Grey’s Recap: Bailey’s Dealt a Terrible Shock — Plus, Oh, Amelia… No, Just No
Sedatives, stat! Thursday’s Grey’s Anatomy was an anxiety-inducing affair that found the pressure on Bailey mounting. And yes, apparently, it could get higher! One patient in particular brought into frightening focus the threats that had been leveled against Miranda for her work at the reproductive-health clinic. Read on, and we’ll discuss how…
‘EXHAUSTION IS A CONSTRUCT’ | As “Gunpowder and Lead” got underway, Jules turned down Blue’s invitation to join him on what sounded suspiciously like a date. Soon, she was teamed up with Lucas to treat Matt, a patient injured in a live-action role-play accident involving a foam sword. Jo went off on Link for starting to teach Scout sign language before she’d had time to process Luna’s hearing loss. Bailey discovered that Addison was back in town to stock up the PRT — and see baby Connor in the NICU. Richard and Mika were consulting with a man named Russell who was in for a colonoscopy when he suddenly freaked out. Not about the colonoscopy, though; he outta nowhere didn’t know who they were, where he was or how he’d gotten there. Wife Grace said that he’d been experiencing some brain fog but nothing like this, at least not until now. Upon getting a scan of Russell, Richard and Mika discovered that he had three bullets still in his body from a shooting a while back — he was suffering from lead poisoning.
Once Owen was called in to consult on the case, he explained to Russell that if they removed the bullets, his symptoms would dissipate… except possibly for the confusion. Nonetheless, he agreed to have the surgery. Owen, considering Amelia the only person qualified to perform the operation, had Mika go shake her out of her post-breakup funk. When Amelia arrived at Grey Sloan, she confided in Addison that, in the wake of Mer and Maggie’s departures, she’d been dumped by Kai. “And you know how well I do with abandonment.” Not well at all, we all know. As Amelia consulted with Owen, Winston, Simone and Mika, her hostility was palpable. Not remotely unheard of for a doctor at Grey Sloan to bring their personal s–t to work, but still, not a great look. Scrubbing in, Amelia unleashed the bulk of her anger on Winston. “You let your ego destroy what was once true love,” she told him. Maggie might someday forgive his “smallness,” but Amelia wouldn’t. During surgery, Mika slipped up and was ordered not only out of the O.R. but off Amelia’s service forevermore. Oh, Amelia. Come on.
After Amelia’s part of the surgery was done, Winston complained to Owen that she blamed him for Maggie leaving, which hardly seemed fair. When Amelia is pissed, Hunt replied, it’s rarely fair. Since Maggie no longer worked at Grey Sloan, Winston told Simone that she could perform a tricky part of the procedure. Owen wanted to step in when a problem arose, but Winston insisted that Simone see the crisis through. Once Hunt was out of the O.R., he marveled to Teddy that the country used to grieve together after a shooting. Now we were so used to it, it was barely a blip. Mika apologized to Amelia, who responded with nastiness. Overhearing, Addison pulled her friend aside and asked if she was using again. Since she wasn’t, Addison ordered her to go to a meeting and figure out a way to be of service to the world rather than adding to its pain. “No one has abandoned you,” Addison pointed out. “Everyone’s just doing the best that they can.” Stop the spiral or find someone to help stop it! (Go, Addison!)
‘YOU ARE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD, NOT ME!’ | In the ER, a middle-aged guy complaining of what he said were probably kidney stones asked Blue to page Bailey, who at that very moment was commiserating with Addison about the doxing that had turned her life upside-down. “I just hope to God these lunatics move on before I have a second heart attack,” Miranda said. At least being around the babies — and old friends like Addison — helped a bit. By the time Bailey reached the patient’s bedside, Blue had revealed to her that the patient had lied about having only one kidney. His issue, it would soon become clear, had been but a ruse to gain access to Bailey. “How’s the new place? Boys settling in OK?” he creepily asked her. Shaken, Miranda retreated, but the psycho chased after her and would’ve continued yelling at her, or worse, had Blue not subdued him. Later, Teddy explained to Blue that he hadn’t attacked the patient, he’d simply fallen while pursuing Bailey — that was their story, and they were sticking with it.
When Addison handed Bailey hot chocolate outside the hospital, Miranda chucked it, thinking that it would make her feel better. It didn’t. So Addison encouraged her to let loose her feelings on her. Bailey did, expressing her horror that this nut job had threatened little Pru and her boys. How could her mother have ever said “kill them with kindness”? That gave Addison an idea. She had Teddy give Bailey’s fellow doctors the numbers of her most frequent callers. The docs then phoned the pro-lifers and respectfully explained what the clinic actually did and what a wonderful doctor Bailey is. Maybe if they knew that she wasn’t the monster they imagined, the reasoning went, they’d leave her the hell alone.
