When I Get to the Border<\/h3>\nSeason 19 \u2022 Episode 5<\/h4>\n![\"rating:](\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/themes\/tv\/images\/star-rating-3.5.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n[Warning: The below contains major<\/em> spoilers for the Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> Season 19, Episode 5, \u201cWhen I Get to the Border.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\nNow we all know why Meredith (Ellen Pompeo<\/a>) is leaving Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital on Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em>. Whether it\u2019ll be a brief or everlasting departure, although, stays to be seen!<\/p>\nBut we\u2019re getting forward of ourselves. At the beginning of Season 19, Episode 5 \u2014 November 3\u2019s \u201cWhen I Get to the Border\u201d \u2014 Meredith and Zola (Aniela Gumbs) are touring Brookline STEAM Academy in Boston. It\u2019s one of some totally different colleges they\u2019re testing as they attempt to discover a extra supportive setting for a pupil as gifted as Zola is.<\/p>\n
And whereas Zola spends a college day together with her attainable new classmates, Mer checks in with an previous buddy who lives there in Beantown: Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams<\/a>). And she tells him that she thinks she\u2019s having a psychological breakdown.<\/p>\n![\"Grey's](\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/greys-anatomy-season-19-episode-5-jackson-1014x570.jpg\")
<\/p>\nRaymond Liu\/ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Jackson, in fact, continues to be heading the Catherine Fox Foundation. And when he hears from Meredith that Zola is experiencing extreme nervousness and is particularly nervous about Mer getting Alzheimer\u2019s, Jackson has a easy answer: \u201cWhat if you tried to cure Alzheimer\u2019s?\u201d he asks Mer.<\/p>\n
Easy, proper? Well, no, however Jackson thinks Mer attempting to treatment the illness that killed her mom would get the form of funding that results in medical breakthroughs. He needs Mer to work on the challenge from Boston.<\/p>\n
Mer doesn\u2019t need to put Zola by means of much more upheaval, however Jackson continues the onerous promote, telling her that he was operating on \u201ccruise control\u201d in his life till he reconnected together with his father and realized he didn\u2019t need to stay with failed potential like Robert Avery did. He thinks Zola\u2019s present disaster and Mer\u2019s profession trajectory are dovetailing. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s all these pieces of your life coming together,\u201d he says. \u201cI kinda think you\u2019re having a breakthrough, not a breakdown.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nLiliane Lathan\/ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
And when Mer returns to the Brookline college, she finds Zola bonding with different ladies over a physics demonstration. Zola tries taking part in it cool in regards to the college, however it\u2019s only a entrance. She simply doesn\u2019t need her mother giving up her job. And as soon as Mer tells Zola to let her fear about her profession, Zola confesses that she loves it in Boston. So Mer sends Jackson a textual content: \u201cI\u2019m in.\u201d<\/p>\n
The B-plot of the episode follows Bailey (Chandra Wilson<\/a>) and Addison (Kate Walsh<\/a>) as they drive from Grey Sloan to Pullman, WA, to volunteer on the Eastern Washington Family Planning Center, a clinic run by Bailey\u2019s school roommate, Cynthia. The clinic desperately wants extra employees, since ladies have been flocking there from Idaho, the place abortion is illegitimate. Bailey and Addison, nonetheless, can barely get to the entrance door of the clinic on account of all of the anti-abortion protestors mobbing the doorway.<\/p>\n![\"Grey's](\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/greys-anatomy-season-19-episode-5-bailey-addison-cynthia-1014x570.jpg\")
<\/p>\nLiliane Lathan\/ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Bailey and Addison deal with some sufferers on the clinic, however then Cynthia will get an emergency name from close by Moscow, ID, the place a 39-year-old lady named Susan is wants medical consideration that she will be able to\u2019t legally entry. Susan has an ectopic being pregnant, with the fetus hooked up to her C-section scar.<\/p>\n
