dark place where so litte of the true Arizona showed through and then have her come back to who she truly was, stronger and wiser and more determined, really puts out a hopeful message that I adore.

3 - Amelia. Has she been inconsistent? Did they apparently slap the tumor storyline on her already suffering character just to make up for it? Yeah. But overall I completely adore Amy. She has been through so much, so repeatedly, and I’m amazed at how she’s still... Such a deeply good person. She smiles and laughs and cares and helps and works and saves and emphatisazes and worries and loves. She’s adorable with children and so loving with Mer’s. She’s kind to the point of almost being a pushover, but knows when to stand up for herself. I adore her and Mer’s relationsjip and wish it was a lot more developed! I love those two strong, tragedy-plaged women having each other as a support system! I love how soft she is with Maggie, how she’s so considerate of her! I love how she fughts to be in Leo’s life! I love how she worries about what’s best for everyone! And I hope she has a lot of good coming her way those next seasons. She deserves the world.

4 - Maggie. She’s such a breathe of fresh air! She’s bubbly and awkward and stuttering and idealistic and worry-prone! She is learning! She feel so real, so relatable! Can she be annoying? Sure! A lot of the times! I have been annoyed with her a lot! But there are so many characters who have that flaw and worse and are so loved, why is she so scorned? Being brilliant, young, still figuring things out, hard-worker, sensitive, those are not flaws or bad things. Maggie deserves a world of happiness and some kids of her own to smother with that gentle love of hers, and to have more developed relationship with everyone in that show. Also, the lady-chief trifecta gives me life! She’s a good balance to all thsoe tragedy-stricken, life-weary people at GSMH and I stand by that.

5 - Bailey is fantastic and badass and one part of a powercouple that owns my heart and a goddamn talented surgeon and an adorable mother and probably gives the best hugs and the actress is SO DAMN TALENTED like that eye acting? A MASTERPIECE. She’s also one of the hearts of the show and it’d not be the same without her. She reminds me a lot of Peggy Carter - golden hearted badassess who’ve been put through the ringer by people who ask her to measure up to her male (and, in bailey’s case, white) colleagues - and who not only does it but is usually better than then. Not gonna lie, when she got chief, I felt like it had been my own flesh and blood being promoted to her dream job! But I don’t feel like it did her too well (neither does the narrative, apparently, since they had her get a heartattack and a sabatical and relationship problems because of it). I know it wont happen but I wish she’d, like, take a nice trip, maybe write a book, vacay, breath, work on her mental health and come back feeling good and ready to take on the world! One of the scenes that makes her be so awesome to me is her talk with Cristina when they’re both pregnant: Bailey, cuddling her stomach and loving her unborn baby, telling Cristina (wary and tired and absolutely not wanting to be carrying a fetus) that no one can judge her for her choice and that she is able to make that choice! Talk about supporting women on different paths than you! What pushes her “ranking” a bit lower on my list than what it’d have been in the first seasons is that the fandom put her on such a pedestal that she cannot be or do no wrong, ever, and that quickly makes me sick of a character. Bailey commits insurance fraud (changing the hour on a surgery so it’d be covered) to help a patient? Have never seen anyone even comment on it. Mer/Alex do the same? Oh nooooo, go off on them, Bailey! Bailey’s such a hardass she’s nicknamed “the Nazi”? BADASS (and she was). Any other character is hard on their interns/residents? Monsters, bitches, poor things. It’s more an issue with the fandom, ofc, but well, that has made me hate characters I previously loved, so I’m really sad it happed to her (not that I hate her, I love her, I’ve just became annoyed with the character), and with characters that become “mouthpieces” to the narrative (wanna show the character is wrong? Have Bailey yell at them, even if Bailey might be on their side/not care/have done the same or similar/isn’t that close to them) and thus, loose a bit of their authenticity. Plus, there’s this one thing that’s core to her personality and makes me annoyed (probs irrationally): any doctor: screws up bailey: I RAISED YOU BETTER THAN THIS. Like, you... Didn’t? They were grown-ass adults when they came to know her, were her interns for... Under a year? (it felt like a long time to us but the first three seasons were a year and they had vacation and she went on maternity leave). And then went their merry ways with her being a resident and them too (not to count the ones that weren’t even her interns, like April and Jackson. Plus, have you considered that with all their screw-ups (and there have been maaaaany), she should either realize that she isn’t responsible for their actions and stop pulling that tired, over-used, untrue card, or that she might not have “raised” them so well, if she insists that’s what she did? I get the feeling and it’s sweet, just... not True and kinda overused.

6 - Lexie. Death I cried the hardest. She was such a baby, trying her goddamn best! So smart, so kind, so passionate! I also really identified wither her “dorky, clumsy younger sibling who most people would (wrongly) name “the smart one”, the overeating and the romanticism and the passionate arguing over facorite characters). She’s just not quite as far up on my list because A) It’s been so long and I’m not yet on my rewatch where she shows up, so I feel like I might be glorifying/glossing over her flaws, B) Her immaturity in the relationship with Mark is annoying, C) The fandom glosses over all her flaws and always, always, always places her as 100% the only, sole, victim, which turns me off a lot, D) She was kind of a Mary Sue. I mean, photographic memory that allows her borderline superpowers and being so sweet it was almost nauseating and never being wrong and being irresistible and and and...and E) SHE HAD THE AUDACITY TO DIE LIKE THAT AND BREAK MY GODDAMN HEART.

7 -Callie! My sweet angel Callie! She’s just... I don’t even have words! Her relationships are all funny and amazing and I loved her from when she first appeared, as much as she’s changed throughout the seasons! I love that she is selfless and brave and wild and fun and quitky. It breaks my heart to see her sad, and I’ll never forgive her mother for the treatment of her! She definetly deserves better. I am so sad she’s not on the show anymore, just hope that she’s happy with Ari and their kid (s? Now? Maybe? Wouldn’t that be great?).

