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I finally watched and hated it. I was someone who liked Izzie and was a major Alex and Izzie fan. Had Alex left a year after Izzie and had a similar send off I probably would have liked it. Now all these years have passed. Alex has grown so much and I believed he found love with Jo. As many other people have already said I definitely think Alex would want a relationship with his children once he found out they existed. I don't buy that he would take off on Jo, lie to her for weeks (months?) by not telling her where he was, ignore her then just ditch her via a letter. He married her twice, the last time just a few months prior. Facetime, Skype, etc. exist. There is no excuse for Jo to get the same goodbye as Webber, Bailey & Meredith. At the bare minimum he could have had a face to face over the internet with his wife. We wouldn't have needed to see him, we could have seen Jo with the phone/tablet in front of her while she and Alex spoke. It would have required no more of Justin, still just voice work. I'm out. People above have said that only The Sun will get a decent ending & I agree.

I'd like to point out that Justin's sleep disorder issues were in January 2008. I cannot recall it ever being mentioned as an issue again during the past 12 years. I also cannot recall any issues between he & anyone on the show being reported on. I obviously don't know him & I have no idea why he exited the show but I am inclined to think its not something that has been there since 2008.

But there were options! There were several at the beginning. It's just lazy writing that we ended up with ghosting everyone or death. They could have said he got a new awesome job offer elsewhere. Since Catherine bought Pac North and he got fired from Grey Sloan previously, it would only make sense that Alex would finally want to escape the Seattle doctor mess. And since they started this story by saying Alex was visiting his mom, they could have said he decided to move back to Iowa to take care of her. Either way he and Jo could have tried a long distance relationship for a while and then they could have said it didn't work out, if they wanted to keep Jo around. It's solely the writers' fault that this turned out the way that it did. In fact, it looks to me like viewers wanting Alex dead is exactly what the writers were aiming for. What else am I to make of the fact that neither his wife Jo nor his best friend Meredith were worried for even a second that something terrible could have happened to him? Cheating/leaving are the only possibilities the viewers heard over the last 4-5 weeks, so now they've had plenty of time to come to the conclusion that death is the better option. But that's not me. The only thing I want out of this is for Alex to come out of this alive. 100% with you. Alex's mom gave them a setup. I mentioned in the episode thread that they could have had Jo & Alex talking then sent her off for a few episodes (they could still pay CL) to join him. Time jump a few months, Jo returns, Alex stays in Iowa. The marriage ending and Alex feeling he needed to stay with his mother/had a new job explains why he doesn't return to Seattle for goodbyes. Frees Jo up for future storylines quickly because she's not mourning his death, doesn't shred Alex's character by having him abandon her & he lives. Now, if they kill him off, we'll have another female character having to move on after her husband dies. We've been watching that storyline front & center since Patrick left. Jo's storyline will feel repetitive. People may want Alex dead and want Jo to get the rehashed Meredith story but I am not among them. Jo just fought her way through a breakdown & became an attending. She seemed to want a baby. Instead of another grieving widow I would rather watch Jo coming out stronger and moving on. Maybe Grey's could even do a storyline they have never done before - a planned pregnancy, lol.

I finally got around to watching. Bailey bringing the boy home without even talking to Ben first was predictable & a bit ridiculous but I still thought it was a decent story for her. Its gives her someone to mother without having another pregnancy or the need to explain who is watching a child. She can have story here and there with him no problem. Not a real intern was more interesting than most of the interns and definitely a far better actress than whoever plays Nico. I fully can understand that Seattle would be hampered by 6 inches of snow but Deluca walking 6 miles without even gloves was still ridiculous. Half the population has SUVS with 4 wheel drive. Many of those can drive through 6 inches of snow. Even if they went turtle speed, it was 3 miles each way. I love you. I know Justin left them unexpectedly but writers should be able to come up with something, even if not perfect. They could have had Jo move away then return 5 episodes later (suck it up and pay CL anyway) with a small time jump. They have done time jumps many times before to accommodate Derek dying, etc. The marriage not working out wouldn't have to shred either character and could allow Camilla to remain on the show and give Jo a path forwards without there being yet another death.

I doubt they'll put much more thought or time into Alex's exit. My guess is that they'll leave him in Iowa then after time passes have Jo say that he's staying due to his mother/brother/sister. Time has passed, they've grown apart & they split. Amelia's baby will be Owen's leaving Link free to be paired with Jo after she leans on him as she's dealing with separating from Alex. The barely wrote a storyline for Alex when Justin was on the show every week. Can't imagine they'd bother now. They will make it about Jo moving on.

I liked this episode. I was happy to see Alex being a competent doctor even though they are really leaning into the other hospital being a hole. I hope he stays there and turns it around. I liked he & Jo and was relieved when her pregnancy announcement was a joke. There's plenty of babies already. It was nice of Meredith to help the woman but could she not spend 10 minutes with her kids before calling the lawyer? I also think it was a wasted opportunity to have DeLuca talk to Zola about her father. It should have been Meredith. If not her it should have been Amelia. Even Richard or Bailey would have been better because they had a relationship with Derek. I'm not sure I can take months and months of weepy Bailey.

