Grey’s Anatomy (17×03) My Happy Ending Review

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Synopsis: The doctors continue to face their new COVID-19 reality and deal with a familiar and stubborn patient; Koracick is put in charge of the interns; Link operates on a sex therapist; Maggie finds comfort in Winston’s virtual presence. (IMDb)

Well it was bound to happen. Meredith Grey has the coronavirus. On a show situated in a hospital it was expected that a number of the healthcare workers would contract the virus and Grey was certainly one of the easiest choices, but it happened a lot sooner than we expected. Obviously the season is still short and many other characters could become fatally ill, but Meredith’s battle is the first hurdle that the showrunners wanted to tackle (and it doesn’t come without its perks).

This meant that Meredith is experiencing vivid dreams of her late husband Mr. McDreamy himself. This shocking revelation last week caused viewers to go into a frenzy and while his return to the show will be brief, its impact will last a long time. What question this poses is will Meredith continue to hallucinate other people who have passed on? Other memorable pieces of her life. Could this mean the return of Ellis Grey? Lexie and Mark Sloan? Even George? Who knows what her journey may entail.

While Meredith fights for her life, the other doctors of Grey Sloan are dealing with their own situations with a surprising amount of non-COVID cases coming in showing that hospitals are still dealing with the day-to-day on top of their overflowing ICUs. Maggie is struggling with the increasing fatality of her patients and forces Teddy to promise she will focus entirely on saving Meredith. She teams up with Amelia to make Meredith change her power of attorney, but she brushes them off. They bring in Bailey who explains that Karev is not a good choice because he went MIA and finally Meredith chooses a replacement: Richard Webber.

Speaking of Richard, remember how great of a teacher he was to the interns? Well that isn’t just a job you can thrust onto anyone and expect them to be a natural. The perfect example? Koracick. He is entrusted with the new crop of interns who have arrived early to help with the pandemic. He gives little instruction and treats them like meat and it shows from their lack of preparedness. He barges into Richard’s office and passes off the teaching duties to Richard who gladly accepts. As he leaves, Koracick runs into Teddy and there is obvious tension there after everything that happened. Of course, they cannot deal with that because Owen arrives to break the news that Koracick tested positive for COVID. (And now we have case number 2)

The remaining characters deal with two non-COVID cases. The first is a sex therapist who needs his hand repaired by Link, Avery and Helm. They debate the importance of sex during the pandemic and the mythical numbers the therapist boasts while in surgery. Link listens to the therapist’s advice leading to a saucy evening with Amelia. Meanwhile, Jo, Bailey, Hayes and Carina deal with a woman who discovers she is pregnant and the baby is attached to her liver. Thankfully everything goes well and both the mother and baby survive.

The episode ends with Meredith back on the beach with Derek and attempting to run towards her dead husband. As she reaches out and gets closer, she falls flat on her face in the most comedic way possible as Derek laughs in the distance. He knows they will be together again, but it is not their time just yet.

The Medical Journal:

• Who else will contract COVID-19?
• Is this a set-up for Meredith’s exit?
• How will Owen and Teddy get through their marital troubles?
• Will Koracick be the first employee death?
• Who else will Meredith see?

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Dylan Phillips