8 - Cristina. He character is refreshing, because she is allowed. To continue not being a people person. To have moments and realizations and weakness without taking a 180° turn and going from a type A to B in a second with no explanation (like in every Holidays movie in which a successful business woman who’s dedicated herself to her career all her life moves to a small city and suddenly, after meeting one “soft”guy, is a farm girl at heart who wants to have ten children and a traditional wedding and quit her job to stay-at-home because reasons). To have an abortion. To continue not wanting children. To marry and divorce and still be a whole person. To have her years of sacrifice and hard work pay off with the biggest career glow-up. Sandra’s acting knocks it out of the park, too, there’s no contest. Also, for a “robot”, she has some of the most emotional, deep, telling scenes in the show! Taking care of Mer before the boards even if it might mean she’d get sick too? Her scene with George’s dad? Crying to Webber because she “lost her edge?” The “i’m free” scene? Talking about her father? Ugh, my heart! I placed her “low” (Still top ten female characters and top ten Grey’s characters tho) because, as amazing as she is, she also reminds me a lot of people that ruined my life or made it miserable. That sass and arrogance and and self-centered tendencies might be endearing in-character but irl, I’d suffer if I had to be around her. Also, because I’m too much a Mer stan (and I admit that this point is a total bias), I kinda still can’t let go of their fight in season 9 (when Mer had Bailey and Cristina felt left out and just... Was not nice about it). Humans make mistakes! She wasn’t 100% in the wrong! Mer said some crap too! But as I said, this is based on feelings more than fact and that one fight left me so uncomfortable and I felt Cristina crossed some really personally-important-to-me lines. Plus, there’s this glorification some things of her that just... Make me angry. This is coming from someone from a family with lots of doctors, who’s studying to be a doctor, who’s had all her teachers stop in class to beg us to ask for help and work on our mental health, whose choice in profession was the reason the university kick-started one of the country’s first mental health support system for students (that now includes all curses but was created for Med students): The profession is sick. Doctors are suicidal and overworked and unhealthy and tired and dropping dead like freaking flies, and that’s even worse in surgeons. My uncle (also a cardiologist, funnily enough) died at fifty from a heart attack because he worked himself to death. My aunt died from a manageable condition in a minor procedure because she let it go on to long before treating (working). My other aunt has lost many close doctor friends to heart problems. My cousin and another uncle are depressed. My sister almost developed a tachycardia from trying to stay awake using energetics during her residency. My class is all physically sick (I’m writting this from bed) because we’re so overwhelmed with a course that’s not only integral but demands so much, and we’re just students. A doctor in my city died with his son in a car crash that left his daughter severely injured and on the brink of death coming back from the beach in the middle of the night because he was going to be on-call!

(Had to split it in paragraphs bc tumblr) Two doctors under forty-five died from sudden heart failures from being over-worked this year! And that’s just in my city (which is not a big city! At all) ! And being like Cristina (obsessed, power-hungry, sleeping at the hospital, eating basically crap to save time, havingonly one really close friend to the point that when they fought, living at the hospital, feeling like surgery is the only thing that completed her) is a recipe to disaster. You know what the profession also is? Divided. From the society that some consider they are “a gift to” to other health professions that they put themselves on a pedestal away from and everyone else is inferior, and from themselves, students that sabotage each other or refuse to colaborate and thus create teams that don’t work together, doctors that don’t communicate, don’t appreciate each other’s specialties and knowledge and help. Cristina doesn’t meet all that criteria, but some really remind me of her. So it kills me when I hear people say she was the best doctor, because she reminds me of so much that’s just... Wrong, that I see everyday, and it frustrates me. That is incredibly personal, and applying too much of the optics of reality to the show, but it’s my truth, and no matter how iconic the character is, I can’t shake it off.

9 - Jo. Baby girl is so ready to take on the world! I said this in my “Meredith x People” post, but Jo reminds me a lot of Mer! Same fierceness, stubborness, same rough edges, talented, caring, protective. Love her and Camilla’s acting makes her one of the deepest, most fascinating characters, and her storylines tell so many important messages! I just... Don’t have a lot to say about her, now that I’ve come to think about it, I feel like she’s pretty self-explanatory. Loved her-centric eps!

10 - Erica. I didn’t understand then and don’t understand now why the fuck is there so much hatred for her! She stood up for her rights! She didn’t take Cristina’s crap like everyone else (Cristina has her quirks and was bound to meet someone with whom they clashed who wouldn’t stand for it! That happened to be Erica!) She was ethical! She was so sweet with Callie! She was a great doctor! She wanted the hospital to be great and was willing to work for it! I feel like the main factors in it are that back then we were told, through the narrative, that we should and we were all young so we accepted that, and because the actress isn’t one of those bombshell model-likr beauties. Had it been, like, Jessica playing her in a more recent season, I doubt she would be that hated! Anyhow, I miss her.

11 - Addison. She was so great! Maybe not my favorite, but she had great moments and was criminally underrated! Maybe one day her coming back won’t be a delusion and I’ll have more to say here. What I do have to say is that she can be another example of the “show’s mouthpiece”, at least in regards to Derek. Like, we have her come back to Seattle and promptly scream at Mer for “letting Derek go” like he was the best thing in the world (lmao) without even knowing what had happened when... In reality... She literally cheated because she felt neglected and forgotten in their marriage, had a talk to Mer where she learned Derek had hurt her too... It feels cheap and unauthentic and gets in the way of my immersion.

12 - April. I can feel the confusion at why she’s ranking so low, but... April never really spoke to me. She had good moments, she was sweet, a good doctor, had great relationships and went through bad things, but in none of those moments was I standing up on my seat like I was with others. She went through a journey like Arizona’s, to find herself after something terrible instead of to change who she was, but still she’s called “the biggest evolution” by some fans and I just... Don’t see that (maybe it’s because Sarah Drew got even prettier with time so it was a visual evolution). I like her well enough. Lets put it that way: I’d not be at all opposed if she came back into the show, but I’d be also disappointed it wasn’t some other character I love more. I widh he had gotten more of her, actually! I’d probably like her more! I wanted more developed relationships, like with Mer (we could have had it aaaaaaaalllll x3) or Owen (they were in a war zone together and we barely see the aftermath besides a couple scenes with her telling hima bt the baby and at her first wedding), maybe with Riggs and Alex and even more fleshing out of Japril instead of more drama! She’d feel more real and appealing. Plus her whole storyline with taking the position of head of surgery and switching sides after she’d been one of the main advocators for Webber, then refusing to acknowledge she might not have been the nicest for it, kinda threw me off a bit (not a lot, it just felt random? Like, didn’t feel like something she’d do, but I didn’t think I knew enough about her to say it wasn’t, for sure?).

13 - Izzie. Again, she never appealed to me personally. She had amazing moments, but they were just moments. Opening a multi-million dollar beneficiary clinic? Top shelf-good. But she also had bad moments and, more importantly, bad patterns. She judged and judged Mer’s inappropriate relationship, almost got to the point of talking about it around the hospital to get her in trouble, called her a slut basically to her face, and whined about George’s “too fast, not based on anything” relationship... But would not accept to be judged on her own, even more inappropriate (and illegal) and equally rushed relationship. She did not approve when someone made a decision that she would not have made. She berated Meredith’s and Cristina’s close friendship like she was entitled to the same treatment and like she also didn’t have a best friend. I was bored by her most of the times, angry others, and only rarely pleased/happy/empathetic with.

As you can see, I only dislike the very last place, and hate none, so go girls! Hope you liked this!

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Well, that sure was a Grey’s Anatomy season finale.

