Grey’s Anatomy Season 18 – TV Series

Episodes 01

“Here Comes the Sun”

As she ponders what to do with her life after surviving COVID-19, Meredith travels to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota to attend the opening of a library dedicated to her mother. While there, she reconnects with Dr. Nick Marsh, whom she treated years ago. Dr. David Hamilton, a former colleague of her mother’s, reveals his plan to open up a state-of-the-art research center dedicated to curing Parkinson’s disease, with Meredith as the project’s public face to attract talent. After his youngest son’s panic attacks, Hayes connects with Bailey as they interview candidates to replace Jackson and Tom, as well as Jo, who is adjusting to life as a single mother and OB/GYN resident with Levi’s help. Following her rejection of his proposal, Amelia and Link struggle to maintain their relationship, while Maggie and Winston enjoy their honeymoon phase. Owen and Teddy tie the knot in Joe’s bar with a newly single Megan officiating after their planned ceremony in the park is ruined by a tandem bike crashing into the priest.

Episodes 02

“Some Kind of Tomorrow”

Undecided about Dr. Hamilton’s Parkinson’s research project proposal, Meredith flies Amelia out to Minnesota to help her make a decision. Amelia immediately jumps on board, though Meredith later reveals to Nick on their first date that she’s afraid the project will fail. Meredith eventually agrees to join the project as long as she can continue to work in Seattle. At Grey Sloan, Richard motivates the interns through a series of competitions, with Levi winning the opportunity to scrub in on Jo’s surgery. Winston treats a woman with kidney failure, whom Winston believes is not on the transplant list due to her race. Megan and Hayes work on a young boy involved in a car crash, while Teddy and Owen treat the boy’s father, who has pulmonary fibrosis but does not want to get treated.

Episodes 03

“Hotter Than Hell”

The residents are treated with a special guest mentor for the day, Dr. Addison Montgomery, who is going to perform a ground-breaking uterus transplant, with Levi assisting her. Meredith reluctantly tells Richard about her plan to work in both Seattle and Minnesota, and he agrees to take her position as Residency Director. Bailey and Hayes treat a young woman involved in a jet-ski accident who refuses to call her parents, while Winston continues to try to get a kidney for his patient. Due to the intense heatwave, the air-conditioning in the hospital breaks, and, against the clock, Addison requests help from Meredith. After the surgery is a success, Addison gets emotional being back in Seattle for the first time since Derek died. She and Meredith both mourn him together. While Link and Teddy try to fix the AC, Link expresses his anger at Amelia, who is wrapped up in the Parkinson’s project, and Teddy cheers him and the rest of the staff up with a party in the morgue. Addison and Amelia reunite once the air-conditioning is restored, and Meredith introduces Addison to Meredith and Derek’s children.

Episodes 04

“With a Little Help From My Friends”

Richard recruits a reluctant Meredith and Bailey to help him launch a new teaching method, where residents are to perform a lap chole from start to finish all on their own. Addison butts heads with Amelia on her uterus transplant patient, though they eventually come to a consensus on treatment. Jo works on a patient who must undergo a premature delivery, Owen and Winston treat a veteran with a difficult prognosis ahead, and Hayes gets to know Megan better.

Episodes 05

“Bottle Up and Explode!”

A gas pipeline explosion sends injured bystanders to Grey Sloan, including Station 19 firefighter Vic Hughes, who doesn’t realize that another firefighter, Dean Miller, has been killed by the explosion. Owen, who is working with Teddy on their burn-pit study, is thrown into a PTSD-induced panic attack due to the explosion, though it later only heightens his passion for his current work with veterans. Winston and Hayes perform heart surgery on Megan’s son, Farouk, and Ben nervously tells Bailey that, since Dean has now passed, Ben and Bailey are legally responsible to raise Pru, Dean’s daughter, due to a promise Ben made to Dean. In Minnesota, Meredith brings Tom Koracick on board, who is revealed to have a difficult past with Dr. Hamilton. Amelia gets closer with another member of the project, Dr. Kai Bartley, and Meredith and Nick further their relationship.

Episodes 06

“Everyday Is a Holiday (With You)”

A snowstorm in Minnesota keeps Meredith away from her kids for Thanksgiving, but Nick cancels his own plans and joins Meredith in her hotel room, where they take their relationship to the next level. In Seattle, Farouk continues to recovery from his heart surgery, only for him to undergo complications that send Teddy and Hayes back into the operating room with him. One of Owen’s veteran patients, Noah, is admitted to the hospital again, and once Owen realizes not much can be done anymore, he sends Noah home to die as comfortably as he can. Jo is forced to perform an emergency C-section and hysterectomy on an overworked pregnant woman, and Link and Amelia reconcile after cooking Thanksgiving dinner for Meredith’s kids.

