It is time to mirror on all of the highs and lows of Station 19.
For probably the most half, Station 19 Season 6 was an extremely robust season with some stable storylines and developments for a lot of characters.
However that is to not say it was with out flaws and confounding moments.
Did it make the grade? We break down the season to find out simply that, together with the Finest and Worst episodes, one of the best performances, probably the most improved character, and way more.
Be a part of us as we rehash all of it beneath.
Finest Episodes – Tied
Station 19 Season 6 Episode 15 – What Are You Keen to Lose?
The again half of the season was a lot stronger than the primary, and What Are You Keen to Lose was proof of this.
With a 4.8 rating on our half, this specific installment was a standout as a result of there was a variety of ahead motion for lots of the characters.
The controversy with Ross and Sullivan got here to a head, and we had an incredible present of united solidarity amongst Andy, Maya, and Ross when the previous two introduced the blackmail images to Ross’ consideration quite than utilizing them for their very own achieve.
For a sequence that usually explores sexism within the discipline, there’s been a noticeable absence of feminine solidarity and friendships, and we obtained a little bit of that on the forefront with this improvement, which was refreshing.
After a lot secrecy, Ross taking management of her personal narrative by coming clear about her relationship and calling out the hypocrisy of the FD was one other formidable Ross second. We obtained a transparent define of Ross and Sullivan’s positions on this matter, which gave us a good evaluation from each views.
We additionally obtained that extremely intense however heroic save for Ben on the sober home, resulting in his commendation, and a few nice Andy and Warren moments and Pruitt callbacks.
The hour additionally, pleasantly sufficient, did not lead to a fallout from the Andy, Eli, and Travis love triangle, as a substitute resulting in Andy stepping apart for Eli and Travis, the a lot better-suited pair, to pursue one another.
And let’s not overlook that SCORCHING HOT Marina bathe scene that also has us fanning ourselves.
Station 19 Season 6 Episode 17 -All These Issues That I’ve Performed
Additionally scoring a 4.8, we now have the hour by which Barrett Doss and Josh Randall deserved all of the flowers and recognition for his or her phenomenal work.
For a season and a half, most had been questioning what the Beckett drama would lead to, and the payoff was devastatingly lovely and utterly modified the sport and notion of this character.
We watched Vic use her expertise and data to save lots of Beckett’s life in a remarkably uncooked hour that would simply dominate the installment.
The mayoral race lastly reached the hoped-for conclusion whereas Eli and Travis reconciled and heated issues up.
In the meantime, Ben had the much-needed increase he wanted with the return of a person he saved, Reggie, that offered the heartwarming sentimentality.
Jack reunited with Marsha and his foster sister, Lila, whom he hadn’t seen since he was pre-pubescent, in a quick however shifting scene.
Maya confirmed how a lot she had genuinely grown by placing her marriage forward of the captaincy, resulting in Carina’s official return house in a splendidly candy sequence of moments for the pairing.
And whereas the race for captaincy was a multitude with Theo, Sullivan, and Andy all competing like kids in equal components hilarious and annoying components, Maya versus the automobile wash was pure comedic gold.
Worst Episodes – Tied
Station 19 Season 6 Episode 1 – Twist and Shout
The season premiere wasn’t horrible, nevertheless it wasn’t probably the most fascinating opener.
It laid down some groundwork for the remainder of the season, nevertheless it was principally an hour that was like a slog to get by way of.
Given how issues ended for Jack in Station 19 Season 5 Episode 18 , it was underwhelming to see him return in such poor form and fall down the identical rabbit gap, amongst different holes, actually burying himself in problematic girls and spiraling, with out us even attending to see what prompted the most recent melancholy spiral for him.
On the time, Maya’s headspace was extremely bleak and offputting; the fractures in her marriage with Carina began to splinter one thing fierce. And we did not have any indicators of ahead motion with the Beckett scenario.
And the twister emergency was anti-climactic.
