“Grey’s Anatomy”: Link Surprises Jo at Their Wedding, Owen Holds onto the Past and 1 Couple Calls It Quits

Warning: this communicative contains spoilers from nan May 8 section of Grey's Anatomy.

Atticus "Link" Lincoln (Chris Carmack) and Jo Wilson’s (Camilla Luddington) wedding was accelerated approaching connected Grey’s Anatomy.

On nan May 8 section of nan ABC aesculapian drama, Jo called upon Levi Schmitt (Jake Borelli) — who returned from Texas to officiate nan wedding ceremonial — for thief pinch her early mother-in-law Maureen while Link struggled to constitute his vows aft reasoning they would “practically constitute themselves” aft readying the large time successful only 4 days.

Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) suggested that he deliberation of nan vows arsenic post-op notes, to which he said, “You want maine to definitive my emotion for Jo for illustration station op notes.” While he was skeptical, he still decided to springiness it a try.

However, that turned retired to beryllium a correction erstwhile they became thing but romantic. Bailey reminded him to opportunity really “you consciousness successful your ain way.”

Jo was moving into her ain problems pinch Maureen’s overbearing ways. She yet snapped complete wearing nan veil that she brought, saying, “I don't want to deterioration nan veil. I'm sorry. It's conscionable not me…I emotion that you want to help, but I've sewage everything nether power complete here.” The outburst caused his mom to time off and Jo to panic.

“She already hated maine and I made her cry…What if she doesn't show up? What if I messiness everything up?” she asked. Schmitt reminded her that Maureen’s opinions were conscionable her “being a mom,” to which she said, “I’ve ne'er had a mom.” He past added, “I know, truthful spot me, sometimes that's really they show love.”

Happily Ever After

While getting fresh to locomotion down nan aisle, Jo apologized to Maureen, saying, “I ne'er had personification for illustration you successful my life. It's gonna return maine a infinitesimal to get utilized to it, but I want to.”

She past collapsed down successful tears and told Schmitt of Maureen, “Having her here, conscionable reminded maine of what I missed. No father-daughter dance. I didn't deliberation I'd attraction astatine all, possibly I conscionable wish that I had nan choice.”

Finally, Jo made her measurement down nan aisle connected nan limb of Schmitt. Rather than publication accepted vows, Link amazed her pinch an original opus including nan lyrics, “We person stood by each different done nan bully times and done tears. We were meant to beryllium together. It conscionable took america 20 years, and I committedness to emotion you always, to beryllium religious and beryllium true.”

After she shed a tear astatine his affectional song, he asked, “You ok?” and she jokingly responded, “No, really americium I expected to travel that?” earlier they yet tied nan knot!

Never Letting Go

After reuniting pinch Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and returning from nan vacation, Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) stepped successful to thief Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) pinch Nora Young’s infected graft pursuing nan surgical repair of her esophagus.

When Owen asked if she could get progressive pursuing his hookup pinch Nora during their unfastened marriage, Teddy was speedy to unopen down his concerns, saying, “I don’t emotion nan truth that you slept pinch her, but aft nan past 2 weeks, nan therapy, nan talking, nan activity arsenic acold arsenic I'm concerned, she's conscionable different patient.”

Owen later recovered Nora and apologized for not reaching retired more, she responded, “It's fine. We had a beautiful night, and you were a cleanable man erstwhile it had to end.” She past asked him to “help maine enactment strong” amid her aesculapian struggles and he promised that he would.

 Later, Teddy and Winston explained their surgical scheme that would extremity nan dispersed of nan infection. When Nora tried to reside her business pinch Owen, Teddy reassured her, saying, “It's okay. I americium going to return fantabulous attraction of you for illustration I would immoderate different patient.”

However, they ran into complications successful nan OR and yet had to extremity nan process without fixing nan graft. Teddy was tasked pinch delivering nan bad news to Nora and told her location was thing much they could do to thief her.

When Owen learned what happened, he appeared shocked and told Teddy that he was only concerned astir Nora’s kids. He past went to Nora’s room and emotionally told her, “It’s not fair.”

As they held hands, she confessed, “I cognize I shouldn't opportunity this, but I'm dying, truthful I person a walk now. I deliberation I'm a small spot successful emotion pinch you.”

“I don’t cognize what to say,” he replied, and she asked him to enactment pinch her. He past wrapped her successful his arms.

Meanwhile, Teddy was still hatching a scheme to thief Nora astatine nan wedding. She and Winston past decided to return to nan infirmary to look astatine her scans. When she went to Nora’s room, Teddy recovered Owen holding her successful his arms and gazing into her eyes.

The End of nan Road

It was a title against clip for Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone), Simone Griffin (Alexis Floyd), and Lucas Adams (Niko Terho) to fig retired why their young diligent Dylan was suffering from locked-in syndrome — and was only capable to pass by blinking her eyes.

Amelia was upset erstwhile Lucas gave Dylan’s parents mendacious dream amid nan waiting crippled for her information to improve. She snapped, “You raised their hopes, because it's easier than saying nan truth, which is location is simply a beardown chance I can't reverse Dylan's paralysis. You request to support it real. And if you can't do that, return yourself disconnected this lawsuit aliases I will.”

Dylan’s information worsened, and her parents turned connected nan doctors. Amelia past told Lucas that while she appreciated his “tenacity” pinch patients, this was why “we don't complete promise” to parents.

Lucas and Simone recovered themselves astatine likelihood erstwhile again complete really to grip Dylan’s case. Lucas wanted to stay optimistic, while Simone wanted him to beryllium realistic. He had heard capable and said he didn’t want to “have to explicate why I want to prevention my patient.”

Later, they continued to reason astir Dylan and Lucas questioned, “What's incorrect pinch believing successful a future? What's incorrect pinch hoping for nan best?”

When Lucas insisted that they needed to support “fighting” for patients, she responded, “Not everyone tin return risks for illustration you. Not everyone gets bailed retired erstwhile it goes wrong,” seemingly referring to his second chance astatine Grey Sloan.

“I’m done, Simone,” he said, and she pleaded, “We should talk.”

“About what? Our future? You made it beautiful clear really you consciousness astir that. [It] conscionable took maine a small longer to recognize that realistically, we don't person one,” he said earlier stepping away.

Simone tried to find solace by drinking astatine Joe’s Bar, but she sewage much than she bargained for and hooked up pinch a alien successful nan bathroom.

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Grey's Anatomy airs Thursdays astatine 10 p.m. ET connected ABC.