Game of Thrones – S6xEp02 – HOME
Count me among those most hopeless of “GOT” fans: people who somehow, someway, still root for the show to let the good guys win, at least sometimes. So it was a pleasure to find that the Internet seems to have gotten this one right, and Jon Snow is finally awakened from the dead – likely after his consciousness spent some time sitting inside his direwolf. It was a genuine “holy crap” moment where, for once, the absolute worst outcome didn’t befall someone who seems something of a hero. But, since the show essentially strung out Snow’s resurrection through the entire episode, we’re still left to wonder: Will they use him better now? Will we get a character whose actions and accomplishments warrant all this head-fakery and delay?
Bran Stark came back for the first time since Season 4, appearing mostly in a vision that, thanks to his developing power, took him and the Three-Eyed Raven, to a cheerful Winterfell past. Bran witnessed his father and uncle, as boys, sparring, and viewers got the first living look at Lyanna Stark. The girl, Ned’s sister, died before the “Game of Thrones” timeline but will likely have a significant role. We also got the suggestion that Bran’s visions are intoxicating to him, which could be an issue going forward.
Somewhere south of Bran and his magical tree, Theon appears ready to return to the Iron Islands, come what may. Over in Braavos, Arya was finally enough of a nameless girl to get to go back inside, after a few more whacks.
And then there’s Ramsay, who attained new levels of treachery, killing first his father, then his stepmother and infant half-brother. The first move accomplished what had to be Ramsay’s plan all along — making him Lord Bolton, though the timeline was perhaps accelerated by the new heir. The second was the latest, almost unbelievably cruel moment in a show that’s had plenty of them. (I say “almost” because, well, they keep coming.) He did it by letting loose his dogs, who were clearly unsated by the Myranda Value Meal they had last week.
We also hang for a while with the gang in Meereen, who are bumming because their fleet has been thoroughly burnt and, as Missandeireports, their two remaining dragons aren’t eating. Tyrion, of course, gets the line of the night (“I drink and I know things,” ) and then gets the drunk idea to go down with Varys and free the dragons from captivity . Maybe they can start causing some mayhem in Slaver’s Bay and wake up what is quickly becoming a snoozy little plot. Zero word from Danaerys this week !
Multiple scenes of violence, multiple dead lords, and the strongest moments are actually the comedy moments. The FrankenMountain head smash made me laugh out loud, and I laughed more when the Night’s Watch archer met a similar fate. The Varys and Tyrion scenes, as usual, are great, with Tyrion’s trip down to see the dragons almost as suspenseful as handing a baby over to Ramsay. It also ends up drawing laughs, if only because Tyrion diffuses every situation possible with humor, even if everyone around him isn’t laughing. That’s a credit to Dave Hill, who wrote tonight’s episode. Tense when it needs to be, and surprisingly funny when it’s time to relieve a little bit of the growing tension.
Tommen finally sees his mom, and he admits his shame for failing to protect her or exact vengeance against the Sparrows. “You raised me to be strong, but I wasn’t, and I want to be. Help me,” he pleads. “Always,” she responds, embracing him.
It sets a lot of things into motion, throwing the world of Westeros into turmoil. A dead Prince in Dorne, the North in the hands of a sociopath and his lick-spittle Karstark retainers, a dead Lord of the Iron Islands, and shattered alliances all around; Walda might not have been the best Frey, but she’s still a dead Frey, and she was slaughtered by a Bolton. Surely the Greyjoys aren’t quite over the Boltons taking the north back from them and shattering Theon. The North keeps the old Gods and remembers the old ways, and there are still some Starks out there who could be a threat, but will Ramsay actually go through with his insane plan to attack Castle Black and kill the only force standing between the White Walkers and Westeros?
Bates Motel – S4xEp08 – UNFAITHFUL
Norma wakes up freezing and unable to sleep and finds the heater broken. Norman, also awake from the cold, comes downstairs as Norma’s trying to figure out if she can fix the issue. He comments on the things that have changed that he’s not very fond of: the large television and the DVDs, Romero’s most recent gifts. After he interrogates her about why she needs such items, Norma gets him to go back to bed…kind of. Norman shows up in her room and asks to sleep with her, and you can almost see the debate happening in Norma’s head as good angel and bad angel make their cases. In the end, of course, Norman ends up with Norma. There’s no creepy cuddling, though, just a sense of awkwardness as they lie awake, which leads Norman to ask what happened to them while he was gone. “I guess we got a little used to being apart,” says Norma.
