âGreyâs Anatomyâ Tweet-Cap: Miracles Can Happen
Warning: This recap for the âFalling Slowlyâ episode of Greyâs Anatomy contains spoilers.
Real love is accepting someone, flaws and all.
Thatâs the theme in Greyâs Anatomyâs big case of the week, a couple who survive a glider crash, and thatâs the theme among the doctors, with storylines focusing on Amelia/Owen and Jackson/April.
Itâs not surprising to see some bumps in the road for the former couple, since they got married after, like, five seconds of knowing each other. As for the latter, well, they got divorced for a reason.
The theme is also echoed in other relationships, like Alex and Jo, who still have so many secrets and so much unsaid between them. Now, heâs banished to the hospital version of hell. Can he claw his way back out? Can these two crazy kids say whatâs been unsaid and accept each otherâs flaws? Only time will tell.
Hereâs a rundown of this weekâs episode, including our live tweets:
Alex did a very bad thing when he beat up DeLuca, but man, working at the clinic⊠well, letâs all just pray for him.
Really, itâs just all too ironic that Alex has been sentenced to work at the Denny Duquette Memorial Clinic #GreysAnatomy
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His boss, a nurse named Tamir, is a total hardass who doesnât give him an inch. Alexâs first case in the clinic is a simple abscess, but Tamir warns him not to pick up a scalpel. All he can do is page surgery⊠because Alex isnât a surgeon in the clinic. Heâs just a scut worker.
In bed, Amelia and Owen make post-coital pillow talk⊠except itâs more like a quiz show. Amelia learns that Owen goes to church. What else doesnât she know about him? How does he want to raise their kids? Heâs excited she wants kids, but she screeches that they donât know each other well enough yet.
Ellen Pompeo, Martin Henderson (Photo: Richard Cartwright/ABC)
At the hospital, Riggs tries to get closer to Meredith by asking her to âhang outâ (itâs a date). Meredith continues to rebuff him. âWeâre not that kind of friends,â she says before leaving.
Riggs might want to look up the phrase âfriendzoneâ ???? #GreysAnatomy
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Mer is called to a trauma coming in from the helipad. Owen is working with her and vents about Ameliaâs tendency to latch onto things, like a shark. She sympathizes.
They get that case of the husband and wife involved in a glider crash. He turns out to be a paraplegic, and itâs cute how much the couple care about each other as they yell âI love youâ from adjoining ER rooms.
Bailey meets with DeLuca to talk about the hospitalâs internal review and how theyâve complied with the district attorneyâs requests. But, she adds, he shouldnât talk to anybody about the case. He shrugs sadly â nobody wants to talk to him anyway!
As Owen scans the wife, Amelia pops in, still in quiz mode. When did he lose his father? Why did he join the Army? And on and on. The matter isnât helped when Riggs clearly knows more about Owen than she does.
Amelia needs an Owen Hunt Trivia Night #GreysAnatomy
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Meanwhile, neither April nor Jackson seem to be getting a wink of sleep. He complains to Ben about April, she complains to Arizona about Jackson. And of course, Harriet isnât sleeping through the night.
At the clinic, Alex treats an underage woman named Emma who is clearly drunk. All she wants is an IV and to leave. Tamir tries to hurry him along, but Alex is clearly torn about his duty to do something helpful.
Owen finishes his scan of the wife and believes they should operate to remove her spleen. Also, her aorta isnât looking great. Meredith disagrees, saying they should just monitor her for now. And Riggs takes her side. Hmmm, is he doing it to get on her good side?
Eleen Pompeo, Keving McKidd, Martin Henderson (Photo: Richard Cartwright/ABC)
See something, say something
Arizona and Jo run into DeLuca in the hall, and the former is amazed by his facial recovery â good job, Jackson! She asks about the trial, but he brushes her off, saying he canât talk about it.
Poor DeLuca seems so alone ???? Let him talk, Bailey! #GreysAnatomy
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Itâs a ladies + Alex lunch, as Meredith, Amelia, and Maggie schlep down to the clinic to have a bite with him. Amelia is still on this âknowing everything about Owenâ thing. See, she thinks if he knows her deep, dark scary secrets, he wonât love her anymore.
Tamir breaks up their party, ordering Alex to see to Emma. First, he gives her a stupid brochure. Then, he yells at her for partying too much. She replies that she only had one beer. As he berates her, Richard steps in to stop him. Well, apparently, he came at Alexâs behest to talk some sense into Emma.
Richard and Alex playing good cop, bad cop is the best #GreysAnatomy
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In the ârealâ part of the hospital, the crash wifeâs spleen ruptures and her aorta is dissecting. She needs surgery, stat. Owen is pissed, because he wanted to do this in the first place.
Back in the clinic, Richard tries to talk to Emma, bringing up his own experience with AA. She becomes agitated, once again insisting sheâs not an alcoholic. As she gets out of the bed, her shoulder dislocates! And she just puts it back in, as though sheâs done this time and time again.
More Jackson/April drama! Jackson is still venting to Ben about Aprilâs early morning coffee-making habit. She huffs to Arizona that sheâs trying to be the perfect guest. Both Ben and Arizona counsel their friends to talk to each other and that maybe itâs time for April to move out of Jacksonâs apartment.
April and Jackson are proof that exes living together, for whatever reason, are never a good idea #GreysAnatomy
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With Emmaâs case seemingly closed, Alex takes off for his legal appointment. But as the bus is about to pull away, he has a major light-bulb moment. He takes Emmaâs charts to Richard and lists her symptoms. Richard also has a major light-bulb moment. Turns out Emma has a rare disease â and Alex has just saved her life. He wonât take credit for it, though.
Amelia is STILL obsessing over how much she knows about Owen. In fact, she feels like she knows more about Stephanie â her sickle cell anemia, her taste for mushrooms, etc.
âI shouldâve married you.â LOL Amelia needs to take a chill pill #GreysAnatomy
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After the crash wifeâs surgery, the doctors discover sheâs been paralyzed from the waist down. Owen goes nuts on Riggs and Meredith for voting against him. After he leaves, Meredith accuses Riggs of siding with her because of their âthing.â He is offended. âI agreed with you because you were right, not because you were you.â
Meredith takes the crash husband to see his wife. He feels enormously guilty for causing the situation and paralyzing his wife. She tells him to buck up and be there for her.
âThis isnât the worst thing. Sheâs still breathing.â Meredith would know #GreysAnatomy
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Jackson comes home to find April with their (finally!) sleeping daughter. After a dumb argument about the TV, they finally talk about their issues. She offers to move out, but Jackson doesnât want her to. And she doesnât want to, either. She will, however, stop making the damn coffee in the morning.
Owen and Amelia go to bed, but she is clearly still agitated. She finally confesses everything about her former fiancĂ©, who died of a drug overdose after theyâd used together. He admits that he once choked Cristina during a PTSD nightmare. Theyâve both done terrible things. But theyâll make beautiful babies! And they should start trying immediately.
True love: When you confess your most horrible secrets and the other person still accepts you #OwenandAmelia #GreysAnatomy
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Meredith finds Riggs outside the hospital. She declares that she canât do this anymore â she doesnât want to question her medical decisions, or his. âLetâs just be colleagues,â she says.
He playfully suggests that colleagues is a little aloof â canât they be friends? Maggie comes upon them in that moment, and they play it off as Riggs wanting to be friends with her. Sigh. Meredith, you of all people must know that secrets will get out, someday.
Greyâs Anatomy airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on ABC.