S 13 E 17. Performing medical miracles on a daily basis makes the surgeons of Grey Sloan Memorial consider themselves a breed apart from mere mortals. Seeing no other option, she wraps Erin in a water-soaked blanket as she prepares to sacrifice herself. A surgery brings back memories for Meredith, Richard, Owen and Stephanie. Image zoom. Maggie teams up with Arizona to remove a delicate tumor from a fetus's chest while her colleagues worry she's not ready yet, given it's her first day back. Grey's Anatomy. Arizona and Leah work on a pregnant mother who was in a car accident caused by her husband. Justin Chambers as Dr. Alex Karev(25/25) 5. The attendings plot to make Eliza's first day at Grey Sloan difficult. When he's at the court house to have a trial date set, Alex advises a pregnant woman to have her rash checked out at the clinic; she's found to have pancreatic cancer. When she breaks the news to him, she takes her first pregnancy test which reveals she's not. Casting. Read all about April's attempt to play interim Meredith in our 'Grey's Anatomy' Season 13, Episode 13, recap of 'It Only Gets Much Worse.' Just then, Maggie arrived for her first day at Pac-North, blissfully unaware of what had transpired. As they begin their operation, Catherine tries to talk with Webber about their marriage and coming home which causes awkwardness within the OR. Andrew is surprised when Arizona admits that she misses Alex. Episode 13 ... Great Expectations Grey's Anatomy Season 3. drop the charges by threatening to otherwise tank the case with a (fake) testimony. Dr. Minnick implements phase 2 of her teaching plan, where two residents a week get to lead a surgery from start to finish. doesn't always cut it in the \"real world.\" And when the gloves and scrubs come off, they often find that fixing their own chaotic lives takes a lot more than neatly tied sutures.After being on her own for some time, Meredith is beginning to explore the idea of a romance … Richard shows up to help having napped all day. As he prepares to go into his surgery, Alex sees that Andrew decided to obey Nathan which causes him to call Maggie who tells the two surgeons to get their act together. While Amelia and Owen's wedding continues, Andrew is brought to the ER after being assaulted by Alex, leading Meredith and the other doctors to the hospital to help. 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Per Meredith's request, Nathan turns Maggie down when she finally asks him out, but Maggie's not planning on giving up just yet. Editor’s Rating 2 stars * * « Previous Next » Grey’s ... That’s Grey’s Anatomy 101. Alex learns a lot has changed at the hospital since he left; Jo has to make a tough decision on a case; Arizona tries to keep her distance from Eliza. [35] Filming for the season began on August 1, 2016, with Shonda Rhimes tweeting that the crew were filming the 270th episode of the series, the season premiere. Amelia supports him and calls Teddy to verify Megan's identity and secure her transfer to Grey Sloan. Jackson and April go to Montana to perform a complicated surgery on a young patient. Meanwhile, April explores online dating, and Amelia and … Maggie and Nathan treat a patient with mental illness who disappeared on her parents 12 years ago. Allowing Leah to work on the baby while she's dealing with the mother, Arizona puts Eliza's method to work, which Eliza interprets as Arizona being on her team. Just as Stephanie goes to drag him away, the tanks explode. Jo bonds with the inmate, who says that she had good times with her mother in the past and that her mother will be taking care of the baby for her until she is released. He should just be happy he’s on a plane on Grey’s Anatomy and it’s not crashing. However, she comes to realize that there's nothing she can do. Meredith tries to explain things to an angry Maggie and ask for her forgiveness. 1. Maggie and Jackson gather the other attendings to stand up for Richard. McCreary went more into the storyline as she commented that "After such a long period of time and so many new people coming in and out, they remain the foundational characters of the show. Arizona has to hide her new friendship with Eliza from her colleagues, and the two of them end up kissing. Credit: ABC/Richard Cartwright. Up Next . April, Andrew, Stephanie, and Richard have bad news for their patient and her new boyfriend when she turns out to have worms breeding in her intestines. [38] However Rhimes denied the speculation about the poster on Twitter as she said "For anyone trying to interpret the "meaning" of the new Grey's Anatomy poster design: it means ABC designs really cool posters. After receiving chemo at home, Maggie's mother returns to Seattle to undergo a, A spot on a scan alongside her chest wall causes a downward spiral for Maggie's mother. Richard is revealed to be sleeping at the hospital, as politics within Grey Sloan Memorial boil over and spill in to his marriage with Catherine. After having previously appeared in a multi-episode arc in a guest-star capacity in the show's fifth season, Jessica Capshaw began receiving star-billing in the season's premiere episode in the role of attending pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins. Nathan and Meredith end up on a flight to a conference together. Bailey and Meredith find themselves pitted against one another when both of their patients are in need of a liver transplant. In the meantime, Richard wants to know why Eliza is at Seattle Grace as victims of a building collapse are brought in. The arrival of a new consultant puts the doctors on edge; Amelia and Owen bring their personal problems into the hospital; April explores some unfamiliar territory. However, her mother is downstairs and tells the doctors that her actual plan is to adopt the baby. [48][49] The rest of the 6 original cast mates, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr., excluding Sandra Oh, renewed their contracts on May 26, 2014, as Drs. Bailey hires April as Interim Head of General Surgery. Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey(25/25) 7. S13, Ep7. Izzie. Amelia continues to hide out at Stephanie's apartment, and Owen decides he's done waiting for her. Episode Recaps. [57] Series-veteran Sara Ramirez announced after the finale that she would not be returning for season 13 as Dr. Callie Torres, after the character left for New York to be with her girlfriend Dr. Penny Blake. Grey’s Anatomy is known for its diverse ensemble cast, thanks to its talented writer-producer, Shonda Rhimes. [32] It was reported that Tessa Ferrer would be reprising her role as Dr. Leah Murphy in a recurring role for the 13th season. Miranda and Catherine hire an education consultant, Dr. Eliza Minnick, to overhaul the training at Grey Sloan. As the rumor mill around the hospital continues to spiral out of control, Grey Sloan Memorial is flooded with injured firefighters from a nearby wildfire. Richard has to second Eliza's statement that Ben has been playing it safe lately, while Stephanie lets her anger take over when a religious father threatens to sue the hospital for operating on his son's life-threatening tumor without his and his wife's permission. overall" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. A possible solution means accepting a kidney from the abusive husband whom the patient left, which hits close to home for Jo. She tells him to cut it out, meaning the liver, and he does. Arizona returns to Seattle after a visit to Callie in New York and finds herself caring for Andrew, but she also misses working with Alex, who's determined to keep working in the clinic so he can come back from what he's done. Maggie and Meredith find out that Alex's trial has been indefinitely postponed, leading them to think that Alex has taken the plea and is therefore in jail. [3][4], The number in the "No. first day of prep is today", "#GreysAnatomy season premiere table read! While the woman has made peace with it and has resorted to having as much good sex as she can before dying, Maggie can't let it go that easily. Bailey visits a bored Meredith in an attempt to get her to agree to come back, but Meredith only does so when Webber drops by and convinces her not to do this to her career just because of him. The thirteenth season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy premiered on September 22, 2016, in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and consisted of 24 episodes.