Properly, that definitely adjustments issues.
After the ultimate few moments on Station 19 Season 3 Episode 16, Andy’s life won’t ever be the identical.
She’s acquired to have one million questions, as one would when [SPOILER ALERT] their mom comes again from the useless.
OK, Elena Herrera did not technically come again from the useless as she was by no means useless to start with, however regardless, this revelation goes to have severe implications for Andy.
First off, what was Pruitt pondering?
What sort of father tells their 9-year-old daughter that their mom has died when she’s actually nonetheless alive?
It could have been one factor for Pruitt to spare Andy the main points of how her mom died when she was youthful if Elena had dedicated suicide.
However to cover one thing like this? Properly, it is unforgivable.
Flashbacks revealed this episode that issues weren’t all sunshine and rainbows between Pruitt and Elena, however as Andy has just lately realized, no marriage is ideal.
Sure, her dad and mom fought, however everybody’s dad and mom battle.
And whereas everybody else round her was telling her she was paranoid — besides Meredith — Andy’s intestine informed her one thing extra was occurring.
Properly, she was proper on the cash, however there is no manner she might have seen this coming.
When Station 19 returns for its fourth season, Andy’s going to have loads of questions, probably the most urgent of which shall be what occurred.
Why precisely did Pruitt lie? Was he making an attempt to guard Andy, or was it simply him being egocentric once more?
Andy: I’m most likely being paranoid.
Meredith: Otherwise you’re remembering stuff you tried very arduous to neglect. The mind is a tremendous machine. If there’s an occasion or a loss that’s too traumatic, it has a manner off walling itself off, so you possibly can survive the trauma. After which right here come the reminiscences. They arrive again in fragments and little puzzle items that then you need to put collectively. And when that occurs, that hurts, and I’m not speaking about simply emotionally. The physique remembers the occasion. The mind remembers the trauma. And that, that’s a complete physique ache.
Andy: Thanks. Thanks for… The individuals who love me preserve telling me I sound loopy.
Meredith: Oh Herrera, what? For what it’s price, you don’t sound loopy. And generally a breakthrough can look an terrible lot like a breakdown.
And likewise, why did Elena depart? Did she abandon Andy, or did Pruitt drive Elena out of their lives for some unknown motive?
The issue is that regardless of the solutions could also be, Andy’s by no means going to have the possibility to confront Pruitt about his actions.
The late captain might have an excellent motive for retaining Andy from Elena.
Nonetheless, Andy will nonetheless have a tough time reconciling what her father did, even when it was for her personal good.
And if Pruitt had a superb motive for retaining the mom and daughter aside when Andy was youthful, why not inform her when she was grown up?
It is not like Pruitt simply by no means acquired round to it.
He knew he had solely months to stay, however as a substitute of telling Andy the reality, he took this secret to the grave.
Andy can by no means ask him these questions, and that is sure to carry up a lot of heavy feelings and unresolved emotions.
If we thought she was in a darkish place throughout Station 19 Season 3, that may very well be nothing in comparison with the emotional turmoil that is ready to comply with.
No matter solutions lie across the nook, Andy’s in for one wild trip.
This may be a time the place she ought to lean on her husband, however issues are nonetheless fairly rocky between her and Sullivan.
Granted, issues have been tough since they acquired married, however not being there when your husband wakes up from main surgical procedure is sure to place a pressure on their relationship.
Sullivan: You understand, generally it’s simpler to be mad at somebody you misplaced than to grieve them, Andy.
Andy: I’m grieving him.
Sullivan: You’re looking for a motive…
Andy: I miss him.
Sullivan: … to be mad at your father and…
Andy: Each minute of day-after-day, and I’m livid with him for mendacity to me, and retaining my household from me. Why can’t each of these issues be true?
Sullivan: As a result of he simply died. Heroically, saving your complete workforce.
Ever since Andy and Sullivan acquired married on Station 19 Season 3 Episode 12, viewers have watched Andy develop into more and more uncertain of her resolution.
What’s worse is that Andy is not discussing these emotions with Sullivan, however as a substitute retains turning to Jack.
