Grey’s Anatomy – S12xEp15 – I am Not Waiting Anymore

There’s certainly no reconciliation between Arizona, who we saw telling Jackson at the end of last week’s episode, and April — or Arizona and anybody else, for that matter. She spends the entire episode trying to get someone to validate her decision. She tries Callie first, who’s compassionate but tells her she’s in the wrong, in what I think is the first one-on-one conversation we’ve seen the two of them have all season. Amelia says what’s ultimately the best thing: what Arizona did was indefensible, and now there’s nothing to do but wait it out. And the hardest conversation is probably with Bailey, who says that as Arizona’s boss, she should be firing her for breaking confidentiality, and as her friend, “I’m fresh out of words of wisdom for you.” From Miranda Bailey, that’s harsh.

The whole thing’s a mess — Jackson accusing April of waiting until it was too late to abort is a particularly brutal moment, as is April’s admission that she didn’t tell him because she knew he didn’t want to be with her and didn’t want him to stay for a baby. There’s no reconciliation between the two of them by the end of the episode, but there’s conversation, at least.

Since Maggie moved in, she’s become the one we see with Mer more than others, and I enjoyed how Alex put her in her place in his very Alex way. She may be Mer’s biological sister, but despite what she said, she doesn’t really know Meredith. Not the way Alex does.

“It hurts to tear that bandage off. We don’t want to see what’s underneath. But maybe it’s not the fear of the pain that holds us back. Maybe we’re really afraid to see if the wound underneath is still open or if it might actually be healing.” – Meredith Grey

Riggs yells at Owen for “abandoning” his sister, because apparently Riggs stayed behind and searched for her after the helicopter crash, and Owen “gave up” and came back to the States. which led to the scene of Amelia showing uo at Owen’s trailer for a celebration dinner, only to find him dead silly drunk… Ouch!