" Guess Who Came for Dinner " is the fifth episode of the twelfth season of the American television medical drama Gray Anatomy, and the 250th episode in its entirety. It aired October 22, 2015 on ABC in the United States. The episode was written by Mark Driscoll and directed by executive producer Debbie Allen. On the premiere of the episode was watched by 8.96 million viewers and opened for positive reviews from television critics.
This episode focuses on Dr.'s dinner party. Meredith Gray (Ellen Pompeo), Dr. Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary), and Dr. Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) hosted, where Dr.'s new boyfriend. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) Penelope Blake (Samantha Sloyan) creates tension for the guests when it is revealed that she was one of Derek's doctors when he died. Dr. Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) is trying to get used to new boyfriend Callie, Dr. April Kepner (Sarah Drew) distracts her from her husband Dr. Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams), and Dr. Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) and Dr. Stephanie Edwards (Jeremy Hinton) quarreled.
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Plot
When the guests arrive for dinner party, Meredith goes to the door to greet Callie and her boyfriend, Penny. Meredith immediately recognized Penny as the doctor who told of Derek's death. Meredith initially only tried to avoid it, but as soon as Penny confronted her, Meredith told her they would not talk about their history. Instead, Penny will make small talk with everyone but herself.
Maggie is afraid that the possibility of a urinary tract infection may be a STD disorder due to having sex with Andrew. Although Maggie was supposed to cook dinner, she went to the hospital to be tested. With Maggie now gone, a bored April volunteer to cook dinner and recruit other people's help to get the job done.
When Callie invites Penny around to introduce her to everyone, Callie goes to the hospital for emergency consultations. Penny insists on going with Callie, but Callie demands that she stay and hangout because she'll just leave for a while. Callie asks Meredith to look after Penny and make sure she feels accepted.
After dinner on the table, everyone gathered to start eating. As the conversation began, Penny called Callie her full name, Calliope. Arizona, already a bit too drunk, commented that he used to call Callie. Penny replied that her full name was Penelope, so she and Callie had something in common. When Penny reveals her real name, Bailey instantly recognizes her. Penny Blake will be a resident of the new transfer at Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital. This news pushes Meredith to the edge, so she finally tells everyone about who Penny is. Floor the news all up. Meredith went upstairs, so Alex followed her. Downstairs, Amelia, desperate for her friendly interactions with Penny, whipped her for wanting to know every detail of Derek's death. Just in time, Callie and Owen returned from the hospital. Regardless of Owen's and Callie's requests, Amelia kept screaming and yelling at Penny, eventually throwing her out of the house.
Amelia walked upstairs to be with Meredith, telling her that they would appeal to keep Penny away from the hospital. Meredith finally told Amelia that she had had enough. He's upset because he has to be strong for his three children while Amelia breaks up. Amelia just lost her brother, while Meredith lost her husband and father to her three children. Becoming increasingly angry, Meredith shouted, "Get out of my room!" and told Owen to get Amy out of the room "before I kill her!"
Owen and Amelia go to Amelia's room where she confesses at Owen about her imperfect life. He felt inferior because his life seemed so perfect; he is always calm and logical. Owen comforted Amelia by telling her about the plane crash and how she was relieved when there was a chance that Cristina might have died. He goes on to say that when he will be sad, they and their relationship will freeze in time. It will be easier. Owen tells Amelia that they are not perfect, but it's okay that they're not perfect. On the front porch, Penny tried to call a taxi but was disturbed by Callie. Callie asks her why she never told him about Derek. Penny claims that she does not know if Callie even knows who she is, which Callie says, "She is my friend." Buru by news, Callie is not sure where this is leaving them.
Inside, Jo and Stephanie are trying to improve their tense friendship. At first, Jo apologized for not believing her when she told Amelia about her childhood. Jo goes on to say how they have more in common than they first realized. Jo overcame a bad childhood, and Stephanie overcame the disease. After the comparison was made, Stephanie turned the table and found an error in comparison. Stephanie once again becomes angry with Jo, because she thinks that Jo must "equate" the field of play instead of simply acknowledging that Stephanie is better than herself.
Back at the hospital, Maggie waited for the doctor to come test her for a possible sexually transmitted disease; However, the doctor assigned to him turned out to be Andrew. Maggie was so embarrassed by the situation that she asked another doctor; However, he stuck with Andrew and they finally solved their problem.