So Bailey and Addison, calling themselves the \u201cmedical Thelma and Louise,\u201d drive throughout state traces to retrieve Susan. But Susan begins bleeding on the best way again \u2014 simply as Bailey, within the driver\u2019s seat, encounters a site visitors jam. Addison clambers to the again seat and does what she will be able to to cease Susan\u2019s bleeding, however Susan flatlines, and never even Addison\u2019s roadside CPR can save her.<\/p>\n
Addison is infuriated that anti-abortion legal guidelines price Susan her life. \u201cHow are we supposed to treat patients when we are hamstrung by laws that are written by people who are so far away from this?\u201d she asks, pointing to the puddle of blood that marks the place Susan died.<\/p>\n
Later, Bailey tells Addison she as soon as had an incomplete miscarriage and wanted a dilation and curettage (D&C), which she says is identical factor as an abortion. Now she needs to coach Grey Sloan docs within the process.<\/p>\n
And once they get again to Seattle, Addison tells Bailey she needs to journey to the place ladies want her, and Bailey has an thought. Bailey reveals Addison the Physician Response Team truck, the cell working room that her husband, Ben, was utilizing earlier than the town mothballed the challenge. And Addison, seeing this gleaming \u201coperating room on wheels,\u201d is all smiles.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nLiliane Lathan\/ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Back in Boston, we see two extra acquainted faces, as Catherine Avery (Debbie Allen<\/a>) meets with Tom Koracick (Greg Germann<\/a>) on what she tells Jackson is a secret challenge. But the key is that Catherine\u2019s tumor is rising, and she or he\u2019s not telling anybody however Tom, her physician. Tom pleads with Catherine to inform Jackson and Richard in regards to the growth. \u201cYour son thinks you\u2019re still in remission,\u201d he says.<\/p>\nBut Catherine has been pursuing various therapies, and she or he needs to spend no matter time she has left \u2014 even when it\u2019s solely a \u201cfew good years\u201d \u2014 truly dwelling. \u201cI am lying to protect my privacy and my peace,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nLiliane Lathan\/ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
There is a few Grey Sloan motion on this episode, however not the form of \u201caction\u201d that members of the brand new intern class suppose<\/em> is going on. Adams (Niko Terho<\/a>) has been serving to Amelia (Caterina Scorsone<\/a>), his hush-hush aunt, with childcare whereas Meredith is out. But all the opposite interns simply suppose he\u2019s chipping in as a result of he and Amelia are sleeping collectively.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n[Warning: The below contains major<\/em> spoilers for the Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> Season 19, Episode 5, \u201cWhen I Get to the Border.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n Now we all know why Meredith (Ellen Pompeo<\/a>) is leaving Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital on Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em>. Whether it\u2019ll be a brief or everlasting departure, although, stays to be seen!<\/p>\n But we\u2019re getting forward of ourselves. At the beginning of Season 19, Episode 5 \u2014 November 3\u2019s \u201cWhen I Get to the Border\u201d \u2014 Meredith and Zola (Aniela Gumbs) are touring Brookline STEAM Academy in Boston. It\u2019s one of some totally different colleges they\u2019re testing as they attempt to discover a extra supportive setting for a pupil as gifted as Zola is.<\/p>\n And whereas Zola spends a college day together with her attainable new classmates, Mer checks in with an previous buddy who lives there in Beantown: Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams<\/a>). And she tells him that she thinks she\u2019s having a psychological breakdown.<\/p>\n Raymond Liu\/ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Jackson, in fact, continues to be heading the Catherine Fox Foundation. And when he hears from Meredith that Zola is experiencing extreme nervousness and is particularly nervous about Mer getting Alzheimer\u2019s, Jackson has a easy answer: \u201cWhat if you tried to cure Alzheimer\u2019s?\u201d he asks Mer.<\/p>\n Easy, proper? Well, no, however Jackson thinks Mer attempting to treatment the illness that killed her mom would get the form of funding that results in medical breakthroughs. He needs Mer to work on the challenge from Boston.<\/p>\n Mer doesn\u2019t need to put Zola by means of much more upheaval, however Jackson continues the onerous promote, telling her that he was operating on \u201ccruise control\u201d in his life till he reconnected together with his father and realized he didn\u2019t need to stay with failed potential like Robert Avery did. He thinks Zola\u2019s present disaster and Mer\u2019s profession trajectory are dovetailing. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s all these pieces of your life coming together,\u201d he says. \u201cI kinda think you\u2019re having a breakthrough, not a breakdown.\u201d<\/p>\n Liliane Lathan\/ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n And when Mer returns to the Brookline college, she finds Zola bonding with different ladies over a physics demonstration. Zola tries taking part in it cool in regards to the college, however it\u2019s only a entrance. She simply doesn\u2019t need her mother giving up her job. And as soon as Mer tells Zola to let her fear about her profession, Zola confesses that she loves it in Boston. So Mer sends Jackson a textual content: \u201cI\u2019m in.\u201d<\/p>\n The B-plot of the episode follows Bailey (Chandra Wilson<\/a>) and Addison (Kate Walsh<\/a>) as they drive from Grey Sloan to Pullman, WA, to volunteer on the Eastern Washington Family Planning Center, a clinic run by Bailey\u2019s school roommate, Cynthia. The clinic desperately wants extra employees, since ladies have been flocking there from Idaho, the place abortion is illegitimate. Bailey and Addison, nonetheless, can barely get to the entrance door of the clinic on account of all of the anti-abortion protestors mobbing the doorway.<\/p>\n Liliane Lathan\/ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Bailey and Addison deal with some sufferers on the clinic, however then Cynthia will get an emergency name from close by Moscow, ID, the place a 39-year-old lady named Susan is wants medical consideration that she will be able to\u2019t legally entry. Susan has an ectopic being pregnant, with the fetus hooked up to her C-section scar.<\/p>\n So Bailey and Addison, calling themselves the \u201cmedical Thelma and Louise,\u201d drive throughout state traces to retrieve Susan. But Susan begins bleeding on the best way again \u2014 simply as Bailey, within the driver\u2019s seat, encounters a site visitors jam. Addison clambers to the again seat and does what she will be able to to cease Susan\u2019s bleeding, however Susan flatlines, and never even Addison\u2019s roadside CPR can save her.<\/p>\n Addison is infuriated that anti-abortion legal guidelines price Susan her life. \u201cHow are we supposed to treat patients when we are hamstrung by laws that are written by people who are so far away from this?\u201d she asks, pointing to the puddle of blood that marks the place Susan died.<\/p>\n Later, Bailey tells Addison she as soon as had an incomplete miscarriage and wanted a dilation and curettage (D&C), which she says is identical factor as an abortion. Now she needs to coach Grey Sloan docs within the process.<\/p>\n And once they get again to Seattle, Addison tells Bailey she needs to journey to the place ladies want her, and Bailey has an thought. Bailey reveals Addison the Physician Response Team truck, the cell working room that her husband, Ben, was utilizing earlier than the town mothballed the challenge. And Addison, seeing this gleaming \u201coperating room on wheels,\u201d is all smiles.<\/p>\n Liliane Lathan\/ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Back in Boston, we see two extra acquainted faces, as Catherine Avery (Debbie Allen<\/a>) meets with Tom Koracick (Greg Germann<\/a>) on what she tells Jackson is a secret challenge. But the key is that Catherine\u2019s tumor is rising, and she or he\u2019s not telling anybody however Tom, her physician. Tom pleads with Catherine to inform Jackson and Richard in regards to the growth. \u201cYour son thinks you\u2019re still in remission,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n But Catherine has been pursuing various therapies, and she or he needs to spend no matter time she has left \u2014 even when it\u2019s solely a \u201cfew good years\u201d \u2014 truly dwelling. \u201cI am lying to protect my privacy and my peace,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Liliane Lathan\/ABC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n There is a few Grey Sloan motion on this episode, however not the form of \u201caction\u201d that members of the brand new intern class suppose<\/em> is going on. Adams (Niko Terho<\/a>) has been serving to Amelia (Caterina Scorsone<\/a>), his hush-hush aunt, with childcare whereas Meredith is out. But all the opposite interns simply suppose he\u2019s chipping in as a result of he and Amelia are sleeping collectively.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n