Greys Anatomy
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Apparently, evenGreys Anatomywants to pretend season 17 never happened.
Sure, season 17 had a good start.
It felt right for a medical show to explore the effects of the pandemic on doctors.
And yes, having McDreamy show up on the death beach that first time was life-affirming.
But the whole thing quickly morphed into something much more exhausting.
This season-18 premiere does feel as though things have changed.
No one is having mental breakdowns on benches!
Meredith isnt a doll anymore!
We really did it, pals.
Its time to hopefully move on to bigger and better things.
For Meredith, might those bigger and better things be located in Minnesota?
Meredith asks why he, a surgeon, cant do that himself.
That lab certainly is something.
And yeah, sure, helping to cure Parkinsons seems cool too.
There is one other thing that might persuade Meredith to actually consider this offer.
Can you believe it??
After all this time,Greys Anatomyis bringing back Nick!
Nick Marsh did that.
And now, years later, she bumps into him in Minnesota.
This guy is insanely confident.
The chemistry between the two of them is still very much there.It is palpable.
Truly, what a pleasant surprise.
However, Meredith does want to make it very clear that she isnt sleeping with him.
First, she tells him shes seeing someone, but then immediately backtracks.
Sorry for your loss!
Anyway, back to Nick!
Meredith is single, but she still wont sleep with him.
That doesnt mean the conversation isnt lovely.
Oh God, they are going to hook up, and it is going to beglorious.
Theyve been going terribly, to be honest.
That is, until the hiring committee Bailey, Cormac, and Maggie meet with plastic surgeon Dr. Lin.
She isvery goodat her job.
You know who isnt?
The resident assisting her, Schmitt.
After the surgery, Bailey offers Lin the position of chief of plastics, but she turns it down.
Oof, that hits Richard where it hurts the most.
You have my word, he tells her.
Wasnt Meredith supposed to be running the residency program?
Maybe that explains this whole situation.
In other news: There is another Greys wedding to attend.
Who is getting married now, you ask?
After all these years.
And all those sex voice-mails.
What a lovely story to tell the grandkids one day!
Wow, I really missed writing sentences like that over hiatus.
Anyhoo, obviously, people are upset.
As if Teddy and Owen needed any more of those!
Megan saves the day.
Of course she does.
Its a real bummer.
Its about time someone got married in Joes Bar, isnt it?
First of all: Why?
Wouldnt that explanation satisfy Link a little more?
Instead, Amelia tells Link she loves him but cant marry him.
Link thinks its really over this time.
Thats the stupidest thing I ever heard, Jo tells him.
Jo, you have no idea.
Speaking of Jo, her entry into the single-working-mom world is a bumpy one.
She has for some reason dyed her hair blonde and maybe not brushed it in a year?
Shell do better next time.
So when are Jo and Link going to hook up?
Ellis Grey pops up in Merediths anxiety dream about not doing anything extraordinary after surviving COVID.
That feels like the most on brand.
Its awkward at first, and Bailey tries to avoid it.
Maggie and Winston have honeymoon-sex injuries, and Ive never been happier for them.
