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Greys Anatomyis not afraid to take on the heavy subject matter in 2018.
The focus of this episode is very much April Kepners crisis of faith (she even gets voice-over duty!
These stories deserve to stand on their own, is all Im saying.
Did we really thinkGreyswould put Alex through more legal trouble?
I mean, maybe.
And no, Jenny doesnt turn them in either.
She genuinely thinks Jo hit Paul, but she isnt angry.
They get word that Paul has suffered a concussion, but hell be fine.
And so, Jo and Jenny finish that heart-to-heart they began last week.
Jenny apologizes to Jo because Jo was right she fell for Pauls act, too.
She feels stupid and is in disbelief that she couldve let herself get into this throw in of relationship.
But Jo understands because Paul was charming and persuasive.
The good outweighed the bad, until it didnt, she says.
It cant be understated how important it is to have this exact conversation on television.
Jenny, with Jo and Meredith at her side, tells Paul that shes reporting him to the cops.
We get to see his entire villainous routine play out in real time.
First, he tries to win Jenny over with compliments and charm.
Then he tells her shes crazy.
Then he lunges for her.
Its the last time Paul will ever threaten Jenny, or anyone else for that matter.
Because he hits his head and goes brain dead.
She laughs until she cries when she realizes this cosmic joke.
And now they are free.
On the opposite end of the relief spectrum is April Kepner.
April gets four messages to test her faith, too.
Hes back, guys!
And he is not happy to see that April is the one delivering his wifes baby.
Its about as awkward as it gets.
But I was pleasantly surprised to see Matthew.
Of course, kind Matthew isnt mean about it.
Matthew believes that God took something painful and turned it into something beautiful.
April has to stand there in silence while being reminded of all the pain shes suffered.
But at least Matthew has Karen, and now their baby.
Until, that is, Karens blood pressure spikes and she starts bleeding out in Arizonas OR.
The second of Aprils messages arrives in a 12-year-old gunshot victim named Eric.
He was shot by police as he was climbing through the window of a house.
It turns out that it was his own house and he forgot his keys.
He was shot because he is black.
Bailey and Jackson are his doctors, and they are angry.
Angry that the police refuse to admit their bias and merely claim, We were just doing our job.
Angry that this is the norm.
Bailey and Ben recognize that they need to have the talk with 13-year-old Tuck, something theyve been dreading.
This version of the talk is yet another important conversation that needs to be seen on television.
He needs to be polite, clearly state what hes doing, and never, ever run.
They arent trying to scare him, and they arent trying to say theres something wrong with him.
They are trying to keep their perfect, beautiful son safe.
The juxtaposition of the two is heartbreaking.
Back in the OR, Eric, like Karen, seems okay until things unexpectedly go wrong.
Again, April wants to help, but Bailey and Jackson dont need her help.
Again, she is useless.
April cant do anything to stop Eric, an innocent kid, from dying.
She cant do anything to stop Karen from dying either, or Matthew from feeling that terrible pain.
If there wasnt so much tragedy going on in Grey Sloan, this story line would be a hoot.
Instead, David ends up getting into a heated discussion with April about the Bible.
People dont go chopping babies in half!
Its been a day full of losses and injustice, and its been too much even for her.
She wants to know how God could possibly let all this suffering happen.
She looks numb as she knocks back a drink.
And she looks more numb as she stands in the shower with a hot intern she hooked up with.
Aprils faith has been tested and now it is gone.
Have we ever seen dark April before?
This is new territory forGreys Anatomy.
