Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 Episode 12 Brings an Issue Seasons in the Making

Critic’s Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

2.5

There are elements of Grey’s Anatomy that feel like the earlier days, and this episode brings one of them in.

We follow up with one of the main medical storylines from Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 Episode 11, making it clear that not all medical emergencies are solved within a day.

Meanwhile, Amelia continues to dig herself a hole, and it just makes me wish the writers could find something else for her in terms of story. Let’s get stuck in!

Too Many Bosses Create a Problem

During Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 Episode 11, Teddy and Winston argued over whether to do a T-Bar or the aorta operation that they pioneered.

In the end, Teddy took control and opted for the T-Bar, and, unsurprisingly, we learned it was the wrong choice.

This is where we pick up during Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 Episode 12. Teddy admits she made a mistake and needs Winston’s help.

There are times that I really love Winston’s insights into a medical situation, but there are times that he’s frustratingly smug.

This is one of those times when he’s smug, and there’s no need for it. I get that he’s frustrated, but doesn’t he see that Teddy is kicking herself?

She needs a solution and not to be beaten down anymore!

Fortunately, Winston eventually realizes what Teddy needs. 

While it definitely works out, there’s still a problem.

This problem isn’t necessarily with Winston or even Teddy. Their personalities haven’t changed throughout the seasons.

Instead, it comes down to a lack of a clear command structure in the hospital since Webber and then Hunt stepped down as Chief.

Lines between the ranks are blurring.

It’s hard to tell who is actually in charge in the cardio department, and this is something Grey’s Anatomy needs to figure out.

We Don’t Need Problematic Women

One character that is just starting to get frustrating in Mohanty. 

What is the point in her role, except to sleep with Blue and get jealous of the younger female residents? As it’s only ever the women she seems to have an issue with.

She’s quick to order Jules around even before their shifts at the hospital, and then she gets hurt when Jules shows what medicine is really about.

There’s one thing being good at surgery, and if that’s what matters to a doctor, then great.

Plenty of surgeons don’t care about bedside manner or being liked by their peers.

However, Mohanty seems to want it both ways. She wants to be liked by patients and her teachers, while also being a colder doctor focused on her skills.

On top of that, she’s a hypocrite. She’s so insecure that another doctor will take her place that she’s competing with a second-year, even though they’re not in the same race.

Is it Jules, specifically? Part of me feels like Mohanty is projecting her insecurities about her relationship with Blue.

She just told Blue she didn’t want anything serious, but she’s always been thrown off by Jules’ friendship with him.

I don’t think she knows that Jules and Blue used to be together, but she clearly knows. And yes, a woman knows when a female friend and her beau have hooked up, but she just needs to come out with it.

This jealous act is hitting all the wrong ways.

I will give Jules her due by the end of the episode, though. 

As Toni berates them for a mistake in the OR, Jules is quick to point out that everything looked good before they left the first time.

However, I don’t see this ending well for her. Mohanty is sure to see this as a way to get Jules out of the way.

Her telling Jules about the M&M that will happen is a clear sign that she’s been through something like this before. After all, Jules had no idea what the process would be after the incident.

Just how many issues has Mohanty caused in the past, and does this explain her insecurities and jealousy?

We don’t need women like this. It’s time to stop peaking in high school!

Grey’s Anatomy Needs to Give Characters Time to Breathe

The more I see Bryant on Grey’s Anatomy, the more I like him.

It’s clear that he has a deeper backstory, and the show is only just scratching the surface.

He connected so amazingly with the patient with autism just a few episodes ago, and now he clearly noticed that there was something going on with his patient’s brother.

The problem is that when there is an arc involving him, it’s usually all about Simone and his romance with her.

This is where Grey’s Anatomy has lost its spark.

Sure, we had a lot of arcs that involved romances in the past. We all remember Meredith and Derek, Cristina and Burke, and Lexie and Sloan, but they didn’t completely take over the personal arcs.

We got to see how the couples would work together, while also delivering other interpersonal relationships.

Bryant has hardly interacted with other second-years at the hospital, except with Lucas, when it was to create a potential love triangle.

He is involved in a medical case in every episode, yet we don’t get to see how much he’s learning.

What doesn’t help is the number of characters now on the series, making it impossible to give each character their time to shine.

As Amelia left, all the focus moved onto Link, Jo, Teddy, and Owen, but this could have been the perfect time to focus more on Bryant and introduce him and the other new interns.

Now that Amelia is back, the focus is back on her, and not in a good way.

Yet again, all the focus is on her love life — and a rushed one, at that!

She’s slept with Toni once, and she’s already talking about “seeing someone” and “telling people you’re seeing you have kids.”

Why isn’t she learning, which is something I asked while watching Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 Episode 11? I wouldn’t mind it as much if she learned not to rush into relationships so much!

The Juxtaposition of Marriages

One great thing that came from this is getting an older version of Bailey, the one who would do everything she could to help her patients.

During the previous episode, Lucas called Bailey out for her lack of care about Katie, but we all know Bailey isn’t like that.

Well, during Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 Episode 12, we get to see just how much she cares. Katie is all that she’s currently thinking about, which is how her obsessions grow.

Ben knows her, though, giving us a chance to see more of this power couple.

Of course, there’s an element of Ben trying to get in with Toni, and Bailey realizing just how much work she has to do to help her husband, but this is more about seeing husband and wife working together in a way we don’t usually get to.

Bailey was a little eye-rollingly frustrating, pushing her praise for her husband — and it was easy to see through it — but it is always fun to see a healthy, positive marriage in the hospital.

In contrast, we see Jo and Link arguing yet again.

I would like to see the two of them become like Bailey and Ben, but their current arc is important. It’s an argument that so many parents have.

Parenting newborns is hard. They don’t always sleep, and you can’t tell what they need. Everything becomes frustrating and tiring.

All new parents deserve a break, but Link went about it in the completely wrong way. Jo has every right to be angry that he goes to his old house to escape the noise.

When does Jo get away? 

It’s human nature to focus on your own needs, and many new parents do. It doesn’t make it right, but it does make it understandable.

This type of storyline is going to be important to help make Link and Jo a stronger couple, and that’s the way I hope Grey’s Anatomy goes.

Strong marriages are about good communication, and that’s what Bailey and Ben have. It just didn’t come easy.

Now Link and Jo are where Ben and Bailey were years earlier. 

There is hope, as long as Grey’s Anatomy wants another happy couple. 

Of course, with the show’s history, that never seems to be the case, but the fact that they both apologize to each other and discuss the matter offers hope.

In the end, I feel like we’ve seen this story all before. 

Every now and then, Grey’s Anatomy captures what made us fall in love with it at the start, but then loses it with more relationship drama than medical drama.

This could be a sign that it’s time for it to end. It’s definitely a sign that it’s time to cut down the cast.

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