Spoiler alert! This story discusses the Gray’s Anatomy Season 21 midseason premiere that aired March 6. It’s obtainable with a Hulu subscription for those who’re not caught up.
Gray’s Anatomy returned to the 2025 TV schedule with a literal bang Thursday night time as we realized who obtained shot within the winter finale cliffhanger. Jo and Lucas each made it out comparatively unscathed — a minimum of for now — however the fact is, “Hit the Ground” laid the groundwork for them and a number of other different Gray Sloan medical doctors to hit some critical bumps within the street for the rest of Season 21. Nevertheless, of everybody who faces hassle forward, it’s Jules Millin I’m most apprehensive about.
What Disasters Await Gray’s Anatomy’s Surgeons?
Issues have been feeling further shaky across the hospital on the March 6 midseason premiere, and whereas Lucas Adams (Niko Terho) escaped the comfort retailer taking pictures with (bodily) only a flesh wound, the psychological elements will probably hang-out him for method longer. After refusing to get cleared by psych earlier than returning to work, McDreamy’s nephew suffered a full-on panic assault after listening to a loud noise harking back to a gunshot.
Longtime Gray’s followers know that Lucas’ grandfather — Derek and Amelia Shepherd’s dad — was fatally shot in a comfort retailer theft, so I doubt that is the final we’ll see of this case, particularly with Lucas nonetheless not looking for skilled assist. Will this be the impetus for us to lastly be taught who Lucas’s mom is?
As for Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington), the hostage state of affairs did put some stress on her being pregnant, and he or she’s positively going to must take it simple. Nevertheless, I’m not too apprehensive about her since she and Hyperlink (Chris Carmack) re-established some wholesome communication by the top of “Hit the Ground.”
Gray’s Anatomy name-dropped Carina DeLuca once more, however the Station 19 fan favourite did not make an look (she was conveniently in Italy when Jo got here in bleeding from the comfort retailer in want of her OB/GYN). Nevertheless, Carina’s former colleague Ben Warren (Jason George) was definitely current — and pissing off Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) at each flip.
Ben has flown within the face of authority for years, and he is gotten away with it as a result of his reckless actions have a tendency to avoid wasting lives. That type of insubordination is not going to fly with the navy veteran, although. And Teddy made it fairly clear that Ben higher keep in mind his rank or he will not make it by his residency. I am positive he additionally did not do himself any favors by mendacity to his spouse about what occurred, as a result of when has something good ever come from mendacity to Miranda Bailey?
As for what’s taking place between Teddy and Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd), Owen could have handed up the chance to cheat with Nora (Floriana Lima), however I’d think about it will take little greater than eye contact between Teddy and Cass Beckman to make him fly right into a jealous rage, aka Nora’s mattress. Keep tuned.
Talking of ill-fated romance, we’ve additionally obtained Blue Kwan (Harry Shum Jr.) going full Mark Sloan “Should you love somebody, you inform them” together with his ex-fiancée (the one who has amnesia and a boyfriend). It was cute, however I don’t be ok with it, guys.
Nevertheless, of all this brewing tragedy, none of those are the story I’m most apprehensive about for the rest of Season 21.
Jules Millin Is Not OK Following Mika Yasuda’s Exit
Earlier than Gray’s Anatomy’s lengthy hiatus, we noticed Mika Yasuda say her goodbyes to Gray Sloan, unable to return to the hospital the place her sister, Chloe, died. Nevertheless, left within the wake of her large choice was Jules, who had been placing her romantic emotions for Mika on the again burner whereas Mika handled Chloe’s illness after which her dying.
Within the winter finale, Jules and Mika lastly slept collectively, with the previous promising they’d determine issues out collectively. Nevertheless, that intimate second gave Mika readability that she wanted to go away to maneuver ahead, and he or she instantly stop.
In “Hit the Ground,” the results of that call are nonetheless weighing heavy on Jules (in any case, it’s nonetheless, in some way, the identical day she went off on Bailey for letting Mika go away), and Adelaide Kane advised The Wrap that her character is shutting down her emotions fairly than working by them. She stated:
This episode is a very lovely exploration of what occurs once you don [sic] not give your self the time or the area to course of your emotions. All of us do it to some extent when issues are tough … faux it until you make it slightly bit, fake every little thing is okay. However Jules is fooling no one, apart from herself, and in a hospital that kind of dissociation or distractedness will be extremely harmful.
We’ve already seen this begin to play out, as Jules did not safe a affected person to the gurney, inflicting him to fall to the ground in the midst of surgical procedure. What worries me essentially the most is that Jules feels so alone and appears to be distancing herself from the opposite residents. She got here clear to Webber that the O.R. mishap was her fault, however she did not apologize to Simone, who needed to shoulder the blame.
Within the different conditions above, a minimum of these medical doctors aren’t alone of their tribulations and dangerous decision-making. I am actually afraid of what’s going to occur if Jules continues to withdraw with out Mika; she’s obtained nobody to lean on there. The preview for the March 13 episode, “Leap (For My Love),” exhibits Jules crying over not having a workforce. Test it out for your self:
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Workforce-building workouts are all the time enjoyable to witness, and I can not wait to see what else comes from subsequent week’s episode apart from Jules persevering with to spiral. It additionally seems to be like we’ll be getting Ellen Pompeo again, with Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) nonetheless upset that Meredith Gray did not inform him about his spouse’s most cancers.
Gray’s Anatomy has just about assured an eventual second half to its twenty first season, so preserve your eye on these characters who’ve the very best potential for catastrophe when the medical drama returns at 10 p.m. ET Thursday, March 13, on ABC and streaming the subsequent day on Hulu.