I am kinda glad they got the whole year out of the way. They did like 2 months in which A LOT happened and then there was so much year left, but pandemic brings things to a halt and hooray, the vaccine is here, the outlook isn’t as grim anymore (they acknowledge long term effects, thanks) and they can paddle forwards.

BUT... here I sit, thinking back to the end of S11. After Derek’s death we got a two-parter that gave us nine months worth of development, so Meredith would sorta retreat to heal and have baby!Ellis (how glad is Zola to not share a name with any [dead] person?). And everything that happened for the characters was somewhat sloppy and felt wrong. Especially a lot with the Amelia/Owen relationship. They were somewhat good together, had this massive stand-still during that time, even though it felt like things happened and then picked it up through S12. Or how Jackson/April got really, really, REALLY bad at being on the same page about their relationship. (And also it looked like Alex took on a big brother role towards Maggie, but we never got back to that.)

So, watching now especially the Amelia/Link bits... hurts. Because the show is telling me, that the two people, who had a very healthy relationship (a rarity on Grey’s!), stopped their good communication habits. And I hate that. I think Amelia is entirely right to say “I don’t want more kids”. I think it’s very good for her to know that. I can understand that she is scared to admit that, that it could crush Link and then take this relationship from her. That she is scared of losing him. And that she has this bad habit of keeping it in. But for over half a year?! Wow. That is so bad.

And don’t get me wrong. I think Link is doing his best and whatever he says, however excited he is, he loves Amelia and wants to do good. But the way he trampled over her when helping out Jo. Such a bad look, dude. He had to ask her first, before giving Jo a definitive yes. Her tendency to catastrophize should be known to him. And worst case would have been to suddenly either adopt Luna themselves or letting her go to another set of parents willing to do with adoption. Which would have been soulcrushing. You don’t do that lightly. I think it was an amazing gesture of friendship... borderline idiotic, but for people you love... and I hate the fact we didn’t get a single scene with Amelia and Jo. But I have things to say about that later.

The problem is that Link doesn’t know there is a problem. Plus he made a very idiotic comparison, because Zola, Bailey and Ellis are in fact related to Amelia. They are family. Helping out Meredith is different than helping out Jo. But I guess it’s clear that Link loves those kids as well by now. Still very unsure of using them in a proposal. I think buying different rings was great, to show that he cares very much about what Amelia does like and that he doesn’t assume anything at first glance. And we as the viewers know he’s been carrying those for months. But yeah, that too should have been a private moment only, I guess.

But it is also very unfair, that he does not know about her actual wants and needs. That loving him and Scout is enough, that she is not up for adding more babies. And she does need to tell him. The fact he will never fully understand how much addiction has messed with her self-perception, how it affects every decision she makes - it’s hard. But they had figured out that they deal with stress in very different ways and that communication is key. And suddenly they are both bad at it again for the drama. I don’t like that.

And let me jump to Jo here. My heart kinda breaks how she is still the odd man out. Is she even friends with anyone besides Link? Everybody on this show finds spouses, romantic relationships that at least end with friendships after it ends (even Owen and Amelia, look at that). And they have this character who grew up with nobody, was isolated by her first husband, had her entire storyline revolve around her then second husband and now....... yes, she has Luna. Jo Wilson will be the single mom to out-mom every mom who has a village helping her.................... because she has to be. It breaks my heart. They couldn’t even give us Jo begrudginly letting Levi and Taryn in. (Who I guess are roomies now in the loft???)

On the one hand it would be nice having a character making all these choices to show us, that yes, sometimes people don’t have this big friend group and they do a lot of shit alone. But on the other the writers keep making weird choices for her, because there is nobody trying to break her walls; not even knock on them to find a weak spot. And I hate it. I know Meredith Grey is the epi-centre and when she was attacked we had this moment of “every doctor here is her family”. Jo has Link, I guess. Also, she now has Jackson’s apartment and that I love!!! Ahahahahahaha. It was nice they finally acknowledged that she owned shares. And well, who else would buy those in this specific economy. Poor Bailey..........

Well, anyway, an episode that directly uses “it takes a village”, while watching Jo going through fighting for Luna pretty much alone, because what Link (and Amelia) did for her, is resolved in quick dialogue and more about the problems those two have................. *huge sigh* (I loved when Jo said “Luna’s lawyer”; baby fighting for her life, well, her entire life so far, already has a shark lawyer)

I hate to admit it, but Owen’s proposal towards Teddy was super cute. We all know she loves snow and it was good. They were good. Ugh. I wish them well, so maybe we don’t have to suffer anymore, that would be nice......

Meredith keeps being superwoman and I like it. I like when she pushes to do things right, but not by the books. But also, I hope she understands that her job of teaching demands that people need to learn rules and protocols. AND IN THE END SHE DID A THING AND GOT TO TALK TO CRISTINA ABOUT IT!! HOORAY!!!

The Maggie/Winston weddings was super lovely. I liked how it was made clear that there was no reason to rush. Make it a huge family event when it’s possible again. They weren’t dating for long. And now they have had like eight months more. Which went by uneventful and in bliss apparently. lol That’s the problem with these skip-eps, it looks like some people are so drama-free for a long period. Unbelievable.

As for Station 19 all I want to say is, how much I loathe the fact that nobody was strictly there for Carina. All of Maya’s my-found-family-are-my-work-buddies were there. (I mean, of course with covid rules, them all being in one bubble, sure, okay, but if only Carina had friends...)

#Grey's Anatomy #ramblings

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Thoughts on Grey’s Anatomy: 17X7

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

They did it! I can’t believe it! They actually killed DeLuca off! I’m so happy right now! As long time readers will know I have never been a Andrew DeLuca fan and I speculated back in the summer that they might be planning to write his character off after it was revealed that the planned finale for Season 16 included an explosion that was supposed to claim the life of one of the characters. I speculated that DeLuca was the most likely candidate with Tom and Jackson being the most likely runners up because I felt that they had gone as far as they could with DeLuca’s character and there wasn’t much left for him to do on the show.

Add that to the fact that the actor who plays DeLuca said a bunch of stuff to the press last year where he spoiled some pretty major plot points and stated that he knew things about where the show was going when he hadn’t even read a single script for the season yet and I was pretty sure his days were numbered. That being said, the show had teased us a bunch of times about firing, killing, or writing off the character during seasons 15 and 16 and they never went through with it so a big part of me was skeptical that they ever would.

But it turns out I was right! His days were numbered and they wound up killing him off in the Mid-Season Premiere! I’m still in shock. It hasn’t really sunk in yet to be honest. This episode honestly made me wish we’d gotten to see the remaining episodes and finale of Season 16 as planned. Based on what we know it looks like the plan was for Richard, Bailey, Meredith, and Carina to stage an intervention, DeLuca was to go away and get treatment and return to the hospital only to die tragically in an explosion.

