My favorite character has always been callie. she was written since the beginning as this strong and powerful latin woman who becomes a mom in difficult circumstances and a heroine whenever she needs to. this episode/this season absolutely destroyed such a beloved character's evolution and arc, and considering this was her last season, it was even worse. callie would never let someone ask those questions about arizona's motherhood or capability.
good episode, good writing, fantastic acting, terrible choice.
3 Reviews
Sofia's Guardianship on the Line!
ZegMaarJus10 September 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This Episode begins with Callie, she is trying to take Sofia with her to New York. Arizona wants to see Sofia often. Sofia's case will be a lawsuit in court. Penny made a mistake during her speech at court. Stephanie is sorry that she broke up with Kyle. Callie gives a speech about her car accident during het Kyle got meningitis. The judge decided that Arizona gets Sofia's guardianship. Amazing Episode of Grey's Anatomy Season 12, one of the most emotional Episodes of this Series. Arizona gets the guardianship in the end, will Callie get over this ever again? We will see this in the next two Episodes!
Excellent one-off episode shows this soap's ongoing power
lor_6 May 2016
Like most long-running hit series, "Grey's Anatomy" faces the problem of keeping the pot boiling - how to maintain interest in an episodic (in this case derived from tried & true soap opera romantic conventions dating all the way back to radio serials) storyline whose high points are largely in the distant past, what with the inevitable churn of major characters - title roler Grey is still standing but not too many others.
This particular she said/she said courtroom battle segment solved the dilemma by diverting away from the show's Prime Directive of hospital pathos - life and death situations, in favor of a very human and very modern story about child custody. Having the two lesbian characters as warring moms, with dear Grey intoning rather pretentious allusions to King Solomon's solution in her voice-over narration, is the new wrinkle and quite well handled.
In fact the script had me guessing (wrongly) right through to the end as to the judge's decision in the matter and it was also fun watching surviving cast members like Chandra Wilson and Kevin McKidd (who also ably directed the show) have to take sides as to which heroine they supported with court testimony in the case. Balancing this stagy footage was a quite effective dollop of the necessary (and relevant) hospital antics, concerning the fate of a premature baby still in the womb whose mom is inadvertently being neglected by one of our heroines who is in charge of her care.
Ultimately the hit, which I recall watching breathlessly every Sunday night its first season as a breath of fresh air to broadcast TV, will have to give way to fresher concepts, but it is satisfying to witness life in the old body still.
This particular she said/she said courtroom battle segment solved the dilemma by diverting away from the show's Prime Directive of hospital pathos - life and death situations, in favor of a very human and very modern story about child custody. Having the two lesbian characters as warring moms, with dear Grey intoning rather pretentious allusions to King Solomon's solution in her voice-over narration, is the new wrinkle and quite well handled.
In fact the script had me guessing (wrongly) right through to the end as to the judge's decision in the matter and it was also fun watching surviving cast members like Chandra Wilson and Kevin McKidd (who also ably directed the show) have to take sides as to which heroine they supported with court testimony in the case. Balancing this stagy footage was a quite effective dollop of the necessary (and relevant) hospital antics, concerning the fate of a premature baby still in the womb whose mom is inadvertently being neglected by one of our heroines who is in charge of her care.
Ultimately the hit, which I recall watching breathlessly every Sunday night its first season as a breath of fresh air to broadcast TV, will have to give way to fresher concepts, but it is satisfying to witness life in the old body still.
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