Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 Midseason Finale Shocker Jo’s Crisis & Richard’s Secret is a Gut Punch
- Je-Ree
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
Grey’s Anatomy dropped its midseason finale with the subtlety of a defibrillator to the chest and honestly girl can you believe any of these people are allowed to work in a hospital. Season 22 Episode 6 was chaotic emotional ridiculous and deliciously dramatic which is exactly the energy Seattle’s messiest surgeons always bring right before they vanish for winter break. From Jo’s heart staging a full rebellion to Richard breaking everyone’s spirits with one quiet confession this episode was a reminder that Grey’s still has the chokehold strength of early day MerDer angst.
Jo opened the hour pretending she was totally fine while clearly struggling to catch a breath like she had just run a marathon she did not train for. Link tried to act calm but he absolutely called in the full cardiothoracic cavalry which included Winston. After the EKG Jo learned she has peripartum cardiomyopathy which is essentially her heart filing a complaint against twin pregnancy. Winston tried medication. They tried a pump. Her heart said no thank you and put in its two week notice.
With Jo declining Winston moved her into surgery and Link instantly turned into the human embodiment of an anxious chihuahua. Winston was confident at first because he has done this procedure more times than anyone can count. Naturally this is Grey’s Anatomy so a complication popped up faster than a trauma page forcing Winston to perform a C section he had not done in years. The episode cut out the exact second he made the first incision because the writers love emotional violence and refuse to let us breathe. Jo better make it through this because fans have endured enough heartbreak to last several lifetimes.
Elsewhere Bailey and Richard spent the episode verbally sparring like two exhausted icons who have absolutely had it with each other. Bailey called Richard out for canceling her seminar without even a courtesy text and the tension followed them straight into surgery. Bailey was ready to call time of death while Richard demanded they keep pushing. After Bailey saved the patient she marched to his office ready to enjoy her victory lap only for Richard to pull the rug out with a quiet I have cancer. It was brutal heartbreaking and delivered with the kind of calm resignation that made the moment even more painful.
The Owen Teddy Nora triangle remained a soap opera fever dream. Teddy walked in on Owen and Nora in bed which led to his daughters interrogating Nora with the intensity of seasoned detectives. Teddy tried to stay zen but Nora dropped the twist that her medical conditions will require constant interaction with Teddy. Owen looked stressed. Teddy looked over it. Nora looked like she needed emotional hazard pay.
Simone and Wes teamed up to treat a nonverbal autistic boy which briefly made Wes look shockingly human. Simone was impressed for about ten minutes until Wes decided the perfect moment to ask her out was inside a supply closet because of course he did. She shut him down which means her pact with Jules remains strong and Seattle is spared at least one workplace romance disaster.
Kwan and Dr Mohanty on the other hand fully embraced the disaster energy. After a long day and a complicated plastics case they found themselves alone in an elevator and the moment he hit the stop button the entire Grey’s fanbase collectively screamed because nothing PG ever follows that move. They kissed and it was dramatic messy and absolutely the kind of elevator chaos that fuels this show.
Grey’s Anatomy ended its midseason finale with Jo’s life and the twins hanging in the balance plus a mountain of relationship turmoil and Richard’s devastating diagnosis casting a shadow over Grey Sloan. When the season returns the emotional damage will no doubt be top tier and honestly we would not have it any other way.
If the back half of Season 22 brings this same level of drama it might be time for viewers to start hydrating and stretching because Grey’s is clearly not playing gentle this year.
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