It’s serendipitous that this particular episode served as the pseudo-season finale ofGrey’s Anatomy.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the cast and crew were unable to film the last few episodes.
I may have inadvertently shouted while pointing to my TV.
Credit: ABC/Raymond Liu
All our favorite doctors are exactlywhere we left them last week.
All signs point to Alzheimer’s, but Meredith and DeLuca aren’t convinced.
Catherine couldn’t care less.
Meredith rushes to try and convince Catherine to give her a little more time.
That’s when she learns that Richard’s feet and fingers are numb.
This is brand-new information.
It’s something in his nervous system.
Bonus: It’s definitely not Alzheimer’s.
Meredith asks Catherine if she can run different tests and Catherine agrees.
to figure things out.
Tom puts Amelia in charge because he’s brooding about the fact that Teddy is getting married THAT NIGHT.
Amelia hands the baton back because her water just broke.
She’s in labor.
For real this time.
The best part about this entire exchange is how chill Amelia is with the moment.
Amelia wanders off to find Karina as she apologizes for leaving a mess.
Also, love it.
In the form of a smile.
She literally can not smile and is counting on the good doctors at Grey Sloan to help that situation.
It’s an easy process.
He thinks she’s beautiful.
Jackson talks him off that ledge, and it’s off to surgery.
In another O.R., Meredith and Bailey prep Richard to do a biopsy.
DeLuca comes busting through the door and demands that they stop.
He has a very angry Bailey’s attention now.
Before she can fire him, he loudly proclaims that he thinks Richard has cobalt poisoning.
The tests they’ve run would not include cobalt in their panels.
A quick glance at Meredith to confirm and blood is drawn.
Bailey hands the test tube to DeLuca and barks at him to run it directly to the lab.
The chief wants this particular sample to be placed at the beginning of the line.
Lo and behold, DeLuca was right.
Metal on metal has caused the cobalt to slowly seep into Richard’s system.
It’s not permanent, but they have to get the cobalt out before it kills him.
DeLuca begs to scrub in, and it’s back to the O.R.
Bailey rallies the troops.
Bailey asks Link to join her in the O.R.
to replace Richard’s hip.
She needs the best, and he’s the best.
Amelia begs to differ.
The baby is coming!
He’s the father!
Amelia is dilated 6 centimeters.
She has hours before the baby comes.
Link is free to go and save the day.
Bailey, on the other hand, must stay and be the new Link.
It’s a bittersweet moment.
The Pregnancy Club is back together again.
And Bailey is handling herself beautifully in a very emotional situation.
She even climbs up into the bed with Amelia (like George did with her!)
to help her push.
Eventually, Jackson finds out that Richard has cobalt poisoning while in the middle of his smile surgery.
Cormac offers to finish up, which is weird because I don’t recall him being a plastic surgeon.
He listens as Jo complains about dating and smiling and how Cormac has his own matchmaker.
He has no clue what she’s talking about.
I barely have a clue what he’s talking about.
What I really want to know is WHAT IS HAPPENING TO RICHARD?
Maggie also learns about Richard’s diagnosis while she’s in surgery.
Don’t ask how it happened.
It’s best not to pull too hard at that string.
Maggie’s cell phone buzzes and she makes Schmitt check it.
Maggie is super-emotional but doesn’t leave her post as Jackson did.
Meanwhile, Tom pages Teddy to his office to offer her some advice.
Then Teddy starts kissing him!
She drops her phone on the floor in a passionate embrace that ends up horizontal on the couch.
What is going on?
Link nods at DeLuca, grateful that he located the problem.
He’s not only saving Richard’s life, but he’s also saving others.
Then Link runs off to meet his new baby boy.
Maggie gets the all-clear that Richard is out of surgery and doing fine.
Use the speaker button, c’mon.
That’swhen we hear a solid 10 secondsof sexy time.
That’s also when I yelled and pointed at the TV.
There are multiple moans.
A few shout-outs to a certain deity.
Schmitt fumbles with the buttons and finally turns the phone off.
Owen laughs, feigning embarrassment.
Clearly, that was an extra-special message from Teddy on their wedding day.
After they finish with the baseball player, Owen finds an empty closet and listens to the message again.
Does he know it’s Tom?
And I’m irritated.
I’m personally not a fan of the Teddy-Tom dynamic.
He also knows that he’s in Grey Sloan.
Praise hands all around!
Catherine comes in, ecstatic that Richard is back to normal.
Cobalt-free Richard HATES Catherine.
This should be interesting.
Do you know what else is interesting?
Cormac asks Meredith to join him for a drink and Meredith turns him down.
I guess that’s more infuriating than interesting if I think about it.
McWidow walks off by himself and Meredith finds DeLuca sitting on the floor.
He’s clearly unwell.
Meredith picks him up and takes him home.
Teddy walks out into her living room, only to find a handful of people taking down decorations.
It seems Owen was called into a last-minute surgery.
Teddy’s face falls.
It looks like she’s saying goodbye to both loves of her life today.
