Warning! SPOILERS about Grey’s Anatomy season 21, episode 13 ahead.
The batch of interns joining Grey Sloan Memorial inGrey’s Anatomyseason 19 had much in common with MAGIC, and they might share yet another similarity asGrey’s Anatomyseason 21frequently hinted at someone repeating his intern year. Through the years,Grey’s Anatomyput the challenges of interns and residents at the front and center of the story, but not all classes of interns mesmerized audiences the same way. The higher stakes due to Simone, Lucas, Mika, Jules and Blue having reached their last chance to be surgeons made them exceptionally ambitious, which prompted comparisons with the original interns.
Just like MAGIC’s, Simone, Jules, Lucas and Blue’s intern year covered threeGrey’s Anatomyseasons, which included several chances for the interns to get in trouble, risk dying, and lose their loved ones, something that happened repeatedly to Meredith, Alex, George, Izzie and Cristina too.Grey’s Anatomyseason 20’s finale revealing the new interns all passed their exam teased a better future for the entire new class. However,Grey’s Anatomyseason 21, episode 13setting up the interns’ next steps finally brought back into focus the fact Lucas can’t proceed along with the othersdue to a season 19 tragedy.
Why Lucas Could Be Repeating A Year In Grey’s Anatomy Despite Excelling In It
The Events Of Grey’s Anatomy Season 19’s Finale Still Affect Lucas
Lucas’s intern year didn’t start optimally after he found himself overwhelmed by the bulk of work expected from interns, but it eventually got better after Nick Marsh’s mentoring and help in getting Lucas an ADHD assessment. The state of his performance didn’t change how Lucas cared for patients, andLucas still jumped at the chance to attempt to save Sam Sutton inGrey’s Anatomyseason 19’s finale despite no attending being in the ORbar Teddy, who had collapsed and was being revived by Mika. The investigation into Sam’s death meant Catherine Fox had to choose a punishment for Lucas.
I Didn’t Expect Mika’s Exit Would Have A Surprisingly Positive Effect In Grey’s Anatomy Season 21’s Interns
The new group of interns bore the brunt of Mika’s sudden departure, especially Jules, but her exit can surprisingly have a positive effect.
Bailey understanding Lucas’s true valueafter seeing him care for Dorian and create the first responder database for the Seattle wildfireconvinced her to stand up for Lucas, but this didn’t change Catherine Fox’s mindinGrey’s Anatomyseason 20’s finale. Indeed, it only resulted in Catherine firing Bailey along with theGrey’s Anatomydoctors not returning to Grey Sloan in season 21, and dooming Lucas to repeat his intern year as a punishment for cutting into Sam Sutton without following protocol, deemed more important than potentially buying Sam some time by Catherine as boss of the Fox Foundation.
George Repeated A Year Because He Failed In Grey’s Anatomy Season 3, But Lucas Doesn’t
Lucas’s discussions with Nick and Richard respectively inGrey’s Anatomyseason 21, episode 13 proved his wish to try and overturn his punishment, not deeming it right when he progressed just as much as Simone, Jules, or Blue.Lucas repeating his intern year would nonetheless increase the similarities between the new interns and MAGIC, as George too was forced to repeat his intern year after failing his first-year examinGrey’s Anatomyseason 3.
[Lucas obtaining the best ABSITE score in his class makes his] punishment especially hurtful against him and a missed opportunity for Grey Sloan Memorial, which could benefit from its residents’ success instead of pursuing Catherine Fox’s petty revenge plots.
Lucas’s and George’s reactions to repeating their intern year couldn’t be more different, with Lucas wanting to try everything to avoid it and George initially refusing to return, only to do so byGrey’s Anatomyseason 4’s beginning. However,the different approaches make sense – after all, George failed the first-year exam fair and square, while Lucas obtained the best grade in his class. This makes Lucas’s punishment especially hurtful against him and a missed opportunity for Grey Sloan Memorial, which could benefit from its residents’ success instead of being forced to enact Catherine Fox’s petty revenge plots inGrey’s Anatomy.
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