Season 17 would have opened with the characters finding out about that and mourning his death and I think it would have been interesting to see Meredith navigate that as in the Finale Hayes asked her out and she said yes. It seems likely that if the COVID-19 Pandemic had not hit when it did and shut down production and altered filming for this season we would have seen Meredith and Hayes go out for a drink and start dating.

Seeing Meredith navigate the loss of her ex-boyfriend who she was no longer close to while in the beginning stages of her relationship with Hayes would have been very interesting and I’m sorry we didn’t get to see that. I’m also sorry that due to safety restrictions Meredith and Hayes haven’t had much screen time this season, but it looks like that’s about to change as I’ll get into a bit later.

Back to the episode at hand. I never liked DeLuca as a character and I hated him with Meredith so I’m glad that they killed him off and that we never have to deal with that nonsense again. I’m glad that they caught the human trafficker Opal and took those people down. I was never super invested in that storyline so I’m glad they wrapped that up. I feel so bad for Carina though. She’s a great character and is wonderfully acted by Stefania Spampinato.

My heart broke for her in this episode because while I won’t miss her brother I know that she will and will be absolutely gutted when she finds out that he’s died especially after she worked so hard to get him help and treatment for his Bipolar Disorder. I’m glad she has Maya there to support her.

LOL at Bailey sleeping through the whole damn episode! What did I miss indeed! That poor woman slept through DeLuca getting stabbed, almost dying, not dying, having surgery twice, and then actually dying as well as the other shenanigans going on at the hospital. I loved that she was asleep at Meredith’s bedside especially after they spent a good chunk of Season 16 fighting.

I also feel really bad for Richard in that he’s obviously grateful that DeLuca helped save his life and wanted to help and when Owen turned him down because it wasn’t a good idea for him to scrub in Richard lurked in the background in the OR gallery the whole time to make sure that everything was okay. Plus he can’t talk to Meredith about it right now because she’s in a coma which must be so difficult for him. The extra stress also puts his sobriety at risk and that worries me.

I got to be honest I am struggling to understand Teddy’s point of view this season. She’s being really awful! She’s being cruel to Tom. She was cruel to Owen. I don't know what Teddy expected to have happen. Both Cristina and Amelia walked away from their marriages to Owen and moved on with their lives in large part because they realized Owen was in love with Teddy and always would be.

And then she finally gets what she’s wanted all these years and the minute she realizes Amelia’s baby might be Owen’s and not Link’s she runs back to Tom and has a several months long affair with him and then drops him like a hot potato as soon as she realizes that the baby is Link’s and after Owen finds out about the affair she refuses to talk to Tom for months and then comes crawling back to him and wants to be his friend after Owen makes it clear he wants nothing to do with her. WTF?

I feel bad for Tom. I really like his character. He’s super interesting and complex and he deserves better than someone who treats him like that. Tom is a good man at heart and he treated Teddy like gold and in return she’s done nothing but break his heart and stomp all over him when he’s already down. He deserves someone better. I’ve never been an Owen fan, but honestly Teddy is behaving so horribly I’m on his side on this one.

They had some great scenes in the OR together, but Teddy clearly read too much into it. Every time he gives her a crumb she’s convinced he’s forgiven her and wants to give her a second chance and that’s not it at all. Owen has been clear. He doesn’t forgive her and he doesn’t want to get back together with her. All he wants is to co-parent peacefully and work together as colleagues because he values her skills as a surgeon. That’s it.

It was cute to see Teddy Face Timing with Leo. I’m glad they are finding safe ways to incorporate the kids into the story. Speaking of which, the scene where Amelia and Maggie tell Zola that her Mom has been placed on a vent and she might not come off it was heartbreaking. That kid has grown into her own as an actress and really holds her own in that scene.

Her line about how she didn’t want them to tell Bailey or Ellis yet because they’re too young to understand broke me heart. Zola’s only a few years older than them but she’s old enough to understand the impact of what’s happening in a way that they can’t. And she remembers how hard it was when Derek died. When Cristina left. When Alex left. She doesn’t want to put her siblings though the same thing especially when Alex’s departure is still so fresh for them and they never got a chance to really know their Dad. The fact that Zola can recognize that at such a young age is raw and heart breaking.

We saw Winston and Maggie reconnect this episode which would have been super hot and enjoyable if Meredith hadn’t just been put on a ventilator! The scene where Jackson showed up looking for Maggie was too funny! I loved the scenes with Jackson, Link, and Winston in the backyard having beers! Winston has a great sense of humour and seems to be a calming presence. I like the idea of those three being friends.

Link’s face when he realized that Winston doesn’t know that Maggie and Jackson used to date and are also step-siblings. I’ll be interested to see Winston’s reaction when that comes out. I loved Link’s rant about how worried he was about Meredith and what her declining health and potential death was doing and would do to Amelia. Did anyone else catch that he called Amelia his wife? I’m calling it. They’re foreshadowing an Amelink wedding!

I liked hearing Jackson talk about how Meredith is family and they’re all worried and Winston’s comments about how all they can do is just keeping moving physically and metaphorically. I’m also loving Amelia and Maggie’s wardrobes this season. Their sweaters in this episode were gorgeous! Hats off to the wardrobe department! They’re looking good!

I loved seeing Jo and Hayes work together again because I love their friendship, but to be honest I was expecting more of the friendly teasing and banter of last season where she egged him on about Meredith and they traded barbs. Their scenes in this episode were a lot more intense and agitated. She totally played him with that line about Meredith.

He kept saying no to taking Luna to see her Mom and so Jo made it personal for him. If Meredith asked to see her kids Hayes would never say no and he would move heaven and earth for her. By making that connection Jo got him to agree to her plan. I also love that the reason he kept saying no in the beginning was because of what happened to Meredith.

She went from laughing and joking to being put on a vent and he doesn’t want to run the risk with any other patient and it’s obviously eating him up inside. He misses her. He cares about her and he’s clearly terrified about the possibility of her not waking up. That being said, Jo’s line where she compared Alex leaving her for Izzie because he found out he had kids he didn’t know he had and sending her a heartfelt letter to Hayes spending years watching his wife and the mother of his two boys die of cancer was way out of line. Super not okay. I really think that Jo is going to adopt that baby. I think that’s why they are setting up her interest in OBGYN.

In other news, Nico is still a terrible boyfriend to Levi. I honestly don’t know why Levi puts up with him. Levi really shone in this episode I think. He felt responsible for what happened, but instead of bungling things and making things worse like he might have done in the past he got out of his own way and asked Dr. Khan who was a vascular surgeon in Pakistan prior to immigrating to the U.S. to take his place.

