‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 21 Episode 4 Recap: Big Butt Energy

I’ll admit it over the years, man of grey faith has occasionally faltered. Ghost sex, the cursed Teddy-Owen-Tom love triangle, the whole Maggie’s cousin plot… we’ve all had our faith questioned once or twice. But here’s the thing Grey’s Anatomy, the thing that will keep me coming back until TV literally ceases to exist: Where else will you find a show that will give you a tear-jerking emotional surface between siblings, just a few operating room doors down a Brazilian pool lift gone terribly, terribly wrong? You won’t! You can’t! The only thing I will require in my nursing home is clean sheets, a steady supply of chocolate pudding, and this extremely stupid nonsense on repeat. Equally absurd: the turn of the phrase “high energy butt”, which I will immediately print on a t-shirt.

First of all, good news: Catherine’s biopsy was negative. No word yet on whether Meredith is still in the doghouse with Richard act he said biopsy without telling him about his wife’s condition, but we’ll see how they do whenever he’s next to town. But now for the bad news: As we learned last week, Mika Yasuda’s sister Chloe developed colon cancer at the tender age of 22 — and it’s aggressive. As Richard explains the side effects of Chloe’s upcoming radiation therapy, including possible reproductive problems, Micah begins to fall apart. It’s diabolical to find another way, any option that allows her sister to still have all the options in the world in front of her. She ran into Jules after the meeting, but no matter how much Jules tried to comfort her, Mika just hit her in return. It’s not a good time.

On the bright side, Helm is behind her travels in France, and I have to say, the annoying girl who just got back from a Eurotrip vibe is a lot of fun for her. Every time she finds a new way to squeeze random French phrases into her conversations, she exudes a little je ne sais quoi. And like any best friend, she immediately watches the flirtatious energy that develops between Schmidt and hospital chaplain James. These two are really perfect for each other. One minute, they’re arguing about which fictional spaceship they’d most like to command — the Starship Business or the Millennium Falcon (James is right, o Hawkit’s cooler) — and the next, they’re flopping into bed in James’ CB2-core apartment. Vulez-vush kutsher abek moiam i right

We have to pause here because… how do we all feel about James? On the one hand, I want to like this because Schmitt could really I use a win, but on the other hand, I’m skeptical. For starters, that speech he gave about the painting in his bedroom – the one he got while *angry sigh* traveling to Italy to recover from the pain of immersing himself in art museums – sounded a lot like the story Joey tells to relax. Friends. Of very poetic, very romantic, very perfect. More ominously, Schmitt finds what appears to be some sort of couple’s album on his coffee table. Do we think this is a secret husband? Is James just a chubby divorcee? Maybe it’s just a super cute friendship album? Weird and weirder, but maybe not in a good way.

As sparks fly between Levi and the possibly married priest, Bailey and Ben do their best to create a compelling case study in why couples should never work together in the same job – especially if one of them is a bit crazy Ben returns with the interns and is none too happy to realize that these babies are circling around him. Kwan calls him “Mr. Dr. Bailey’ behind his back, and he’s already grabbed the wrong scalpel for a procedure. Uncomfortable! Bailey, meanwhile, can’t stop herself from asking Simone to spy on her husband and see how he’s doing now that he’s back in medicine. Ostensibly, this is because he wants to make sure Ben gets an “objective” experience as a junior, but underneath this good intention, there’s also a wellspring of mistrust.

Simone’s extracurricular activities are not paying off. Instead, they backfire when her patient Darren, a high school teacher recovering from pneumonia, has an emergency while not seeing Ben. Ndugu’s orders to watch Darren were clear, and he is just almost ready to tear Simone apart when Miranda intervenes and takes him into another room to explain sadly why he waved Simone at her. Needless to say, Ndugu – who is currently breaking up with his former boss, Maggie – has some thoughts about why Miranda should leave Ben alone at work.

Bailey isn’t the only one whose relationship is strained at work. Owen and Teddy have reached that awful phase in a relationship where you wake up and realize it’s been three weeks since you had a real conversation. When they do we’re talking, it’s about work — and even then, it’s not going well. Word to the wise, Owen: Don’t imply to your wife that you understand her job better than she does just because you did it a decade ago. Maybe that’s why when he asks Teddy why any woman would take BBL, she gives him a long, Barbie-specific reason for gender norms, double standards and double standards and why actually it’s ours society that makes women want surgically enhanced asses. Well;! Ugh. They have some jobs for couples to do.

The history of the BBL is top notch of grey: Woman gets BBL. Woman falls to the ground. The woman develops necrotizing fasciitis through her incision, because of course it does. I swear, this show makes me afraid to leave my house. While Ben and Quan operate on her with Hunt, Ben gives Quan the opportunity to cut out some of the rotting tissue with him, which, in this show, is some Grade A male bonding. At this rate, he’ll hit the golf courses in no time. No more Mr. Dr. Bailey.

Really, though, this is Mika’s episode. She is overwhelmed by the anxiety of the older sister trying to help her sister, and because older sisters always do the work, she comes up with a solution: ovarian transplantation, which will temporarily move the ovaries out of radiation range to protect the reproductive Chloe’s system. Antenna! Chloe initially expects Micah to join her in the OR, until Micah disgustedly reminds her that as a relative, she can’t be there. Then at the last second, Jules shows up to save the day, walking into the OR just to hold Chloe’s hand because Mika can’t. It’s a beautiful moment, and the whole time all I could think was, Can they stand out again?! After surgery, Chloe thanks Mika for everything she’s done as a sister, which is enough to melt my heart, even (or maybe especially) as an only child. And because this is the second best internship ever, Mika’s friends all show up at the hospital room to leave a care package, flowers, and the news that they’ve taken Mika’s shifts for the next week so she can rest. Book my an OR now, because I’m in pieces!

• I seriously almost forgot that Jo and Link also have news: They’re having twins! As much as I love these two individually, I just can not I make myself invested in them as a couple, which is unfortunate, because clearly the show itself is all-in.

• What do we think will happen next week with Schmitt and that chopper from the season preview? All-out crash or a near-death experience? My money is on the latter. Who better to help him in this than, say, a dreamy priest who may or may not be sketchy?

• When do we think that woman from Owen’s past, Nora, will show up again? She first appeared a few weeks ago as a patient and Floriana Lima, who plays her, is is going to be repeated this season. Given the growing friction between Owen and Teddy, I have a feeling he’ll be walking through the doors of Gray Sloan any day now. Let’s hope this doesn’t end up being another torturous love triangle.