Dear readers, my apologies for the late nature of last week’s Grey’s Anatomy recap. My wife and I moved from New York to South Carolina and I was a little behind in my TV viewing. Also, I had no internet…or furniture…or forks. Anyway, my apologies.
Meredith’s freak out
So Meredith finally decided to give dating Major Thorpe a shot. They pressed their faces together, then they did the deed. The next morning, Mer flipped her biscuit when she woke up to find Thorpe in her bed. Like a good, protective sister, Maggie hears Mer screaming and gives him a few whacks before sending him away without his shoes. Amelia arrives just in time to witness the scene.
Maggie and Amelia tried to figure how best to comfort Meredith, but Meredith just wants to wash that man right out of her hair. Well, house actually. She wants to bleach everything in sight. Amelia tries to explain that she’s been sleeping at the house, but Meredith just wants that sweet, sweet bleach. I totally feel this. When I’m distressed, I like to clean too.
Amelia and Maggie join in with the cleaning to keep an eye on Mer. The sisters talk about their man troubles: Owen won’t stop calling, DeLuca is distant. All the while, Meredith is ferociously scrubbing and dusting every surface. As the sisters start assembling a carpet steamer together (it’s an actual thing that happens), Meredith starts to come out of her fugue and asks Amelia what when down with Owen. Alex then bursts in all protective, offering to beat up Thorpe. He gets recruited into cleaning instead.
As Maggie tries to talk to the gang about DeLuca, they all exchange knowing glances. Finally Amelia speaks up and tells Maggie that DeLuca is totally trying to ditch her. She’s just picking up on it yet. Maggie refuses to believe this, so she marches off to the hospital to confront him.
At the hospital, Owen and Ben come out of surgery, and Owen is silently freaking out that Amelia is ignoring his calls. Ben tells him about a time he upset Bailey very badly and how after some apologizing and time, she forgave him. Maybe the same will be true for Amelia and Owen.
As Meredith starts rearranging the shelves in the closet, she comes across Derek’s old, ugly blanket. It makes her smile, and it’s evident that it’s not that the house isn’t clean. It’s that Derek is still everywhere in it, down to the foundation. With that, the cleaning ends and the healing begins. Later on, Alex finds Meredith in front of the fire. She talks about her freak out and how things with Thorpe were actually pretty great. She’s not ready for pretty great yet though. And that’s okay.
When Amelia returns to the house with Zola and Bailey, Owen shows up and wants to talk. His apology is heartfelt, but Amelia has to make a decision for herself. Being sober is her main priority, and she can’t be with Owen right now. She joins the rest of the gang by the fire as they wait for pizza, and Thorpe pays a visit. He apologizes for doing anything to upset Mer, but she tells him that isn’t the case. She just isn’t ready. He tells her to give him a call when she is, because he thinks she’s worth waiting for.
When Meredith comes back in, she tells Amelia she doesn’t have to leave. She’s welcome to stay at the house. I love when the sisters all come together.
Penny’s “I love you”
Penny and Callie are getting ready for bed….hold up. I have a beef. How come we see Penny and Callie dressed like non-threatening bunny rabbits, cuddling down for the night when DeLuca and Maggie, Owen and Amelia get these passionate scenes? It’s starting to get to me. I’ve been trying to get on board the Calliopenny train but it’s tough. We never got to see their courtship, and their scenes together focus much more on work than play. Now we are supposed to see them as a loving couple and it feels like there are missing pieces. Callie must feel it too because when Penny tells Callie she loves her for the first time, Callie simply says “thank you.” Ouch.
Poor Arizona. She went and opened her well-meaning mouth and now she’s down a best friend and feeling like a total ass. Even Alex isn’t sympathetic. When she runs into April and Riggs, April straight up ignores her.
Callie has a humdinger of a case to deal with. A smallish young lady and a rather big fella were having the sex, and the guy slipped and well, the girl dislocated both her hips. Yikes. Callie does what she does best, and with the patient Ashley’s blessing, snaps her legs back into place.
While Callie is occupied, Intern Hannah finds Penny to let her know that Sofia has been brought into the emergency room. Hannah assumed because Penny is dating Callie that she knows Sofia. Yeah, that hasn’t happened yet. Sofia introduces herself as Sofia Sloan-Torres. What the hell happened to the Robbin-Sloan-Torress? When did Arizona get dropped from her name? Was this an oversight? It doesn’t feel right. Anyway, Sofia bopped her head while on a play date and needs some stitches.
While Ashley goes in for a CT, Callie notices she has an issue with blood flow to one of her legs. It’s OR time. Steph tells a story about a time she brought a guy home who she didn’t realize was, well, rather endowed. Steph even demonstrates. Owen looks like he wants to die a little. Thankfully they are saved from more of this chatter when Callie is notified about Sofia’s injury. She rushes to the ER, where she turns her frustration onto Penny. She doesn’t like the fact that Penny treated Sofia, and admits that she hasn’t told her daughter anything about Penny. When Penny presses, asking if it’s about the L word, Callie lies and says it’s actually Arizona that has an issue.
Penny being affable Penny, approaches Arizona to apologize. Arizona is totally confused but nips Penny’s concerns right in the bud. She didn’t say anything to Callie about not wanting Penny to meet Sofia yet. In fact, it never came up. When Penny asks if that means Callie lied to her, Arizona doesn’t dispute it.
Arizona beelines right to Callie to tell her that 1. She’s fine with Penny meeting Sofia. 2. To leave her out of her relationship drama. p.s. When is Arizona going to get a girlfriend? Asking for a friend.
A very hurt Penny talks things over with Jo, who tells her she didn’t tell Alex she loved him until a couple years after he said it to her. This doesn’t make Penny feel better. DeLuca butts in and is all “attendings have all the power” and Jo tells him to shut it. Just then, Maggie find him to talk. When she confronts DeLuca and asks if he wants to be with her, his silence tells her he doesn’t.
Ashley, unfortunately, has a cardiac arrest after her surgery and has to have another operation. Callie blames herself, but Owen assures her she did what she thought was right. She’ll be alright though, much to the delight of her big boyfriend who nearly crushes Owen with a bear hug.
Penny, now a Pissed Penny, speaks her mind to Callie. Lying, or making her feel like a bad doctor, isn’t the best way to have a healthy relationship.
Callie turns to Bailey to ask her advice about introducing Tuck to Ben. Bailey tells her it’s about if Callie is ready for Penny and Sofia to meet. Does Callie picture Penny in her future with Sofia? The answer is yes, so it looks like Callie is ready. When Callie and Sofia see Penny outside, Callie invites Penny out for ice cream with them and their relationship moves to the next level.
Mama Avery arrives
It’s been ages since Richard has seen his bride, Catherine, but she’s on her way for a long overdue visit. Jackson is less than thrilled, but Richard tells him that’s too bad. She is his mom after all. When she does arrive, Jackson makes it clear that he wants her to stay away from April. Since this is Catherine Avery, we know that’s not going to happen. April for her part is hiding from Mama Avery on her own.
It doesn’t last long though, as Catherine finds April resting after a surgery. To her surprise, Catherine is kind and asks all kinds of questions about the pregnancy. April makes the mistake of telling Catherine that she knew she was pregnant before she signed the papers. Catherine tells April she would have done the same thing. Hmmm.
Emboldened by her conversation with Catherine, April asks Jackson if they can talk soon and he agrees. When Jackson runs into his mother later on, he actually thanks her for talking to April. Turns out, Mama Avery had an ulterior motive. She wants to go after April for fraud for withholding information from Jackson. Mama Avery, you are ice cold!
What did you think of “When it Hurts So Bad?”
