Critic’s Score: 3 / 5.0
3
I hate to say it, however Gray’s Anatomy Season 21 Episode 5 didn’t, the truth is, make my coronary heart explode.
There was nothing inherently flawed with the episode, and it really works superb as filler content material for a present that simply gained’t cease.
Regardless of the potential for enormous shakeups, which have been hinted at within the promo, the hour was simply type of lackluster.
Craving for the Gray’s Anatomy of Yesteryear
You’ll be able to name me a variety of issues, however a Gray’s Anatomy hater is just not considered one of them.
That isn’t going to cease me from calling out wasted potential once I see it, although.
Let me put it this manner: if this have been, say, 2010, this episode would have gone very, very in another way.
Interns politely asking permission to bend guidelines and deal with underinsured sufferers? Neglect it.
Within the outdated days, the interns would have simply taken issues into their very own fingers, gone rogue, and discovered a method to get their affected person handled.
Do I must remind you concerning the time Meredith accomplished precise insurance coverage fraud and went to jail as a result of she couldn’t bear to show a affected person away?
If this was Gray’s Anatomy Season 8, the Monica/Amelia scene within the vestibule would have ended with a steamy kiss, with Amelia saying one thing alongside the traces of, “Nicely, I needed to do one thing to get you to cease freaking out.”
To be truthful, it goes each methods.
Again in my day, Jo’s ultrasound (which she attended alone after kicking Hyperlink out of the room) would have taken a darkish flip which might have been revealed with a breakdown within the hospital car parking zone.
I’m glad the JoLink twins are okay, really — I’ll by no means have the ability to convey myself to get pleasure from drama centered round being pregnant.
However normally, there have been a variety of setups for doubtlessly groundbreaking reveals that simply sort of … fizzled out.
Wasted Potential in Gray’s Anatomy Season 21 Episode 5
Take the Levi/James angst, as an example.
There was rather a lot occurring all through the episode, clearly, however at factors in the beginning, center, and finish, Levi was ruminating on the scandal of discovering James’s marriage ceremony album.
When you bear in mind from Gray’s Anatomy Season 21 Episode 4, that’s truly all that occurred.
James and Levi slept collectively, after which Levi discovered an album of marriage ceremony pictures in a drawer, starring Gray Sloan’s new chaplain himself.
He assumed the worst, clearly, and actually, so did I!
That is Gray’s Anatomy, in spite of everything. At this level, we may simply change the identify of Murphy’s Regulation to Gray’s Regulation.
However after all of the drama and buildup, it seems that James is only a widower who is able to transfer on.
Boring.
Teddy and Owen have spent the final couple of episodes bickering and battling marital issues, solely to finish the hour with slightly chuckle and a quip about how “we’ll be superb; we at all times are.”
Boring 2, Electrical Boogaloo.
Amelia walked in on Winston “returning” a nightie to Monica (which wasn’t even hers, awkwardly sufficient, so Winston’s actually maintaining a full calendar).
Keep in mind when Amelia requested Monica out and she or he mentioned she simply wasn’t prepared for something due to her divorce? We may have gotten a jealous, angsty argument about that, however as an alternative, Amelia was mature and grownup about it.
BORING.
There have been just a few tense scenes, together with the helicopter trip again to Seattle as Levi and Lucas transported an injured pediatric affected person.
Heavy turbulence and horrible climate made it a bumpy trip, which didn’t make issues simple for 2 docs who have been making an attempt to forestall a baby from bleeding out.
However there was no crash. Only a good, protected, emergency touchdown and a clean ambulance trip again to the hospital.
High-quality, I’m not going to say it once more. However you understand I’m proper.
Blurred Traces Between Fiction and Actuality
A decidedly not boring aspect of the episode got here within the type of a affected person named Mr. Johnson, who additionally occurred to be a custodial employee on the hospital.
Sadly, his story wasn’t boring as a result of it was far too near actuality.
The man works in a hospital and nonetheless can’t afford the medical care he wants due to the nightmare that’s privatized insurance coverage.
Whereas the case did encourage Blue to register to vote, it was a grim reminder that the American healthcare system is damaged and individuals are crushed beneath it every single day.
There’s nothing boring about that, however it’s not precisely a enjoyable thought, both.
One second acquired my consideration sufficient that I sat up and audibly gasped: Teddy and Owen have been in the course of treating a affected person when his chest exploded, spraying blood in all places.
He was superb (no quantity of explaining goes to make me perceive precisely how he was superb, so I’m sorry to the medical consultants on the present).
Dare I say it? Boring.
Bits and Bobs
- Simone and Lucas are giving me butterflies. They’re simply so cute.
- Ben realizing Winston wanted a buddy was so candy. I beloved seeing him playfully inform Bailey she wasn’t invited to go together with them (after she declined the non-invitation).
- Jo talked about that DeLuca didn’t see any issues on her ultrasound. So … not solely are the infants okay, however we all know DeLuca is on the hospital! Possibly we’ll get a glimpse of Carina quickly?
- Despite the fact that I knew they’d be writing Levi out quickly, I’m going to be heartbroken in the event that they ship that poor boy to Texas. Cease sending characters I like to Texas, ABC. (Taking a look at you, 9-1-1.)
- We lastly acquired readability on the place Ben is in his residency! He’s coming again in as a fourth yr, so he does have some seniority over the interns.
- Amelia might not have felt entitled to a proof, however Monica certain wished her to know that her fling with Winston was meaningless. I’m so invested on this ship.
All in all, it was a superb filler, however I do hope to see extra motion because the season progresses.
What have been your ideas on the episode? Let’s chat within the feedback.
There’s a brief hiatus, however the subsequent installment will air on November 7. Sophia Bush will make her first look on the present, so don’t miss it!
Gray’s Anatomy airs Thursdays at 10/9c on ABC.
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