Speaking of “new daddy,” Alex has gone back to his place until Norman is ready to find out about his love for Norma. She hides in the bathroom to take his call, afraid to reveal the truth to her unstable son. The pained look on Alex’s face when he hears her flush the toilet — thereby revealing her deception — is a fantastically subtle beat in an episode full of them.
Have we ever seen an angry Norman who is only Norman? While I continued to have a very hard time liking the lad (OK, I’ll never like him again), when he finally drove his point about Norma’s overbearing mothering style being the reason their bond is so deep in the first place, I backed off a bit. The kid has a point. If Norma hadn’t been so overbearing, if she had allowed him to make his mistakes, tossed him to therapists earlier and not protected him to the extent she did, he would not have misread everything about his life to read as he does. The way Norman sees it, he wasn’t allowed to live like a normal boy because his mother just wanted him all to herself. Which is not right at all.
After Dylan and Emma leave, Norma finds Norman in his room. She has them go sleep in the motel because it’s still too cold, but Norman elects to sleep in a different room because he’s still angry. Norman tries to sleep but fails and is distracted when he sees Romero arrive and enter Norma’s room. While an upset Norma tells Romero she told him and how hard it was and while Romero comforts her, Norman sneaks into the adjoining room and listens through the walls. Because that’s normal. He goes even further, removing the picture on the wall and using some tools to widen a hole so he can literally be a peeping Tom as they start to have sex. Because, again, this isn’t creepy. I have to hand it to this show — the slow descent of Norman from happy, normal boy to psychotic serial killer has been such a beautiful, nuanced story to watch that it’s only now, almost four full seasons later, that we’re appreciating what Highmore has done with this character. (And what Vera Farmiga has done with Norma. Seriously. Give this girl her Emmy already.)
Poor Rebecca (Jaime Ray Newman) is trying to escape with Bob Paris’s money and fly to Indianapolis to see her sick mother. She’s stopped at the boarding desk by two DEA agents, shortly before the hammer falls. They know that she helped Paris launder money through the bank. They also suspect that Alex was involved. And so, they make her an offer: Sell him out and help save herself. We all saw this coming. It will be interesting to see how the show weaves this story line into the twisted love triangle at the Bates abode.
Grey’s Anatomy – S12xEp21 – ‘You’re Gonna Need Someone on Your Side’
Edwards notices her new boytoy Kyle has a tremor on his other hand and wants to help Amelia operate on his brain once again. Amelia says no once she sees Edwards and Kyle swap googly eyes, and that makes sense: Operating on a loved one — or, in this case, a lusted one — can be dangerous because of the very fact that you know this person. There’s extra pressure to get it right and extra guilt if something goes wrong. Remember Denny? But Edwards is mad. She’s mad that Amelia is telling her no, that she’s taking Edwards off the case when she’s only slept with this dude twice. In real life, she’d understand why she can’t go in the OR with him. On Grey’s, she acts like she’s never even considered ethics at work.
Things are looking up for the Bailey-Warren household, but “up” does not necessarily mean clear skies ahead. Watching Maggie and Riggs stuck between their fight was so uncomfortable. What ever happened to “church and state,” people? Bailey should have left it at coolly professional, and Ben should have had the latest medical digest to pretend to read.
Speaking of being together, Arizona and Callie make zero progress on the whole Sofia situation. They spend the episode asking their friends to vouch for them in court, and Callie eventually gets Meredith and Hunt to stand up for her. She’s feeling good about it, and Arizona is feeling…not good. Webber gives her some typical Webber wisdom, telling her she needs to fight for this harder than she’s ever fought before.
It’s a rough day all around for Arizona, actually, who finds what could be an abnormality in Jackson and April’s ultrasound, and spends the rest of the day scrambling around, trying to get the testing done that will settle April’s mind. It turns out to be a false alarm (maddening for those of us who aren’t cool with the way Grey’s uses pregnancy drama as an emotionally manipulative storytelling device), but confirms for Arizona that she can’t be April’s doctor and her friend, and she’s choosing friend. The whole mess also precluded her from asking Jackson and April to be her character witnesses, which makes her case seem awfully wobbly.
