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Sour patch

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Is he or isn't he? We don't know.

Scott Speedman made a very confusing statement at the ATX Television Festival about whether he’ll be returning to Grey’s Anatomy during Season 15. He confirmed he won’t be returning to Animal Kingdom, but told a fan that asked that he might return to Grey’s but probably not and indicated that he wanted to take time away from tv roles for the next couple of years, but that he doesn’t have any work lined up saying that he’d find something to do. Ellen Pompeo said in a previous interview that they begged him to come on the show and loved working with him. This is the first love interest, since Patrick Dempsey’s Derek Shepherd, that Ellen has indicated she enjoyed working with and seemed delighted to be acting with. So he seems to have an open invitation. It seems odd that Speedman would turn down a lead role on another series especially since, by his own admission, he doesn’t have any new work lined up. This has lead some fans to speculate that perhaps he’s given a non-committal and confusing answer because he will be returning to Grey’s but is keeping his cards close to his hand and that the show wants to wait as long as possible before announcing the hiring of a new lead character and officially introducing a new love interest for Meredith.

I’d personally LOVE to see Scott Speedman back as the swoony Dr. Nick. I’m hoping that he is being ambiguous for a reason or that maybe they can bribe him to come back or that if he can’t find other work he’ll return. What does everyone else think?

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Continuity Error in 14X17 of Grey’s Anatomy

Did anyone else notice the continuity error on Grey’s Anatomy last week with Nick's scrubs? When Cristina worked at Mayo surgeons wore dark olive green scrubs, but Nick is wearing dark burgundy. I know different Departments have different colours, but both Nick and Cristina are surgeons so shouldn’t they be wearing the same scrub colour? Weird ...

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Thoughts on Grey’s Anatomy Episode: 14X17

Love is in the air!!! I liked the three part narration from April, Owen, and Meredith. I felt like it really added something. I really felt for April at the beginning of this episode. Closing out the bar by herself and being woken up by the bartender. Not good. And then she types her patient’s name in wrong to her tablet. It’s a rough morning for Dr. Kepner.

I loved hearing Teddy speak German too! I really love that they are incorporating the actor’s knowledge of other languages and having the actors learn pieces of other languages for their parts. So much of television and movies is English only and I like hearing more of the cornucopia of languages that we humans speak and use to communicate on screen.

My by far favourite part of this episode was the storyline between Meredith and Nick!!! Swoon! I liked his introduction! A+ on that one. I love how funny Nick is. He’s cocky without being insufferable. He’s got great swoopy hair. He looks good while potentially dying. He toughs through a plane ride and an organ recovery surgery and then collapses in a hallway only to be saved by Meredith and his first instinct is to thank and compliment here and flirt with her like crazy. I love it! He’s so shamelessly into her. She deserves that.

I like Nick’s backstory too. He had depth without being too sappy. I love that he took in his niece and stepped up for her. He seems like he’d be a good parent. That’s something that they have in common. The relationship isn’t without its barriers or complications however. They seem like a good fit, but Nick is a Transplant Surgeon and, as he said, they are always in different cities and countries all the time. And he likes flying. Meredith does not. I really like the camaraderie between Meredith and Nick. It really works.

I also really loved the callback to Meredith and Cristina thinking they were going to have to work at the multiplex if after mandated therapy they weren’t reinstated after the hospital shooting. Nick’s line, “Your turn. I just got way too personal on a first date,” made my heart melt. He’s forward, he likes her, and when he can tell he’s freaked her out, he makes a joke out of it to make her feel more comfortable. He’s the kind of man Meredith deserves. I like that Meredith’s fantasy back up plan is a callback to her and Sadie Harris’ trip where they sleep their way across Europe. It fits with her character and brings something new. Remembering the past and imagining the future.

In classic Grey’s fashion Meredith and Nick get all personal and he makes this big declaration of, ‘let’s share the hammock/canoe’ and then ... his labs come back and there’s something wrong of course! I liked that they brought in the element of the genetics of drug and alcohol addiction and issues that come with it. As someone who comes from a family of alcoholics this really resonated with me. Was anyone else REALLY rooting for him to make it? Because I was!

Bahaha!!! Meredith was so sneaky at the end! Meredith: “Sorry, Nick. Plan B is never gonna happen.... Because I saved your kidney!” Nick: “Oh my God! You are evil!” That was great! I really hope they bring him back! I liked the double Cristina callback where she mentioned her earlier and then Nick called her Evil and Twisted and she finished it with Genius. The Twisted Sisters! Two in a Million! Meredith was looking sexy too and the end there. Totally date night ready. Only on television can you look like that and have your best friend say you look like crap. I love that Alex’s first response is “He’s married?” Hahahaha! And then “He’s Gay?” and “He lives in a foreign country?” You know all the usual issues when dating someone on Grey’s Anatomy.

I love that Alex considers living in Minnesota the same thing as living in a foreign country! Bahaha. I love him! I loved the ending with Meredith and Alex talking about how she hasn’t felt this way since Derek and how that isn’t the worst thing in the world. And then Meredith turns around and she’s just that girl in a bar from 14 seasons ago. My heart!

I thought the scenes between Teddy and Owen were beautifully done. Great acting by Kevin McKidd and Kim Raver. Really good material that was worth their time and talent. I liked Owen’s little speech at the beginning where he said, ‘I said something now you have to say something’ and then Teddy, woman of action, kisses him instead and then they go and have sex. I like Teddy. When they both admitted to not liking Germany I had hope for them, but by the end of the episode I was glad Teddy stood her ground and stood up for herself. Good for her. She is no one’s, no one’s, sloopy seconds.

Teddy’s life of classic vinyl and snowy nights sitting by roaring fireplaces is swoon worthy. And the fact that she’s opening up a clinic for refugees in Germany is part of what makes Teddy so amazing as a character. She really cares for others. I was so pissed when Owen started talking about Teddy moving back to Seattle. She only took the stupid job in Germany because Owen forced her too and now that she’s finally made a life there he wants her to drop everything and leave? Owen is the definition of selfish.

Why does Owen screw up all his relationships by putting his foot in his mouth and saying stupid things? Ugh. He drives me nuts! When we returned to Teddy and Owen fighting my reaction was, “YAAAAAS TEDDY!!!! YAAAAS! TELL IT LIKE IT IS!” This is officially the season of the women in Owen’s life calling him on his crap. FINALLY! You go girl! Yes!

From the moment the good hearted Rabbi appeared on screen I knew he was likely going to die, but that didn’t make it any easier. Such a good character! Saul Rubinek did an amazing job!

I felt really bad for Bailey. She was trying to help and April took her crisis of faith out on her. Jackson tried to help to no avail. April is on a rampage. Oh my goodness the Rabbi. Ooof. His words hit me straight in the heart! Every moment he was on screen was awesome! He had the best lines of the night hands down! So funny! So touching! So heartbreaking! When called The New Testament ‘The Sequel’. When he said, “I’m not up on the sequel but from what I hear Jesus got a raw deal.” When he said, “It wouldn’t a been a bestseller!” Pure comedy religious spiritual gold! Props to the writing team for writing such great lines.

I balled my eyes out when he was comforting and scolding April, and when he was near the end, and when he hallucinated Elyse, and when he died. Jeez it was hard. It was harder still when April found Bailey in the chapel struggling to light a candle for Eli and April helped her and told her that Eli forgave her. Bailey found forgiveness and April found her faith again. All thanks to Eli the wonderful Rabbi. Such beauty. Good art is meant to make you feel something. And this does.

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CHARM EXPLOSION

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Some Mötley Crüe art I created for their final tour