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| press release | promo | photos | sneak peek 1 | sneak peek 2 | NOTE - new photos added at end of slideshow Grey's Anatomy: Why Amelia's Private Practice Pregnancy Arc Should Be Mandatory Viewing TV GUIDE | by Megan Vick | Nov 4, 2016 6:24 PM EDT The sword may have fallen on Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) and Owen's (Kevin McKidd) relationship on Grey's Anatomy, but it's possible that not everyone understands why they're in such a rough spot. After her pregnancy scare, Amelia's revelation to her new husband that she doesn't want to have a child might make many think she's simply being as adamantly child-free as his former flame Cristina (Sandra Oh). But like Owen, most Grey's Anatomy fans don't understand the full weight of Amelia's first traumatic pregnancy. That's because, without watching Private Practice, the Grey's spin-off starring Kate Walsh, it's impossible to understand how Amelia's first attempt at motherhood played out. Even though Amelia explained the story to Alex (Justin Chambers) in last Thursday's episode, the full chilling effect of what she went through can't be appreciated unless you actually watch it happen. Her three-minute speech in the Grey Sloan Memorial break room only relays the bare facts of what happened. To fully comprehend the emotional impact, you must watch the four episodes that build the arc. The good news? You can, because all of Private Practice is on Hulu and Netflix. The bad news? This is going to be an emotional train wreck for even the steeliest of Grey's fans. Here's where to start: Season 5, episode 8: "Who We Are" Grey's fans know Amelia is an addict, but this episode shows her at her absolute worst. Finally at their breaking point, her friends and coworkers stage an intervention to try and get her off the prescription drugs she's been popping like candy. She's completely off the rails, but the one thing that is clear is that she loves Ryan (Wes Brown). After the intervention, they make a pact that they'll have one more binge night of drugs, then they'll check into rehab, get clean and start a family. They do a line of drugs, go to bed and Amelia wakes up to find Ryan dead of an overdose beside her. This is important because when Amelia finds out she's pregnant later (and now on Grey's) we know it wasn't an accident. She and Ryan really wanted a family together, just like she wants with Owen, but then the worst possible thing happened. Season 5, episode 19, "And Then There Was One" Skip forward a bit and Amelia has successfully completed a stint at rehab. She's sober, pregnant and ready to meet her baby with her first ultrasound. However, it's only a few moments of joy before Addison (Walsh) drops a massive truth bomb about the baby's development, and Amelia must decide what she wants to do with the devastating information. Season 5, episode 21, "Drifting Back" Fast forward a little more and Amelia is getting closer and closer to carrying the baby to term. She's decided that she will donate her son's organs to help save other newborns in need. However, each passing day of the pregnancy gets harder and harder as all of her coworkers hover over her to make sure she isn't resorting to drugs to cope. The desperate lengths she goes to in order to maintain sanity without slipping back into addiction are heartbreaking and will make you marvel at how one person can withstand that amount of pain. Season 5, episode 22, "Gone, Baby, Gone" If you can only watch one of these episodes, make it this one. Amelia finally gives birth to her son and gets to hold him for a minute before making one of the most painful decisions that any mother could ever make. What's even more heart-wrenching is the speech she gives to Sam (Taye Diggs) to convince him to do the surgery she needs to complete the birth plan. Stock up on tissues, because this episode will not only help you understand Amelia in a whole new light, but will make you astounded that Scorsone doesn't have all the Emmys. Only when you've seen the full scope of what Amelia went through on Private Practice can understand why it took a pregnancy scare to bring up these latent issues. She was able to move on after the death of her son, but in a lot of ways Amelia has been able to survive by not opening herself up to that kind of pain. Perhaps she believed that she had completely moved on from everything that happened, but is it humanly possible to ever completely heal yourself after an experience like that? Yes, Amelia may have changed her mind about wanting a child with Owen, but this is a completely different situation from Cristina not wanting a family. Cristina has always been a surgeon first, everything else second. That made her and Owen fundamentally incompatible. Amelia's hesitance isn't about her values, but about fear, and a completely rational one at that. Addison promised that her son's condition wasn't caused by the drug usage, which means it could happen again for no reason. We saw what happened when April (Sarah Drew) got pregnant again after her and Jackson's (Jesse Williams) baby died -- could you expect Amelia to do that same? However, it is as important for Owen to understand the full spectrum of what Amelia has been through. It's only once he knows the whole truth that he can find a way to help Amelia. Don't give up hope on them yet. With some counseling and some patience, it's entirely possible that Amelia and Owen can have the family they have always wanted, together and happy. Grey's Anatomy airs Thursdays at 8/7c on ABC. http://www.tvguide.com/news/greys-anatomy-amelia-private-practice-pregnancy/ Text version after the break.
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As any Grey's Anatomy fan knows, there's no more sure journey to romantic conflict on this show than marriage, and we certainly saw that to be the case for Owen and Amelia this week. We learned, in a rare timeline hint from Grey's writers, that this episode began the morning after the first bump in the road following their impetuous decision to start a family. As part of that reveal, we also got a synopsis of Amelia's Private Practice storyline for those fans who were previously not in the know and how it continued to impact her.
When Owen reached out to Amelia early in the hour, she swore she was fine, really fine, totally fine and on her way to evaluate a patient. Owen, meanwhile, remained painfully aware that his usually overly talkative bride had gone to work before he'd woken up and seemed to have no words for the elephant in the middle of their marriage - the negative result to the pregnancy test she'd taken the night before. Owen continued to approach Amelia and she continued to assert that she was absolutely fine, though the tension in her posture and demeanor made it clear she was anything but fine. It was heartening to see growth via Owen's behavior, given that he's traditionally had a tough time sharing his feelings out loud. It was also disappointing that he gave up relatively easily when Amelia quickly reversed her previous desire to start a family right away and put up walls in reaction to his requests to talk. He seemed to remember Dr. Wyatt's Season 5 advice about naming his feelings in order to navigate through them, but he wouldn't get much of an opening to do so from Amelia for the rest of the episode. While her request that they focus on what being married to each other would normally be a good plan for a couple who had only a two-week engagement and an up and down relationship leading up to their marriage, Owen's confusion about her seeming reversal on when to start a family was evident as he continued trying to reach out to her. While this path might be frustrating for Owen fans, this hour of drama wasn't about quick growth so much as it was about getting Amelia twitchy enough that her words would flow again, even if those words were shared with an unexpected resource - Alex, who was facing his own demons via the potential impact of his legal situation both at work and in life. It seemed slightly ominous that Amelia believed Owen would be too disappointed to stand by her in her reluctance to start a family given the tragic outcome of her first pregnancy, even after his multiple attempts to reach out to her. It was also unfortunate that we learned little more about Owen in this episode even as we saw glimmers of his strengthened emotional intuition and that he's grown more willing to reach out and share how he's feeling. By the end of the hour it remained unclear whether these two are on a path that will eventually bring them through this conflict and back to each other or whether they are on their way to the internal combustion many marriages face on Grey's Anatomy. Elsewhere in the hospital: Catherine Avery reappeared and got suddenly interested in how the resident program is run at Grey Sloan Memorial; Leah Murphy returned as a triumphant cardio resident intent on working with Maggie; Alex and Meredith bonded over his impending court date and how it might impact their lives; April and Jackson continued to maneuver themselves through parenthood; Arizona and Alex were both surprised over Leah's return while Stephanie and Jo talked trash about her too; Andrew kind of, sort of, declared his romantic interest in Jo; Alex met a woman at court whom later became his patient for whom he called in Bailey for a super-powered consult; and Maggie was conflicted over her new resident's stellar work alongside learning about her personal history at the hospital.
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