The saddest bit of the episode centered around Leo, an older man who took a nasty fall and was brought into the hospital by his doorman, Vincent. The two men were in love, in spite of the fact that Leo was married to a woman, and at times in the episode, it appeared that Leo might leave his wife for Vincent. It got even more tragic when Leo’s surgery revealed incurable cancer, and, according to Meredith, he only had a year to leave. He tells Vincent to leave, indicating that their relationship is likely over, and his wife — here’s the awful part — GIVES HIM A CASH TIP FOR BEING SUCH A GOOD DOORMAN ON THE WAY OUT.
In the grand tradition of Grey’s romantic speeches that tend to seem more like nervous breakdowns, Amelia shows up on Owen’s doorstep and asks to be a committed couple. He wholeheartedly accepts (i.e. there’s a lot of making out).
Bates Motel – S4xEp07 – There’s No Place Like Home
We watched Norma struggle with her relationship with Norman tonight to the point she didn’t follow her gut, her older son’s warnings, the advice of Norman’s doctor nor any other signal telling her Norman wasn’t ready to come home.
What’s really awful is that Norman wanted to go home because of what he learned about Mother. She had been stepping out on him, and he wouldn’t have that. He may not remember what happens when he blacks out or during his sessions, but he knows enough that he doesn’t want Mother happy without him.
Will Norma ever get to eat popcorn and watch an old movie on the brand new 60″ television her husband thoughtfully bought for the two of them?
It’s pretty clear that Norman returning to this new non-home is going to be a huge moment for him and the makeup of the series. I’ve consistently been worried about how he’s going to take the news of his mother “replacing him” (his Oedipus Complex’s words, not mine). The fact that no one even gets to tell him and he learns from some (convenient) newspaper scraps is just devastating. The salt in the wound is that Romero answers the phone when Norman gets a personal call home. Just like that his world is shattered.
Away from Pineview and Norma’s recent nuptials, people begin to clue in that, right, Emma’s mother is missing with somebody finally wanting to do something about it. It’s going to be hard for Emma to achieve that much needed catharsis with her mom since Audrey’s a well-rotted corpse at this point, so something’s got to give here. Dylan and Emma have done a good job at being their own little island of a WB show, but it’s finally time to have these two disparate ends tie together. Dylan’s got a strong hunch that Emma’s mom’s disappearance has something to do with Norman and her trip to Bates Motel, and boy is that going to be a fun conversation between these two brothers.
Bates Motel – S4xEp06 – THE VAULT
We were just treated to an absolutely fantastic hour of television with the 6th episode of the 4th season of Bates Motel. Norman tried to confide in Dr. Edwards, but worried he may have revealed too much. Also: Norma hired a craftsman to fix a window and Meanwhile, things didn’t go any better for Romero who uncovered a crime that threatened his new life.
Norma might be sinking into trouble here, but a lot of the focus this week still lies on Norman. I’ve spoken a lot about how useful an addition Dr. Edwards has been to the show this season. Every episode brings on some new sort of gem as him and Norman hash something out in their sessions. These scenes are often so fulfilling because they’re getting right into the core of why we’re watching this show in the first place. This far into the season though these scenes have the tendency to become problematic. You can’t be giving too much away in each ensuing installment of Norman’s therapy, but you also can’t feel like a broken record that’s just repeating the same tone poems again and again. Accordingly, “The Vault” pushes this line closer to the edge as Edwards reveals to Norman that he’s suffering from dissociative identity disorder. With how all over the spectrum Norman’s behavior has been this season, it’s almost just as frightening to see him take the news that there are other people “living within” him in a fairly calm fashion. Even more bizarre is Norman asking Edwards what his rendition of Norma is like, with Edwards answering, “charming,” in fact.
