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Grey’s Anatomy Recap: S13. E17: “Til’ I Hear it From You”

Meredith’s usual opening monologue sets the tone for this episode by noting that no matter what we do in life, things fall apart. Sometimes we can put them back together, but some destruction is irreparable. After this discouraging display of depressing information, we see Meredith filling Alex in on Nathan’s request for a real relationship. Maggie hops in the car, increasingly frustrated over her mother’s obsession with the boob job she supposedly came to Grey-Sloan Memorial to have done. This charade it getting unbearable, and if Maggie doesn’t stop bullying her own mother about decisions she claims to want to make with her own body, muting her every screen presence is going to become pretty enticing.

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An elderly couple is brought to the hospital after the wife takes a fall, and the husband gives directives on his wife’s care after claiming he used to be a cardio surgeon. Owen allows the man to take the lead and tells the residents to follow his orders while Amelia hangs around passing out icy glares to her husband.

As Nathan follows up with Meredith on his proposal to be all in, Meredith frustratedly responds that she has three kids and a job and hasn’t had time to think it over yet. Avoiding, much? Jackson discusses Diane’s chemo results with her and discovers that she hasn’t told Maggie about her breast cancer. Diane insists on not informing her daughter about the cancer until after her surgery is performed so that she can tell Maggie that she “had” cancer and beat it instead.

Maggie comes in to visit her mother during this conversation and gives her usual lecture on the shallow, self-involved surgery she’s about to embark on. Later on as Jackson is examining Diane’s scans in preparation for the surgery, Maggie approaches Jackson about being locked out of her mother’s file. Jackson shuts down her request, instead only encouraging Maggie to provide her mother with support.

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Meanwhile, the residents assisting Amelia and Owen discover their patient’s husband (along the patient herself) is a famous doctor named Dr. Clatch, who helped develop a groundbreaking piece of medical technology. Since that news isn’t exciting enough compared to marital troubles, Owen confronts Amelia over running away from their home and their new marriage, asking her if she’s ever going to come back home. Amelia stares blankly at Owen as he tells her she needs to make up her mind about what she wants.

As the results of Mrs. Dr. Clatch’s tests come back and so rudely interrupt the catty, completely inappropriate for the work place argument, Amelia and Owen deliver the news that Mrs. Clatch has a brain bleed that could potentially kill her at any moment. Dr. Clatch insists that his wife not attempt the surgery that could either give her more time or cause her to die on the table, but Mrs. Clatch attempts to persuade Dr. Shepherd that she needs to take the chance of the surgery to have more time with her husband.

Do you hear this, Owen and Amelia? This couple has been together for decades and would really like for you to take the time out of your domestic dispute to discussion how to make sure a woman doesn’t die and the two of you can’t even exist in the same building without tearing each other apart.

Maggie is in the kitchen, complaining yet again about her mother’s boobs, lamenting over her Diane’s prior exclamations that masturbating made Jesus cry. Meredith tells Maggie that she needs to demand an explanation from her mother about the boob job, but Amelia contradicts that advice once Meredith leaves the room. Amelia, obviously projecting a few of her own issues onto Maggie just like Meredith did, insists that Diane should be able to do whatever she wants with her own body without having to provide anyone an explanation. You do you, Diane.

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Bailey persuades Arizona to dish on why Webber seems more pissed at her than at Bailey, so after continuous prodding Arizona finally explains that he caught her kissing Eliza. Aghast over Arizona’s indiscretions, Bailey tries to make her feel bad in order to make herself feel better, claiming “bros before potential love interests”. Arizona defends her personal decisions, as she should since Webber isn’t you know, her father or anything.

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Nathan approaches Meredith again about a relationship, and she lets him know that she doesn’t feel as if she really knows him, telling him that he needs to give her a reason to be with him. When he can’t come up with an answer as to what makes him likable, she continues to go about her day seemingly unphased.

Just before Diane is ready to go home for the night to rest before the big day, Jackson tells her he won’t perform her surgery until she tells Maggie about the cancer. Just as Maggie decides to listen to the advice of some of the other doctors and express her support of her mother’s decisions, Diane breaks the news. Shocked and dismayed that this secret was kept from her, Maggie gives them both a death stare that could rival Amelia Shepherd’s and walks out to wrap her head around the situation, leaving Diane to fend for herself the night before the surgery. I know the information must have been a shock, but come on Maggie, handle something with grace and selflessness for once in your life.

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After congratulating Amelia on a successful surgery on Mrs. Clatch after he had already yelled at her for making the decision to move forward with it without consulting him, Amelia of course chooses this moment to confront Owen with suffocating her. Amelia makes a low blow, stating that she would love to ask Christina how often she felt suffocated when they were together. She’s tired of playing only by his set of rules, demanding that she tell him why he insists on having a baby and refuting every answer he produces. Every duo on this episode seems to be battling it out for most frustratingly annoying conflict ever.

The exception to the above complaint over conflict resolution is Arizona, who swiftly and tastefully confronts Webber about his feelings surrounding her newfound romance with Eliza. Webber responds by making a dig about how “active” her love life is and that he can’t keep up with having an opinion about every woman Arizona gets involved with. Ouch. Arizona swallows the insult and nudges Webber into admitted his own pettiness, but he expresses that Arizona’s love interest feels like she’s taking a side, and it’s hurtful that the side she’s taking is the opposite one he’s on. Like normal grown-ups do, he lets her know that he will come around eventually but needs some time to digest the two as a couple, and Arizona expresses that she can take all the time she needs. Hello mature, meet conversation, it’s nice to see you again.

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Meanwhile, Nathan shows up in Meredith’s face again well, through the glass, this time explaining to her why he likes her. In response to her criticism that he brushes things off by making jokes, he notes that his constant sarcasm is a defense mechanism to avoid having to express his genuine feelings for her. Meredith responds by telling him to ask her out on a date, which he does. Just as she accepts, Meredith is called away to join Maggie as she stares at Diane’s charts, coming to terms with the conclusion that her mother is much sicker than she could ever have imagined.

An abundance of conflict and drama circulated this week, some of it resolved and most stalemated for the next round. Eliza is nowhere to be found, but it’s probably best for her to stay out of the way as Arizona tries to patch things up with her surrogate, tantrum throwing father figure.What did you think of this episode? Will Elizona take some time to foster a real relationship now that the cat is out of the bag?

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