Station 19 Season 6 Episode 7 – We Construct Then We Break
Station 19 premieres had been tough, because the sequence’ return after winter break was a tricky installment with too many tonal shifts that had been onerous to chew.
My take of the hour pertaining to the exploitation of Black Trauma was controversial to some. Nonetheless, I am definitely entitled to my opinion on the matter, particularly as a WOC.
The Disaster One name involving the sequence’ three WOC that mirrored the Elijah McClain case “with a happier ending” felt distasteful regardless of the unimaginable performances.
The hour uncovered how the sequence can typically battle with preserving a good tone as a result of we had the extremely triggering and traumatic standoff between Vic, Ross, and Andy with Dixon and the Seattle PD, the disturbing breakdown with Maya with Carina, and Jack her bedside, and the remainder of the home goofing off within the firehouse.
It did not work.
Savre, Spampinato, Doss, Ortiz, and Dandridge had been distinctive with their performances, however the materials was irritating on many ranges. The race-based Disaster One name felt exceedingly triggering to squeeze out as a lot drama as potential with no regard for a few of the viewers who needed to witness it.
After which they repeated their fixed mistake of inserting Jack into the Marina relationship the place he does not match, placing a lot of the response to Maya’s breakdown on him greater than her precise spouse.
And the blokes posing shirtless for some senior-aged women within the firehouse felt like tasteless filler in an episode that handled two weighty, necessary subjects.
Most Improved – Natasha Ross
We did not have a lot to go on when Natasha Ross was launched in Station 19 Season 5, however this season did a implausible job of fleshing out the character and exhibiting her complexities.
She had extra dimension than ever, having some extremely standout moments and a few implausible speeches and quotes. Given the fabric, Merle Dandridge completely slayed this season, portraying this advanced character, and it lastly felt like we had a greater learn on Ross.
Sadly, she had just a few moments the place they reverted again to decreasing her to Sullivan’s love curiosity.
Total, Natasha Ross turned a fan-favorite character this season and solidified her spot as somebody integral to the sequence and workforce, and it was nice to realize a greater impression of her.
Most Compelling Character Arc – Maya
Of all of the character arcs this season, Maya’s feels probably the most developed, well-thought-out, and thorough.
It was uncooked, brutal, messy, enraging, spectacular, heartrending, and beautiful.
Maya took us on a journey. For a lot of the season, we stored considering she’d hit all-time low, just for her to discover a lure door and proceed to descend. It completely encapsulated the ugliness and discomfort of psychological sickness and trauma. It was insufferable in the very best manner.
After which we had such a exceptional turning level with Station 19 Season 6 Episode 8, the climax of Maya’s arc and Savre’s greatest work on the sequence so far.
It was a mind-blowing efficiency, the required motion for the character, and a implausible, thorough show of instruments and remedy utilized in these conditions.
From that time ahead, we noticed a Maya who unpacked a few of her childhood trauma, began her therapeutic journey, took accountability for her actions, and improved her life total.
After clinging to captaincy with a vice-like grip, Maya discovered to let go of that, not less than for now, and concentrate on the place she is in her life now, reshifting her priorities and never associating profitable with sure milestones or issues to tick off. She’s a lot happier for it.
Most Confounding Character Arc – Theo
What the hell occurred to Theo this season? What is that this character assassination?
What’s irritating is that, given how they explored psychological well being this season, the setup was there to do the identical for Theo. Nonetheless, it was both too delicate, inconsistent, or dropped altogether, so we weren’t certain what was taking place with Theo by the top of the season.
We are able to speculate that he is harboring some unresolved points from dropping Michael on his watch the final time he was captain. We are able to assume that the destruction of his outdated neighborhood in a primarily unexplored arc impacted him.
We are able to guess many issues, however with none followthrough, we’re left speculating about his sudden persona change and loathing a personality we used to like.
Because it stands now, Theo has had a complete persona change, an invasion of the physique snatchers, and we have watched the mild-mannered, variety, supportive, rational, humorous, charming man turn out to be a raging asshole to everybody round him, particularly Vic.