What’s also nice is how through his treating, they are giving us a chance to learn about little Norman along the way, helping us understand why his mind fractured and created a second version of Norma to help him cope with all the trauma. There was certainly a lot of trauma in their lives. The situation Faux-Norma described about leaving and being brought back to the house by Norman’s father, Sam, when she was raped on the bed, a position that left her hands on the floor, putting her in direct contact with Norman hiding underneath so his little hand grasped hers during the assault, was atrocious.
“The Vault” is also still full of the typical surreal kind of moments, like Norma admiring Chick’s walking stick and the two of them launching into a discussion over the sort of wood that it’s made from. This show is still a weird walking stick itself, with ugly malformations and pieces jutting off in different directions, but it all forms a cohesive picture in the end. It’s stronger because of those deformities. It’s those little bumps in the road that keep the journey interesting.
As much as Chick tried to be a harrowing bad guy, he had a gentlemanly feel about him as he did it. Calling Norma polite and noticing how she moved rather theatrically weren’t one-off observations. He was very astute
GIRLS – S5xEp10 – I Love you Baby
This fifth season of Girls has been spectacular, and there are lots of reasons why. I can point to the performances — especially Jemima Kirke’s Jessa and Allison William’s Marnie — as being particularly strong. The decision to follow the main characters through stories that lead beyond the small sphere of Hannah’s apartment has been transformational. Hannah’s parents were given room to be tragic, thoughtful people, rather than just parent-shaped balls of uncool concern.
Hannah’s story about jealousy is the season’s capstone, in no small part because it manages to be Very Classically Hannah Horvath and shows glimmers of possibility in her future. As Hannah stands on the Moth stage, she frames her season-long arc as an escape from the tangle of Jessa and Adam, while also accepting that she will always have to live with herself. She’s self-deprecating, she’s aware of her flaws (“I’m not like a cool, relaxed lady”), and she creates an end for her story, both in the story she tells and in the eyes of Girlsviewers. The fruit basket she leaves for Jessa and Adam is really there, sitting outside their door.
Adam and Jessa’s fight is incredibly intense. They scream, they throw things, they knock over bookshelves. At one point, Adam breaks through a door in what looks like a reference to The Shining. There’s a sequence that’s filmed like a gut-wrenching tennis match, with a camera positioned between them like a silent third person, swiveling back and forth as each character spews invective and hurls ceramics. Seriously, there are a lot of breakable things in that apartment. The third-person perspective feels all too appropriate — the person still stuck between them, of course, is Hannah. We later learn that Hannah was actually there and witnessed the chaos inside while she dropped off her farewell fruit basket.
Marnie and Ray are looking good, feeling their way toward what just might turn into a good relationship. More relaxed and forthright with him than we’ve ever seen her be with a lover, she apologizes for not coming during sex, but then says, half-laughing, that that isn’t all bad, since “I can only come if I kind of hate someone.” And she cajoles him into joining her on tour with a nice, lightly teasing confidence.
Not much time is spent filling out Shoshanna’s new trajectory and dream, but she seems to be right at home managing Ray’s café with this new anti-hipster angle. It makes one wonder why she didn’t think of managing alongside Ray seasons before. Shoshanna’s rebound from her failures in Japan come quick and she is flourishing. The same can’t be said for Elijah who, in the wake of his breakup with Dill is predictably back to his old self-destructive antics. He does however find some comfort in his surrogate parents, Tad and Loreen. They navigate him through his feelings of worthlessness and lack of direction. Elijah has yet to self-actualize and perhaps with the wisdom of Tad and Loreen he can be guided to a new purpose.
Girls – S5xEp09 – Love Stories
The first half of Girls‘s two-part season finale deals with several kinds of love: romantic, platonic, and that sparkly feeling somewhere in the middle that can spring up in the glow of a new friendship, like the one between Hannah and her old classmate Tally. It’s surprising to see Hannah connect so deeply with a new potential friend, especially someone whose success used to trigger such jealousy in her. Maybe it helps that Hannah hasn’t been writing—or doing much else—for so long that she no longer feels as if she’s in competition with Tally. As she says, when she accepts her offer to hang out: “I’m not really headed anywhere particular at the moment” .