I feel like this episode implies that the Beach is limbo now as I don’t know how else DeLuca could have ended up there as he wasn’t someone who was close to Meredith the way that Derek, George, Richard, and Bailey are. Not sure how I feel about that as I was kind of liking the is it a COVID dream is it the afterlife ambiguity.

Onto next week’s promo! I’m not excited that they appear to be setting up an episode in which the other characters mourn DeLuca’s passing as none of the other characters apart from Carina were really that close to him. They spent the last two seasons establishing that everyone hated his guts, considered him a nuisance, and only put up with him because they had to. So to me the other characters mourning him doesn’t feel authentic or real. It just feels forced.

There are several things I am excited about though. Seeing Maggie’s reaction to his death I think will be interesting. She was visibly upset and ran to his side when Alex beat him up in Season 13 and mourning the loss of your ex-boyfriend who you were no longer close to while being in a committed relationship with someone new I think is an interesting dynamic. She’s kinda standing in for Meredith here because she’s on a vent.

I’d like to see Catherine support Richard and make up for her horrible behaviour last season. And the best thing of all: Hayes!!! In the promo trailer we see Hayes sitting at Meredith’s bedside talking to her about how she needs to fight and how they all need her to fight. Bring it on! It’s about damn time! And Derek’s back and he’s … fishing? I’m excited to see what happens there and if they actually get to talk and have a real conversation this time. It has also been announced that Sarah Drew will be returning for a cameo as Dr. April Kepner this season so I’m excited for that!

Until next time!

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Thoughts on Grey’s Anatomy: 16X06

Just finished watching the new episode of Grey’s Anatomy! I love the themed episodes and this week's Halloween one was great! I'm glad that they're finally addressing Zola's dislike of DeLuca and how even when he tries he can't connect with Mer's kids because they straight up don't like him, he has no idea what he's doing, and he's not step dad material.

It also seems pretty clear to me that DeLuca and Mer are over as he volunteered to help out with the kids all day, it went horribly, and afterwards Mer choose to go make a phone call and didn't even say Hi to him. Meredith's not into it and she's not interested and no matter how hard DeLuca tries he just doesn't fit in with the rest of the family. I think the fact that Maggie and the kids call him Dr. DeLuca instead of Andrew and no one seems to like him pretty much tells you everything you need to know about DeLuca and his and Meredith's relationship.

I love that Jo repurposed her wedding dress for her Halloween costume and kept trying to scare Alex in a fun joking way! I love them together! The storyline about Pac North being haunted because it's partially built on a mass grave comprised of psych patients that were buried on the property was fun to watch! Alex handled it really well and it was nice to see him, Jo, Owen, and Richard work together. I'm so happy that Alex and Jo got remarried for real this time! The look on Alex's face when Jo lied and said she was pregnant cracked me up!

Jo knows how Alex feels she just likes to have fun! I love that about her character. I also love that they got remarried dressed as a corpse bride and a vampire! They really are made for each other. I also loved how Jo told Alex she was pregnant to scare him for fun and at first Alex was terrified but then thought about it for a minute and said that it wasn't scary because he loves kids and he loves her. I love that the show is self aware enough about all the pregnancy storylines this season to have Jo throw in a zinger for both Alex and the audience. A+

I'm glad we got to see more depth from Koracick this episode! Poor Bailey is not having a good pregnancy! I love that Amelia was there to help and support her. I liked that they showed Meredith checking her privilege when she realized what her cell mate was going through and that she helped her out in the end. In other news, Link's parents are absolute monsters! First, they put Link through hell, then they get back together, then they make his cancer free anniversary all about them, and then they get upset over Amelia's due date conflicting with their wedding plans!

It was fun to watch someone else be a hot mess and have Amelia comfort Link. For once she wasn't the one blurting things out and accidentally making a mess of things. It was a nice change. The storyline about Zola being pissed at DeLuca for touching her fairy wings because they're the ones that Derek sewed for her broke my heart! The episode where Derek sewed Zola's wings was so sweet! It's no wonder Zola misses her Dad and with her Mom away in jail and doing community service it makes sense that she's upset and acting out.

On top of that DeLuca is not step dad material in any way, shape, or form. He clearly doesn't know what he's doing and kids pick up on that right away. They always do. It's also pretty clear that Meredith doesn't care to include DeLuca in things involving the kids because they're not that serious and he doesn't get it so the kids are going to respond to that. I'm glad Bailey, Teddy, and Tom were able to save their patient.

Teddy dressing the kids up as zombies made me laugh! The fact that Owen brought Teddy the handmade costumes his Mom made him and Megan growing up to save everyone time and then Teddy took it as him shaming her for being a bad mom says a lot about their relationship. Owen wasn't shaming Teddy and didn't expect her to sew handmade costumes. He was just trying to help. These two really suck at relationships it seems.

One odd thing about this episode was that no point was it stated where Harriet was and what Jackson was doing as a parent for Halloween! Also, I love that Jackson's big advice to DeLuca was to just talk to kids to find out what's wrong. That seems kind of obvious to me and the fact that it didn't even occur to DeLuca to do that really sums up the situation nicely. I loved Schmitt's scene with the little boy! For most of the episode all Schmitt wants to do is put on his D&D costume and go meet Nico and instead he gets roped into throwing a Halloween party for the Peds ward and helping this little boy find a Halloween costume.

I loved how Schmitt brought the boy every macho Halloween costume under the sun and then the boy said he wanted to be a sunflower! My heart! In the end Schmitt realizes that being at the hospital and helping the kids out is what's really important so he makes himself and the boy sunflower costumers BY HAND! To cap it all off Nico shows up at the end dressed as a Vampire and everyone has a good time! I also loved that Schmitt chose to post the photos of him and Nico regardless of what his Mom said because he wanted to share the joy and he realized that being happy and sharing that was what was most important.

Now onto next week's promo! Maggie's got jokes as Richard's family comes to town and Kelly McCreary's real life sister stars in next week's episode! Fun! Amelia finally decides to tell Owen that she's pregnant and apparently they redecorated the kids' playroom because the room behind Amelia looks completely different than it did the last time we saw it. Catherine finally comes back to town and it looks like stuff with Gemma comes to the surface.

Also, Owen totally flips out about his ex-wife having kids with someone else as if that's a normal thing to do. Owen appears to be acting as if Amelia didn't want kids with him. She didn't at first because of what happened with Christopher and because she was sick, but then they adopted Leo and took in Betty. Also last I checked Amelia and Owen are still co-parenting Leo and he's supposedly happy with Teddy and Allison so I'm not sure what he's mad about here.

Why is Owen also such an asshole to everyone? Especially the women in his life? Also, if Owen is truly happy with Teddy he shouldn't be having a meltdown over the fact that Amelia is having a child with Link. It's none of his business and if he truly loves Teddy what does it matter? Just when I think Owen Hunt couldn't be more of an asshole he becomes one. Jeez louis. Until next time!

