Season 18
🎬 20 Episodes 📅 2021 ⏱ 43 min
Behind the sterile walls of Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, ambition collides with humanity in ways no textbook could prepare them for. Grey's Anatomy captures the raw, unfiltered journey of surgeons learning that saving lives means first understanding their own. Every patient on the operating table becomes a mirror, reflecting the doctors' own struggles, failures, and the fragile beauty of second chances that make them whole.
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📊 Season Stats
20
Episodes
2021
Year
43
min / ep
14.3
Watch Hours
18/22
Season No.
⭐ 9.2
Best Episode
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1
⭐ 8.9
Here Comes the Sun (II)
As the city of Seattle revels at the Phoenix Fair celebrating the city’s rebirth post-COVID, the Grey Sloan doctors treat a patient who encounters illegal fireworks. Meanwhile, Bailey has her sights set on hiring new doctors, but she’s having trouble finding viable options. Owen and Teddy attempt to…
🎬 Debbie Allen ✍️ Meg Marinis
2
⭐ 8.8
Some Kind of Tomorrow
Meredith seeks advice from Amelia. Meanwhile, Richard is reenergized as he takes teaching to a new level at the hospital, and Winston treats a patient suffering from kidney failure.
🎬 Kevin McKidd ✍️ Felicia Pride
3
⭐ 8.0
Hotter Than Hell
Seattle’s favorite redhead returns and graces the Grey Sloan halls with her experience and expertise as she attempts to help Richard teach the newest crop of residents. Meanwhile, Meredith has a decision to make, and Link confides in Teddy.
🎬 Chandra Wilson ✍️ Jamie Denbo
4
⭐ 7.8
With a Little Help from My Friends
Richard recruits Meredith and Bailey to help him launch a new program. Meanwhile, Addison’s patient has complications from a procedure, and Jo helps a woman who goes into premature labor.
🎬 Michael W. Watkins ✍️ Jess Righthand
5
⭐ 9.0
Bottle Up and Explode!
The Grey Sloan doctors spring into action after an explosion rocks Seattle, with the incoming trauma hitting close to home. Owen experiences PTSD after he hears the explosion, while his sister Megan enlists help from Winston and Hayes in confidence. In Minnesota, Meredith and Amelia meet up with a f…
🎬 Lindsay Cohen ✍️ Kiley Donovan
6
⭐ 8.7
Every Day is a Holiday (With You)
It's Thanksgiving, and while Meredith faces travel complications due to the weather, Nick steps in to help in more ways than one; Richard and Bailey seek out emergency surgeries; Amelia and Link reconnect.
🎬 Tony Phelan ✍️ Meg Marinis
7
⭐ 8.8
Today Was A Fairytale
Dr. Hamilton takes his frustrations out on Meredith, so Nick gives her a chance to blow off steam by scrubbing in on a surgery. Back in Seattle, Link and Jo take their kids to a fairytale theater performance that goes wrong. Bailey and Dr. Lin attend a recruitment fair in hopes of attracting more do…
🎬 Debbie Allen ✍️ Julie Wong
8
⭐ 9.2
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
The doctors celebrate the holidays; Hamilton and Meredith prepare for a milestone on their project; Link wants to spend the holiday with Amelia and Scout as a family; Schmitt is faced with a difficult decision during surgery.
🎬 Michael W. Watkins ✍️ Jase Miles-Perez
9
⭐ 8.8
No Time To Die
The Grey Sloan Memorial doctors grapple with the aftermath of the car crash that involved some of their own; Meredith works to save Dr. Hamilton's life. Levi is impacted from his latest loss.
🎬 Linda Klein ✍️ Krista Vernoff
10
⭐ 8.7
Living in a House Divided
Schmitt must face the Morbidity and Mortality conference. Meanwhile, Meredith convinces Nick to scrub in on a surgery in Seattle, and Jo faces her feelings.
🎬 Allison Liddi-Brown ✍️ Jamie Denbo
11
⭐ 7.8
Legacy
While Meredith, Amelia and the team prepare for Dr. Hamilton’s long-awaited, groundbreaking surgery, Bailey receives an unexpected offer. Owen’s impatience makes him a difficult physical therapy patient, forcing Link to intervene. In Minnesota, Nick makes a liver transplant a teaching moment.
🎬 Kevin McKidd ✍️ Mark Driscoll
12
⭐ 7.9
The Makings Of You
Nick whisks Meredith away to his Minnesota cabin for a romantic weekend, leaving Winston and Maggie to care for Meredith’s children. Meanwhile, Amelia and Kai grow closer.
🎬 Debbie Allen ✍️ Felicia Pride
13
⭐ 8.4
Put The Squeeze On Me
While Richard ponders his surgical abilities, Jo is charmed by her patient’s brother. Elsewhere, Megan makes sure Teddy and Owen talk out their differences, and a pet python causes an uproar.
🎬 Allison Liddi-Brown ✍️ Julie Wong
14
⭐ 8.6
Road Trippin’
Tensions at Grey Sloan Memorial rise as the effects of the physician shortage begin to show. Meanwhile, Meredith struggles to step away from work as she spends a sick day at home with Zola, and the hospital receives an unexpected visitor.
🎬 Linda Klein ✍️ Beto Skubs
15
⭐ 8.9
Put It To The Test
Bailey is on edge when an accreditation council stops by Grey Sloan to review the residency program, while Richard sets an assessment of his own for the same day. Meanwhile, Nick returns to Seattle to perform a first-of-its-kind operation with Meredith.
🎬 Kevin McKidd ✍️ Zoanne Clack
16
⭐ 7.7
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Bailey faces an unhappy Catherine who is facing audits for several of her Foundation hospitals. Meanwhile, Addison is back at Grey Sloan; tensions rise between Meredith and Richard, and Owen returns to work.
🎬 Michael W. Watkins ✍️ Jase Miles-Perez
17
⭐ 8.9
I'll Cover You
A former patient of Link’s, Simon, is in the ER with his pregnant wife; and Bailey receives an offer from Nick.
🎬 Debbie Allen ✍️ Kiley Donovan
18
⭐ 8.6
Stronger Than Hate
A dinner party is thrown at the sister house in Nick's honor. Meanwhile, Grey Sloan Memorial receives a victim of a brutal hate crime.
🎬 Chandra Wilson ✍️ Julie Wong
19
⭐ 9.1
Out for Blood
Due to a blood shortage, Grey Sloan Memorial is setting up a voluntary donation center. Meanwhile, Nick asks Meredith for help with his patient and Winston is hung up on his relationship with his brother.
🎬 Kevin McKidd ✍️ Meg Marinis
20
⭐ 9.2
You Are the Blood
The blood shortage at Grey Sloan Memorial continues. Meanwhile, Meredith makes a risky decision regarding a patient, and Owen’s actions to help his fellow veterans come to light.
🎬 Debbie Allen ✍️ Krista Vernoff