Hannah, has had it. Because Adam is now with Jessa, she’s of course realized that he was the love of her life, but she’s also realized that Fran is just not the guy for her. She reminds him of this over and over again until he leaves, and then she goes on a bit of a quest to upend her own life (quitting her job) to find out what it is she really wants to do. We’re not expecting any solid new directions in the near future, but teaching was obviously never going to be Hannah’s thing and it was nice to see her leave those kids alone.
As a result she was infinitely more likeable as a character by the end of the finale, having accepted that she’s the person in charge of her own life and that responsibility falls on no one else but her. Somehow, coming to that acceptance also invoked major sympathy for the character; the idea that her best friend and ex are together actually hits home, now that Hannah has softened up enough to stop lashing out at undeserving people.
Elijah is having his own relationship ish: After Dill showed up at his apartment, drunk, they never talked about their fight or the aftermath. But Elijah is determined to prove to Dill that he should want to be in a monogamous relationship, so he marches into Dill’s newsroom and demands that they have a conversation about their status. But the heartfelt, you-deserve-someone-who-likes-you-for-you talk backfires: Dill realizes that Elijah is right. He does want a boyfriend — just someone who is “less aimless,” he explains, adding that it also might be good to date someone who is taller and his own age. Elijah is heartbroken.
The only bright note in all this heartache is the reunion between Marnie and Ray, after her “love dream” about him makes her think that he might actually be the one for her. Ray welcomes her back with a graceful ease and delight that feels like true love. “It can’t be you!” she says, to which he gently replies: “I think it might be me, Marnie.”
Shoshanna’s New York return was as triumphant as they come, as she decided to take over the marketing on Ray’s and turn it into an anti-hipster establishment. “It’s time to sell coffee to people with jobs” is probably the most brilliant idea she could have come up with that moment, so here’s hoping it works out. That’s one character that could definitely use a win right now.
Who knew that out of all the characters, Adam would be the one to have the strongest parenting instincts? His protection of his niece—even from the baby’s own father—kind of make the character that much better.
Game of Thrones – S6xEp01 – The Red Woman
Naturally, some plots in “The Red Woman” jumped out over others to take center stage on this premiere. Aside from general griping about Dany never getting back to Westeros and mixed reactions to the new Khal’s compatriots and their sexual harassment of Dany, Meereen was mostly ignored—as was Ramsay, though the “she smelled of dog” line was quoted frequently.
Margaery is also in this episode, but very briefly so it was a bit easy to ignore her. The true winners of the night were Team Brienne/Sansa/Theon/Pod and Lena Headey, with plenty made about the big Melisandre reveal at the end as well.
Of all the scenes in this week’s episode, the most emotionally affecting one is the scene in which Cersei hears that a boat from Dorne has arrived. She rushes down to greet the boat as it approaches the royal harbour, and it’s beautiful to behold. Lena Headey is such a great actress, the stand-out of the show, and the way she plays this scene is just a stomach punch. She’s so hopeful, so happy, and very slowly, the expression fades from her face as she realizes that Myrcella isn’t going to be there to greet her. Prophecy or not, expected or not, that’s a hard thing for her to come to terms with, even if it brings her closer to Jaime.
Ramsay Bolton mourns a loss and worries for his future. Theon “Reek” Greyjoy and Sansa Stark succeed with their escape, but are tracked down by soldiers and hounds. Brienne and Podrick come to their rescue and Sansa accepts Brienne’s oath of service. We almost – almost – feel sympathy for Ramsay as he mourns the death of Myranda , killed by Reek .But he’s soon back in his evil mode when he commands a servant to feed her body to the dogs. So… at least he’s nice to animals? Today?
The first episode of the season also showed us, a much-hyped debut with Ellaria and her ladies finally doing something of interest. Their coup of Dorne started with the poisoning of Myrcella Lannister, but saw a far more dramatic conclusion this week with the murders of Doran and Trystane Martell. Ellaria picks up for killing Doran, with a brutal one-liner”weak men will never rule Dorne again.”
When the “The Red Woman” was announced as the title of the season premiere, many assumed Melisandre’s sacrificial magic would be put to use wrenching Jon Snow back from the dead.Well, there WAS a major surprise involving everyone’s favourite spiritualist. Yet it had nothing to do with restoring the life of the Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch….He is still on ‘pause’ mode.
