“Alex thinks I’m worth this much?” she marveled. About that offer, though… she wanted to see it. Outside, Richard confided in Maggie that yes, he really did think it was over between him and Catherine. Ironically, it was when Vic walked in on Jackson comforting his mom afterwards that she at last gave his new girlfriend a chance - as well as a taste of her famous cobbler. She just hadn’t intended for him and Maggie to find out at a potluck free-for-all. Was that what Catherine hadn’t wanted to discuss with Jackson? No, that, his mom said, was that she and Richard were splitting up. (That’s no way to talk about Jasmine Guy!) But they were actually from Alex, who’d just given Webber the go-ahead to make Maggie an offer to be Pac-North’s cardio chief. She assumed they were from the “Pac-North heifer” he was seeing. ( Such children - and they were only getting warmed up!)īack at the table, Catherine lashed out at Richard, who was busy chuckling at texts that he was receiving.
He didn’t think that apologies could include the word “but.” So “it’s too late,” he declared. “If you love me and you want this to work, say you’re sorry that you didn’t stand by me as I had to leave and rebuild my life.” In response, she said, “I am sorry, but… ” Which wasn’t what he wanted to hear. (I had seen them softening! Just not enough… ) “Apologize,” Richard said. Afterwards, Catherine stole a moment alone with Richard to suggest that Jackson was right, they did always persevere, so maybe they shouldn’t give up. (Did I see the Webbers softening toward one another?) “You’ve had your ups and downs,” Jackson noted, making a toast to his mom and stepdad, “but you always push through.” They are, in his estimation, the gold standard of coupledom. ‘WHEN I WAS IN TRAINING, THEY CALLED THE MORGUE’ | From there, topics included Maggie’s dislike of rich guys (at least those who aren’t down to earth), Richard’s job at Pac-North (aka the Morgue) and that “coffee” that Richard had had with his “friend.” Later, Maggie regaled the group with the story of Catherine’s very un-Catherine-like, super-romantic proposal to Richard. Dean made the mistake of asking whether Richard and Catherine had been married when Jackson and Maggie got together - the gift that keeps on giving!
And believe it or not, things got worse from there. “She’ll put anything in her mouth.” Come again? “Anything that’s food,” he quickly clarified. Good God, someone hide the knives! After sharing that she’d made - made? Catherine Fox cooked? - shrimp scampi, she inquired whether Vic was allergic. (Remember her?) Back in the living room, Dean fussed at Vic for not warning Maggie that he was coming. He’d gone immediately from April to her, and even on his “nature walk,” he’d wound up meeting a woman named Kate. Adding place settings to the table, Maggie accused Jackson of being unable to be alone. Anyway, they obviously couldn’t break their news now. “Did you know they were bringing dates to dinner?” Catherine asked Richard privately. Before he could, though, Vic arrived - with, to Jackson’s surprise, Dean. Richard was anxious to break it to Jackson and Maggie that they were splitting up. In no time, Catherine got the wine flowing - and not a moment too soon. Jackson showed up next with a gift that outshone his stepsister/ex-girlfriend’s. (This, despite the fact that the kids didn’t much want to be a family or even in the same hospital as each other.) That evening, Maggie was first to arrive for the “anniversary party” - and the first to notice the thickness of the tension in the mansion.
Catherine maintained that absolutely, they should even though they were separating, they wanted the kids to know that they would still be a family. Nearby, Richard and Catherine bickered about whether they should still have the dinner. ‘YOU’RE CLEARLY IN THE MOOD TO CELEBRATE’ | As the episode began, Maggie ran into Jackson at Grey Sloan and snarkily related that Koracick had to think about whether or not to let her return to her old job. Read on, and I’ll serve up the details, course by course. Not since Season 12’s “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” has Grey’s Anatomy dished out a meal as tense as the one in Thursday’s “The Last Supper.” Jackson and Maggie thought they’d be sitting down to a celebration of their parents’ anniversary - with Station 19’s Vic and Dean on hand as collateral damage - but as regular viewers could have predicted, the get-together turned out to be more of a coming-apart.