Greys Anatomy
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Over the course of 15 seasons,Greys Anatomyhas certainly offered up important episodes.
Tonight,Greys Anatomydevotes its entire hour to dealing with sexual assault.
Still, the majority of tonights storytelling falls on a devastated Jo.
Since returning from Pittsburgh, where she went looking for her birth mother, Jo has been spiraling.
Shes avoiding Alex, shes tired and in a daze, shes not the Jo we know.
Something happened, but she refuses to talk about it.
Fairly quickly, Jo senses that something isnt right.
Abby says she cut her face on the kitchen cabinet.
She says her stomach doesnt hurt, even though she keeps wincing in pain.
She jumps when DeLuca walks up.
Abby takes Jos hand.
The woman is terrified.
But Jo has her.
Jo makes sure it is only women working on Abby, and has Teddy come to check her stomach.
She has a tear in her diaphragm and needs surgery.
Teddy can tell immediately that Abbys been sexually assaulted.
If they sterilize her for surgery, theyd get rid of any evidence that may get her justice.
Jo pushes a little to have Abby tell them what happened, but Abby refuses.
Abby doesnt think doing one would even matter because no one would believe her anyway.
Abby never lets go of Jos hand.
A new problem arises when its time to take Abby in for her surgery.
Some scenes fromGreysstick with you forever, and this is one of those scenes.
Abby finally calls the police.
Its only then that she lets go of Jos hand.
Her life wasnt better.
Her life was full of awful foster homes and living in her car and an abusive husband.
He deserved to suffer more.
I cant imagine how exhausting it must have been to film this scene.
And really, theres no good outcome to this conversation.
Theres no healing that will come from it.
Its all so unbelievably sad, which as you know, is really saying something for this show.
Shes never told anyone that, not even Alex.
But the conversation ends as youd expect for such an impossible situation.
And this is the best she can do now.
Alex is still trying to get her to tell him what happened, but she refuses.
She doesnt even want him to come home with her.
She simply wants to be alone.
After Paul died, it seemed like a weight was lifted from Jo.
Like she was finally free to go all-in with this healthy relationship.
And then shes handed an entirely new trauma.
Two steps forward, a whole hell of a lot of steps back.
