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Ah yes, another glorious day at the Gray Sloan Memorial, the place where everything is so terrible. The fun new problem is the shortage of fans. At the start of the hour, Webber informed his doctors that there were only five left. As soon as the show features a mother and daughter pair who both have COVID, you just know there will be a situation where they are reduced to a single vent and doctors will have to decide who to save. We’ve been doing this for 17 seasons, we know how this show works. Now, disastrous as it sounds, I’m happy to report that this episode includes some real moments of joy and… dare I say, a little bit of hope? And, oh yeah, there’s definitely dancing. I’m not convinced we’re out of the deep, dark hole yet, but here, in this episode at least, there’s a bit of light at the Gray Sloan Memorial. And that’s something.
Hey, speaking of Gray Sloan: The two people this name is supposed to commemorate are on the beach of Meredith’s death this week! Yes that’s right, Gray Sloan’s Gray and Sloan have arrived. Last week’s promo showed us Lexie would be visiting Meredith in her COVID limbo, but we’ve been doubly blessed with the arrival of McSteamy himself. Oh my friends I was so happy to see the Gray Sisters together again (even though this green screen situation was outrageous) but wow I really miss Mark Sloan on this show. It is one of the greatest!
Meredith is happy to soak up the sun and watch Lexie and Mark be together and happy on this beach, but they’re really there to remind Meredith of a few lessons she already knows deep down: don’t waste the precious time you are given. , and the “depth of sorrow” she feels for those she has lost is only possible because of the “depth of love” that was there in the first place. If anyone has earned the right to reiterate the importance of these lessons to Meredith, it’s Lexie and Mark. They are the Grey’s Show children the importance of making every moment count and be grateful for the time you spend with the people you love. Mark and Lexie’s tragic end haunts us all and should haunt Meredith back in the land of the living, okay? It’s a treat, but for the love of all things in this world, it’s really time to leave this dang beach.
Back in this land of the living, they consider removing Meredith from her conduit because her stats have been so good, but they know they need to be absolutely sure that she is ready; there may not be another fan available if things deteriorate again.
The fan situation is grim. Maggie is in charge of both Marcella and Veronica, a mother / daughter couple who have COVID. Originally, Marcella was in the hospital and Veronica was at home with a milder case, but it doesn’t last long and Veronica is rushed to the hospital. Before Marcella takes her turn, she uses all her strength to tell Maggie and Schmitt that they’re doing whatever they need to to save her daughter. Of course, in Veronica’s bedroom, she tells them it’s all her fault – after following all the rules, she went to her mom on her birthday and gave her a hug, a hug – and they have to save her. mother. It’s pretty awful to watch. Then Marcella crashes and Schmitt has no choice but to intubate, only, when Maggie arrives on the scene, it is clear that there is no ventilator available. There is no ventilator as Veronica’s oxygen levels also drop. Maggie has a split second to decide who gets the vent and since the rules are you must save the patient who is most likely to recover, Maggie gives Veronica the last ventilator. Schmitt is left to bag Marcella until they can figure out what to do. It is a desperate situation.
Maggie feels the weight. Amid all of this horror, she tried to take breaks to be with Winston, her only source of joy at the moment, who is about to leave and return to Boston. They sit together, they share his headphones to listen to music together, they talk about the quality of hearing each other. Then, inspired by sharing headphones, Maggie has an idea: They can ask patients to share the ventilators (there’s a lot of engineering and filtering behind it) by sharing them between two people. They will double the number of vents they have. They try it on Marcella and Veronica and that works. Webber does a festive dance. Yes, a dance! It’s a victory worth dancing to. Their patients are still on evacuation, which isn’t great, but it’s a moment of hope and relief – something our doctors haven’t felt for a long time.
Can we abandon our mother / daughter intern duo? Alma and Sara Ortiz also worked on this case and obviously it is knocking at home. This moment of relief means they can fully feel what they’ve been drunk on and intern daughter Sara bursts into tears – she needs to give her mom a hug. There are emotional moments in this story, but this one wins the top prize.
But wait, there is another reason to dance: Owen and Webber decide to remove Meredith from her ventilator and although she is not conscious, she is breathing on her own. It is enormous. Webber leads them all into a party dance once more. What a day!
Maggie certainly feels the spirits as she and Winston leave the hospital. In fact, she’s so inspired by what they’ve accomplished and so inspired by what she and Winston can do together, she doesn’t hesitate to tell him that she doesn’t want him to return to Boston. She wants him here with her. Winston asks her to listen to another song with him before leaving. He pulls out his headphone case. You guuuuuuys, there are no headphones inside – there is a big engagement ring! Winston proposes! Maggie says yes! They cannot live without each other! There is still joy at Gray Sloan Memorial, even if only for a moment.
• Beach Mark Sloan is very much haunting his loved ones and honestly it follows. The fact that he enjoys going out and looking at Sofia, Callie, and Arizona and sometimes trying to talk to them is a little scary, but the idea is so bittersweet it might break my heart. All Mark wanted was to be a dad and start a family and now he’s just watching them from across the grave ?! Anyway, it was good that the dirty mistresses could chat one-on-one.
• When Beach Mark told Meredith that “when you love someone, you tell them”, I really thought we were going to hear Mark Sloan’s full speech “say it loud and go from there”. Alas, alas.
• Cristina texting Owen and demanding that he send her pictures of Meredith’s monitors because she didn’t trust him to do her job was perfect.
• Teddy is still recovering from the episode we will never talk about again and instead of leaving her alone with the kids for the day, Owen asks Teddy and the kids to hang out with Amelia. The ladies talk about therapy and how Teddy should try again. Its good.
• Cormac’s sister-in-law, Irene, is admitted to hospital with kidney stones. It’s very complicated because she also has MS. Obviously, all of this hits Cormac hard – he can’t see his sons losing someone they love. He can’t lose someone else he loves. So he pulls some strings and asks Catherine Fox to perform the surgery (yes, folks, there are surgeries on Grey’s Anatomy again!), with Jo. There are complications, but if anyone can handle them, it’s Catherine. Irene will recover in no time.
• Irene talks about Cormac’s developing feelings for Meredith, which looks like a story from decades ago. But do we sense a possible Cormac / Jo thing? They spend a lot of time together at work and I don’t hate it.
• To end on another happy moment: Owen goes to Amelia’s house and tells Zola the good news about her mother. When Amelia thanks Owen for everything he has done for his sister, he says all credit goes to Teddy. She was the one who never gave up hope that Meredith would get out of this business. They smile? Nature heals!
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