It seems wild that they’d let three attendings head off to Tacoma to get a heart, but we already know Grey Sloan has some oversight problems. Cormac insists on joining them since he’s Farouk’s doctor and also it’ll give him a chance to talk to them about Megan. Owen and Teddy are still reeling a bit from the loss of Noah, the vet with pulmonary fibrosis, and they decide to be the ones to physically procure the heart so that they can ensure it gets to Farouk safely - they are not going to lose their nephew. And it’s in Tacoma! They can drive and pick it up and young Farouk will be saved. Do you think Cormac is ever like, why the fuck did I come to Seattle? She’s survived enough pain in her life and isn’t “willing to survive this.” She isn’t able to say that to Owen or her mother and so Cormac becomes the one bearing the brunt of that dark confession. She hasn’t left the hospital, she isn’t sleeping, and when Cormac walks into Farouk’s room at one point, she tells him that if Farouk dies, she dies too. Farouk is still on ECMO and waiting for a heart transplant while Megan is spiraling out in an alarming way. Instead, let’s fixate on the car that is hanging off a cliff for most of the episode. Of course we’re getting this drama and this energy from the show as it goes on extended hiatus until the end of February, but let’s not fixate on that. And also several metaphorical cliffhangers.
Finally! Finally some big time drama on Grey’s Anatomy this season! It’s a Christmas miracle! I mean, the show is giving us A LITERAL CLIFFHANGER.