This recap contains spoilers for Grey's Anatomy Season 21, episode 14 "Love in the Ice Age."
Simone arrives at grand rounds to discover that the renowned surgeon Bailey has invited to Grey Sloan is the mean responsible for her getting kicked out of her first residency program. Simone doesn't trust Dr. Chase after the way he treated her, but Bailey is too distracted by all she's heard about the doctor's successes. She and Simone join Chase on the experimental surgery to remove an inoperable tumor -- but the moment he realizes it's a lost cause, he bails. After Bailey kicks him out of the OR for giving up on the patient, she comes up with an idea that might save her. The technique works, and she and Weber -- who was also highly skeptical of Chase -- share a moment reminding us all that some friendships really do outlast anything. Simone confronts Chase on his way out the door and finally gets closure on the dramatic end to her first program.
Lucas, who is still trying to do everything possible to change Catherine's mind about repeating his intern year, eagerly finds himself on Weber's service. The latter is still convinced that Catherine won't change her mind. But after the two spend the day together watching old surgeries on tape, Weber finally agrees to talk to Catherine about Lucas's future.
Ben, on the other hand, finds himself in Teddy's service once again. All day, she keeps him locked into mundane tasks -- even as they take on a trauma case with Owen and Jules. It isn't until the patient is near death that Teddy calls him in to do compressions on the patient's heart. He confronts her at the end of the day, admitting that all he's been doing is trying to stick to his role as an intern and do the job well. But he asks her to make a call on his future in the program if she doesn't think all his hard work -- despite his mistakes -- is enough.
Blue is still reeling from his recent breakup with Molly, and tries his best to dive headfirst into work to deal with it. But Link sees right through to his intern's broken heart. Link convinces Winston to swap interns in exchange for free tickets to a baseball game, and he convinces Blue that they can save their patient's leg, though the latter is skeptical. During the surgery, Link reveals that the reason their patient waited on surgery was because he was trying to spread his brother's ashes in different locations around the world. They save the leg -- and a life -- and Blue, understanding the man's grief, helps him find a way to experience the world while recovering. Link, remembering how hard it was to have a life outside of work as an intern, gives his baseball ticket to Blue -- much to Winston's dismay.
Teddy and Owen, while trying to save a patient from a traumatic run-in with an ice pick (don't ask), have their first run-ins about the end of their open marriage. Teddy confesses that she only wants Owen, to which he surprisingly agrees -- he only wants her, too. But she's not happy that he slept with someone else (despite, you know, the whole open marriage thing). When their patient's heart won't restart, she is determined not to give up -- the same way she's determined not to give up on their marriage. But Owen tells her she has to let the patient go. Teddy is still distraught afterward, but when she finally returns home, Owen is waiting for her, telling her everything is going to be okay.
Is it, though? I'm not convinced. But I'm just a bystander. What do I know?