Season 21 answers season 20’s questions
After a short 10-episode season from “Grey’s Anatomy” in Season 20, the cast makes a comeback with a guaranteed 18 episodes in Season 21.
Season 20 left us on one of the biggest cliffhangers after seeing Dr. Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) and Dr. Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) get fired for helping fund Dr. Meredith Grey’s Alzheimer’s project. Dr Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd), Altman’s husband, is also fired for standing up to Catherine Fox (Debbie Allen), Fox Foundation’s CEO and Hospital’s owner.
Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) also gets fired for standing up for her interns. All this led to Dr. Meredith Grey’s (Ellen Pompeo) resignation from the Fox Foundation and her not handing over her research to Catherine Fox.
Season 21 opened the new chapter by placing Dr. Richard Webber (James Perkins Jr.), as Interim Chief after Altman’s firing, in the operating room. In Season 20 we saw Webber back off from surgery, which led to many fans speculating his retirement in Season 21.
In the operating room we see a critical patient bleeding out and Webber’s experience kicks in figuring out where the bleeding is coming from. We then see Dr. Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) go forward with his technique due to lack of time, but he is unsuccessful. Ndugu moves forward with Webber’s technique and the patient survives.
Ndugu later thanks Webber and asks him to teach him how to improve his overall surgery skills.
We see Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) struggle to tell Atticus Lincoln (Chris Carmack) that she is pregnant and he is the father. Lincoln connects some dots however about how Jo has been behaving and not drinking alcohol and finds out for himself.
We also see Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams) visit Grey to let her know the repercussions of her actions.
Avery tells her things can be fixed with a simple “sorry” from Grey to Fox. Grey complies and visits Fox. Shortly after Grey’s arrival, Fox falls to the floor later waking up in the hospital with Grey by her bedside. Grey threatens to tell Webber and Avery about her progressing cancer.
Their talk leads to Fox convincing Grey not to talk by giving everyone their jobs back and leaving Grey’s future in question.
Overall, the show answered many questions fans had coming in but leaves so many unanswered.