She’s finally back! Arizona Robbins returns to Grey’s Anatomy to a new normal. Sofia isn’t near her, but so long as her daughter is happy, Arizona is happy. It’s too much to hope that she could come back to a happy environment. Being stuck in the middle between her roommate and her protegee is not what Arizona needs, but that’s exactly where she finds herself. This week on Grey’s Anatomy, being stuck in the middle is the theme. You can either walk the line or slowly sink.
Arizona returns from New York refreshed and ready to get back to work. She heard what happened with Alex and DeLuca, but she had no idea just how bad the situation was until she sees DeLuca’s face. DeLuca believes that Arizona is going to side with Alex because he’s her guy. She assures him that’s not the case. Just because she isn’t going against DeLuca doesn’t mean she’s against Alex either. She’s very disappointed in her friend, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t want him to go to jail or lose his job. It also seems like Arizona wants Jo to forgive Alex, but that seems like a heady task given that she doesn’t know the real reason Jo can’t forgive him.
A car plows into a funeral procession, which is morbid and horrible. It’s also a surgeon’s dream. Accident pile-ups are like cotton candy on a Ferris Wheel to surgeons. This is how April, who should be home recovering from that horrific kitchen table C-section, ends up in the ER. She brings baby Harriet along for the ride and hands her off to her to daddy so she can go watch the carnage. As much as April loves her miracle baby, she’s not meant to be a stay-at-home mom. Jackson completely understands that April needs her work. He’s a surgery junkie too.
The driver in the wreck was the deceased man’s daughter, who’s been estranged from her family for years. They don’t even know she’s pregnant. She came back to make amends with her family, but ended up being responsible for her mother’s death. The brother yells at the sister, which causes premature labor, and this is just the worst day ever for this family. Maybe not though. Amelia, Maggie, and Stephanie let the family hold a second funeral in the hospital, then the mother miraculously springs to life. No really, she’s up like a springboard! The mother gets to die by her husband’s side, then miraculously rise from the dead to meet her new grandson. Amelia is in the middle of newlywed bliss, full of optimism and good humor. She tells the kids to cut their bickering and appreciate what a miracle they were given today. This is probably one of the best patient storylines Grey’s Anatomy has had in a long time.
Rather than assist in the funeral accident, Bailey has Ben go pick up Tuck. Apparently Tuck pushed another kid. Bailey isn’t doing anything because she’s too drained with everything at work. Tuck’s father is the fun parent who refuses to discipline. Ben demands to be deputized, put in the game, whatever you want to call it, as Tuck’s official disciplinarian for the day. Nothing works better on a pre-adolescent than fear. Jackson and Ben show Tuck very graphically what can happen when you beat someone up (i.e. DeLuca’s pre-surgery face). Of course they leave out the part where DeLuca recovers. It’s amusing to see Bailey scold herself for not deputizing Ben years ago.
Maggie tries desperately to avoid Riggs after he turned her down. Meredith avoids the subject altogether, but can’t help connecting with Riggs again on their shared losses. It’s nice to build tension, but does it have to be at Maggie’s expense? The longer Meredith lets this go on, the angrier Maggie is going to be. It’s actually insulting for Meredith to cooperate in Riggs’s flirtation and push Maggie to get over her crush. It’s not as if Amelia doesn’t give her the opportunity. She urges the sisters to talk to each other, but Meredith doesn’t take advantage.
Will Arizona be a good mediator in the middle, or be forced to choose between her two friends?
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