Episodes 07

“Today Was a Fairytale”

Upset that Amelia still doesn’t want to get married despite hooking up with him on Thanksgiving, Link is in a perpetual bad mood, prompting Jo to spend the day with him and the kids at the park. At the park, an outdoor children’s theater show abruptly ends after one of the actors collapses due to a heart condition, effectively breaking his leg, which forces Jo and Link to medically intervene. Bailey is frustrated with the less-than-competent medical students, and Maggie spends the majority of the day in the on-call room with Winston. In Minnesota, Meredith unknowingly performs surgery on Nick’s best friend, and Dr. Hamilton gets increasingly frustrated about the lack of progress of the Parkinson’s project.

Episodes 08

“It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”

As Christmas draws near, Owen feels tormented by the recent passing of Noah, while Cormac assesses that Megan is severely depressed. Cormac, Teddy, and Owen retrieve a donor heart for Farouk. En route back to Grey Sloan, their driver suffers a stroke and the car ends up on the edge of a ravine. Teddy manages to climb out with the organ and heads to the road for help. Owen reveals to Cormac that he gave Noah medication to die and made a promise to do the same for other terminal veterans. Seconds after Cormac gets out, the car with Owen still inside slides down the slope. Meanwhile, Meredith and Amelia fly Dr. Hamilton and Kai to Seattle for Dr. Hamilton’s big surgery, which is delayed when he has a bowel perforation. Maggie is worried upon hearing about the Webber method, which proves grounded when Levi oversteps during surgery and the patient bleeds out on the table. New resident Jordan requests to work with Bailey on his first day at Grey Sloan. Link practices a declaration of love for Amelia on Jo, who has trouble keeping her feelings for him at bay, only to find Amelia kissing Kai.

Episodes 09

“No Time to Die”

Owen is rescued from the car by the Station 19 firefighters and taken to Grey Sloan, but his leg is shattered and requires surgery. Hayes gives the donor heart for Farouk to Winston, who notices a bruise on the heart. Winston calls Maggie for backup in the OR, and they successfully transplant the heart. Hayes struggles with Owen’s revelation about Noah and warns Owen to tell the truth or Hayes will report him. Following losing his patient, Schmidt has a breakdown and obsessively scrubs his hands, later being stopped by his fellow residents. Bailey cancels the Webber Method teaching program. Amelia and Link argue after he sees her kissing Kai. Link finds comfort with Jo, and they have sex. Nick arrives in Seattle from Minnesota and consoles Meredith after barely saving Hamilton on the table. Hayes resigns and tells Bailey that he will be returning to Ireland with his children.

Episodes 10

“Living in a House Divided”

At the M&M, Levi is unsettled describing the events surrounding the death of his patient and leaves the hospital. Maggie questions Richard on the suitability of the Webber method, causing him to lash out at her and Meredith for not been around. A previous patient of Amelia is admitted, Jo is called to consult, and Amelia feels tension between them. Link has an obese patient, whom he assumes will be better if she loses weight. Perez notices she has a different cause not related to her weight and needs surgery. Bailey tells Richard the Webber method should be suspended permanently. Teddy knows Owen is hiding something but he will not tell her.

Episodes 11

“Legacy”

The day of the David’s Parkinson’s trial surgery has come. Meredith opens up the surgery to viewing by the residents to inspire them. Link takes Owen to do his physical rehab. After the session, he has a cerebrospinal fluid leak. Amelia cannot leave the Parkinson’s surgery, so Koracick agrees to help Owen. Nick has a liver transplant. He meets the donors family to find out more about him, before giving the liver to his patient. Richard tries to talk Levi into coming back to the hospital. Jo is avoiding Link by doing night shifts. She ends up in the bar drinking with Teddy who is avoiding Owen since she discovered what he is doing for the vets. Later Jo walks in on Link having a shower, they kiss, she pushes him away and asks him to leave.

Episodes 12

“The Makings of You”

Taking some time away from the hospital, Meredith and Nick head up to Nick’s cabin for the weekend, where they run into Nick’s niece, Charlotte, and her new boyfriend, Silver. Things quickly go sour when Charlotte reveals that she will be dropping out of college to travel to Costa Rica with Silver, forcing Meredith to contend with Nick’s poor reaction. Elsewhere, Amelia sees a new side of Kai in Minnesota after they head to a bar, where Kai performs with their band on stage. Impressed by their musical abilities, Amelia advances her relationship with Kai. And, back in Seattle, Maggie, who is sick with the flu, finds an old letter addressed to her from Ellis. As the letter unearths deep-seated abandonment issues, Maggie has a fever dream in which she converses with Ellis in order to address why Ellis gave up Maggie in the first place.