And we now have but to have a concrete rationalization for any of it. It is such a disappointment.
Character Who Deserves Higher and Extra – Jack
We’re on, what, three seasons of stating this?
Why is it so difficult to offer Jack a significant storyline? He has so many potential issues they’ll discover, and the sequence routinely fails to handle them.
Jack’s storyline relating to his organic household was dropped. His burgeoning bond along with his organic sister Brooke was principally offscreen and fell into the background.
His reunion with Lila, this pivotal individual in his life, was a blink-and-you-miss-it scene that they did not point out or do something with once more.
Jack’s psychological well being points, melancholy, and trauma obtained shoved into the background after the primary couple of installments, very similar to the character himself, which was downright odd.
Andy was one of many solely characters who checked in with the person, and Jack was background fodder and the occasional comedic reduction for a lot of the season.
We then obtained that disturbing cliffhanger of him collapsing after a number of moments of him hitting his head and sustaining concussions this season with little consideration from any of the others.
Jack is probably the most criminally underused and misused character on this sequence, and it is baffling as Gray Damon is such an unimaginable, keen expertise. One thing we skilled firsthand when talking with him.
So many potential issues are left to discover with this character after they aren’t rehashing the identical stuff or pushing him to the background. Can subsequent season be the season of Jack? He greater than deserves it!
Finest {Couples}
Ben and Bailey
In a sea of {couples} and relationship woes, particular stability comes with Ben and Bailey, making all of them the objectives.
They weren’t typically on the forefront of the season, however after we obtained a pleasant mix of them, it was humorous, heartwarming, and emotional.
Contemplating their storyline at the side of issues taking place on Gray’s Anatomy Season 19, their assist stage for each other throughout some attempting moments was downright endearing.
One in every of their standout installments was Station 19 Season 6 Episode 13, the place they, together with Carina, embroiled themselves with a politically motivated birthing heart that was an affront towards girls’s healthcare.
And in the event that they did not completely soften your coronary heart throughout Station 19 Season 6 Episode 18 when Bailey launched Ben to get his award, then it have to be product of stone.
Given Bailey’s struggles to just accept Ben’s job and the hazards of it for therefore lengthy, it was lovely to see how supportive she had turn out to be and the way stable they have been as a pair this season.
Maya and Carina
It could be an understatement to say these two have gone by way of it this season.
However there may be magnificence within the breakdown, and what can’t be understated is the significance of seeing a sensible depiction of a queer couple who faces the identical kind of marital points as anybody else.
It was refreshing, albeit gutwrenching, to see them confront issues of their marriage resulting from their respective traumas, triggers, and pasts and to see not less than one in all them should unpack all of that for a stronger marriage.
No relationship is ideal or glad the entire time, and this one broke out of their honeymoon part with some powerful developments that did not all the time really feel like they might make it out of it on the opposite facet.
However they did, and it made each bump and trial worthwhile, and so they’re a a lot stronger couple for it. Generally the consensus is that married {couples} are boring, however seeing a sequence showcase how that is not the case AT ALL was nice.
Worst {Couples}
Natasha and Sullivan
They’re up; they’re down; they’re throughout.
The key affair they had been having invoked a variety of blended emotions as generally there was one thing particular and candy about them, whereas at different moments, it was a scorching mess throughout.
It appeared like neither of them might totally perceive the opposite’s perspective, and so they took us on a journey, however not of the enjoyable selection as by the top of the season, this couple felt extra like one which should not work than one that ought to.
The longer issues went on with them, the more durable it was to root for them to be collectively, and by the finale, their reunion did not really feel earned within the least and left a bitter style within the mouth.
Vic and Theo
They was a steady couple who might see one another by way of troublesome occasions.
However now, it is onerous to root for this pairing, both. If Theo goes by way of one thing that genuinely requires remedy, that is fantastic, however possibly he and Vic should be aside till that occurs.
We noticed Vic always reaching out and attempting to speak with Theo as she slowly found extra issues and sides to him she did not know.
