Greys Anatomyhas mastered the art of a well-timed dramatic moment and the power of an almost kiss.
No storyline is too weird.
No emergency surgery is too gross.
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Bring on the storm!
Grey Sloan can handle it.
And when I say Grey Sloan, I mean the medical professionals on the inside.
Not the building itself.
And we all know that nothing good ever happens in an elevator.
Take Teddy and Owen, for example.
Amelia hops on the elevator with them and boom.
The electricity goes out.
Amelia immediately senses the awkward vibe and calls both out for being weird.
Knowing the current situation is not ideal, Owen still delivers the news to his roommate/ex/friend/lover.
Amelia responds like anyone would.
Naturally, the guy with the license plate sticking out of his chest loses his pulse.
Whats a doctor to do?
Why you operate in the elevator, of course, with whatever you have handy.
Thank goodness Teddy carries a scalpel with her at all times.
This license plate is the perfect size to crack open his sternum like the hood of a car.
Teddy will stay in Seattle.
Owen will help her with the kid.
And Amelia gets a front row seat to watch it all go down.
Meanwhile, in another elevator, Bailey and Helm are working to keep their organ donor alive.
This is a very important job because this heart belongs to their beloved matchmaker Cece.
A woman who is currently chilling in the OR with Maggie, waiting for her life to be saved.
Bailey pretends thats shes calm, cool, and collected because Helm has officially reached panic attack mode.
She suggests they all breathe together.
Helm, her boss, and the lady she is pumping oxygen into with a bag.
Weber is left to handle the chaos that is building outside of the elevators.
He yells at the building manager Jay to do his job better.
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The only people who arent freaking out are Meredith and DeLuca.
He continues to flirt.
She continues to shut him down.
DeLuca nerds out on a littleDoctor Who, claiming that the elevator is like the TARDIS.
Nice move, DeLuca.
Dr. Grey gives points for creativity, but a hard pass on breaking rules.
Finally, DeLuca taps the brakes and shares a little family history with Meredith.
It turns out his father was a pretty famous surgeon in Italy who did some pretty sketchy stuff.
He doesnt like to talk about it and Meredith smiles.
Knowing a thing or two about famous surgeon parents, she promises it wont leave the room.
DeLuca shares the story.
Talk about H-O-T. Meredith thought so, too, but still doesnt give him what he wants.
She does lean in his direction, though.
Across the building, Avery has entered the picture in the search for Ceces trapped organs.
He enlists Links help just as Jay walks by.
Jay protests until he learns that its Ceces life that hangs in the balance.
Of course, she helped him find love in the cardiac unit.
Big Jay uses his big muscles and manhandles the doors open.
Shes sure the elevator is going to snap her in half.
Bailey shouts for her to do it for Cece and Helm summons the courage.
Everyone scrambles down the hall as Jay hops up to crawl out.
Thats when the elevators turn back on.
Snapping Jay in half.
That image is going to stick with me for a while.
Oh boy does he.
He leans in close while her back is against the wall.
The news makes DeLuca amped and he throws all caution to the wind to go for it.
And of course, the elevator doors open and Meredith rushes out to save Cece.
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Its a race against time to get Cece her organs.
Shes crashing, yet still having a heart-to-heart with Maggie in the OR.
She thinks its a good sign that Maggie feels safe with Avery.
They are going to be okay.
Then she loses consciousness.
Heres a team working on the organ donor.
Theres a team working to keep Cece alive.
We later learn that Bailey wasnt overstepping her bounds with Karev.
She knew she couldnt handle the surgery.
The OG cast brings tears to my eyes.
It turns out, Jay does have legs, but they may not be working.
Avery barks at Link to do whatever he can to save the legs and he does.
It looks like Jay is going to be okay.
The license plate guy is going to be okay, too.
Owen and Teddy fall into a rhythm and work in the OR, ignoring Amelia.
Amelias not an idiot.
She can see the chemistry between the two and gives Owen an out.
He needs to consider his options.
Eventually, the entire team is rallying around Cece.
Just when they think they have a beating heart, everything falls apart.
We are led to believe that she is in another love session with Cece post surgery.
Instead, shes stapling her chest; her heart no longer beating.
This is Merediths unique way of telling her friend goodbye.
Its an incredibly sad moment that is tagged with teases for future fun storylines.
Sounds like Cece is working her magic from beyond the grave.