Meredith and Alex were left alone in Meredith's room where Meredith told Alex he could go. As his new man, he decides to stay and share a bottle of tequila. Meredith goes down to make sure everyone has gone and locks the door, but before she goes back up, Penny runs toward him. Penny apologized once more, saying that she was thinking about that night every day. She thought about what Meredith told her and how she needed to get better. Penny offers to file a request to be matched with a different program, but Meredith replies that she will see Monday and will not be late.
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Production
The episode was written by Mark Driscoll and directed by executive producer Debbie Allen. The table reading took place on September 3, 2015, with filming started a few days later on September 8, 2015. The cast of Gray's Anatomy has a special celebration for the 250th episode of the show with some celebrity-sharing actors on Twitter on September 15, 2015 Jessica Capshaw revealed that the episode included her favorite scene so far this season.
Reception
Broadcasting
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" was originally aired on October 22, 2015 in the United States on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States. In the initial release, the episode was watched by a total of 8.96 million viewers and scored 2.4/8 in key demographic 18-49 in Nielsen rankings, which was an improvement from the previous episode of "Old Time Rock and Roll" watched by 8.25 million viewers and received a rating of 2.3/8/share. It was the top TV show at 8:00 pm. slots, beat Bones, Heroes Reborn and The Vampire Diaries.
Critical reception
This episode received positive reviews and many critics as far as calling it one of the best episodes of this series in recent years. Lauren Hoffman of Cosmopolitan commented on the big 250 Gray's Anatomy episode that stated that the episode was one of the best shows of all time. He goes on to say that the show has always been the best when focusing on complicated emotions, so to make the focus of the 250th episode a match. He wrote, "It may be strange to say this about the episode of Gray Anatomy that is so unusual, but it is the best episode ever, is it?" But it's harder to explain why it works so well, partly due to the fact that this is the first time we saw these doctors as a group that faced their sadness over Derek together - of course, we got a cut scene in three parts of Derek deathtravaganza, but nothing sustained like this.the doctors tried to understand what Penny said interestingly, because every a very individual and nuanced reaction, and therefore a strange and weird moment of reminder about how long these players worked with Patrick Dempsey, and how oddly his departure must have felt. "
Nad praised episodes that were rated episodes with the adage 'A' Grade, â € Å"There are many who ride this one because this is the 250th episode of Gray's Anatomy, but I'm happy to report it no ' at all. In fact, this has to be one of the best episodes this event has ever produced in the last few years. "This site gives Pompeo an award to make this episode so great," There are many reasons why this episode works, but the main reason is undoubtedly the incredible performance of Ellen Pompeo. He adds just the perfect number of layers to the already complicated character, and it's all really nail-biting to watch. "
TV Equals also praised the writing of the episode, "Overall, this is a pretty entertaining episode from Gray's Anatomy.I've filled Perfect Penny and I hope that after the next episode we'll get a bit of a hold on it. episodes with storylines that allow a large number of cast members to interact with each other while still including intimate moments between smaller subset I love the Alex/Meredith and Owen/Amelia scenes. "In addition, the site praised Pompeo," Ellen Pompeo I love how she went from offering drinks to people she never made to stare at a dagger at Penny.I even loved her ruin with Amelia and she was so heartless, but understandably shutting the door on Callie's face. "
Ariana Bacle also sings praise for the episode when she writes in Entertainment Weekly that this episode feels like "Old Gray " because of drama, emotion, tears, tension, and surprise. He noted Alex Karev's concerns about Meredith who said, "Her unshakable concern for Meredith is one of the best things of all time.He does not give up, even when she continues to insist there is nothing wrong, she does not leave him, even she insists that she is good And in some ways, Cristina's departure is harder to take than Derek because it's implied that she's always there, Meredith and Derek constantly going and going, and though Cristina and Meredith have their tiffs, they are always unbreakable The couple broke up, friends like Meredith and Cristina did not, Now after she leaves, Karev begins to take over the role of the Meredith guy - and though Cristina is irreplaceable, she is pretty terrific Meredith (and Cristina) will agree. "
However, Ashley Bissette Sumerel from Fanatic TV is less enthralled to write While she feels important for Derek to remember and talk about, she thinks Penny Blake's looks and arcs are somewhat forced. He writes that Season 12 has been very strong so far, but fearing a mild tone may not last much longer with the relationship between Penny and all the other doctors, the conflict between Meredith and Amelia, and finally Owen's confession of Cristina. He concludes with his opinion about the friendship of Jo and Stephanie who are in trouble, calling him "incapable" and saying there must be something else to their storyline.
References
External links
- "Guess Who's Coming for Dinner" at IMDb
- "Guess Who's Coming for Dinner" on TV.com
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