Did the writers neglect that this was imagined to be the farewell episode for Meredith Gray?

Had been the individuals who reduce collectively the promo and the writing workforce who wrote Gray’s Anatomy Season 19 Episode 7 on completely totally different pages, or, I do not know, planets?

For an hour teased as a farewell to Meredith, there was little or no Mer and even much less farewell.

It was nothing remotely particular concerning the hour in any respect. So far as official farewells go, it was the dullest of the bunch.

We all know that Pompeo is stepping again from a sequence common position and that she will not be disappearing from the present altogether. Meredith Gray’s story is a semicolon relatively than a interval, and that is advantageous, however we must always’ve had … extra.

In some ways, the sequence has spent the previous couple of seasons making ready us for Mer’s departure when it felt like she disappeared from her personal present due to jobs throughout the nation or COVID dreamscapes.

However it was extra of a motive why this hour ought to’ve been one thing particular and distinguished itself from another installment, even when it meant pulling again on among the run-of-the-mill aspect plots and character moments.

Outdoors of a toast, the place Bailey confirmed up for her solely scene of the hour and acquired choked up, and Mer’s closing voiceover, there was little or no indication that this could be the tip of Meredith for some time.

And that is disappointing for the titular character who has led this present for practically twenty years.

Understandably, Meredith followers can be sorely dissatisfied with this hour and what it was imagined to signify.

We did not get a lot follow-up on the home aside from it nonetheless standing and solely having a gap in it, which was stunning given how severe that fireside appeared.

Mer’s remaining day consisted of dropping endearing author Tessa once they did not must in a tragic albeit drawn-out coding on the working desk.

Bailey: As soon as upon a time, you had been the bane of my existence, however you grew as much as be one in every of my factors of delight.
Webber: What Dr. Bailey is making an attempt to say is that this place will not be the identical with out you.

Though the bit with Tessa ending her e-book and Mer getting it was a pleasant contact.

And worse but, the state of affairs with Nick was typically irritating.

We had been imagined to see the place Meredith has grown, however when she picked a combat with Nick as a result of he did not say “I like you” again when she wished him to, and he or she distanced herself and failed to speak, it felt like the identical previous conduct that 20-something year-old Mer would’ve finished.

Your entire time, they handled Nick as if he was the one who was unreasonable or at fault when Mer was extremely immature for not speaking with him concerning the transfer and all of it after she virtually begged him to relocate to Seattle to work for the hospital.

Nick was fairly upset about making all these choices with out even telling him, typically with him being the final to know, regardless of the 2 supposedly engaged on their relationship.

Mer: You did not say it again.
Nick: I did not say what again?
Mer I mentioned, “I like you,” and also you did not say it again.

And Mer stored turning it into him, not figuring out what he wished or holding towards her that she was making the very best choices for her and her kids.

They tried to point out that Mer is a confident girl who now not utters issues like “Decide me, select me, love me” to males.

However her assertion about how she would not beg him to be along with her felt misplaced and barely contradictory when she was so indignant that he did not say he beloved her again.

And in any case of that, Nick needed to hear from Mer-obsessor Helm that he was an fool for letting her go. It was some amusing commentary, particularly when she lamented that Mer “for some motive” favored males, so Helm by no means stood an opportunity.

However then, it become a Hallmark film that went flawed. We had Nick operating out of the bar and racing to the airport to profess his love for Mer and maybe comply with to a different state once more as a result of Mer is the Solar, the Moon, the Stars, the Ocean, and the prize.

However in a second that presumably was imagined to be empowering or one thing — Mer pretended like she could not hear what he mentioned over the telephone and dismissed him with a generic assertion about reaching out to him as soon as they acquired settled.

And the entire thing felt foolish and did not mission the picture they had been seemingly angling for with Mer selecting her children and heading to Boston.

However, goodbye, or no matter, Meredith Gray. And does that imply Nick is gone now, too?

Considered one of Mer’s strongest scenes of the hour was the time she spent having a heart-to-heart with Simone. They’ve had nice chemistry since Simone’s introduction, and each time they share the display screen, it looks like a passing of the torch.

It was no totally different as Simone opened up about how her sister hated her and her grandmother’s decline. It was a fantastic scene, and it is promising with Simone as the brand new Mer.

She’s a likable character, they usually’ve excelled at capturing the nostalgic feeling of the early days with these interns.

It is even higher now that they’re going to be residing collectively within the Gray house, coming full circle. The Gray Home is now the Intern Home 2.0, and that was arguably essentially the most thrilling factor about this installment.

Simone and Lucas’ relationship is heating up, and his discovering out that she was engaged or that she would not wish to cut back him to a rebound hasn’t discouraged him.

They are a good match and candy collectively. Now that they’re going to be residing collectively, we will in all probability anticipate all kinds of enjoyable, traditional attractive Gray’s scenes and moments as their relationship develops.

Mika was amusing, and he or she and Helm acquired alongside effectively. We now have but to see Helm included into the season as a lot. Despite the fact that she’s now not a health care provider, she’s nonetheless good and is aware of her stuff. And he or she and Mika hit it off properly. Is there a potential relationship on the horizon for them?

Blue and Jules’ relationship continues to evolve, and Jules’ background story is trippy, however they do not have something attention-grabbing occurring.

Lucas: Aunt Amy, how do you do it?
Amelia: How do I do what?
Lucas: Cease caring about what different individuals suppose?

Amelia’s shining second was when she sat down with the dad and mom of the infant who wanted the partial transplant and defined her expertise with Christopher and the way she’d give something to have a shot at saving him the best way they did for his or her child.

It was a fantastic character second for Amelia, and Caterina Scorsone’s efficiency was improbable throughout that scene.

With Meredith gone, we will in all probability count on Maggie and Amelia to be nearer than ever, and now that Maggie’s relationship is on the rocks, it could embody them residing collectively.

The glad bubble Winston and Maggie had been in has burst, and the fog of being newlyweds has formally lifted.

I do not understand how these two can head towards mending fences once they’re this fraught. Maggie loves Winston as a surgeon, however she strips him all the way down to bits as a person and her husband, and there is solely a lot he can take.

He has lastly reached some extent the place he hasn’t held again, and he’s expressing how he is dropping respect for her too.

And a wedding can not maintain with out mutual respect. That is the fundamentals, and if they cannot get that down, they’re doomed.

It is not trying good for Maggie and Winston in any respect.

Over to you, Gray’s Fanatics. What did you consider Mer’s farewell episode? Are you prepared for the Intern Home Half Deux? Pontificate under.

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