Episodes 13

“Put the Squeeze on Me”

When a man shows up with his pet python dangerously wrapped around him, many of the doctors are forced to face their deep-seated fears of snakes. Among the lot are Bailey, who works tirelessly to save the patient in an attempt to distract herself from her marriage woes following a kiss from a younger resident, Jordan, the other day; Maggie, who wonders what else she doesn’t know about Winston after learning that, unlike everyone else, he is a big fan of snakes; and Jo, who has asked Link to move out due to the growing feelings she has for him that she feels she cannot disclose since he is still in love with Amelia. In Minnesota, Meredith is offered a permanent position as head of the Grey Center and chief of general surgery at the Mayo Clinic but is unsure whether she should take it despite Nick’s enthusiasm.

Episodes 14

“Road Trippin'”

Maggie is tasked with treating Fernanda, a young girl with a congenital heart condition that has developed into aortic stenosis. Fernanda has been documenting her journey to recovery online, and because she and her family live in Boston, they have rented a motorhome to drive across the country so that Maggie can perform the rare and risky Ross-Kona procedure on Fernanda. As Maggie deals with Fernanda’s health rapidly deteriorating, Winston is forced to address his own family issues due to his younger brother, Wendell, arriving to Seattle. Eventually, Winston discloses to Maggie that when his and Wendell’s mother passed away from cancer years ago, Wendell did not deal with it well. Meanwhile, Meredith is sick at home, which contributes to the burgeoning physician shortage at Grey Sloan, sending Bailey and Owen into a frenzy. In the midst of the chaos, Bailey learns that the hospital has received several anonymous complaints about the residency program and, as such, will have to undergo a review by the Medical Accreditation Council.

Episodes 15

“Put It to the Test”

The Medical Accreditation Council arrives at Grey Sloan to assess the legitimacy of the hospital’s residency program, making Bailey a nervous wreck. The all-day test does not go as planned, with many of the doctors fumbling during their interviews or when Bailey is giving a tour to the council’s representatives. Richard is unable to help Bailey, as he has submitted himself to a physician assessment, which is to be conducted by Dr. Hamilton and Kai. At the same time, Nick flies to Seattle to perform a kidney transplant, much to Bailey’s gratitude. However, things quickly go south when Bailey learns through the grapevine that Dr. Hamilton has offered Meredith a full-time position in Minnesota – one that she is seriously considering. Bailey’s insistence that Meredith is doing what she always does – following an attending across the country – gives Bailey a panic attack, though at the end of the day, Meredith tells Nick she’s going to take the offer. Meanwhile, at Levi’s house, he and his mother get into an argument over Levi’s refusal to go back to work, but Levi is quickly snapped back into reality when his mother falls down the stairs, prompting Levi to intervene and eventually save her life.

Episodes 16

“Should I Stay or Should I Go”

Catherine returns to Grey Sloan following its probationary status, furious that the Catherine Fox Foundation hospitals are all under scrutiny. Addison returns to Grey Sloan with her transplant uterus patient, Tovah, who is now experiencing pain, and mediates Meredith and Richard butting heads over her offer to go to Minnesota. Tovah loses the fetus, causing Addison to lose her patience and yell at Webber, Catherine, and Meredith about their recent behavior. Winston’s brother Wendell tries to sell his new tech for heart monitoring to Grey Sloan, with Maggie enthusiastic and Winston hesitant. The monitors don’t work, and Wendell begs Winston for help. Jo flirts with Todd, making Link jealous. Owen returns to work, and Teddy and Owen struggle with their child’s gender identity while treating two factory workers in an accident with ex vivo limb perfusion,^[21] and eventually decide to attend therapy as a couple to ensure they are on the same page. Bailey begs Jo to return as a surgical attending, and Jo decides to keep her OB spot and moonlight as an attending. Bailey eventually takes a vacation day after recognizing symptoms of occupational burnout in herself. Nick shows up on Meredith’s doorstep and offers to work locum at Grey Sloan so she can stay. Meredith becomes angry, telling him it is her decision, but they resolve to stay long enough to save the program.