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Thoughts on Grey’s Anatomy: 15X16

I really liked this episode. It’s the first one in a while I’ve actually enjoyed. The opening shot shows a residential neighbour then cuts to the inside of Meredith’s house. Which one of those houses is supposed to be Meredith’s house? All previous shots have shown her living on a hill.

We get an adorable scene of Zola and her Aunt Maggie. Zola’s making a family tree for a school project and is talking to Maggie about parents, family, and adoption. It’s adorable. If you pause the episode at this point you can see that Lexie is on the tree as are all of Derek’s sisters. I miss Lexie. Then Ellis Grey appears out of nowhere! Hi Kate Burton!

We get treated to a crazy dream sequence. Amelia shows up and we get to see her, Maggie, Ellis, and Zola interact. Wistful thinking anyone? We then find out it was Meredith’s dream! This just keeps getting weirder. The dream clearly means more to Meredith than it does to us because she’s struck by inspiration.

At the hospital Nico and Schmitt are getting it on!!! I like them! Schmitt’s ringtone is hilarious! It’s his Mom calling. He shushes Nico and he gets pissed and leaves. Ouch. One of the things I liked about this episode is that DeLuca was significantly less creepy and more of a human being. That does not excuse his past behaviour though. Him and Meredith talk and we find out his Dad most likely has bipolar disorder, but refuses treatment so they can’t be completely sure.

DeLuca goes to kiss Meredith before he leaves and she says there are rules. He agrees and kisses her twice before leaving. I think that’s the first time DeLuca has moderately respected Meredith’s rules and boundaries. Meanwhile Maggie’s doing a podcast (and many interviews) about her ground breaking surgery. Cool! Webber wants to know why they call it a podcast!?!?!

I checked. The word is derived from a combination of two words. iPod and Broadcast. When the term was coined most people were using Apples’ iPod to listen to podcasts. So when Ben Hammersley suggested the word podcasting to describe the new method of delivering content the term stuck. Jackson’s over it. Hahaha!

Maggie gets caught up in the moment and while blabbering on to her interviewers she accidentally tells them she’s Ellis and Richard’s love child and that Meredith is her sister. Yikes! Well it was bound to come out eventually. My friend guessed that based on the synopsis and she was right!!! She asks them to edit it out. Seeing as they don’t I’m pretty sure there would implications for them. Including info without a person’s consent has consequences.

Helen’s still in town! So Amber, Alex’s younger sister, has a kid or more than one kid. That’s the first update we’ve had on her in years. I wish we knew more about her. I thought she was in her 20’s but this implies she’s more into her 30’s potentially. Sigh. Alex and his family never get the storylines or screen time they deserve. Helen reveals she’s knitting them gender neutral baby hats and freaks the hell out of Jo! Also Helen believes in gender fluidity! Right on! Next Alex needs Bailey to cover the pit which is literally part of her job and something she did recently voluntarily. She throws a fit and is super snarky. What the hell is her problem? She’s acting like a child.

Jackson, Link, Nico, and Schmitt treat a patient whose a minor league baseball player who needs surgery on his leg. DeLuca’s Dad is a huge jerk to his loving daughter Carina which really makes me hate him. It turns out he’s in town to see Andrew and pitch an idea to the Chief. His big idea is a baby in a bag. Fetus’ outside the womb for better outcomes for Moms and babies who would otherwise perish. It’s pretty cool, but something tells me this isn’t going to go well.

Meanwhile Amelia and Owen are at the lawyers signing the custody paperwork for Leo. Instead of just giving Owen’s address as Leo’s address when he effing lives there they decide to reveal that they’ve broken up like total morons. Sometimes these characters seem too dumb to be doctors. Jo asks Link to put her on a surgery so she can avoid Alex and baby talk. They’re developing Link and Jackson’s friendship. I like it! Jo comes in hot with the zingers and shuts Schmitt all the way down! Talking with the patient’s Mom only intensifies Jo’s parenting fears.

Maggie comes to talk to Meredith about her screw up. Meredith explains that Ellis came to her in a dream and gave her the answer to something. Maggie says Ellis got in her head today too. To which Meredith replies, “Did she give you the question?!?!” Haha! I love Meredith! Maggie spills her guts and Meredith just rolls with it. She takes this a lot better than Richard.

Having been bumped from his surgery Jo, Schmitt goes to work with Bailey in the ER. They wind up treating a male patient who coughs up blood and whose husband freaks out big time and whose teenage daughter is so calm it’s hilarious! She says he sounds like a dying moose! Meanwhile Alex likes DeLuca’s Dad’s pitch. Meredith tells him to dig deeper while also trying not to reveal the private medical history DeLuca told her in confidence. Alex doesn’t get it.

Alex and his Mom have lunch at the park. It’s nice that they’re able to interact normally now that she’s feeling better. Aw! His Mom thought he would be an engineer when he grew up and now he’s interim chief of surgery! Back at the hospital Richard’s been receiving interview requests and he wants to know why. Maggie spills the beans and he’s really upset. In the OR Jo and Jackson have a conversation about the pros and cons of kids.

Now we’re back to Owen and Amelia. They seem to be agreeing and getting along for once. And Amelia brings up Teddy. Here we go again. Amelia sets boundaries about him talking about his feelings for Teddy. Who she brought up. These two are a goddamn train wreck all the time. They start fighting. Amelia once again speaks her truth and sets boundaries. I’m really proud of her here. She needs to do what is right for her and it’s not the same as what’s right for Owen.

As Owen’s other ex-wife once said to their mutual sister, “Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. He’s very dreamy but he’s not the sun. You are.” Owen then throws a temper tantrum and decides to be really passive aggressive. Like a child. Then he blames her and says it’s her fault that she can’t take his BS anymore. Has this man ever taken responsibility for ANYTHING in his personal life ever? Amelia’s face says it all.

He accuses her of not loving him or not wanting to even though she never said any such thing. She never said she doesn’t love him. She just can’t be with him anymore. Then he’s says this is her fault because she won’t let him love her. It’s not. He said a similar thing to Cristina. You think he would have learned by now. Also all Amelia does is love and feel things too much. She’s acknowledged this. And then he cranks his assholery up to 200.

He says this is her fault because there’s some fundamental part of her that can’t love or be loved. He actually said that. And he says this in an attempt to convince her to get back together with him while they are at the lawyers to sign paperwork to get custody of Leo. Does he hear himself when he speaks ever? He’s such a child. He can’t handle the idea of someone not wanting him so he accuses her of being incapable of love. What an asshole. He said something similar to Cristina as well.

