Grey’s Anatomy: Amelia Steps Up
Well Grey’s Anatomy has done it again. After ten years and countless episodes they still manage to put out exceptional episodes that pull our emotions in all different directions.
In this week’s episode entitled “Staring at the End,” we watched Amelia prepare for Nicole’s surgery. Amelia has always been one of my favourite characters and Caterina Scorsone has always impressed me with her performances, but this week took things to another level. I was blown away. Watching Amelia struggle through finding the best methods to remove Nicole’s tumor was torturous but when she stood up on that stage to explain the procedure she gave me goosebumps. The confidence that she showed standing up there in front of all her colleagues really surprised me.
Amelia is an excellent surgeon but she has always been a little uncertain of herself. She knows that because of her past and because of who her brother is that many of her colleagues still question her abilities and it was great to see her finally take a stand for her self. She refused to ask for help. She knew she could do this on her own. Next week we will see the surgery and likely its outcome, which I’m hoping is good for once. After all the heartbreaks we’ve been watching lately Grey’s needs some happiness to balance things out. I think that a failure would crush Amelia and I really don’t want to see her character take another downward turn. This week showed huge growth for her character and I can’t wait to see where she takes it from here.
On the flip side, Grey’s Anatomy did something that I never thought possible. They made me like and genuinely care about a character that just a few weeks ago I couldn’t have cared less about. Geena Davis’s introduction into the show has been a little rough for me. They threw her right in the middle of a fairly major story arc and just expected us to care for her character. Up until now I was pretty indifferent to her, but that’s definitely no longer the case.
Watching Nicole get strapped down on that table for her radiation treatments and reach out for Arizona’s hand was heartbreaking. We’ve seen her be so tough and almost heartless throughout this whole experience but in that moment we saw that there really was a person in there. It’s understandable that after everything she has been through that she doesn’t want to get her hopes up again and it’s really quite impressive that she was able to push on and continue to teach Arizona as much as she did. The incessant pushing and challenging that she did to Arizona seemed a bit excessive but look at what she was able to accomplish in such a short time. She knew exactly what needed to be done and she did it. Geena Davis did an excellent job as Nicole and I’m really looking forward to seeing her in future episodes.
Extra “Grey’s”
- Did anyone else want to smack Callie when she stood up and asked Amelia if Derrick was coming to help her and if she thought it was a good idea for her to be doing the surgery by herself? I know I sure did. That comment could not have been any more disrespectful. I get that Callie is going through a lot with her and Arizona splitting up but seriously? That was just plain rude!
- I can’t imagine how terrifying it must be to be snapped into that plastic mold that held Nicole’s head in place for her radiation treatments. It must be horrible for patients to go through that every time they have treatments done.
- What exactly did Amelia mean when she said “life will out?” Am I the only one that didn’t understand the meaning to that statement? Help me out here.
- How awkward were Amelia and Owen this week? Yikes! I do love these two together though and I hope that they can get past this awkward stage and move on with their relationship.
- Isn’t it chemo and not radiation that makes your hair fall out? Am I wrong on this or is it yet another medical error being made on Grey’s Anatomy?
What did you think about this week’s episodes? Were you as impressed as I was with both Amelia and Nicole this week? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
Grey’s Anatomy airs Thursdays at 7 p.m. ET on CTV and at 8 p.m. on ABC.
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“Life will out…”
I’ve heard it in a Doctor Who episode, and one of the Lord of The Rings films.
It means life will always find a way to continue itself. Someone else mentioned it was spoken in the Spielberg movie, Jurassic Park, and it is quoted several time on the interwebs. It seems too poetic to have been invented by a scriptwriter. It’s possible that Michael Crichton originated it in the novel, Jurassic Park. But there are other, older uses…
My guess, it’s an old English saying and it may be difficult to find an attribution?
A Joseph Campbell site discussion forum had this statement posted: “Your existence is an expression of a cosmic law that says ‘life will out’. ”
http://www.jcf.org/forum/viewtopic.php?topic=64&forum=27&start=30&44 (good luck busting through the pay wall) 😉
There is a poetic use pattern, too, it seems to follow “Murder will out” (“Mordre wol out”) from Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Prioress’s Tale”, from Canterbury Tales, ca. 1387. So mayhaps the phrase really does date back?
I hear it more often in tv, film & books from the UK, NZ and AU…so I’m betting it’s rooted in ye olde Queens English.
So, there ya go. And btw, yes, it was impressive to watch Amelia step out of the shadow of Brother McDreamy and really own her place. Proof that, regardless of major characters leaving the show, “‘Grey’s’ will out”?
I think so!
I didn’t get the “Life will out” thing either.
I totally agree with you about Callie. When she stood up, & asked about Derek, I turned to my husband & said, “That wasn’t very nice. She had no business saying that.”
As per Ruby Red’s explanation that “life will out” means that life will always find a way to continue itself, I just hope that doesn’t mean that Nicole is going to die, but that endangered babies will continue to live because she taught Arizona how to save them.
And yes, it is chemo that makes one’s hair fall out, & gives one nausea. Radiation has little to no side effects.
Actually, focal radiotherapy to the brain can cause the hair to fall out. Herrmann has a brain tumor and received that kind of specific radiation. Treatment anywhere else on the body will generally NOT cause hair loss (on the head).
Amazing episode!
Life will out came from Shakespeare “truth will out” meaning truth always wins over lies.
Therefore life will out means that life is always fighting to win when it faces a challenge. I.e. You don’t see people in life threatening situations stand still and wait for death, if you are in a car accident for example. You will always fight for your life and try to survive
Hey,
The ‘life will out’ thing was from back in the day when amy was on private practice 😀
The episode her baby died was a catalyst for her personal growth and its just become her mantra over the series.
Greys anatomy is also severly messed up tbh. My favorite show ever but I cant deal anymore.
Amelia is a neurosurgeon and her baby is born with no brain, Derek is also a neurosurgeon and is declared brain dead. I just cant!
Life will out basically means life will always find its way to balance eachother out. Its benn mentioned that because they like to play god they were subjexted to harsher dealings on the show. I dont believe this because I adore the siblings.
Life will out basically means that no matter what’s happening, good or bad, and the problems you’re going through life will always be able to find a way out of it. So to me it’s saying no matter what the problem is there are always ways to get out of it and that you can do something even if you don’t think you can and life just keeps going on.