History Headscratchers / GreysAnatomy

* In season 14, its stated that Dr Ellis Grey took Dr Cerones name off her ‘Grey Method’ paper as Ellis wanted a Harper Avery award, which Cerone couldn’t be eligible for due to her gag order over Avery’s sexual harassment of Cerone. However when we first meet Harper Avery himself in season 6, Jackson states quite clearly that only work by a single surgeon can be eligible for a Harper Avery award. So having Greys and Cerones names both on the paper would have made it ineligible on that basis, not necessarily because of Cerone and the gag order. So which was it? Or a combination of both?

** Mrs. Clark died because of Derek's instruction to pull the plug. By telling Cristina not to operate, Mr. Clark is putting Derek in the same position he felt his wife was in (being allowed to die because doctor's wouldn't intervene,) creating more of a parallel than just outright shooting Derek would have. He specifically wanted Derek to die from a lack of care.

* I can understand Gary Clark's motivation at seeking revenge (well, actually... no, I can't. He was needlessly excessive and broad in his violence, supposedly directed at one man he held personally responsible); what I can't understand at all is his wife's original doctors ''never properly explaining what a Do Not Resuscitate order covers''. He seemed to be under the assumption that his wife only wanted to be taken off life support if she was on it due to complications from her illness. [[YouFailYourMedicalBoardsForever That's not how DNRs work]]. At any time for the rest of her life (or until she signed something revoking her standing DNR), any medical professional treating her would have to respect the order she signed. The fact that her husband didn't understand his wife's own wishes is more his own fault than any doctor's.

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* How old is Arizona? Seriously, she looks like she's in her early 30s but let's look at the facts. She was made Head of Pediatrics in season 5, and it's treated like an obvious progression so she can't have been exceptionally young for the post -- Maggie is seen as, at 30, very young to be made a Chief of a department. So, Arizona is at least a few years older than that in season 5. Though, it's strongly implied that she became a doctor because her brother died due to lack of Army doctors in the Middle East. They're supposed to be about the same age, although going by Nick's age in season 8, her brother might have been a bit younger and so she might not have gone to medical school right away because logically he needed time after 18 to sign up then serve then die, making her even older. So, say late-30s in season 5. There's also the fact that she's older than Callie, who is said to be an age-appropriate choice for Mark when he's dating Lexie, with Mark being born in 1967 so Arizona must have been born around then, too. Are we supposed to believe she's 50? (Though this would make sense with some of the details she gives of her childhood -- her grandfather serving in WW2 means her dad was probably born in the 1940s and given the family then she'd be born less than 30 years later, the masses of homophobia suggests she grew up either a decent length of time ago or somewhere podunk, maybe both, and she'd be going to college during the height of the AIDS crisis which may be, apart from her general characterization as human saccharine, reason why she wants to help treat the African babies, who are often born with HIV/AIDS.) But, really, she doesn't look it at all, and Jessica Capshaw isn't old, either.

** Also would make sense why she's good friends with Webber, and friends more on a peer level rather than the mentor-mentee thing he has with Bailey.

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Here is something that bothered me regarding the aftermath of the plane crash. Jackson and Lexie were in a relationship and really liked each other for a little while. Even though the plane crash occurred after they broke up, why doesn't he react to or say something about her death? Anytime he is in a scene where Lexie's death is explicitly mentioned, there is just a look on his face that shows he understands what happened but he doesn't make any comment. I find it odd and kind of annoying that his ex-girlfriend, who he once really liked and was on good terms with even after the break-up, died and there is not even one single moment of Jackson saying anything about it. Back in season 6, Lexie said something about George's death. It wasn't a whole lot, but it was still an acknowledgement of somebody she cared about dying.

*** As someone that has worked in the Er and the OR I can attest that this is actually what is said. You tend to talk the same way you take notes. Saying GSW takes the same amount of time.

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*** That would be Dr. Teddy Altman. Teddy leaves at the end of season 8 and is replaced by Maggie

** My sister had to leave home three times in one year to care for dying family members. First for two months to nurse our mom into her grave, then our aunt for another two months and then after our aunt died, she was sent to care for our grandmother with dementia after our grandfather died. When she was finally home, her husband left her.

** Chandra Wilson, who plays Dr. Bailey, her daughter has Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, which is rare and not heard of in adults. I battle the illness as well and loved seeing an episode dedicated to that. Honestly, how is that a complainant?

** The show is a about surgeons and that is why we don't see what other doctors do all day. Try Private Practice maybe? Also, when Bailey is made Chief of Surgery and her husband is suspended, he gets a job there outside of surgery, stating he can do it because she is only chief of surgery. We only see surgery in the show, because that is what it's about.

*** That would be Dr. Teddy Altman. Teddy leaves at the end of season 8 and is replaced by someone else, though Cristina's doing a lot of the work.

* The fact that every single episode needs to have a one-in-a-million case, cutting-edge procedure or major catastrophe (or preferably any combination of the three). ''{{ER}}'', ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' and even ''Series/{{House}}'' do a wonderful job of having interesting, moving episodes without having super-duper-special things happening every week. It's as if the writers know that their characters aren't interesting enough and their writing isn't good enough to produce compelling episodes without something really outrageous happening.

* Now I really like the tension in the scene where Meredith begs Mr. Clark not to kill Derek and kill her instead while Cristina and Jackson are operating on him, and I do understand Derek had enough PlotArmor at that point to not die right there, so I'm fine with how the scene was made, but still: is there any ''logical'' reason why Clark didn't just, well, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim shoot Derek right there on the table]], instead of pointing the gun to Cristina's head and telling her to stop? The only rationalization I could make is that he was saving his last bullet for Webber, but he still shoots Owen in the same scene, he still had a bullet to spare. It could be a irony thing, of Derek, being a surgeon, dying there during an operation just like his wife died after a surgery but... it still feels like a contrived way of thinking, since the way she didn't even die on the operating table.