And Theo always pushed her away, shut down, lower her down, and gaslit her. It was disturbing to observe their relationship decline because the season progressed, because it took a flip in the direction of verbally and emotionally abusive and poisonous.
There was no hope for this pairing after we obtained to the 2 preventing through the finale and Theo making out with Kate.
Plot That Wants To Finish – Captain Drama
With Ross naming Andy captain, one can hope we will put the captaincy storyline to mattress, not less than for a bit.
It has been one thing that they have been exploring for a number of seasons now, and by this season, the race for captain had turn out to be virtually insufferable. Trying again on our Station 19 Evaluations, it appears like all we talked about was the captaincy race.
It did not assist that the individuals up for the function stored exhibiting why they weren’t lower out for it in order that by the point Andy was named captain, it felt by default.
Sure, her having the coveted function was seasons within the making in some ways, however in a season the place we principally noticed her making impulsive choices and defying orders, it made her win a bit meh.
Finest Efficiency – Danielle Savre
Maya primarily had the season’s greatest, most constant, and long-arching plot, and it was difficult to navigate throughout.
We noticed many sides of Maya throughout this season, from the darkish days of her descent into an extremely darkish place that required a 51/50 maintain to her unimaginable work with Diane and the lighter, unburdened model of her from that time ahead.
Savre’s uncooked work throughout “I Know A Place” was award-worthy, and you may sense the actress poured her absolute all into that efficiency, utterly unafraid of getting susceptible, messy, and placing her personal self on the market for the sake of her character.
It was mesmerizing, commendable work.
Most Underrated Efficiency – Josh Randall
Barrett Doss is a boss; the girl is routinely and persistently one of many strongest performers on this sequence, a lot in order that it is turn out to be a staple.
Josh Randall matches her little by little throughout “All These Issues That I Have Performed” and deserves all the popularity on the planet.
It does not hit till that installment how troublesome of a job Randall had with this character, capturing Beckett’s quiet descent as a personality most did not significantly take pleasure in, main into such a heartrending breakdown, and completely capturing a person with extreme melancholy and suicide ideation.
Till then, Beckett was simply this drawback and battle for the opposite characters.
However all alongside the season, we would catch glimpses of his vulnerability and his totally different sides by way of the introduction of his estranged uncle who additionally battled alcoholism, how surprisingly good he was at interacting with civilians, the influence he had on those that labored with him, and worrisome moments throughout Station 19 Season 6 Episode 16.
All the things got here to a head as he broke down in his storage and eventually accepted assist from Vic; checking himself again into rehab was distinctive.
The emotionally exhaustive work of that installment from Randall resonated with the viewers, whom he stored on a needle’s edge with breaths that held the complete installment.
By the top of that hour, he utterly shifted one’s ideas of the character and even had a few of us wishing for his return.
Plot that Dragged – Mayoral Run
It was a sluggish arc that consumed a lot of the season however wasn’t significantly fascinating.
Travis did not need to be mayor within the first place. He solely needed Dixon to lose. Regardless of the excessive stakes of the mayoral run, the curiosity within the arc total was comparatively low, and it primarily served as filler and busywork for Travis.
It was genuinely stunning that it took up a lot of the season, and it was a reduction when it got here to an finish.
Worst New Addition – Kate
Initially, the concept of somebody from Theo and Travis’ previous becoming a member of the home appeared fascinating.
However Kate has been nothing greater than an offputting plot system, which is simply unlucky throughout.
She’s abrasive, does not gel properly with the opposite characters, and simply rubs individuals the improper manner, and that was earlier than we discovered her straddling Theo within the coat room and making out with him.
It sucks that she’s come throughout as not taking part in properly with others or the “I am not like the opposite women” kind. Her weird therapy of Jack was offputting, and due to her actions with Theo, she looks like she’s been plotting to be with him since her arrival. And now she’s a part of an enormous cliffhanger and extra friction for Vic and Theo.
