There are 25 patients, four surgeons, and a palpable energy that hums through the triage hallway.
Do the residents think Meredith is a legend?
Does anyone seem to care?
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That job goes to Teddy.
She examines Kyle, who is an inmate from county jail.
He suffers from PTSD and held an entire store hostage with a grenade.
Teddy obviously feels for the veteran and bonds over serving in Afghanistan.
Suddenly, Kyles eyes freeze and he stops talking mid-sentence.
Teddy pages Koracick for a consult and Amelia shows up.
Dont worry, guys.
We can all move forward in a spirit of camaraderie.
That is until Teddy confesses to Owen that shes been messing around with Koracick multiple times.
Thats another problem for another day.
The current situation calls for extra security since Kyle is freaking out that his girlfriend Ashely just showed up.
Amelia thinks this behavior could be a result of head trauma.
All Kyle needs is a little brain surgery.
And with Merediths help, this veteran could get a little FREE brain surgery in the next few hours.
Theres one person who hasnt been invited to the party and that is Dr. DeLuca.
Hes stuck in the clinic fixing burns and breaks.
He finally scores a hernia, which requires surgery.
But DeLucas Spidey senses tell him that something is fishy about his young patient.
Aunt Opal speaks for Cindy and claims her niece has abandonment issues when DeLuca wants to separate the two.
DeLuca asks a nurse to run all the labs she can on Cindy and page Dr. Bailey.
This girl is being trafficked and must be saved.
Bailey is the opposite of happy when shes pulled from her surgery to examine Cindy.
She wants DeLuca to calm down and go home.
Oh, and another thing, DeLuca is off the case.
Cindy is no longer his patient.
DeLuca convinces Opal to let him take Cindy upstairs to get a free surgery from the world-famous Meredith Grey.
As in Grey Sloan Memorial.
When he wheels Cindy down the hall, he tries to get her to open up.
Does she feel safe?
Is there anything shed like to tell him?
Join the club, sister.
Grey enters an OR and is surprised to find Owen and Jo scrubbing in.
She looks to Helm, her right-hand woman, who seems unfazed.
Grey ordered the OR change for DeLucas hernia.
Oh did she now?
Koracick foresees a riot forming just as a code violet is called out over the speaker.
Someone is becoming violent with hospital staff.
And that someone is Aunt Opal and DeLuca.
As Cindy cowers in her wheelchair, DeLuca takes a defensive stance separating Opal from her niece.
He frantically tries to get security to arrest Opal for child trafficking.
Every doctor on the currentGreys Anatomycast piles into the waiting room and stare shocked at DeLucas manic personality.
He begs the doctors to follow protocol by gathering hands and forming a human chain around the deranged person.
Cindy runs into her aunts arms.
Its a trauma bond.
Bailey demands DeLuca climb down from the sofa and wait in her office.
He sobs in his hands as Carina speaks softly in Italian for her brother to cooperate.
He concedes, claiming everyone in the room is blind.
DeLuca ends up quitting, even though Bailey just suspended him.
Meredith intervenes, claiming that she cant let him walk away because she loves him.
He went to jail for her and she will not let him ruin his career.
Take the suspension, get some rest, and come back better.
DeLuca: If you tell Bailey to call the hotline and investigate that woman, Ill take the suspension.
Look at Meredith playing Oprah!
You get a surgery!
And you get a surgery!
And you get a surgery!
Thank you, rich tech-guy!
While sick people clap at the legend standing before them, Nico and Schmidt hit a rough patch.
The Seattle Mariners offered Link his old job back.
So he recommends Nico for the job.
And Nico is thrilled.
Do you know who isnt thrilled?
He thinks they should talk about this.
Arent they in a relationship?
Doesnt a relationship require sacrifice and compromise?
And Nico hopes Schmidt can find someone who will give that to him.
So Schmidt and Nico are dunzo.
Jo offers Schmidt her couch so they can be sad together.
Avery and Richard bond over basketball.
Koracick gives Teddy the green light to start her life with Owen.
Teddy is too afraid to tell Owen the truth.
And Aunt Opal aggressively jerks Cindys arm demanding she tell her, What did you say to that doctor?
Im sorry, what?
We find Bailey talking to Meredith, explaining that the trafficking hotline recommends they not scare the suspect away.
Cindy and Opal are already gone.
What if DeLuca was right?
Which, according to Aunt Opals mean behavior, might be true.
Is DeLuca really manic?
Or is he just a passionate guy?
Can Meredith help him get back to his normal self?
She may be a legend, but is she that good?
