Can you successfully mix work and pleasure? Does it ever end well? For anyone? No. That’s why the saying goes, “You can’t s*** where you eat.”
Shondaland’s TGIT served up a double scoop “Grey’s Anatomy” sundae on Thursday (April 14), and it went down just like any guilty pleasure dessert would: Super satisfying and then full of regret, mirroring every romantic relationship on this medical drama.
During the first hour, the hospital is put on a brief lockdown while a child patient goes missing in “There’s a Fine, Fine, Line.” The second hour deals with the personal fall out in “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding),” in which Dr. Ben Warren (Jason George) makes a quick-thinking medical decision on woman giving birth, in which the unfortunate aftermath leaves both the mother and baby dying. Figuring out who’s to blame and what went wrong effects every single intern, nurse, doctor and surgeon at Grey-Sloane Memorial.
The thread continuing throughout the entire two-hour event explored the harsh reality of mixing work and relationships. Bailey (Chandra Wilson) as Chief of Staff was forced to discipline her husband Warren for his medical misfire. Instead of struggling with the fact that she had to suspend him for six months, she’s frustrated with the fact that she didn’t flat-out fire him, the knee-jerk reaction she would’ve normally made as head of the hospital.
Whether Ben and Bailey can survive the Code Pink drama is yet to be seen, however, like a Jenga tower of blocks, once these two started having issues, almost every other relationship took a tumble. Callie (Sarah Ramirez) decides she wants to move to New York City with her new girlfriend and after telling the exciting news to her co-worker, cheating ex-wife, mother of their child Arizona (Jessica Capshaw), Arizona decides to turn around and sue her for full custody of their daughter.
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As for the other relationships in peril, exes April (Sarah Drew) and Jackson (Jesse Williams) are proceeding with their divorce even though she is pregnant with their child. Andrew (Giacomo Gianniotti) and Maggie (Kelly McCreary) broke up a few weeks ago due to their unequal positions at work. Amelia (Catarina Scorsone) and Hunt (Kevin McKidd) couldn’t get it together. Karev (Justin Chambers) and Jo (Camilla Luddington) are technically still together but boy, are they an indecisive hot mess.
Perhaps, Hunt said it best when lamenting about his old relationship with Christina (Sandra Oh).
It would be easy to rip apart “Grey’s” for these cyclical relationships but that’s just what life is, right? Putting yourself out there, maybe getting hurt, but never giving up hope. When someone puts in 12- to 14-hour shifts almost every day, where else are they supposed to meet someone other than at work? As of now, the only couples in functioning healthy relationships are Richard (James Pickens Jr.) and Mrs. Avery (Debbie Allen) … and … yeah, that’s it! But that will all probably change next week.
“Grey’s Anatomy” airs on Thursday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
