After a darkish, melancholic season, the finale ended on a lighter and happier word.
After all, after these ultimate moments of Grey’s Anatomy Season 17 Episode 17, we might must exclude Amelia and Hyperlink from that equation. The healthiest relationship remaining on the collection, ended with the 2 on completely completely different pages.
Man, it sucks.
It was one other hour the place they sped by way of the timeline, catching us as much as present occasions. It was a vital evil, however hopefully, it will be the final of that for some time. The time jumps and haziness of being a yr behind made issues complicated all through the season.
Maggie and Winston’s marriage ceremony was a timeline marker for us, however even contemplating that we most likely might’ve executed with out the pointless twist of their dad and mom objecting to the marriage.
It appeared foolish and nonsensical that after Maggie flew them into city, they usually spent weeks quarantining for his or her quiet occasion within the yard, their dad and mom stood up in the midst of the ceremony to object.
Hayes: I am glad you did not die, Gray.
Mer: Me too.
The dad and mom did not need Maggie and Winston to get married throughout a pandemic with out all of their family members, however they may’ve mentioned that firstly.
It was a waste of time, cash, and extra to pressure them to postpone their marriage ceremony throughout it. Maggie deserved each final drop of the champagne she chugged after that show.
We came upon that the 2 have been dwelling collectively this complete time, although, they usually had months to nearly a yr to plan a much bigger marriage ceremony with their household and buddies at Meredith’s demise seaside.
And the marriage was lovely. Maggie regarded completely attractive. It was candy that Richard was there to officiate, and I hate that we did not get to listen to them recite their vows and all of that, however they jumped the broom and threw a kickass marriage ceremony reception.
It was genuinely pleasing to see everybody having time and pleased. It was festive, enjoyable, and everybody dancing and laughing was a reprieve from all of the darkness we endured all season.
And that is why it was jarring and ludicrous that everybody left Maggie’s marriage ceremony reception and drove to the hospital to face on the nurse’s station and applaud Meredith for saving Gerlie.
I imply, it is not simply me, no? I do know I’ve griped about this for a very long time now, however is not the Meredith worship and ass-kissing factor the collection does extreme and insane?!
Meredith did not have the decency to stay round for her COVID clap-out ceremony, and she or he selected to sneak away, leaving all of her buddies ready round trying like idiots.
Are you telling me these identical individuals thought it was something apart from cheesy to depart Maggie’s marriage ceremony to face round and clap for Meredith once more?
Name me a grudge holder, however I will be damned if I am leaving cake and booze to go clap for Meredith Gray, particularly after she ghosted me the final time.
At this price, Meredith comes throughout as unbearable by the second for this alone.
It is onerous to swallow her new methodologies for working the residency program. She jumped proper in and adjusted the whole lot up, which included eradicating rounds. Whereas a few of her reasoning made sense, strolling rounds are important for a purpose.
Bailey struggled along with her mentee not seeming to honor the previous and the best way she and Richard did issues earlier than, and you would perceive why it bothered her a lot.
A few of it’s custom, and Mer wasn’t desirous about any of that, however Mer additionally got here in with a set plan and a way that her strategies have been the perfect, and it spilled into how she tackled issues with Gerlie.
Mer’s harsh strategy with Bailey, citing her shedding her mom, and issues of that nature when making her factors felt disrespectful greater than anything, and it rubbed the mistaken means.
And, after all, she by no means answered for that.
However Mer’s deal with Gerlie was a means for the collection to the touch on long-term COVID results on those that survived it. For a lot of who recovered from critical circumstances, the struggle is not over.
Many face a bunch of different medical challenges, some irreparable, and we have not begun to scratch the floor of that. Gerlie wanted a double lung transplant, however she wasn’t somebody who would’ve been thought of candidate due to her expertise with COVID and respiratory with a ventilator for months.
It hit near residence for Meredith, who is aware of that she’ll have some lingering results, too, and that she’s fortunate in comparison with others. She needed to level out that the struggle to avoid wasting COVID sufferers would not finish when the virus is not of their system.
It is one other Mer quest, and it comes from a private place. And he or she and Teddy have been profitable with Gerlie. She’s forward of the sport along with her work, and it is one thing she received to textual content with Cristina about later.
Meredith continues to search out success and success in her profession above anything. We received some candy, temporary moments along with her and the youngsters, and she or he additionally shared a while with Hayes.
It was a bit flirty, but it surely’s onerous to inform the place the 2 of them might go in the event that they head anyplace in any respect.
Teddy and Owen are headed down the aisle, which places them proper again to the place they have been earlier than the tip of Grey’s Anatomy Season 16 Episode 21.
They have been performing like two lusty youngsters. Teddy’s delicate COVID solely served as a brief cease to their horny occasions, however apart from that, they’re head over heels for one another once more, in some way greater than earlier than.
