Is it hot in here, or is it just the midseason finale of Grey’s Anatomy? In Thursday’s episode, a heatwave descended on Seattle. But that was only part of what set temperatures rising. By the end of the hour, Lucas and Jo found themselves in the crosshairs of a convenience-store holdup. How’d that happen?
Well, as “Drop It Like It’s Hot” began, Teddy tasked Ben with managing the overflow in the E.R. He, in turn, sent Lucas and Jo to a convenience store to get ice, which was in short supply and badly needed to cool down patients. No sooner had the doctors discovered that all that was left at the store was a single bag than they were cowering in fear from a robber, who pulled a gun on cashier Gladys and ordered her to open the safe. While she struggled to do so, Jo discovered that she was bleeding.
At that point, it appeared that the thief had started to soften toward his anxious hostages. But then Gladys grabbed a handy baseball bat and took a swing at him. In the blink of an eye, Lucas leapt into action, a struggle ensued, the gun went off, and… and that was it. We didn’t find out who, if anyone was shot! Keep reading, and we’ll go over all of the rest of the action in the episode.
Grief Consumed Mika
Returning to work after six weeks, Mika was, as you’d expect, still in mourning for her late sister, Chloe. But what Yasuda was going through seemed to go even deeper. Everywhere she looked at the hospital, she was reminded of her beloved younger sibling. At one point, when a patient in the E.R. suffered a heart attack, Mika altogether lost it, yelling at Bailey, “You’re letting him die. Aren’t you supposed to be a doctor?”
Mika Quit the Hospital — and Jules
Later, Mika pulled Jules into an on-call room and pleaded for help in feeling normal. A bit of sexual healing seemed to do the trick. When Mika apologized for her breakdown, Bailey assured her that she could take all the time she needed to recover mentally as well as physically. The trouble was, “I don’t think I can come back,” Yasuda said. So she packed up her locker, gave Jules one helluva goodbye kiss and left.
Amelia (Almost) Pulled Off a Miracle
Playing the field as he is, it was probably bound to happen: Winston ran into a woman he’d ghosted. Skye wasn’t fazed by that, though — not if he and Amelia could help her daughter Jackie, whose hoop dreams were being threatened by multiple aneurysms. In surgery, Amelia managed to get even the aneurysm that was like “Godzilla on steroids.” But when she and Winston tried to restart Jackie’s heart, all they got was… heartbreak.
Blue and Molly Reunited
Early on, Molly showed up at Grey Sloan and admitted to Blue that her boyfriend Dave had proposed. Yep, he’d popped the question, and her response was to make a beeline for her ex-fiancé. What with the heatwave and all, Kwan couldn’t talk just then, but as the episode neared its ending, he and his lost love were kissing and confessing that since they’d last crossed paths, they hadn’t been able to stop thinking about each other.
Cass Unnerved Owen
When Cass scrubbed in to help out during the crisis, she and Owen cleared the air, and everything seemed to be hunky dory. But then he eyeballed an innocent moment in which Cass had her hand on Teddy’s arm and clearly had a reaction. Off that upset, he offered old friend Nora a ride to her hotel since her car had broken down. What do we think? Will Owen’s insecurity land him in bed with Nora? And were you satisfied with Mika’s sendoff?