It’s difficult to imagine living life after losing someone you love, but it happens. Life moves forward whether we want it to her not. This is something Meredith Grey learned a long time ago, and now it’s her sister Maggie’s turn. Grey’s Anatomy tackles what life looks like after death, and how we are not supposed to handle it the same way another person would. Her mother did say to not be afraid to take risks, but even the most experienced
Stephanie treats intern Cross for a minor surgical treatment and makes fun of him through the whole thing. She gets a big surprise when she discovers that Cross actually has a rare, infectious disease. Webber jumps at the chance to prove that Bailey doesn’t know everything by initiating the TB protocol, but Stephanie runs in the other direction. It’s getting clearer to her that she is not necessarily the doctor she wanted to be. Webber needs his work wife and real wife back, and Stephanie needs to reconnect with the little girl who wanted to be the doctor that everyone felt safe with.
Pierce jumps back in with both feet, right into the case involving Owen’s friends. She knows that she can handle going back to work, but others worry she’ll kill someone in the middle of her grief. That’s not Maggie. She is a professional above all else. Even when she is dying inside, even when she wants nothing more than to hug her mother one more time, Maggie does her job. She excels in fact, despite the crowd of people in the gallery putting more pressure on her. Owen’s fears for his friends are alleviated, but focusing on someone else’s problems isn’t working anymore. It’s getting more difficult to hide the fact that Owen and Amelia’s marriage is disintegrating. Something’s gotta give.
Arizona and Minnick won’t flaunt their relationship, but they won’t hide it either. Riggs is the one person who could actually be unbiased when it comes to them because he has no real loyalties, except maybe some strong preferences towards Owen and Meredith. He can be supportive, so Arizona should be able to be so as well. Unfortunately, Arizona gabs before she thinks. She goes into a long schpeel about the love story that was Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd. It’s definitely not what a guy wants to hear before he goes on a first date with one half of that equation. When Maggie finally breaks down, Meredith once again cancels on Riggs to be there for her.
We all want that final reassurance, that final song, that final story from the people we lose. It’s never enough afterwards. Diane Pierce entrusted a box of memories to Jackson to give to Maggie when the time was right. That final gift is the definition of bittersweet. Riggs is right about one thing, even if it doesn’t come out all that endearing to Meredith. Grief is a life-long wave, something that comes and goes intermittently and without warning sometimes. Maggie will be going through this for a long time to come.
Show of hands who think that Riggs and Meredith should quit while they’re ahead.
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