The frantic Season 19 opening of Grey’s Anatomy on Thursday was a fantastic way to begin the long-running ABC drama’s 19th season. It was jam-packed with heartwarming memories from the past and intriguing glimpses into the future.
Two cliffhangers—the condition of Meredith and Nick’s relationship and Owen and Teddy’s legal issues—were at least partially resolved, if not entirely.
We met the five brand-new surgical residents who are infusing new life into Grey Sloan. [More about them here.] Additionally, we had sprung two surprises on us, one of which was deliciously Derek-related. And if you continue reading, we’ll discuss nearly everything that occurred on the opening night.
“I’ll Be the Vigina” The events of the Season 18 finale were recapped here, and six months later, in “Everything Has Changed,” Grey Sloan was resuming its residency program with a bunch of newbies that Bailey, who was still on vacation, thought had come from “the bottom of the barrel.”
One of them, Jules Millin (Adelaide Kane), had recently engaged in a one-night fling with an unaware Link, and she laughed in his face when he apprehensively suggested that they tell HR about their fictitious relationship.
(Reminds you of Meredith and Derek’s beginnings, no?) Mika Yasuda (Midori Francis), another freshman, quickly learned that “organpalooza” is not an acceptable phrase for a tornado-based bus disaster that left a number of individuals about to donate their hearts, livers, and other organs that they no longer needed.
Because of a panic attack spurred on by the realization that she would be working in the same hospital where her mother had passed away giving birth to her, Resident No. 3 Simone Griffith (Alexis Floyd) arrived late on Day One.
The fourth of our newcomers, Harry Shum Jr.’s Benson Kwan, said that everyone called him Blue because he “always wins,” “as in the ribbon.”
Is it just me, or did he and Simone seem to click? Finally, Lucas Adams (Niko Terho), who has Nico-worthy abs and a knack for [bleeping] up, was introduced to us.
Derek’s favorite nephew was named. But Meredith informed Amelia that wasn’t the reason she had hired him. Grey was reminded of Amelia by Lucas rather than her late husband!
When the residency program resumed, Levi seized the chance to leave his hated OB residency with Jo and beg Richard to become his, head resident. Schmitt was exactly what Webber necessary: a senior resident, not a first-year.
Additionally, the doctor previously known as Glasses pledged that if he ever felt tempted to lose his resolve, The vagina, which I’ve been made to understand can extend to 200 times its length at rest and can raise 30 lbs. object, will help me become stronger as I imagine returning to OB.just by stretching, weight Chief Grey was so in support of it that she personally offered it, so all Levi had to do was get her consent.
While Nick was at Grey Sloan to pick up an organ for transplantation, Meredith requested her (ex?) boyfriend to step in as the residency director.
This was the first time they had seen each other in six months. She had hired people that other hospitals might have labeled “rejects” because of his past, but he would also spend less time traveling because of it.
She wanted to make their relationship work even though she had injured him by not doing more than calling his name after ordering him to return to Minnesota.
In more staffing news, Teddy and Owen paid Mer a visit and informed her that they had received permission to resume their jobs. Altman had, in fact.
Hunt was only permitted to return to work for the following six months under supervision after paying a considerable amount in legal fees to get him out of his sticky situation.
I DESIRE TO BE A TREE The female body “has become a war zone in this country, and pink is a peacetime hue,” Jo said to Link later in the show, explaining why she was replacing the OB department’s scrubs from pink to black.
Maggie was able to inform a patient by the name of Howard that he would be receiving a new heart because of the abundance of organs that were suddenly accessible for harvesting.
The task of telling Howard and his husband the news after it became clear treatment wouldn’t work went to… Jules, the Pierce aficionado who gushed that the accompanying image “wasn’t a terrific photo,” was preoccupied with an article she had written.
A kind word—probably? When Lucas informed the incorrect mother, Jane, that her son was brain dead, he was given the First Big Screwup Award.
Because Sara desired to be planted in a different way if she passed away, this temporarily jeopardized Mer’s plans to transplant all of Sara’s organs. Eventually, Jane was informed that her kid was brain dead once more, and Blue, who had claimed to always consider the lives his late brother’s organs had spared, had encouraged Jane to donate her son’s organs to Sara.
(He later acknowledged that he didn’t even have a brother!) Nick encouraged Lucas to observe Sara’s surgery despite his nearly fatal error. Marsh advised, “End your day better than it began.”Lucas really quoted Uncle Derek in the O.R. to do this. “This day is perfect for saving lives.”
