Although she hasn't been on the show as long as the other surgeons, Maggie Pierce has definitely become one of the most underrated characters.

The character of Maggie Pierce was introduced to the Grey's Anatomy universe at the end of season 10. Since then, she has become one of the central characters on the show. Coming in as the new head of cardiothoracic surgery which was Cristina's turf, and revealing herself to be Ellis Grey's biological daughter meant that she was immediately implicated in a lot of storylines on the show.

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Maggie is an incredibly talented and successful surgeon, who is passionate about perfection and doing things right. She takes time to think things through and makes very sensible decisions about everything. Here are some of Maggie's best moments from the show so far.

Viewers first meet Maggie when she's interviewing for the Head of the Cardio department. Cristina runs the interview and is annoyed by the fact that Maggie had completed both high school and med school early, and had already been the Head of the department at another institution for two years.

From the get-go, fans get a glimpse of how talented and successful Maggie is. And how that could be potentially seen as annoying by some people.

The first time that Maggie offers to babysit Meredith's kids is quite a cute moment. She lists all the ways in which she's qualified to babysit children, starting from being registered as a babysitter when she was a teenager.

Maggie tells Meredith that she's the sort of friend who you can lean on. Maggie's genuine excitement at the prospect of babysitting her niece and nephew shows what an incredibly sweet person she is.

When Sabi died due to complications from the surgery, Maggie just quit surgery and holed up in her house. No one was able to get through to her. Richard was the one who kept pushing her and explained how to be imperfect was to be human.

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Maggie realized that no one had told her this before and it was something that helped her a lot. Richard being able to get through a really upset Maggie was a nice bonding moment between the two.

When Bailey's mother was close to her death because of Covid-19 complications, Maggie was able to relate very closely with her. Their interaction on the bench outside where they talked, not just about their mothers' deaths, but the things their mothers had inspired them to do was such a beautiful moment of camaraderie between the two.

They frankly spoke about the ways in which their schools and guidance counselors have very unsubtly tried to make them feel out of place, but how they would overcome all that.

Amelia and Meredith are two really strong personalities who, at certain points in time, were constantly at odds with each other. The three "sisters" lived together in Meredith's old house. Maggie had to be the mediator between them on several occasions.

Maggie has infinite patience when it comes to both of them, and she tried her best to smooth things over with them. It is quite funny to actually see Maggie try to keep Meredith and Amelia both civil.

Maggie Pierce and Winston Ngudu hit it off brilliantly at the conference. Their first date was a long one, and they both seemed so happy and excited to be with each other. It was incredible how they immediately got together so well, and Maggie's cute crush coming to fruition was wonderful to watch.

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Especially considering the tragic state of her love life. Her interactions with Winston on their first date was quite amazing to watch because of the intense chemistry between them.

Maggie Pierce was probably the first person in the hospital to find out about Teddy's pregnancy. The already complicated situation was made further complicated by the fact that Maggie was aware of Amelia becoming closer to Owen, and how Teddy's pregnancy would be a bombshell for them all.

Maggie had to keep it quiet because of doctor-patient confidentiality, but she was struggling to keep the secret and kept hounding on Teddy to tell Owen.

Maggie puts Amelia in her place when Amelia comes to her with questions about whether she had inadvertently given someone the impression that she was being racially biased.

Maggie tells Amelia that she's not a spokesperson for all Black people, and to always check and consider her white privilege. While it was a brief conversation between the sisters, it was thought-provoking nevertheless.

Maggie Pierce showed how you can be in a solid relationship, and even in love, during a pandemic. The cute dates between Maggie and Winston were adorable, to say the least.

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They used technology in the best ways possible to keep their connection strong, and relied on each other for getting themselves through the day.

Maggie gives many impassionedmonologues in season 17 about how the effects of the pandemic are disproportionately affecting Black and other minority groups. She talks about how it was systemic racism that led to this condition, and it is quite a heartbreaking reaction to see how much this was deeply impacting her. It was also heartbreaking to discover that this systemic issue wasn't getting as much attention as it should have.

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