![]() ![]() I need you I'm not ready to let you go yet. And what about my children? I want them to grow up and know who you are, please. You taught me how to be a better person, how to be a better mother. And I know I can fix you because you are the one who taught me everything I know. The most heartbreaking scene, however, came when Richard wandered away from his bed, and Meredith found him hallucinating in an operating room holding a scalpel to his bare belly and insisting he's the only one who can "fix what's wrong." This all prompted Mer's big speech: "Richard, I can fix you. Richard tried to do everything he could to prove he hadn't "lost his mind," but his cognitive impairment screening didn't do much to help his case when he was unable to repeat a pattern, draw a 3-D cube, or write in the numbers of a clock. He even dropped the OG hospital name, Seattle Grace.Ĭhristopher Willard/Walt Disney Television/Getty Images (Bailey also reminded viewers of Richard's past medical history, including his brain tumor and electrocution.) Despite recognizing Catherine earlier in the episode, he later mentioned that his late wife Adele (who also had Alzheimer's) would get mad at him if he was late for dinner. Now suffering from memory lapses, tremors, depression, mood swings, and erratic behavior, as Bailey described, Richard had certainly reverted to earlier days, and his Ellis mention was only the beginning. (Of course, they already knew that, as the videos of his "public episode" at the medical conference had already gone viral and even spawned several memes.) This is not it."Įither way, as Bailey stated when she briefed the crack team of docs, "everything is on the table" and "nothing is out of the question." What was clear, she told them, is that "he is not the Richard Webber you know and love." Maggie, who had trouble keeping her emotions at bay, similarly warned her colleagues that he's not himself. "I've had a front row seat to this disease. After reading Richard's brain scans, Amelia shared that it looked like it's "maybe not Alzheimer's." Maggie rebutted that they wouldn't see it if it was in the early stages, but Meredith had the last word. Their efforts will play out in Grey's' moved-up Season 16 finale on April 9, but first let's take a look at how Richard's unknown type of "rapidly progressive dementia," as Maggie called it, played out in this episode. And who better to join forces with than someone who obsesses with tricky cases almost as much as she does? Fingers crossed they really can figure out how to "fix" Richard because they - along with the rest of us - don't need any more tragedy right now. Even though DeLuca had just ever so coldly told Meredith he doesn't love her, misery loves company apparently. So it's no wonder that Mer is flat-out refusing to accept an Alzheimer's diagnosis, and has now teamed up with DeLuca (still on suspension, following his suspected manic episode) to get to the bottom of what's wrong with Richard. What's more, Ellis had a difficult battle with Alzheimer's herself that took a major toll on both Meredith and Richard. Longtime fans will recall Richard and Ellis had an affair years ago, which resulted in Maggie's birth. This time, however, he doesn't seem to be snapping out of it. Yes, after calling Maggie by Meredith's name prior to his public meltdown in the previous episode, Richard has now mistaken Meredith for her late mother, famed surgeon Ellis Grey. After she spent most of Season 16's penultimate installment refusing to accept that Richard Webber might have Alzheimer's disease, the former Chief of Surgery spoke five words that snapped her right back to one of hers: "Ellis, something's wrong with me." Meredith began Grey's Anatomy's April 2 episode, "Sing It Again," reflecting on the moments we'd all rather not relive. Spoilers ahead for Grey's Anatomy Season 16. ![]()
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