‘WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? YOU HATE PREGNANT WOMEN’ | In other developments, Jo reported to Levi that she was awaiting the results of tests that would reveal whether Luna’s hearing loss was the result of an underlying condition. “My job as a mom just changed in the blink of an eye,” she said, “and I’m not sure I’m going to be any good at it.” She would be, Schmitt assured her, adding that he knew how to say three things in ASL (including “butt”). Oh, and as for Matt, he was dying to get back to the renaissance fair to proclaim his love to the princess of his dreams. When Jules wouldn’t let him leave, he said that she had the heart of a troll. Or did she? Lucas thought she seemed jealous when she saw new hero Blue with another doctor. Shortly, Matt’s airway closed up, and Lucas and Jules defied protocol to perform an emergency tracheotomy on the patient right then, right there, without an attending. It was that or let Matt die. Though the patient survived thanks to their fast action, Levi read Lucas and Jules the riot act and insisted that next time, they wait. Later, Jules confided in Lucas about the stupid, obsessive crush that had once cost her so much. Maybe there’s a difference between that and love? Adams suggested.
As the episode drew to a close, Matt’s crush showed up and was excited to hear that he’d spoken about her. Russell wept and admitted that he hadn’t realized how much he’d hated having those bullets in him. Jo received the call that she’d been waiting for and ran to Link: Luna’s healthy! She just has isolated hearing loss. “I was an ass,” she admitted, “and I’m sorry.” In the locker room, Lucas told Jules that he needed her to take his place as Simone’s person of honor. “You must really love her,” Jules cracked. And she was noticeably peeved at seeing Blue leave with the doctor with whom he’d been flirting. Winston approached Teddy to be considered for cardio chief. Seeing how Mika was struggling to pay her bills and study and live, Helm marched into Grey Sloan and yelled at Teddy to do better by the hospital’s residents. Maggie FaceTimed Richard to update him on how things were going in Chicago. Seeing Amelia leaving the hospital, he quickly approached her and said that he was in a spiral, too. Maybe they could go to a meeting together? Finally, Addison copped to coming to Grey Sloan just for the day to check on Bailey. Aw, and the supplies with which they loaded up the PRT… were from Cristina.
What did you think of “Gunpowder and Lead”? You know the drill — reviews, comments, questions below.
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Great recap!! Maggie is in Chicago.
I got her location and Mer’s mixed up. Fixing. Tx.
I’m so glad that Addison set Amelia straight. She was in a spiral, making it all about her.
I thought the episode was well done, and I awwwed when I saw that the supplies were from Christina.
no kidding huh.. the moment she found out Maggie was leaving it became all about her. During the scene, I kept yelling at the tv.. smack her!! give her a good smack!!..Glad someone finally had the good sense to tell her to get help..
I can’t stand Jo anymore, she’s terrible character and lashing out on link and scott. her apology after knowing luna is okay is meanless so what would happen if she was deaf? Her behavior was wrong
Luna is still deaf. It’s just not coming from a serious medical condition like she initially thought. She was initially afraid that there was something really wrong with Luna, but was relived that Luna was only deaf
I totally agree.
Once again, can’t stand Amelia!! Only time her character has been likable is when she was with Linc. Wish she would leave the show. She would not be missed! Tired of this storyline with Bailey. Please move on. Hate the way they’re portraying people who are pro-life, but that’s Grey’s for you.
You may hate it but countless Doctors are going through that exact same thing!!!
I wonder how old you are, you must not remember the violence , bombing and killings by pro lifers in years past. I think they are being kind to what has happened in real life.
I am amazed the show is till on.. and yes they need to move that sensitive subject on.
I also wholeheartedly agree with Grey’s depicting current and controversial events. I sincerely appreciate their decision to shed light on what is actually happening, regardless of criticism by those insisting they own the only definition of life and therefore, the power to inflict those beliefs by overruling an individual’s right to choose what is done to their own body. Although it was painful and frightening to watch as a calm, cool terrorist quite vividly threatened a well-known and highly regarded doctor(and her loved ones) who has saved countless numbers of people afflicted with other illnesses and injuries, for providing safe and legal access to abortion. Make no mistake; this IS terrorism and it is all too real (see women’s reproductive health clinics-bombings). As much as it sickens me to have to say this; for those of you insisting what should or shouldn’t be on television, please remember that watching TV is also a choice. If you don’t like a program for any reason, just exercise your right to choose to change the channel. There are like 200 other channels; and while I won’t likely be tuning in with you, I’m fairly certain something out there will fit your views…
The scenes with Amelia were ridiculous. She didnt make any sense at all and just came off as a whiny brat. And the fact that SHE HAD THE SELF AWARENESS TO KNOW SHE WAS SPIRALING AND SHE LEANED INTO IT was just dumb.
I am surprised the whole thing left the writer’s room to be honest.
This is a TV website, so people can have opinions different than yours about a TV show, so get over yourself. Also, the vast majority of people who oppose abortion don’t run around harassing doctors and bombing clinics.
They’ve (the commenters and show) ignored the uptick in violence against crisis pregnancy centers too or they think those people deserve it. A woeful double-standard. Maybe don’t touch on abortion or anti-abortion since you can’t handle the nuance.
