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That pig's name was Jackson! I hope he reprises his role too.

If HA fathered both Jackson and Meredith, they would be half-siblings. If he fathered Meredith only, Meredith would be Robert's half-sister and Jackson's aunt.

And his daughter's mother is doing his mother's ex.

As far as April knows, Jackson is still seeing Priya. He brought Priya to Maggie's house, so April probably thinks Maggie and Jackson are just friends now and that Maggie doesn't care who Jackson messes with.

When did he sleep with his ex?

Oh what if that's why she didn't clap back though, because April is the contest judge and she doesn't want to get on her bad side?

Same universe where Bailey and Meredith used to wise off to Chief Webber and Chief Hunt that way.

Wasn't the chapel scene her apologizing?

In the episode where Arizona told Carina that Sofia wanted to move home, she said she was 7. Like 8 episodes ago.

Not in this show. In this show those co-parenting relationships are seen as "toxic" and one parent has to be written out because there's no more story left for them. Like Callie.

Someone on Reddit yesterday posted a finale spoiler that said "Tragedy that no one sees coming. Character who dies is not April or Arizona." Or something like that. It was deleted. There was a similar finale spoiler posted to Reddit around this time last year that turned out to be accurate. Hopefully this will be too.

Correct, GA is no longer Shonda's show. She handed the reigns over to Krista and she's focusing her attention elsewhere. Look at Sarah, Jesse, Jessica or Kevin's Instagram feeds.

Very true. I felt like an ass when I heard about Caterina's situation bc I was a little hard on her character last season, not realizing the character's fear was playing out as a reality for the woman who portrays her. That's something that might have actually brought her and Sarah closer together – bc of the trauma Sarah went through with her own pregnancy during the Samuel storyline. Otherwise I think Amelia would be a fair guess. I don't remember which episode it was when she ran away from Owen but I think she was mostly low-key in 13A and was the "good sister" to Maggie when Meredith was being shady, so viewer feedback could've been "indifference" in late 2016 focus groups. It's strange that they didn't give her a real redemption arc though if changing viewer sentiment was a big priority for the actress. The way it played out, she was the villain in Owen's story and the tumor didn't really change that. Editing to add that it's weird that April and Amelia almost never share scenes. It's been 3 and a half seasons and they've never really interacted. I wonder why. If it weren't for the happy IG posts of Sarah and Caterina I might suspect tension between the actresses but they both seem really chill. It's a shame we won't get to see them become friends.

Maybe findings from the focus groups were the reason they brought back Krista in the first place? Or maybe they were already in talks with her (starting 4-5 months before making the announcement would make sense in other parts of the business world) and used the focus groups to support their decision?

The actress who plays Amelia was pregnant and on maternity leave, AND the baby she was pregnant with and gave birth to during the season has downs syndrome. That's a LOT of personal drama for her to deal with and her limited screen time and weird storyline execution reflected that. I dunno how much energy she'd have left for professional jealousy. Anddd she directed all six B-Team Web Series episodes. She is a force!

The post says the meetings were in late 2016 and early 2017, which would be after 13x09 aired. Maggie was portrayed as really childish during those first 9 episodes, making mountains out of molehills, butting in on stuff that wasn't her business, the junior high crush on Riggs/weird love triangle thing, couldn't accept negative feedback about her shortcomings as a teacher, acting entitled to Meredith's time and attention, etc. and that childishness was intended to be endearing but turned off a lot of viewers. The post doesn't say when the focus groups were held but if they used the findings to inform decisions then the second round was prob conducted in late 2016, after Maggie had started to grate, which would produce negative reactions. The first round was prob conducted over the summer, after season 12, when Maggie was just there in the background, which would produce audience indifference. Maggie makes a lot of sense here. Jo ended season 12 with the reveal that she was already married and was on the run from an abusive ex, so focus group round 1 should not have found audience indifference. She had the big cliffhanger and people were interested in finally getting answers about her back story. By 13x09, the Alex/DeLuca situation was dragging but we learned that Jo Wilson wasn't Jo's real name and people were still tuning in to find out how that storyline would be resolved, and people were shipping her with DeLuca, so the second round of focus groups should have shown mixed audience reactions. Some viewers were sympathetic and intrigued, other viewers were fed up with her hole-filled back story, others speculated that she was a lying sociopath. Integrating her with the cast wouldn't have fixed any of the negative issues, getting rid of her would have been easy, and I can't think of any quota they'd need her to fill other than being an "international" actor but they already had Kevin, Caterina and Giacomo covering that area. I don't think she fits the clues but Maggie def does.

Sarah said after Personal Jesus in either her TVLine interview or in her #AskSarah Twitter session that she pitched the crisis of faith storyline to Krista, including bringing Matthew back to set it off. I can try to find it if you're interested.

And Stephanie's sickle cell anemia backstory was pitched by Jerrika, based off of her cousin's experience.

Mid-30s.

People say the same thing about Jackson being too hot for April. And too good for her in general, with him being rich and cultured and her being a working class farm girl. There are a lot of shallow and snobby people. There are a lot of racist people. And there's probably a good bit of overlap between the two.

Didn't they already do this with Alex, Jo and April during the HoCoPro episode at the beginning of the season, minus the flashbacks?

Was that after his character had already been killed off on-screen though?

According to Sarah's most recent tweet, today was her first day shooting. So by "accommodating her filming schedule" they mean "beginning today and going forward."

HTGAWM got cancelled???

We've seen this before so many times in Shondaland.