I thought it was pretty good. I liked it more than quite a few episodes last year so there's that. I'm an Alex and Jolex fan so I was happy to have scenes with them. I've learned to expect nothing in regards for screen time with them so when it happens its a nice surprise. Glad Maggie & Jackson are done. Looking forward to Richard & Alex working together for awhile. I'm sure Grey Sloan will buy the other hospital & it will be short lived but something different & a change of scenery could be nice. I was glad to at least have a mention of Meredith's license being reviewed. This would be her second time committing fraud but I can't remember if Derek took the whole fall for her. Probably wouldn't matter anyway. I fully expect her to save a busload of orphans by performing surgery with her feet on the side of the road so that she can be hailed & exonerated. Again we have a woman who apparently struggles with the concept of birth control. I'm not entirely convinced that Ameila is pregnant. There was no test to confirm unless I missed it. I think Linc's cancer was prepuberty so probably not an issue, but was there anything mentioned in regards to his ability to have children after cancer treatments? The only thing I can remember is that he was really young. Teddy/Owen. Owen talking about milking a woman. The writers must truly want people to hate him. I'm guessing the baby will end up with Meredith's children in the black hole & trotted out for the baby to be sick or Teddy to be freaking out about being a mother. Yawn to both, been there done that.

I don't think it will be either of these. Sandra has pretty much said she's not returning in interviews. Katherine is starring in a Netflix show that should be starting production soon so I doubt its her (plus all the baggage). It could be one of Derek's sisters.

Guesses: Teddy or the baby need heart surgery & Maggie is stuck in the fog. If they want a big cliff, Maggie & Jackson go off the road while whoever needs the surgery hangs in the balance. Other: Jo takes off, Amelia & Link have some fun moments & something with Meredith.

I'm looking forward to this episode. I always wanted Amelia scenes with Amelia, Derek & the rest of their family.

I am a fan of Jo and Jolex. I'm happy Jo is getting storyline but her speech in this episode felt like it was carefully constructed just to set up the plot of Jo taking off. Finding out what happened with her mother being raped would cause her pain & would be something she needs time to process and work through. I can even get Jo not being ready to talk to Alex about it yet. But I won't buy Jo taking off from Alex at this point in her life. The partner going to a friend to talk to their SO is a go to for this show but I didn't mind Alex going to Linc to talk to Jo. I like that Alex doesn't feel threatened or jealous of Jo & Linc's friendship. I'd like to see Alex and Linc form a friendship going forward. Its almost always been Jo having to mix with his friends so this is a nice change. Jo should have gone to therapy years ago! I'd love to see it happen now but it looks like Owen is going and in Grey's world I don't think we'll see 2 characters going at the same time. I'm with you but in EW a couple weeks back Krista declared DeLuca the leading man. So it seems that we'll be seeing way more of this. Guess DeLuca won't be a fun fling but instead probably be her big relationship after Derek. I'm glad I don't care who she ends up with.

Ha, for real! We're left with male triplets that Meredith forgot Ellis had when she was 10 at this point. It can't be pregnancy so my guess is something related to Derek's sisters and/or mother since we know they will be making an appearance. There's been no mention of her staying in touch or keeping them in the kid's lives so I can see a repeat of her being stressed that Derek's mother may be coming. I wonder what the trigger to get him to go will be. All of them need therapy but any that actually go generally have been driven there by some event. I really hope its not the baby dying or something really tragic. I'm interested in this one. I'm very interested in Jo but I think the last episode made it obvious Jo is going to have a hard time through the rest of the season so the description doesn't add much.

Add me to the list of people who thinks that Jo is the product of rape. If that is it I hope its left at that, no reason for her to then go looking for her father. while watching her best friend operate on her husband with his gunman holding a gun to her friend's head. Also, her stepmother died of hiccups & her father blamed her then hit her, she donated her liver, her husband moved to DC & her best friend left . Oh, and her dog died. I'm pretty sure there's more. That is why I disagree that Jo getting a dramatic story about her bio mother is too much on a character. So many of the characters have a lot on them. They don't appear interested in giving Jo or Alex storyline other than a dramatic episode or two so I'll take it. Alex's mother should have been a much bigger story & she smelled fire & knitted a hat for Bailey so we'll have to see how this even turns out.

I was pretty excited that Jo was getting an episode until I read Teddy will be all over it. I wish it was Alex. We're going to meet the last Shepherd sister. In reading the comments someone speculated that Kate could be the Kate Jackson mentioned from the support group. Kate lost a brother. I'm assuming she will be part of Amelia's upcoming big episode. https://tvline.com/2019/02/07/greys-anatomy-kathleen-shepherd-season-15-cast-dereks-sister/

I agree. I also think Koracik has great chemistry with just about everyone. He's a great addition to the cast. I'm a Jolex fan so I'm pleased with them being together (storyline would be nice) but I feel like they got most of the other couples wrong. I know each has plenty of fans but for me I think different combinations would have worked better. I remember when DeLuca first appeared there were tons of comments on how much he resembled Derek. I agreed. I think its a big miss in not making him a Shepherd. He could have been a nephew of Derek's. That would have given him built in family ties to Meredith, Amelia and by extension Maggie, Richard, Katherine & Jackson. They could have left him with Maggie or paired him up down the road. Meredith has better chemistry with Koracick, Owen, Jackson and even Linc. If they really wanted Meredith to be with a much younger guy they should have left Maggie with DeLuca and paired her up with Jackson. They both have children, powerful surgeons as mothers and have both been married so there's common ground. Amelia and Owen have been back and forth for so many years I honestly have been done for years. I think its a given that Owen will lose Leo right around the time Teddy has her baby. So pair them back up. Free up no longer has a brain tumor Amelia for Linc or Koracick. The episode bored me. I felt bad for coma lady but I felt like it was obvious from the start that she wasn't going to make it. So instead my mind wandered and I sat there thinking how to redo the pairings. Ha,