Sophia Bush Makes Grey’s Anatomy Debut — Who Did Dr. Cass Beckman Kiss?
Not only did primetime mainstay Sophia Bush make her Grey's Anatomy debut in Thursday's episode, but Simone dropped the "L" word on Lucas, and, under Bailey's watchful eye, Schmitt spent his first night as an attending. How'd he fare? Read on...
'NEXT TIME, I'' | As "Night Moves" began, Owen and Teddy, eating out ahead of their scheduled nookie, met up with Grey Sloan colleague David Beckman and his wife Cass (Bush), a Seattle Pres trauma surgeon. Immediately, Owen and David were called back to work, leaving their wives behind to enjoy dinner. Tensions were running high at Jo and Link's, even more so once he had to make a U-ey to the hospital. Though Mika and Jules had agreed not to pursue a relationship just then, Millin kept scoring points with Chloe, if not Yasuda. (But let's be real — her, too.) Monica congratulated Levi on getting a research position with a Dr. Wilkinson in Texas — which she hastened to add was not a guarantee of his then getting a peds fellowship. As Lucas stepped into the elevator, Simone said without thinking about what she was doing, "Love you." Ack! And the doors closed before he could say it back — a point of great amusement for Blue. Aaand Winston took off to pick up a new lung for music teacher Mr. Reilly.
Shortly, Levi was called in to Richard and Bailey's offices, where they offered him an attending job with a healthy paycheck to compete with his Wilkinson option. "I'm not sure what to say," he said. Maybe he should try out being an attending — that very evening, Bailey suggested, on her service. Taryn was green with envy. In the blink of an eye, her bestie had gotten a boyfriend and not one but two offers. "Whatever's in this rig," Bailey told Schmitt as ambulances started pulling in, "we are following your lead." On tap were a goofy young couple named Joannie and Vaughan, the latter of whom had been... eesh. Impaled in the side as if he was a vampire that somebody with really bad aim had tried to stake through the heart.
| Before Cass and Teddy had even ordered dinner, they decided to ditch the fancy restaurant and go for fries. In no time, Altman had admitted to her new friend that she and Owen were now scheduling sex, things were so fraught between them. Eh, no big, Cass replied. She and David had been through the same thing. What had saved their marriage was making it an open one — with rules, of course. Oh, and a hot tennis player. (That never hurts.) "I haven't had this much fun in a long time," Cass said, resting her hand on Teddy's wrist... and then, oh hi, kissing her. "Me and Owen, it's closed, very closed," Teddy said before quickly excusing herself to go home.
At Link and Jo's, Amelia showed up to bail out an overwhelmed Wilson. Or, as Amelia put it, "I just want to take care of my sick kid"... right as Scout puked up on her. Little by little, Jo admitted that she was struggling. Who wouldn't be? When Luna had woken up sick, she'd asked for her daycare teacher, not her mom. Luna wouldn't remember any of that, Amelia assured her. But Jo couldn't be consoled. If it was this hard now, what would it be like when she and Link had not one but two more?!? Later, Jo shared that she really wanted a big family for Luna but was aware that it would be hard at the beginning... and middle. Where is Link in all of this? Amelia asked. Jo confessed that they hadn't been in a great place lately, at which point Amelia shared that, even when she was with him, she'd thought that he'd wanted to be with Jo.
'LET'' | Soon, Link and Monica learned from Joanie that boyfriend Vaughan was an ace air guitarist. What he wasn't great at was maintaining his blood pressure. Not to fear, Levi leapt into action to save him. In the O.R., Schmitt was large and in charge. Even at a crisis point, he rose to the occasion with a confidence that showed just how far he'd come from his days as "Glasses." "Beats the hell out of research," doesn't it, Miranda pointed out. "I saved a man's kidney," Levi told James post-surgery. What's more, he was starting to think that there was more for him in Seattle than Texas — including a certain nice guy. But then the little girl that he helped last week gave Levi a thank-you card, and he had to re-rethink everything.
In other developments, Mika admitted to Jules that every time she tried to sleep, she saw worst-case scenarios play out for Chloe. Just then, Mr. Reilly's pump failed and required manually cranking... for the next 12 hours. Yasuda would do it, she insisted, even as tired as she was. "I am singlehandedly keeping this guy alive. What's better than that?" No sooner had the new pump arrived than Mr. Reilly started... convulsing? Whatever it was, it wasn't good. He was about to code. Winston tried to give instructions over the phone, but he kept cutting out. Mika wouldn't wait and risk Mr. Reilly's life. Thankfully, her fast action stabilized the patient. To Jules' credit, she gave Mika credit for what she'd done and got her a spot in the surgery Winston was then performing. Unfortunately, this meant that the would-be girlfriends had to take a rain check on the kissing that they were dying to do.
'GO MAKE US PROUD' | As the hour drew to a close, Winston and Mika transplanted a new lung into Mr. Reilly's chest — successfully, it bears mentioning. (So... many... staples.) The following morning, Richard congratulated Levi on his heroism. "But my love is peds," Schmitt told Webber and Bailey. "When I save a kid, I'm not just saving a life, I'm saving a lifetime." That being the case, he accepted the research position in Texas. When Link got home, Jo told him that she knew this wasn't what he wanted. "What if you leave me? Everyone else has. I don't want to do this alone." Link didn't take it well and was upset that she'd lumped him in with all the losers who'd disappointed her. When Teddy disclosed to Owen that Cass had kissed her, he took it... oh, jeez. In the most Owen way possible. (Break up already!) Blue came thisclose to reaching out to his ex-fiancée. Simone reaffirmed to Lucas that she loved him. "You don't have to say it back," she assured him. Good news: He loved her, too. Levi shocked Helm s—tless by revealing that he'd taken the job in Texas. She hadn't taken the residency at Grey Sloan to make friends and had wound up finding a bestie. "These are happy tears," she insisted. "You're following your dream... or whatever." Good luck telling James. As Mika drove Chloe home from the hospital, the sleep-deprived resident dozed off and aw, crap! They were in an accident. Is Mika about to be the show's latest casualty?!?
