Ellen Pompeo as Meredith, Martin Henderson as Riggs. Photo: Mitch Haaseth/ABC

Dont Stop Me Now Season 13 Episode 21

Editor's Rating 3 stars

Worms, you guys. So many worms. Yes, much more emotional stuff went down in Dont Stop Me Now, but attention must be paid to those worms.

You know what? If a gut full of worms puts gross-out aficionado Richard Webber in his happy place, we should allow it. That guy needs to spend a little time in his happy place!

The worms arrive at Grey Sloan Memorial via a very unsuspecting and very lovestruck young lady named Mary. She and her boyfriend, Dennis, are in lurve. Like, barf-inducing love. Stephanies eye rolls are all of our eye rolls. Dennis promises to be there through anything. Well, except for that time when April rushes into the room, having just pulled a worm out of the puke Mary spat all over Aprils hair, and they all realize Mary has a big ol belly full of worms. Dennis wont be there through that. He is disgusted. We all are.

Bailey, however, thinks that since Richard is in a lovely worm-induced happiness, it would be the perfect time for her to attempt to fix his and Catherines relationship. She feels guilty, you see. So, she decides to take on Catherine even if she is the one human whom Bailey fears and enlists April to work on Webber while theyre deworming their patient. Of course, the fact that Dennis possibly bailed on Mary once he heard about the worms makes it easy for April to work in some pointed thoughts about people not being perfect and giving the person you love a second chance. (Dont worry, lovers of love Dennis sheepishly returns to Mary.) It also very easily allows Webber to talk about how sometimes when you find ugliness inside a person, you have the right to walk away.

As you can surmise, April gets nowhere with Webber. After April reminds Bailey that she and Catherine are basically the same person, Bailey casts her Catherine fears aside and goes to talk some sense into the woman. Look at April giving pep talks! In other news, remember when April and Jackson hooked up a few weeks ago? Are we just never going to talk about that again? What happens near a Montana bar owned by Eric Roberts stays near a Montana bar owned by Eric Roberts?

Back to the Bailey at hand. She marches in to see Catherine, and though it starts off rocky, she launches into a Very Bailey Speech about Catherine setting her ego aside so that she can be with a man who loves and respects her. Since Bailey Speeches always work, its enough to convince Catherine to find her man and apologize for the Minnick situation. Honestly, we all deserve an apology for that, but beggars cant be choosers, I guess.

Instead, were given a very cute scene in which Catherine simply says shes sorry and Webber invites her into his on-call room to look at pictures of him removing worms out of a human persons body. Okay, now Webber is truly in his happy place.

There are some figurative worms in Dont Stop Me Now, too. By which I mean the whole can of worms that gets cracked open by a press conference for our airplane heroes, Meredith and Riggs. As the two docs recount what happened on their flight (they couldnt bring the pediatric dentist in for an interview or something? Come on!), Maggie, standing in the crowd like the proud little sister she is, notices Riggs rubbing Merediths shoulder in a more-than-just-friends kind of way. When Meredith catches Maggies eye, its clear that Maggie knows.

She was planning on telling Maggie that day, too! Instead of having a sisterly heart-to-heart, as Meredith had hoped and rehearsed for, Maggie wavers between avoiding Meredith completely and making snide comments about her new relationship all day. The real crux of the episode is their eventual blowout argument. Mer has had enough of Maggies jerk attitude. She is sorry that she didnt tell her, sorry that she hurt her, and she wants them to talk about it. When Maggie finds out that Meredith and Riggs have been, well, Meredith and Riggs since before Amelia and Owens wedding, she really lets her sister have it. Maggies own mother lied to her, and she thought Meredith never would. She trusted Meredith to be honest. Meredith was all she had left. It makes the whole Meredith-Riggs-Maggie shenanigans much more than two girls fighting over a boy. Its really about trust between (new-ish) sisters. Its a great moment.

Back at the homestead, Meredith and Amelia head out for a sister unwinding, but Meredith finds Maggie drinking wine alone on the couch. Maggie wants nothing to do with her, but Meredith wont stand for it. Shes not losing Maggie over some guy. Shes going out whether she likes it or not. Theyre sisters! Maggie gets that she might be mad at Meredith, but she still loves her, too. A girls night it is.

Praise be, you guys! I thought wed be dragging the Meredith and Maggie fight out for several episodes. Perhaps its a reward for sitting through episode after episode of Meredith going back-and-forth on her feelings for Riggs. Man, that was brutal.

Speaking of brutal, Veronica and Jeremy are back. You remember them, right? The pair of best friends who tore our hearts out when they revealed they were having a baby together and that Veronica has aggressive pancreatic cancer and will pretty much only live long enough to give birth? You know, the Veronica who talked about seeing Jeremy watch Star Wars with their child, and the Jeremy who wept when he learned his best friend was dying? THOSE TWO.

Theyre back, and Veronica isnt doing well. Her cancer has spread and Amelia thinks she only has two or three months to live. Arizona and Alex want to deliver the baby now, even if shes only at 34 weeks. Its risky, especially with all the stress Veronicas body is under, but its the best option for the baby. Its a no-brainer for Veronica and Jeremy. Theyre having their baby today.

When Veronica has Amelia and Arizona alone, she asks to fill out a DNR. Shes already dying, and if something should go wrong in surgery, she doesnt want to leave Jeremy with the burden of making that decision. Obviously, something is going to go wrong in surgery. Oh, Greys, you evil bitch.

Before the C-section begins, Veronica makes Jeremy promise that their baby is his priority, not her. So, after their son is safely delivered and the three of them get some short time together, Veronica pushes Jeremy to go to the NICU once things start going downhill and he dutifully does.

Veronica has thrown a blood clot and its in her lungs. They need to remove it immediately or shell die. But Amelia cant guarantee that opening her up to remove the clot will save her life, and so Veronica refuses the surgery. As Veronicas stats drop and she reminds the helpless doctors that she signed a DNR, Amelia sits down next to her patient. She doesnt want her to be alone. Veronica tells Amelia about how shes always loved Jeremy, and how hes loved her for her entire life, and that hell keep on loving her after her death. She wants Amelia to tell him not to look back. To be fearless, for their son. And then Amelia holds Veronica until she passes.

We all knew this is where wed end up. We are all suckers.

Mercifully, we dont have to hear Alex give Jeremy the news. We just watch as he hands Jeremy his son and tells him that his best friend is gone.

Dear lord, can we bring back the worms?

Maam. Doctor. Avery. Good night. Okay, so Baileys speech to Catherine isnt 100 percent like her other speeches. But Catherines not a peasant, so

What was funnier: Baileys disgust when she realizes April had a worm in her hair, or Aprils stink-eye when she realizes Bailey doesnt want to be around her for that very reason?

Webbers disbelief that Catherine would even have to ask if he took pictures with the gut worms makes me extra thankful that they finally make amends.

Perhaps the best reaction to the worms comes from Ben Are Those Worms? Warren. That dude has had some solid O.R. gallery moments this season.

Alex telling Meredith to use the plane as an excuse for how she and Riggs got together because planes have taken so much from them is the truest thing uttered on this show.

Just because you know its coming doesnt make it hurt any less. R.I.P., Veronica, you will be missed.

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