There were no answers – just raw shock as Melisandre removed her necklace and morphed into a hunched hag. The episode may have side-stepped Jon Snow’s future involvement but seeing Melisandre age before our eyes was more than acceptable compensation.
Blind and homeless, Arya is paying a heavy price for breaking with her tuition at the house of Black & White. She was reduced to begging on the streets and endured a nasty unfair fighting. Maisie Williams wasn’t joking when she hinted that a lot “bad stuff” would befall Arya this year.
Bates Motel – S4xEp05 – REFRACTION
So Bates Motel just kills me. This episode was so great on so many levels. I mean, FINALLY someone qualified to deal with Norman’s illness has finally figured out, at least on a basic level, what the fuck is going on with him.
As for Dylan? He’s finally bringing Emma home to her dad. He shyly (and adorably) asks if she needs help undressing and man, I love their relationship so much. Emma, all confident now without her oxygen tank, tells him he has to wait 4-6 weeks to, you know, do things… but sure, he can see her naked eventually. When Dylan leaves, Emma’s dad offers him an invitation to dinner. He turns it down on the grounds of having an early job interview for an assistant manager position for a hop distributor (I mean, not a bad job…). He’s unsure about his experience, because you can’t really put growing weed on your résumé, and Emma’s dad encourages him to lie. Because, hey. Why not?
Sheriff Alex Romero and his new wife Norma are cleaning up the mess left by the home invaders. They broke a stained-glass window that Norma loved, and she feels personally attacked. I love that a character who has done as much wrong as Norma can say something like, “I have been so good,” with a straight face. (Meanwhile, she probably knows that her son killed Emma’s mother and buried her in the front yard ).
The incredible writing and extremely well planned storylines of this show are so unbelievably astonishing! Nothing in Bates Motel happens by accident and I love that! Ever since season three’s episode, The Arcanum Club I’ve been waiting to see why the only one that Caleb was introduced to as Dylan’s father was Chick. Now thirteen episodes later we observe Chick piece together one of Norma’s darkest secrets. It didn’t take long for him to connect the dots and it’s apparent that Chick having this information is not going to be good for Norma. I can’t wait to see how that unfolds but I’m fearful that things will deteriorate for her. One thing that I’ve become accustommed to with this show is when things appear peaceful and when people are happy, mainly Norma, it isn’t too long before something disastrous is going to happen. As we witness in the last scene, Norma looked unbelievably happy as she sat in the kitchen looking at the newspaper article of her and Romero attending the winter festival. Moments later her world comes crumbling down when Chick confronts her. How will Norma handle this situation I wonder, as we know that this is most likely something she’s not going to be able to turn to Romero for help. I’ve always wanted to see her share that part of her life with him but somehow I feel that she doesn’t want to divulge that secret. Just another reason why I keep coming back for more, I have to see what crazy thing Norma is going to do next!
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It’s really interesting to watch and hard to imagine an environment where doctors have to deal with patients like that all day long. It must be incredibly exhausting.
The way the camera was filming also picked up on the bizarre nature of the conversation, and I felt worried for Dr. Edwards. Norman went from a normal patient to someone who seemed threatening within seconds.
There hasn’t been any talk as of yet whether or not Norman is on any medication, but it doesn’t appear he’s on anything other than the very mildest of sedatives. Maybe they’re holding off until they know best how to treat him.
If I were Edwards, I’m not sure I’d want to be alone with him, especially after learning any potential murders were not committed by Norma.
I loved the way Dr. Edwards picked up on Norman’s need for things to be typical or normal, and how easily Edwards moved in and out of Norman’s breaks as Norma with Norman.
It’s really interesting to watch and hard to imagine an environment where doctors have to deal with patients like that all day long. It must be incredibly exhausting.
The way the camera was filming also picked up on the bizarre nature of the conversation, and I felt worried for Dr. Edwards. Norman went from a normal patient to someone who seemed threatening within seconds.
There hasn’t been any talk as of yet whether or not Norman is on any medication, but it doesn’t appear he’s on anything other than the very mildest of sedatives. Maybe they’re holding off until they know best how to treat him.
If I were Edwards, I’m not sure I’d want to be alone with him, especially after learning any potential murders were not committed by Norma.
