Spoiler Alert: They’re all misfits.
It seems there are two vital ingredients in this particular recipe.
That means we have abrand new roster of names to learn this season.
New interns, played by Harry Shum Jr., Adelaide Kane, Midori Francis.Liliane Lathan/ABC
Schmidt leaves Jo to beg for the chief resident job, which he’s granted.
Mika Yasuda (Midori Francis) is the sarcastic one who dabbles in dark humor.
There will be a test at the end of this recap, so pay attention.
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Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) shuts that thinking down quickly.
To quote Simone, “This just got real.”
One by one, Amelia checks, and Adams' patient is the first to be declared brain dead.
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Amelia teaches the residents how to break bad news to families on their first day.
Four of the five take the long journey down the hall to have the worst conversation possible.
She gets to scrub in!
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The heart is not viable when they bring up the young man’s chest.
Talk about emotional whiplash.
Mika’s patient was not declared brain dead, but the mother has difficulty believing her daughter will live.
Our dark intern softens and promises that she will hope for the mother.
Mika’s patient wakes up, melting Mika’s sarcastic heart.
Then you consider why they are all lingering, and you feel bad again.
It’s wonderful and noble.
If you don’t have that perspective, you’ll drown in sorrow.
Kwan and Adams welcome the advice and boldly ask Winston (Anthony Hill) if they can scrub in.
Winston agrees, then casually talks about how Nick hasn’t been around in six months.
Maggie sees Nick in the hallway gabbing with her husband and immediately rushes to Meredith’s office to report.
Do it, Meredith.
For the love of all things medical, BE WITH NICK.
Meredith abides, and it’s hella awkward.
She has to oversee the residents, and it would be a huge help.
My boy agrees, of course.
I assume this is Meredith’s way of flirting.
Or offering an olive branch in the form of a miracle surgery.
Prepare yourselves for the worst news ever.
Adams told the wrong mother that her son was brain dead.
It’s a triple organ transplant, which will never come around again.
We call this a huge, fat bummer.
Adams runs to stop the surgery, is berated by Meredith, and receives the wrath of Mrs. Collins.
Simone is on the scene since no one trusts Adams anymore.
Simone delivers the bad news to the correct Mrs. Collins, and she weeps.
Kwan steps in to give the woman some comfort.
His brother died, and his organs were donated.
He thinks about those families daily, which gives his brother’s death a purpose.
He just wanted the woman to feel better.
To the operating room!
It’s a big deal, and everyone is excited to see Nick perform the triple organ transplant.
Kwan and Simone are allowed inside to watch.
And Nick invites Adams as well.
Cut to Meredith and Amelia watching overhead.
They just heard this young man say the exact same phrase Derek used to say in the OR.
It turns out it’s not a coincidence.
Lucas Adams is Derek and Amelia’s nephew.
He’s a hot mess.
He doesn’t follow instructions.
He’s the black sheep of the family.
After an entire day, Sarah lives!
Her surgery is a success, and Meredith thinks Nick should be the residency director.
Nick is the best teacher she knows, and if he agrees, he will be in Seattle full-time.
After spending a quarter of a million dollars on legal fees, Owen can practice medicine again!
As long as he has a babysitter watching over him for the next six months.
Let’s bring back Teddy and Owen!
Are Alex and Izzie’s kids grown enough to intern yet?
What about Bailey’s oldest?
Surely he’s almost there, right?
I say bring them on!