It would not assist issues that Sullivan stored dismissing Andy’s quest for solutions about her mom, because it solely drives the newlyweds farther aside.
The continued arguing can be problematic, and nothing ever appears to get resolved.
Whereas Sullivan will not be capable to fault Andy for not being on the hospital when he awoke, Andy did not know her mom was nonetheless alive when she went to fulfill along with her aunt.
If Andy had recognized the reality, then her actions may very well be excused.
Nonetheless, leaving Sullivan when he acquired out of surgical procedure — and even earlier than — simply to see an aunt she hasn’t seen in 20 years is considerably questionable.
Absolutely, Andy might have waited till Sullivan was steady earlier than going to see her aunt, however she did not.
That could be very telling of the place their relationship is heading when Station 19 returns.
There’s an excellent probability they might find yourself divorced if they do not begin speaking and supporting one another unconditionally.
Sullivan goes to want Andy now greater than ever, however because the previous few episodes have proven, her consideration is break up.
She will be able to’t give Sullivan what he wants proper now, and as Amelia informed Sullivan, this could be a lengthy restoration.
Amelia: OK, all proper.
Sullivan: What, what are you doing?
Amelia: We’re having a gathering, you and me, proper now.
Sullivan: A gathering? I’m about to have surgical procedure.
Amelia: And also you simply acquired married, and your spouse simply misplaced her father, and you possibly can lose your job and go to jail. Your life is in session, and you might be retaining all of it inside, and that may be a recipe for relapse.
Sullivan: I’m not gonna relapse. I simply have to get by way of this surgical procedure proper now with out utilizing and…
Amelia: And the way do addicts get by way of life with out utilizing? We discuss to one another.
There’s nonetheless solely a 50 % probability the surgical procedure was profitable, which implies it might go both manner.
If it labored, the restoration goes to be brutal.
If not, that would ship Sullivan spiraling right into a deep despair, particularly since he is job with the Seattle Hearth Division is up within the air in the intervening time.
And whatever the final result, Sullivan goes to be in quite a lot of ache, that means he might very properly relapse.
All of those are the explanation why he wants a robust help system at the moment.
Nonetheless, in the intervening time, Andy cannot give him what he wants.
Elsewhere within the jam-packed episode, Maya lastly realized what everybody has been making an attempt to get her to acknowledge for the previous two episodes: Her father is abusive.
In hindsight, it is smart that the one manner Maya would understand that’s by interacting along with her father.
So naturally, the sequence needed to have Mr. Bishop cease by within the current day, even when it was a little bit out of the blue.
Mr. Bishop displaying up on the firehouse was one factor, however following his daughter to the scene of an emergency was simply creepy.
He additionally had no proper to speak to Maya like that whereas she was working, because it was simply past insulting.
Mr. Bishop would not know the very first thing about being a firefighter, so it was fully unfair for him to berate Maya for not doing her job correctly.
If issues had stopped there, then Maya could not have admitted the reality.
Maya: I used to be so silly. Everybody noticed the reality about my dad however me. Everybody.
Jack: It’s how this stuff often go.
Maya: I ruined one of the best relationship I ever had due to him.
Jack: You would apologize.
Maya: It’s too late for that. Approach too late.
Jack: You’d be shocked how far an ‘I’m sorry’ can get you.
Nonetheless, as soon as Mr. Bishop grabbed her hair, there was no denying it anymore.
It was that act, the bodily abuse, that lastly acquired by way of to Maya and compelled her to see her father for the monster he actually is.
It will not be sufficient for her to chop him out of her life fully, however she made a optimistic first step towards therapeutic by admitting the reality to herself.
It is not going to be a straightforward factor to course of and cope with, however at the very least she’ll have the help of these round her, which does embrace Carina.
Sure, Maya and Carina are again collectively and have declared their timeless love for one another. Cue the feels.
It was very huge of Maya to confess her errors and apologize to Carina.
That second confirmed simply how a lot the captain has grown in a brief interval.
It is particularly evident if you evaluate Maya’s motion with how she cavalierly broke issues off with Jack at first of the season.
It is one thing Maya would by no means have been courageous — or susceptible — sufficient to do even just a few episodes in the past, however being with Carina modified Maya.