I loved the way Dr. Edwards picked up on Norman’s need for things to be typical or normal, and how easily Edwards moved in and out of Norman’s breaks as Norma with Norman.
It’s really interesting to watch and hard to imagine an environment where doctors have to deal with patients like that all day long. It must be incredibly exhausting.
The way the camera was filming also picked up on the bizarre nature of the conversation, and I felt worried for Dr. Edwards. Norman went from a normal patient to someone who seemed threatening within seconds.
There hasn’t been any talk as of yet whether or not Norman is on any medication, but it doesn’t appear he’s on anything other than the very mildest of sedatives. Maybe they’re holding off until they know best how to treat him.
If I were Edwards, I’m not sure I’d want to be alone with him, especially after learning any potential murders were not committed by Norma. Norman is talking to Dr. Edwards… and actually being a good therapy patient. He’s taking responsibility for his actions and he’s talking about his blackouts, and it’s probably the most astute and responsible we’ve seen Norman since the start of the series. He does drop that “my mother and I have a very typical teenage boy/mother relationship, I think.” I think not, and so does Dr. Edwards, who is suspicious of that wording. Norman explains how the reason for their closeness is because of his dad’s death, so they had to be close because they only had each other. Edwards soon realizes Norman’s problem IS his mother, and, hey, took someone long enough!
Greys Anatomy – S12xEp20 – Trigger Happy
Despite his suspension, Ben’s desperate to get back into the OR, so he decides to apply for a job in the anesthesiology department. He gets one, and he takes it, but it comes at the expense of Bailey’s feelings. She tells him that if this is what he wants to be doing, he needs to find someplace else to sleep. So much for their church-and-state agreement.
Most of the episode focuses on two 8-year-old boys, one of whom shot and paralyzed the other (they were playing with his mother’s gun, which was supposed to be locked). It gave a storyline that was already pretty heavy a Very Special Episode feel, and despite some really strong moments, like Amelia trying to help the shooter realize he truly didn’t mean to shoot his friend, the episode never shook that off.
Amelia’s also the one who gets to deliver the moral of the episode in a conversation with the mother, promising that her gun was locked up. “Kids watch. They pick up everything you do.” It’s a sad little callback to the moment at the beginning of the episode when Amelia and Meredith and Maggie were joking about Zola picking up on the fact that they were talking about sex.
I would have liked to see some more of Jo’s story, and not just because it would have meant more Alex. I totally get why, as a 16-year-old girl living in her car, she originally may have wanted a gun. There just wasn’t enough story development getting her from her NRA sound bites to her giving up the weapon. Sure, a paralyzed child is tragic; I don’t deny that. But it didn’t feel like that was enough to sway her. A good persuasive speech from Karev would have been nice.
Over a non-breakfast with Arizona, Callie excitedly informed her ex that she and Penny had found a great two-bedroom apartment in New York, and it was near Preminger, and it was close to some super schools, and… Not so fast. “Somewhere, sometime, you heard me say yes to this,” Robbins interjected. “You heard me say, ‘Yes, please, Callie, take my daughter across the country.’ But I never said that. From there, things went downhill fast, with Arizona pointing out that Callie had promised she’d “be able” to visit her daughter anytime she wanted and Torres noting that hello, Sofia wasn’t just Robbins’ daughter. Callie eventually tried to defuse the situation by restating that they were only discussing options. Unfortunately, it didn’t sound that way to Arizona. (Did it to you? To her credit, at least Penny understood that she needed to stay the hell out of the debate.)
Later, as Callie attempted to apologize for jumping the gun, Robbins — after angrily confiding in Richard — suggested that if her former wife wanted to discuss any more “options,” she could do so with her attorney.
Along the way, it turned out that Miranda had an issue with Callie’s move, too. Was Torres really gonna sacrifice her career for a (gasp) resident?!? Bailey wanted to know.
And let’s end up with some least interesting course of events : Edwards has been texting Wilmer Valderama’s character Kyle since she and Amelia operated on his brain to fix a hand tremor. But now that Kyle is actually back in town and wants to take Edwards on a date, she’s avoiding him like the plague. Meredith finally convinces Edwards to go on the date with Kyle, and she ends up putting herself out there and having a good time.
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