Finest New Addition – Eli
Eli had a tough begin. He was nice as Travis’ marketing campaign supervisor, nevertheless it was onerous to spend money on him when it was evident he needed to drag Travis kicking and screaming by way of each side of the gig.
And his preliminary reference to Andy felt compelled. However his chemistry with Travis is a few of the greatest Travis has had in a while, and the prospect of this new pairing evolving is promising.
Eli is a good man who could be good to get to know extra about exterior of his gig as a marketing campaign supervisor. And it is genuinely good to have extra bisexual male illustration onscreen.
Finest New Dynamic – Andy and Natasha
The connection between Andy and Ross has turn out to be some of the underrated new dynamics of the season.
We not often get many feminine dynamics pushed to the middle of this sequence anymore, so it was genuinely refreshing to see Ross and Andy forge a stable working relationship and even a friendship.
Andy’s fixed advocation for Ross was beautiful, and you may inform that Ross noticed a few of herself in Andy and genuinely regarded her as the way forward for SFD.
It was fascinating to see that their respective relationships with Sullivan did not intervene with the bond they fashioned, particularly as girls of shade of their discipline.
Conclusion
It was a stable season of the sequence. The season’s theme of centering psychological well being made this sequence a compelling, emotional, and uncooked season. And for probably the most half, they dealt with the subject material extremely properly and arguably higher than earlier makes an attempt at different subjects.
The one caveat to exploring psychological well being was how they dropped the ball with a few of the different characters.
Maya and Beckett’s storylines dominated the season. They had been dealt with remarkably properly; whereas Jack’s PTSD and different points had been dropped someplace round Station 19 Season 6 Episode 4, Theo’s issues had been too delicate and went unexplored, and Ben’s had been restricted.
The season actually belonged to the feminine characters, with all of them delivering some unimaginable performances episode out and in, particularly as they tackled some weighty and darkish subjects.
The extra private turns to the storylines had been robust and did not fully detract from the good calls and emergencies they introduced to us, making an incredible stability.
Station 19 Season 7 Wishlist
We’re a great distance out for this, however we nonetheless have some issues in thoughts for subsequent season.
Hopefully, the sequence will spend extra time on Andy as she navigates her new gig as captain.
She was supportive for many of season six, and the sequence may benefit from centering her a tad extra. Her relationship together with her mom hasn’t been delved into almost sufficient, and so they additionally have not allowed her to unpack issues like her sexual assault both.
Jack deserves a a lot stronger story arc.
We’re left ready within the wind about many features of his story, from reconnecting along with his foster sister, as to if or not he’ll meet his organic mother and father. A lot of Jack’s story seems to occur offscreen, and it has been a disservice to the character and the viewers.
Whether or not or not Theo and Vic will likely be a pair come season seven stays to be seen, however the fallout from the coatroom kiss ought to hopefully immediate some deeper exploration of Theo as we unravel his persona shift.
Hopefully, Vic will dedicate extra time to operating Disaster One calls and discover extra avenues in her profession by way of that and different issues.
And hey, if we now have a Beckett return, and so they turn out to be the brand new Sunshine/Grouch, Hufflepuff/Slytherin dynamic of the sequence, then we cannot complain one bit; simply throwing that on the market!
It could even be good to see Carina and Maya discover beginning their household once more, and hopefully, the pairing will likely be on stable floor after an emotionally tumultuous season.
Carina might additionally use some particular person exploration and related work Maya was afforded, unpacking a few of the points from her previous and different issues.
Over to you, Station 19 Fanatics. What had been your ideas on this season? Hold forth beneath with your entire ideas!
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Jasmine Blu is a senior employees author for TV Fanatic. She is an insomniac who spends late nights and early mornings binge-watching manner too many exhibits and binge-drinking manner an excessive amount of tea. Her eclectic style makes her an unpredictable viewer with an appreciation for advanced characters, various illustration, dynamic duos, compelling tales, and responsible pleasures. You may positively discover her obsessively live-tweeting, waxing poetic, and chatting up fellow Fanatics and readers. Comply with her on Twitter.
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