It was weird that Owen and Teddy have been even at Mer’s home for Christmas, not to mention Owen orchestrating pretend snow in her yard in order that he might suggest to Teddy.
I do not know why my pondering is so darkish as a substitute of addict, but it surely’s been a yr. A lot. A lot.
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Snow is at all times a Towen factor, so it is cute that they included that, however the proposal felt like a “enjoyable twist” to throw in, particularly when it thwarted Hyperlink.
We have been speculated to marvel if it was Teddy and Owen getting married on the finish of the hour or not, however that wasn’t the case.
The one factor weirder than Owen proposing in Meredith’s yard on Christmas was Hyperlink pondering it was a good suggestion to suggest to Amelia at Maggie’s marriage ceremony.
I really like Hyperlink to demise, however why do individuals suppose it is ever acceptable to suggest at another person’s marriage ceremony? It is cheesy as hell!
On this case, it was sufficient to present you secondhand embarrassment.
Amelia and Hyperlink have been a few of the greatest components of this season. Their relationship has been a mature, wholesome one, and it has been refreshing how effectively they work collectively as a pairing.
Open and sincere communication was one factor that set them other than any of the opposite {couples}. In consequence, it is complicated and painful to see their relationship unravel due to a scarcity of communication.
It is irritating that Amelia is not speaking to Hyperlink and telling him how she feels about something, and it is disturbing that Hyperlink can not seem to learn a room or discover that Amelia will not be pleased proper now.
Amelia has a historical past of self-sabotage, so it makes you marvel if she’s falling again into that behavior along with her relationship with Hyperlink, or has she grown disillusioned with their romance?
For a bit, it felt as if she was on the point of relapsing. She’s spoken a lot about her habit this season. Most of it felt introspective, but it surely’s such a relentless in her life that it has been regarding.
She’s spent a number of time in conferences and speaking to individuals, chatting with AA teams about her emotions greater than Hyperlink or anybody else. And Amelia expressed this unspecified feeling she has about optimistic, mild Hyperlink and his lack of ability to grasp her habit or darkness.
It is as if she would not need to drag him down into her darkness, however she resents how seemingly excellent and undamaged he’s in comparison with her or one thing.
The time jumps confirmed that Amelia has gone nearly a yr not telling Hyperlink that she would not need any extra youngsters or any of the opposite issues she’s feeling, and that must be hell for her and him.
He thought they have been superb, and she or he’s been sad.
Nevertheless it does really feel as if Hyperlink is not listening to Amelia both. They mentioned they’d revisit the wedding dialogue and examine again in with each other. The issue is that Amelia knew her stance then, however she did not need to inform him.
However they have not talked about it once more since. Why did Hyperlink suppose the subsequent step ought to’ve been popping the query?
And whereas they each selected to step in whereas Meredith was sick and assist maintain her youngsters for 2 months, it was mistaken of Hyperlink to check that to him agreeing to assist Jo foster Luna with out speaking to Amelia about it.
Hyperlink’s concept is that you just step up for household, however these two conditions aren’t comparable in any respect.
And it already pressed on a problem for them, since he is determined he desires extra youngsters seemingly out of the blue (as a result of plot), after spending an inordinate period of time overwhelmed by Mer’s youngsters, and Amelia will not be prepared for all of that.
By the point Hyperlink proposed to Amelia along with his array of rings to select from, you nearly needed the sand to swallow him complete. Mer’s youngsters did not even know how one can react to the silence, and with out saying a phrase, Amelia advised him the whole lot he did not need to hear.
His crestfallen expression was devastating, however he was additionally a glutton for punishment right here. It really sucks that they’ve taken the most effective {couples} and put them by way of the wringer like this.
It hurts to see each of them in a lot ache.
Hyperlink’s man, and he did the whole lot he might to assist his greatest pal, so it is insane that as his life is falling aside, Jo’s is coming collectively.
Due to Jo, we received a glimpse of each Tom and Jackson within the finale. It was pretty predictable, if ridiculous, that Jackson would sublet his loft to Jo.
So now, Levi and Helm can have her condo, and she or he will get to dwell in Jackson’s former fancy digs with child Luna. And in a hilarious second, she shared with Bailey that she offered her hospital shares to Tom.
You are allowed to need what you need even when it isn’t what he desires.
Richard
Truthfully, good for Tom.
The Luna custody factor was a bit murky, however all of us suspected Jo would get her pleased ending with Luna.
So Hyperlink fostered Luna on paper since he might cross the background examine, and has a secure job and household, however he might hand her off to Jo? It feels a bit fraudulent.
But when Hyperlink and Amelia are on the rocks, and Hyperlink finally ends up staying with Jo for a bit, then he’ll be fostering Luna in spite of everything.
Shockingly characters like Jo, Teddy, and Owen received their happiness, however rattling, at what price? Amelink, the price is Amelink, dammit.
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