As Maya stated, this was one of the best relationship she ever had, and after a little bit nudge from Jack, she determined to battle for it.
She made a option to put herself on the market, though she knew issues won’t work out.
The identical can’t be stated for Dean, who determined to kick Vic out with out a lot as an sincere reply.
He hid below the guise of latest girlfriend Sasha not being snug with their dwelling association and never eager to confuse Prue as a substitute of proudly owning as much as his emotions.
Vic: OK, so that you’re gonna kick me out for some woman you’ve been on three dates with?
Dean: No, no, it’s additionally complicated for Prue.
Vic: For Prue?
Dean: Sure, for Prue.
Vic: OK, properly…
Dean: When she will get older.
Vic: Properly, then I’ll depart in two years, Miller. What the hell?
Dean: You need to go someplace. You need to discover one other place. I’m grateful, , for all the assistance with me and Prue, however it’s time. It’s time. You need to go.
Dean most likely thinks that he can put Vic again within the “pal” class if they do not stay collectively, however simply because they will not be roommates, it does not imply his emotions will magically disappear.
He could really feel that is the one solution to salvage his friendship with Vic, however kicking her out like that is solely going to drive a wedge between them.
It additionally would not assist that Vic can inform that Dean is hiding one thing.
Understandably, Dean would not need to threat shedding Vic, however being lower than sincere along with her places their complete relationship in jeopardy.
Positive, issues might get awkward if Dean comes clear, however it’s higher to have issues out within the open than to maintain them bottled up.
The end result will not be fairly, however at the very least it is the reality, which is what occurred for Travis and Emmett.
Sure, Travis lastly informed Emmett he did not really feel the identical manner.
It was painful to look at, however Travis did the best factor.
It could have been merciless for Travis to maintain stringing Emmett alongside, particularly when he did not reciprocate these emotions.
Emmett was understandably damage and upset, however he ought to know the reality earlier than issues get any extra difficult.
It is also price discussing whether or not Emmett was truly in love with Travis or simply projecting his gratitude onto the firefighter.
Travis is basically the primary actual relationship Emmett has ever had.
Travis was the one who helped Emmett come to phrases with who he’s and are available out to his father.
Travis: Hey, who know what? I slept with an engaged pal. Yeah, I did. Even after he wasn’t engaged anymore. I stored sleeping with him as a result of I favored it. I slept with him even after I knew he was falling in love with me. I truly slept with him final night time, and a little bit bit this morning.
Duncan: Do you like him?
Travis: No.
These are heavy issues, and it is doable Emmett might have been in love with this concept of who Travis was to him relatively than how he felt.
Whether or not or not I am proper, their fallout more than likely means viewers will not be seeing a lot of Emmett round Station 19 sooner or later, which is a disgrace as a result of the character has grown on me.
Some stray ideas:
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Dixon getting arrested was one of many highlights. It is about time he acquired what he deserved, though his arrest, together with Sullivan’s suspension, leads me to marvel who shall be in command of the SFD subsequent season.
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Meredith was the best individual for Andy to vent to, not solely as a result of Meredith might fill Andy in on the drugs behind trauma and repressed reminiscences, however as a result of Meredith understands difficult household dynamics.
Upon deeper evaluation, Meredith went by way of very related experiences as Andy, from her father abandoning her as a baby and re-entering her life as an grownup and to her mom dying.
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Did anybody else sense some sparks between Jack and Inara? It could be nice if the lieutenant might discover a good, wholesome relationship for as soon as, and it helps that her son, Marcus, is already taken with Jack.
Jack, like everybody else, deserves happiness, and he has accomplished loads of arduous work towards bettering himself this season.
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Maya slicing off her hair within the mirror was a robust second, and Danielle Savre did a tremendous job in that scene.
So what did you suppose Station 19 Fanatics?
Why did Pruitt deceive Andy about her mom being useless?
Are Andy and Sullivan heading for ‘splitsville?
The place do Maya/Carina, Dean/Vic, and Travis/Emmett go from right here?
Hit the feedback beneath to let me know what you thought. When you occurred to overlook the season finale, keep in mind you possibly can watch Station 19 online at TV Fanatic.
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