Walking through the corridors of Grey Sloan Memorial feels different – the usual confident chatter of doctors swapping war stories is dimmed, the bright fluorescent lights look just a little too harsh. This season kicks off with serious complications, both medically and emotionally, and you can almost hear the echo in every empty bed space.

Dr. Amelia Shepherd, once the take-no-prisoners neurosurgeon who could thrill with one flick of a scalpel, is now haunting the surgery world with quiet pauses and regret. After taking on a case that spiraled into disaster, she’s forced to stay behind monitors instead of diving into ORs. The explosion in the Season 21 finale left her shaken, and by Episode 2 of Season 22 she’s visibly worn down: “I just need time,” she confesses, staggering through the doors of the ER as colleagues exchange concerned glances.
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