Why doesn’t he ever learn? Also Amelia’s an addict who was insane for over a decade of her life. That’s a horrible thing to say to anyone but it’s especially horrible to say it to someone who could go over the deep end at any minute. Amelia’s worked so so hard to be clean, sober, and sane and Owen is actively sabotaging her and he can’t understand why she doesn’t want to be with him. Seriously? God he’s such an asshole. Amelia get your ass out of there! You deserve better!

All Owen ever does to all of the women in his life is gaslight them, yell at them, make them feel small, guilt trip them, accuse them of things, and hurt them. His behaviour is abusive plain and simple. He needs to get over himself and get some help. Back at the hospital DeLuca’s Dad convinces him to back his project. Maggie comes to talk to Richard. He’s pissed. Largely because he doesn’t think Catherine needs this on top of her cancer. I see his point. Maggie’s upset because he says he’s not proud of the part of his story that lead to her existence. I also see her point. We cut to Carina and DeLuca arguing in Italian. Meredith walks up to them.

DeLuca agrees his Dad has episodes but says he’s not dangerous. But that by definition means he is if he’s treating patients. Meredith calls him on this. Carina insists he’s not well and this is dangerous. Carina says DeLuca is letting their Dad manipulate him and I have to agree. DeLuca acts like a child in response. After he leaves Carina asks Meredith’s advice and she tells her to talk to the Chief.

Alex comes to talk to Mer and asks if she knew. They talk and DeLuca walks in and finds out Alex knows. He’s upset and plays the ‘he’s my Dad’ Card. As if that changes the fact that he murdered 4 people. Those of us with mental illness, if untreated, are fine until we aren’t. DeLuca’s not getting this. Back in the OR Jo and Jackson talk about kids again. He makes a great speech but not everyone feels that way about kids.

Back to Amelia and Owen. She wants to be removed from the paperwork. She says she’ll be in Leo’s life because that’s what Betty wants. She’ll be Aunty Amelia. Who is fundamentally incapable of love. She repeats Owen’s own words about her back to him. He acts like she’s being ridiculous and he never said. He said that literally minutes ago. What does he have amnesia? He gaslights her at every turn and she’s finally sober and sane enough to see it. Leo is Owen’s. Teddy has Tom. Teddy and Owen are having a baby together. But Amelia doesn’t need to be a part of this. She doesn’t want to be anymore and she’s stepping away. Good for her. Owen finally gets what he deserves.

Jo comes to speak to Alex. She tells him she’s not afraid of his genes. She’s terrified of hers. Because she doesn’t know anything about hers. Alex wants to hire a private investigator. But Jo doesn’t want to meet them she just wants to know. She’s going to do an ancestry DNA test. He tells her about the baby in a bag project. I’m guessing this is how her family is introduced.

Maggie’s Phone is blowing up with interview requests. Richard comes to speak to her. He tells her he’s ashamed of what he did in the past, but that he’s grateful for her existence. She knows. Maggie realizes when her Dad hears the podcast he’s going to be even more heartbroken.

Schmitt runs and tells Nico he loves him! So beautiful! He tells him his Mom is spastic and it’s not that he’s ashamed or the fact that he’s gay or that Nico is Asian that’s the problem. The woman freaks out when he tries to purchase a backpack. Literally. His Mom needs help. And a hobby. Nico gets it now and everything is right with the world.

Meredith closes off her voiceover by bringing in some truth about the blood vs. water proverb. Owen’s at home alone with Leo BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HE DESERVES!!! Maggie and Jackson bring a bummed out Amelia to Meredith’s house. Jackson says he’s cooking then realizes Mer’s food is expired! Hahaha! We learn that Maggie and Jackson are living at Mer’s until his place is repaired. After what just happened today it looks like Amelia will be too.

Well that was fun! Let’s move on to next week’s promo shall we?! Meredith and DeLuca continue to date. Yawn. Owen tells Teddy that Amelia is out of the picture. OMG DO NOT TAKE HIM BACK TEDDY! You deserve better! Amelia cuts her hair! She looks cute! She realizes how hot Link is. They go in for kiss! I ship it!

Until next time.

Au revoir!

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Thoughts on Grey’s Anatomy: 15X10

I liked this episode, but not as much as last week’s. Meredith’s was wearing her dark purple scrub cap this episode! I think that’s the same one she used to wear before Derek died. I’m glad Bailey’s going to therapy and getting the help she needs and that Richard is going to AA again and has got a new sponsor.

And then Teddy swooped in with the worst job pitch ever! Teddy is really starting to annoy me. At first I was really happy that she was back, but now I’m not. She keeps expecting that everything will be the way it was when she last worked there. It’s been several years. People have died. Children have been adopted and fostered. Babies have been born. Babies have died. Parents have died. People have gotten married. People have gotten divorced. The hospital completely rebranded and changed its name and outlook following the plane crash. A lot has changed while she’s been in Germany and for her to expect for everything to go on as if no time has passed is just stupid.

I’m not really sure what she expected. Did she really think she could lie to everyone for months and then everyone she left behind and didn’t keep in touch with in Seattle would just welcome her with open arms after she derailed Amelia’s new found happiness? What a bitch. Also Alex Karev is a great Chief of Surgery. Maggie might not be my favourite character, but she is competent most of the time and she’s not wrong to dismiss Teddy.

Amelia was hilarious in this episode. I loved how Maggie was throwing shade and standing in the background with an ‘I told you so’ look on her face. That being said, I don’t think it’s fair that everyone is blaming Teddy for the mess Owen created AGAIN! The man never learns. I thought there was some good commentary on how the U.S. is one of the few “developed” countries without paid proper lengthy parental leave. So ridiculous. Also Owen’s comments imply that April was written off the show so that Teddy could head Trauma and Owen could take over April’s position. That’s going to make a lot of fans angry.

I think they really rushed Owen and Amelia’s reconciliation. Especially since it’s unclear how much time has passed since the last episode. I don’t think this is going to work out. This is Cristina 2.0. This is never going to work while Teddy lives in Seattle. God damnit! I loved Teddy’s line, “Do you work for a carnival?” I like the friendship they're setting up between them. That could be fun to watch. Koracick’s starting to grow on me.

I loved the storyline about Bailey’s 5th Birthday and that we actually got to see the party! When The Hulk cancelled all I could think was wow dare he? I like that Link decided to help after all. That was nice. We haven’t seen that exterior shot of Mer’s house in a while so that was cool. Aw Bailey is an Avengers fan! And there’s a photo of Bailey on the shelf! Aw!

Meredith is the anti-Ellis. As has been said many times before. I love episodes like this. We also got Bailey’s first line!!!!!! I like that they’re delving into Bailey and Ellis more this season and giving them more lines and personality. I think that’s the first time Bailey’s been credited! I like that they’re including the nanny more. It would be nice if she had a name though! We got to see Zola too! Meredith was hilarious in this episode!

