It’s complicated: that’s my relationship with this whole Japril and Maggie thing.
All I know is that Sarah and Jesse make me believe, onscreen chemistry like theirs will always come through it all. I mean look at the pictures from today, even in the awkward ones with Kelly, their chemistry just shines.
I only trust them. If worst comes, I might not watch but I will always support Japril. They are my ride or die!!!!
I just love Sarah and Jesse so much best sneaky and funny captains. I put my trust in them, they know what they’re doing. They didn’t like how 13x24 ended so I’m not expecting them to post happy selfies unless we get out of this incestuation
Do the writers think that we suddenly forgot that Catherine and Richard are married and that maggie and jackson are step siblings? Or are we suppose to ignore this?
Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Read at your own risk!
The Grim Reaper visited Grey Sloan once again during Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy as Maggie’s mother succumbed to her cancer.
After Maggie (Kelly McCreary) was only just clued in that her mother (LaTanya Richardson Jackson) actually had breast cancer, the doc fought long and hard to keep her alive, even pushing Diane into an arduous clinical trial that ultimately led to her death as Maggie ignored the advice of her fellow Grey Sloan doctors. Now that Maggie’s mother has passed, what will that do to the doc? EW turned to McCreary to find out.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How does the death of Maggie’s mom change her moving forward?
KELLY McCREARY: Maggie is unmoored by the loss of her mom. She reaches all around for the obvious things that might ground her again. She does throw herself back into work, and she reaches out to her sisters, who are her family; those are essential parts of her life that without them she would absolutely drown in grief. But still, she has to look for another strength within herself. It calls upon her to find some new reserves of resourcefulness and strength.
Maggie really pushed Mer away during this episode, but what does their relationship look like moving forward?
Maggie pushed Meredith away because she was scared of the truth of what Meredith was saying. Faced with the reality that, in some ways, Meredith was right and that her mother’s death is irreversible, bygones will be bygones between Maggie and Meredith, and Maggie will really lean into that relationship.
Mer has sidelined her relationship with Riggs for Maggie. How do you think Maggie would feel about that?
Maggie doesn’t know about Meredith and Riggs at this point, so I think if Maggie knew, she would wonder why Meredith can’t find a balance and figure out if what she really wants in her life is love or romance, and go after that if she wants that in addition to being able to support her sister.
Might it lessen the blow of learning that Meredith and Riggs had been keeping their romance secret?
Well, okay, that’s a different question. [Laughs] When Maggie finds out — if/when — about Meredith and Riggs, Maggie’s mom has just been lying to her about her health in a way that made Maggie feel very powerless. That was traumatic for her. Meredith withholding the truth will not help in healing that trauma. The fact that Meredith had chosen Maggie over Riggs is kind of irrelevant, it’s kind of a moot point in the conversation of whether Meredith should’ve told Maggie or not.
What’s next for Maggie outside the loss of her mom? Could love be in her future?
Yeah, I think Maggie really takes to heart her mother’s dying words. She says to go and have fun, take risks, be naughty, wear lipstick, and just give herself some freedom to have a little bit more fun. I hope Maggie does take that to heart. I hope she lets her hair down and sees what new adventures might come once she’s able to do that.
Might she get herself into trouble in doing that?
You know what? I really hope so. I hope she does get herself into some trouble. Sometimes in grief people do get a little reckless. Maggie is not going to put herself in harm’s way or anything, but I do hope she gives herself permission to be a little bit less sensible, logical, and reasonable.
Warning: The following is virtually wall-to-wall spoilers for Thursday’s Grey’s Anatomy. If you’ve yet to watch, you might want to put off reading.
Well, we knew it didn’t look good for Diane when ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy promos called Ellen Pompeo’s directorial debut “the most emotional episode this season.” So it probably wasn’t a total shock that, after Maggie learned her adoptive mother’s cancer had spread, ignored Meredith’s advice and pushed the patient into a painful clinical trial, she still lost her. Here, Kelly McCreary, who gave a crushing performance as Dr. Pierce, takes TVLine through the heartbreaking hour, which concluded with Richard flying in Maggie’s adoptive father and forgiving Bailey for her betrayal, and Mer warning Nathan that her half sister would need her for a while (meaning their date would have to wait).
TVLINE | Were you relieved that Maggie got to make peace with her mother well before, you know, the end?
Yeah, that was a huge source of relief. She got to be totally on Diane’s team for the whole journey. But what’ll be interesting to see is what else was unresolved when Maggie comes to certain points in her life in the future — like when she walks down the aisle and her mom won’t be there.
TVLINE | As much as Maggie lashes out at Meredith in this episode, it seems like this shared experience ultimately can only bring them closer.
The loneliness of losing a parent is isolating, I think, so Maggie spends a lot of time pushing people away in this episode. But, in the end, her sisters [not only Mer but in-law Amelia] keep showing up no matter how much Maggie pushes them away, and that’s the last image that we’re left with — that they’re going to be there for her no matter what. And eventually, once she’s able to sort of let them in again, they’ll be there.
TVLINE | Which sets it up for it to hurt even worse when Maggie finally finds out about Mer and Nathan.
Absolutely. But [on the other hand, Meredith and Maggie have] gone through something so extreme together, and I think the whole Nathan question has been completely irrelevant this whole time. So when it comes up again, I think it becomes about weighing, “Oh, there’s this guy that I liked” against this life-and-death experience that they’ve shared.
TVLINE | In Part 1 of our interview, you mentioned that Maggie’s an optimist. Does losing her mom change that going forward?
No. That’s who Maggie is at her core. I don’t think that this is going to change that. But I do think she’s going to take to heart all of that lovely advice that her mom gave her in her final moments, when she told Maggie to just live life more fully and give herself permission to be a little messy.
TVLINE | Maybe even romanticallymessy?
Well, since all the single-ish guys [at Grey Sloan] are in these sort of ambiguous relationships right now, getting involved with any of them might give Maggie something to be messy about. I’d be game if it gives Maggie a chance to be a little less reined in!
Well, since all the single-ish guys [at Grey Sloan] are in these sort of ambiguous relationships right now, getting involved with any of them might give Maggie something to be messy about. I’d be game if it gives Maggie a chance to be a little less reined in!
Or maybe she is getting involved with a single girl without anything to be messy about it... ;)
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