The pandemic hits Grey Sloan hard in the two-part premiere of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ season 17.
Everyone in the medical field is trying not to drown.
Grey Sloan is a completely different hospital with new protocols.
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It’s evident that fatigue has set in and the workers are weary.
The rest of the episode follows the staff one month into COVID.
Bailey
Miranda escorts Richard around the hospital to show him how things are done.
Temperature checkpoints, outdoor patient tents, and COVID wards are new.
Personal protection equipment is falling apart.
No one is stepping foot in an O.R.
And an ultraviolet machine that can disinfect an entire room is Bailey’s new BFF.
Bailey deems him brilliant.
Richard is back, people.
Sweet toddler Harriett can’t unsee that display of nudity.
It was odd, but let’s not pull too hard at that string.
Apparently, this kid’s car somehow caught on fire and his buddies ran off into the woods.
They weren’t supposed to be together because of COVID.
Especially Frankie, who just got a new kidney and is extremely immunocompromised.
He’s in an O.R.
with Cormac and Meredith.
The kids' parents duke it out in the outdoor tent while waiting to hear updates on their children.
One family is pro mask.
The other isn’t as concerned.
Punches are thrown, blood gushes, and Bailey ends up on the ground with a twisted ankle.
Jo scrubs in to help Avery and he flashes back to a major make-out sesh.
Jo
Springtime Jo needs help getting over the hump.
And she’d like to get it on with Avery because she trusts him completely.
It doesn’t take much arm-twisting for Avery to agree.
Again, let’s not pull at that string.
Jo arrives at his place half past a bottle of vodka and congratulates Avery for being rich.
One quick joke about his charcuterie board and it is on.
Jo laughs in his face.
Then she cries in his mouth.
A snotty nose was definitely involved.
Present Jo is mortified by her meltdown and Jackson agrees to pretend it never happened.
The question remains, will it happen again?
And are we on board with this potential relationship?
DeLuca
Remember when DeLuca thought a girl was being sex trafficked?
No one believed him, but he was right.
Well, Erin was discarded by her captor after being deemed useless.
The only one she trusts is DeLuca.
Cops are called, parents are notified, and Erin is reunited with her sister.
Current day DeLuca seems great.
He’s getting rest.
He’s going to therapy.
Meredith
Bless Meredith’s heart.
Meredith tells families that their loved ones have died the majority of the episode.
It’s heartbreaking to think that this storyline is currently happening all over the world.
Do what you have to do.
Even though he’s still a jackwagon, Koracick is quite the celebrity today.
It’s like Christmas day for people who wear scrubs for a living.
Unfortunately, all of the boxes contain booties.
Koracick just spent an enormous amount of money for shoe covers.
He takes his anger out on the boxes using his nine iron.
Catherine
Catherine isn’t as understanding either.
- She demotes Koracick for spending the price of an economy car on booties.
She knows that a butt dial resulted in broadcasting his sexual escapades in someone else’s O.R.
She suggests he leaves quietly.
Then she offers Richard Koracick’s job and he accepts.
Say hello to the new Chief of Chiefs.
And in case you’re wondering, they made up and are together again.
As they should be.
He rightly gets mad and she obviously begs him to stay with her.
Especially now that they have Allison together.
Owen
Owen is a hard pass.
ON THEIR WEDDING DAY.
So much for love.
Some things it’s possible for you to’t forgive.
Maggie
Maggie is still into her doctor friend Winston, who couldn’t be cuter.
Someone should call Jo.
Nico might be a viable backup?
Scout Derek Shepherd Lincoln is a mouthful, but I think the cute kid can pull it off.
After saving his life, Cormac offers her a celebratory whiskey in his office.
She declines and opts to go home.
Minutes later he finds her passed out in the parking lot.
Unconscious Meredith is at the beach.
Watching the same waves that were rolling in at the opening of the show.
But this time, we hear someone shouting her name.
She turnsand it’s Derek.
ActualPatrick Dempseylooking all sorts of handsome is walking along the shoreline alive as he can be.
Oh, how I’ve missed that face.
I don’t care if it is a dream.
I pick him and choose him and love him.
