To whip the residents in shape.
Many of the characters are on the precipice of something major changing in his or her life.
Therefore, a lot is packed into a short amount of time.
The result is a boring episode.
Boring, yet informative.
The fatigue is a nightmare.
How is she supposed to perform surgeries when she can’t stand for any significant length of time?
The fact that Jackson, Tom, and DeLuca are gone does not help matters.
Bailey has an idea.
After sharing that her husband Ben’s tumor is fine, she launches into the details of her plan.
Oh, you didn’t know Ben had a tumor?
Ben is fine, and Bailey wants Meredith to take over the residency program.
The system is broken.
There is no “normal” in the world anymore.
Bailey wants Meredith to take the program and make it shine.
Jo and Luna
Kudos to Link for saying out loud what we’ve all been thinking.
“Let’s not pretend that you’re not thinking about adopting Luna.”
We’ve all seen this writing on the wall.
Luna develops pneumonia, and her body starts to decline.
Jo’s heart is ripped.
Not having been at the hospital for ages, Amelia feels the pressure of this particular case.
It deepens when the woman does not wake up after surgery.
There is no medical reason why the young woman isn’t responding.
Still, Amelia can communicate with her using music and many neurological words that sound extremely important.
The experience makes Amelia realize that she doesn’t want to have any other kids.
Link wants more children.
Owen’s advice is, to be honest with Link.
Maggie and Winston
These two crazy kids are having a ball planning their dream wedding.
Gwen even arranges for Helm to page both Maggie and Winston so she can officially meet the groom-to-be.
A donor’s heart arrives, and we suddenly see Maggie and Helm working on Gwen in the OR.
Both agree that Gwen is the perfect “mom-key in” who exudes only the good parts.
She gives great advice and is extremely smart and invested.
Gwen makes it through surgery.
Winston thinks Maggie has cold feet.
It turns out Maggie is just sad.
Spending time with Gwen made her realize that her wedding is never going to be perfect.
Because her mom won’t be there.
And it’s okay to be sad, but the wedding will go on.
Not by a waterfall, but somewhere nice.
Meredith’s backyard.)
Schmidt and Nico
There’s some X-Factor Schmidt exudes that makes him attractive to anyone and everyone.
Even the guy giving COVID shots.
Talk about a flirt!
He practically throws himself at Schmitt and then assumes Schmidt will meet him at his apartment later that night.
Instead of answering that blatant booty call, Schmidt heads over to Nico’s.
Schmidt is totally caught off-guard, especially with the fire hazard blazing in Nico’s apartment.
How did he know Schmidt was coming?
Nico claims he lights all those candles every night, just in case Schmidt ever shows up.
That was all Schmidt needed to shut the deal with a passionate embrace.