Nuance has never been Grey’s strong suit. But over the past few years during/since Covid, Grey’s and Station 19 have been using a sledge hammer to preach at the audience. Hopefully, the new show runners will lessen the heavy handedness in both shows.
Fairly certain I’ll get shot down for this by some but; please, please allow me to politely remind you that if you dislike this or any other program for any reason, you have the right, no actually, you have the POWER TO CHANGE THE CHANNEL. This is no hardship, there are like 300 other channels to choose from. There are things I see all the time that I strongly disagree with….guess what I do…
That said, I did NOT change the channel and I was not disappointed If anything; I was grateful that Grey’s continues to create episodes depicting actual current events– regardless of the droning criticism by those who justify threats and actual attacks on law-abiding medical practioners and their loved ones…ALL IN THE SUPPOSED NAME OF LIFE. As is well-known; most practioners whose work includes providing SAFE AND LEGAL access to abortion, spend far more time treating and often saving those with serious illnesses and injuries. The terrorist, (yes that’s the correct label for someone threatening harm to people and their loved ones), who showed up in the ER was an example of the hypocrisy. He knewDr Bailey was a well-known and highly regarded doctor; but the truth is, she did NOT earn that positive reputation solely for her efforts to provide SAFE AND LEGAL ACCESS to abortion, but also for the countless other sick and wounded people she saves. I cannot understand how it can be considered “pro-life” to harm doctors with vast skills and experiences that far, far out-number the SAFE AND LEGAL abortion procedures they perform. Oh and yes, I do keep stressing SAFE AND LEGAL access for 2 reasons. One; because Grey’s is set in a hospital where the right to choose is the rule of law and TWO, because that right is being severely threatened there and elsewhere by those who feel they “own” the definition of LIFE and who insist on imposing their definition in order to overrule an individual’s right to choose what is done to their own body.
I totally agree with you! Amelia should go! She’s only interested in herself. I do like the character that Teddy had become! Starting to like her. Tired of Bailey’s story. Tired of the way they portray the rights of an unborn fetus or lack thereof! I wish someone else would read the storylines; Grey is gone and I’m glad!
As any dating-based show, Grey’s struggles to find an antagonist because the Doctors must not have egos or be competitive in order to sleep with one another. Sometimes the love story works, like Linc & Amelia, or Own & Amelia before them or Amelia & Kai after. But to keep the story going the characters must beak up or else they wouldn’t be available to make for another story. It’s makes it difficult to root for any couple, but it also makes for contrived antagonists, Linc was supposed to be for Kai, Tom for Owen and now Amelia to Mika Yasuda. Of course, that would make Helm a knight in shining armor in a potential love story with Mika, which is a great angle to address their story, but makes Amelia the antagonist just as soon as she’s single again,
I enjoyed watching the episode
It is ridiculous but I teared up when they told us the supplies were from Cristina. I miss her and Sandra Oh so much!!!
Not even a little bit ridiculous, my cheeks were wet in seconds. Great shot in the arm for Bailey and Addison.
The only thing better would have been Meredith and Christina popping up and they ALL danced it out!
I know, I know…not gonna happen. But; if Meredith Grey could survive something like 6 very, very near-death experiences, that doesn’t seem much more far-fetched.. lol.
I am glad Baily is getting a good storyline. I was so disappointed with her short tenure as chief. Anticlimactic. Grey’s has always shined a light on today’s issues. I’m glad they are again showing the real struggle of many doctors in today’s society. Calling people that harassed Baily was brilliant but we know in real life the people on that list would hangup, play victim, or have the pro-Baily callers doxed (sp).
Also if any group is misaligned it is the pro-choice. Choice means do what is best for you and yours not baby killer. Choice means the nonpregnant are minding their own business because they are not pushing a cantaloupe through an opening smaller than cantaloupe sized.
I am team Winston. Amelia is annoying. Bring Helm back. I hope they add new attending/ specialist next season. I have cardio/ Neuro fatigue. I loved Linc’s football player case a few weeks ago. More Linc!
they are in despair need for new characters and specialists, it’s been neuro, cardio, trauma for long time.
Maggie and Amelia are just not nice people. I generally avoid talking about women and likability because of gender stereotypes and I hate that seems to be the most fitting description of them.
Maggie, especially, is jut mean and selfish.
what does isolated hearing loss mean?
It just means that there is no tumor or any other illness causing the hearing loss. They only have to deal with Luna’s hearing loss.
It was better this week than in the past 3 or 4. The interns are opening up and showing what they can do. Glad Addison told Amelia to relocate her head and awesome seeing Christina hasn’t left.
I really liked how they had Addison address Amelia. She kept saying “I love you AND…” It wasn’t I love you, But… Addison conveyed that she loved Amelia no matter what and she wanted her to pick herself up and move forward not continue to spiral.
It’s amazing how much I like Helm now when I could not stand the character as a resident.