Warning! SPOILERS for Station 19 season 7, episode 9 ahead.

The Station 19 two-part series finales starting point in season 7, episode 9 included the last calm moments before the storm Station 19's firefighters will face, making a connection to Grey's Anatomy and Station 19's history with two subtle details. Knowing Station 19 season 7 would be the last let the firefighting drama dedicate it to wrapping up all protagonists storylines, giving apt conclusions to their multiple-season journeys. Station 19 season 7, episode 9 continued doing so, calling back to distinctive Greys Anatomy and Station 19 moments in the few pauses Station 19's firefighters had to decompress while fighting wildfire.

The strong link between Station 19 and Greys Anatomy was evident from the multiple cross-over episodes that started and will conclude Station 19 with season 7, episode 10, happening throughout the firefighting drama and Greys Anatomys last seven seasons. While characters appearing in both Shondaland shows always kept the connection open, Station 19 rarely implemented in its story things part of the medical dramas history so iconic that they became synonymous with Greys Anatomy. Still, thats what Station 19 season 7, episode 9 did with one blink-and-you-miss-it reference dropped during Travis and Vics fight en route to the campaign fire.

Station 19 is ending with season 7, but Grey's Anatomy's season 21 renewal offers the chance for some characters to cross over to the medical drama.

Station 19 made Vic Crisis One's leader in Station 19 season 7, episode 8 with the project going national, not being funded anymore by the SFD, thus solving its budget problem, but causing Vic to move away from Seattle as a result. This made Station 19 season 7, episode 9 devoted to breaking the news to the team and Travis in particular, as he had been not only Vics roommate for years but also her best friend, and one not particularly good with change.

Vic and Travis fighting over Traviss reaction to the news, which centered on Traviss feelings instead of Vics, showed how even that change was discussed in Travis and Vics peculiar way of handling massive transformations. However, in calling out Traviss selfish reaction, Vic called Travis her person, using Cristina and Merediths typical nickname for each other in Greys Anatomy. Travis and Vic never referred to themselves as one anothers person in Station 19, making the spur-of-the-moment moniker a direct connection to Greys Anatomy and its indelible link to Station 19, symbolized by Vic and Traviss friendship resembling Cristina and Merediths.

Indeed, while Meredith and Cristina as a duo never interacted with Travis and Vic, the two firefighter best friends embodied the doctors distinctiveness in Station 19. Although bright and cheery compared to Greys Anatomys twisted sisters and given their usual attitude to make things more bearable by making fun of them, Vic and Travis too had a bond unlike any other in Station 19. This made the firefighter duo and the centrality of their unique friendship the perfect connection to Station 19s parent series, showing the similarities between the two via an iconic nickname inevitably synonymous with Greys Anatomy.

Besides the clear reference to Greys Anatomy, Station 19 season 7, episode 9 also managed to hint at a memorable yet heartbreaking Station 19 season 2 moment. Vic and Travis choosing to sleep on the top of the fire engine and being joined by Ben, Maya and Andy indeed mirrored the Station 19 team doing the same to support Vic after her boyfriend and SFD chief Lucas Ripley died in Station 19 season 2, episode 15. The two moments greatly differed in the feelings involved, but they both highlighted the close bond and support among the firefighters in Station 19.

Vic needed Station 19s support to withstand losing Lucas, face the funeral, and deal with the rest of SFD learning about her romantic relationship with the fire chief in Station 19 season 2. Through Vics painful story arc, Station 19 season 2, episode 15, Always Ready showed how death being behind the corner was the reason why firefighters were so close, especially those at Station 19. While the moment in Station 19 season 7, episode 9 was lighter, the shot from above highlighting Station 19s closeness nonetheless indicated the severe wildfire-related challenges ahead in Station 19 season 7, episode 10.

Station 19 season 7, episode 9s connections to Greys Anatomy and Station 19 put the topic of family at the front and center of the firefighting dramas series finale. The found family trope had always been important in Greys Anatomy because the time spent by the doctors at the hospital effectively made the medical dramas central characters each others family. However, Station 19 made it even more central because of the many friendships linking those at the firehouse and how Pruitt Herrera had built that team to work, fight, and protect each other as if they were family.

The final episode of Grey's Anatomy season 20 has been given a meaningful title that might connect to a big moment in the Station 19 series finale.

Station 19 season 7, episode 9 having already introduced life-threatening challenges for Theo and Maya hints that more will follow in the final Station 19 episode, making it crucial to remind viewers what the firefighters will fight for besides saving Seattle. With Station 19 season 7, episode 10 likely being action-packed and drama-filled, season 7, episode 9 needed to highlight the distinct and heartwarming bond linking the firefighting dramas protagonists so that the high stakes of the series finale will deliver the biggest threat yet for Station 19s firefighters to overcome.

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One Last Time

May 30, 2024

The Station 19 series finale will air on May 30, 2024, at 10pm ET on ABC.

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