Episodes 17

“I’ll Cover You”

Nick begins to work locum at Grey Sloan under a begrudging Bailey, who lashes out at Nick, Meredith, and the other attendings about the program’s state. Webber accidentally drinks a marijuana drink that Catherine had in their fridge, breaking his sobriety. Meredith cancels her day to watch over him. Jo and Link argue about spending time together and butt heads over a patient, Simon, with recurrent cancer. Teddy and Owen struggle in family therapy over Leo’s gender identity; Owen is fine with it, while Teddy struggles with not having concrete steps to follow. Nick and Bailey butt heads as he takes over Meredith’s service. Bailey witnesses Nick give Schmidt excellent teaching during surgery. Maggie and Winston butt heads as their patient admits to lying to her wife about her symptoms, causing Winston to lash out because of his recent troubles with his brother, and Maggie eventually kicks him out of surgery. Later, Winston admits to Maggie that his brother lied about the heart monitors. Jo and Link tell their patient Simon’s wife, Kristen, that he may not survive this bout of cancer, and she demands to have the baby delivered so that her husband can meet him, causing Jo and Link to argue more. Their fight leads to Jo admitting that she is in love with Link, but he does not reciprocate her feelings. Meredith and Bailey connect and mend their relationship; Bailey apologizes for her recent anger and admits to Meredith that she doesn’t know what to do about the program. Catherine eventually admits to Richard that her cancer has returned and progressed.

Episodes 18

“Stronger Than Hate”

Maggie prepares a dinner party at Meredith’s for her colleagues to meet Nick. A victim of a hate-crime for being Asian-American is admitted to the hospital, causing Nico and the new head of plastics, Lin, to discuss being American. Catherine attends oncology unit, supported by Richard. They meet Simon there; he is having more chemo so he can live to see his unborn son. Kai confides to Owen that while they have “niblings” (nieces and nephews), they do not want children, causing them to break up with Amelia, as they want different things in life. Seeing her husband Winston’s brother, Wendell, and Meredith’s boyfriend, Nick talk, Maggie wonders if Mer was dating a con man, too, because he was the only person she knew who had charmed her as much as her brother-in-law. Nick and Bailey bond over having the same old boss. Wendell reveals that he is in hiding from people he owes money to, but Winston is angry he chose to do so in Seattle. He orders his brother to leave Seattle but Wendell secretly stays behind. Maggie reveals she gave $10,000 of her savings to Wendell pay them back, but Winston reveals he had already given him the money. Link tells Teddy he fears sleeping with Jo has ruined his friendship with her.

Episodes 19

“Out for Blood”

Meredith has nightmares haunted by her mother. When she wakes up, she me Zola look at real estate listings in Minnesota. Amelia arrives to show Meredith that their article on the Parkinson’s project has been published. Winston refuses to let his brother steal from Maggie without consequences. Maggie contemplates the definition of whether she has siblings or not, having grown up an only child. Jo admits to Link that she is unenthusiastic about Todd after sex together was awkward. A veteran’s husband blackmails Owen to give drugs to his wife, threatening to expose he has illegally stolen and given drugs to veterans for physician-assisted suicide. When Teddy steps in and refuses their help, he reports Owen to Bailey. Link’s patient Simon’s lungs get worse, the only way for him to live is for Maggie and Winston to help. Meredith’s patient Cora agrees to surgery; despite going well, there is unexpected bleeding when they go to re-attach her organs. Due to the unexpected bleeding, trouble brews for the doctors as they have no blood available to transfuse, given the nationwide blood shortage. They decide to stop the surgery until more blood arrives to avoid additional blood loss.

Episodes 20

“You Are the Blood”

The blood shortage at Grey Sloan Memorial continues. Meredith makes a risky decision regarding her patient Cora, but she dies anyway. She wastes the blood the residents were scrambling to collect, putting the residency program in further jeopardy. Owen’s actions to help his fellow veterans come to light, leading him and Teddy to exit the country as fugitives. Bailey gives them hours to leave before she will report it to the police and accepts their resignations. April Kepner (Sarah Drew) assures Amelia that love comes back around following her break-up with Kai, both having separated after wanting different things. Later Kai showed up in the hospital parking lot and reconciled with Amelia. Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams) and April are together again, and he tries to find Jamarah Blake to save the program. Amelia updates that Catherine’s tumor is responding to the chemo trial. Kristen goes into labour, Jo delivers the baby, in time for Simon to see his son before he dies. Jamarah decides to pull the residency program accreditation, believing the people in charge have become a dysfunctional family with no clear leader, causing Bailey to resign in frustration. As Webber and Catherine take a sabbatical, Jackson asks Meredith to act as interim Chief of Surgery, as Meredith’s reputation is their only chance at rebuilding. Meredith resents Jackson for asking this of her. Nick is upset with Meredith’s decision and leaves after arguing with her. Meredith envisions herself when she was a younger intern, self-judging her for becoming her mother. Meredith then gets up and runs out of the room, calling out for Nick.