Nothing flies quite like a tablet.
The tumor diagram is down, guys.
I repeat: The tumor diagram is DOWN.
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Meredith has actually removed the giant tumor from the wall of her bedroom and left it outside Amelias room.
You know what Im saying?
Of course you do.
This week is all about the tumors: the awkward obstacles that we exist with and are hurt by.
Its the way we live with the tumors.
How Maggie awkwardly handles Meredith and Riggs.
How Meredith fights the pain of losing Derek.
How Bailey handles church and state when Minnick calls out that Warren isnt a risk taker.
And then, you know, actual tumors.
Lets just hop in.
But Holly is feelingverycalm about all of this.
Her words, not mine.
I mean, girl has anagenda.
But so does Maggie.
This could be bad, yall.
Maggie still needs to get beaten down by Seattles disastrous ways.
When they get in, that tumor is way bigger than even Maggie realized.
It doesnt look so good for our girl.
This tumor… its invaded into her esophagus.
Maybe even her spine.
Right after throwing Warren under the medical bus, she runs off to Arizona to proposition some after-shift activities.Nakedactivities.
This woman and her pivots, yall.
(OR Board Note: Does Minnick remind you at all of a female Mark Sloan?
Theyre interrupted by a young boy who has stumbled into the hospital, parent-free.
Alex steps in to chat with the boy, who lives with a woman named Charlotte on a farm.
While considering what to do next, he begins seizing.
After finding his parents, Stephanie reveals that he has quite a sizable tumor on his brain.
If he heals, hell heal on his own.
Stephanie pushes the mother a bit about refusing treatment.
Minnick steps in and asks, Who taught you to talk to a patient that way?
and Stephanie comes alive in the BEST way, retorting, Shes not my patient.
But Webber is adamant that shes going to be fine shes a surgeon.
Oh, sorry, have you been here for thirteen years, Minnick?
The thing is, after they leave, Liam returns on the train again.
Alex jumps into action and tells Stephanie that if its emergent, they can operate.
So Karev decides that Liam is having a seizure, and Stephanie is going to assist.
This tumor removal business?
That was Gods work, not Alex Karevs.
Bailey and Minnick tell Alex he could go to jail, but Alex doesnt care.
Alex breaks rules and loves kids and holds preemies against his bare chest while we all swoon.
Alex puts the kids first.
And thank goodness he does.
She even says, The Lord helps those who help themselves.
All of a sudden, church and state are more complicated than ever before.
And Webber cant help but notice that Minnick (sigh) might just have a point.
On the other side of things, Stephanie does not lack fire.
Minnick calls out Stephanie to get the truth, but Stephanie is determined to hold steady.
She ran point… the Minnick method, personified, right?
The tumor is removed, and the boy is fine, but thats not enough for Stephanie.
She wants Liams dad to know that his decision was bonkers.
How do you do that?
She says, God made you so weak and so stupid that you were going to kill your child.
When he tells her that shes going to burn in hell, Stephanie throws a tablet.
Yeah, the expensive kind.
Minnick immediately insists that Stephanie be suspended, but guys, Stephanie has been throughenough.
The things that poor elevator has seen.
Arizonas not the only one with the cancel-bug.
She goes over to The Post-It Marriage CertificateTM and places it in the drawer.
Shes bobbing in the waters of post-marriage sex and dating, but she hasnt quite submerged herself yet.
The leg, the wingmanning, the tiny human gang… nope.
She just talks about her sexy underwear, and its so hard to root for these two.
Almost as hard as it is to root for Jo and DeLuca.
Is anyone pushing for that?
DeLuca tries to admit he has feelings for Jo, and she shuts it down, thankfully.
But you know what?
She just might be outgrowing her tumor after all.