I was sad that Alex had to miss it for surgery. That put Meredith in a tough spot. I wish we’d gotten to see more of Alex this episode. We now know which of Meredith’s kids had the superhero birthday party last year that Meredith mentioned to her psychiatrist which is cool. Although you think she would have learned something about superheroes from that one! Maybe Bailey is into different superheroes this year than last year? That would explain the confusion.

There were some really nice jolex moments in this episode though which was great. Jo had some good scenes. Alex was so confused! It was adorable. I loved seeing Alex being there to support Jo! I loved it when Jo came to Amelia and Koracick’s rescue and Koracick called her a mermaid! The scene between Meredith and Catherine was really poorly acted. A rarity for Grey’s, but nobody’s perfect.

I liked that Maggie went to CeCe’s funeral. I was a bit confused though as to where Meredith and Helm were and whether or not they went? I felt that the show could have dived into that a little bit more and I felt more of an explanation was needed there. Maggie was her surgeon, but Meredith was her client. Helm was her client / friend / surgeon.

The surgery that Catherine, Richard, and Jackson wanted to do was a bad idea from the start. It was way too complicated and risky. There was too much riding on it. Catherine has cancer and Richard and Jackson just found out through Meredith. Not a good idea. The surgery goes poorly as expected. I just noticed that Catherine’s scrub cap has butterflies on it. I’m glad that the three of them finally talked it out.

I hated Link for most of this episode. He was a real ass. He was being WAY too flip about the patient. What an asshole. When Meredith compared him to a Labrador I almost died laughing! I still don't understand why Link didn’t just explain himself in the ER when it was clear everyone disagreed with him and didn’t understand? Link was being really stupid in this episode. Ugh. Owen was way too sick to be working. That storyline was stupid. I felt so bad for the engaged couple. The blue dress! I felt bad for Catherine’s patient too.

DeLuca seems actually good at his job now. That’s a change! He’s been blubbering, incompetent, a real ass, a real downer, a jerk, and just plain awful at his job for ages. It’s about time he actually got his crap together. Idiot. I liked seeing him step up and take charge for once. By the end of the episode DeLuca was doing really well. It’s nice to see Alex praise him for his hard work. I’m glad that they’re getting along now. Personally, he’s not doing so well. He was such a complete child in this episode. That text? Ugh! DeLuca is such a child in his personal life! Meredith’s not 20! Jeez!

I like that Schmitt came into his own in the episode. It was really nice to see. I loved his line, “And thank you for not dying!” It's also nice to see him retire ‘Glasses’. And he finally got contacts! The scenes between Maggie and Bailey were really great. I also noticed that they haven’t done daytime shots of the outside of the hospital in a while. It was nice to see Parker in this episode. Although it would have been better if he actually had something to do. Next week’s episode looks intense! We finally see Harriet. Catherine has her surgery. Meredith visits Thatcher and gets closure.

That’s all for now folks! See you next week!

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Thoughts on Grey’s Anatomy: 15X5

I liked this episode a lot! It was strong in a lot of areas, we got to learn a bunch of new information, there were a lot of sweet family scenes, and the usual narly surgeries and heartbreaking moments.

In this episode we learned a bunch more about Jo’s past. We learn that Jo used to be a waitress. A very good waitress it turns out and that her and Link used to be servers together at a restaurant. We find out that Jo and Link know each other from Undergrad when they waited tables together and that they’re like siblings which pisses Alex off. But then we found out that Alex was mad at Link because he didn’t protect Jo from Paul and it all made sense.

I did think it was really weird though that Link wasn’t making an effort with Alex seeing as he’s friends with Jo and Alex is Jo’s husband. I also found it weird that didn’t Jo mention the abdominal wall transplant to the patient was the mysteries illness. Paul is dead. She has no reason to hide it now.

Grey’s Anatomy did its part to promote the vote! Which is awesome! Voting is very important. Link was really funny in this episode. I like that they are giving him more depth. When called Webber Richie I laughed out loud! And we saw him put his Nashville skills to work on the guitar with DeLuca at Joe’s.

I LOVED the Cristina reference! And Jackson is back. That was weird. I was expecting him to exit the show potentially so for him to just pop back up is weird. Not Sure how I feel about it. I love Parker! He’s great and he’s taking an interest in Cardio which is cool. I loved the banter between Jo and Bailey in this episode.

Glasses was a hot mess around Nico and it was too cute! Helm definitely knows what’s up! When Helm suggested Seattle should have a siesta and Glasses was ogling Nico it was very cute …. Until they almost killed a patient roy-style! The scene at Joe’s Bar at the end was kinda confusing. I thought Nico was asking Glasses out, but when Glasses sort of declined I thought there was going to be an opening for him to buy Nico a drink at the end because he owed him one. But then when he showed up Nico was hanging out with Link, Andrew, and Richard and there was no opening for Glasses to buy him a drink. Whatever they were trying to achieve with this scene they failed.

The scenes with Amelia and Owen were cute. Baby Leo is adorable. When Amelia realized she sounded like a Mom and it freaked her out it was so sweet. I like seeing this side of her. I loved the cootie catcher! I remember those! Good times! Amelia was hilarious in this episode! I’m so happy they’ve brought her character to a happy place. Caterina does comedy so so well! One of my biggest issues with pre-tumour Amelia was that all of her doom and gloom and craziness wasted the actress’ talent for comedy and complexity. I’m glad to see the show taking full advantage of it now. Finding out that Amelia’s unicorn baby was named Christopher was heartbreaking.

Fashion alert: I love Betty’s earrings! I loved the cookie scenes between Meredith and Teddy. They melted my heart and made me hungry at the same time. When Meredith and Derek we’re adopting Zola, Mer told the social worker she wanted to be a bake sale Mom because her mother wasn’t. Now she is!!!! My heart! I love continuity here.

When Mer was killing the eggs and Teddy had to rescue them it was so funny! Meredith telling Teddy about what happened to her because she didn’t want what happened to her and Maggie to happen to Teddy and Owen’s child broke my heart. I felt for Teddy in this episode. Especially when we found out that Teddy’s best friend’s name was Allison and that she lost her parents shortly before Allison’s death during 9/11. Poor Teddy. And she’s still in love with Owen of course.

Mer’s kids are too cute and we got to see Mer’s elusive Nanny! Haha Cece! Getting the goods! I really like her character. I really hope she gets her heart and that she doesn’t die. The surgery they do in this one is really narly! The Dad in this episode was everything! Also he made me want s’mores. Poor Bailey! Ben’s job is really taking a toll on her. I don’t know where they are going with this storyline, but if they break Ben and Bailey up I’m done.

I felt so bad for Meredith and Amelia at the end of the episode! Amelia is so happy and she has no idea what’s about to hit her and she’ll be devastated. Meredith wants to tell her, but she can’t say anything. And Maggie is stuck in the middle again.

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