I just remembered the Lori’s tumor episode and I’m honestly so frustrated with how lightly Meredith and Lexie got off. They got yelled at, felt guilty, and then just carried on like nothing happened.
I’m aware it affected Meredith and Derek’s relationship but where’s the legal consequences like damn.
This episode had me so angry.
Even in that ep, Lexie had clear skin and everything lol
I think there is zero chance Meredith would have testified for Callie during the custody trial. The situation so closely mirrors what happened with Derek- he wanted to move them to Washington for his career, she was absolutely against it because in her own words her support system and village and kids life was happening in Seattle and she didn't want to take that away from them. I think it stands to reason that she would find Callie taking Sophia away from her life and friends and other parent equally unacceptable and I don't get why she was so baldly in support of Callie running off with Penny. Like it's wild to me that she didn't draw any personal parallels between her refusing to uproot her own children and Callie wanting to uproot Sophia and give Arizona minimal visitation rights
When Callie wants to have a kid, she always says “I want a baby,” “I need to have a baby.” And when she’s trying to convince Arizona to change her mind, Callie tells her to close her eyes and imagine how a baby smells. As if the way a baby’s head smells should influence a life long, life-altering decision to bring another human being into the world.
It’s drives me crazy when potential parents obsess over the concept of a cute, infant baby, as if that baby won’t grow up into a child, and then a tween, and then a teenager, etc. How about “I want to be a mother” or “I want to raise a child” or “I want to have a big family.” Saying “I want to have a baby” isn’t a big deal once or twice, but in the script that’s the only thing she says about it and it’s annoying af. That’s so Callie, though. She over-romanticizes everything and has unrealistic expectations for what her life should look like. She rushes into things and acts impulsively and decisively without having all the info she needs.
(Im not a total Callie hater by any means. She adds a lot to the show.)
This show is kinda hauntingly sad in the rewatch knowing she loses her mother, husband who is also the greatest love of her life, best friends, and sister.