Grey's Anatomy recap: 'In the Air Tonight' – EW.com

In real life, getting on a plane is a normal, fairly risk-free thing to do. OnGreys Anatomy,getting on a plane is like playing Russian roulette and somehow, Meredith always gets the loaded chamber.

This time around, shes flying to a conference and ends up sitting next to Riggs, who she didnt know was also going to the conference. This is a bad shock to Grey, but a pleasant surprise to Riggs: He quickly points out that theyre about to have three days alone together without anyone around (or rather, anything theyknow around) to bother them and get in their way. It sounds pretty nice. Meredith, though, is busy acting like theyre over. She tells Riggs she wants some alone time and then goes to the bathroom where he also goes, thinking she made inviting eyes at him. She didnt. But now hes there and shes there and, well, airplane bathrooms are very, very small.

At first, theres some more back-and-forth. Meredith tells him shes simply ignoring her feelings toward him, partly because she doesnt want to hurt Maggie. He responds that Maggie isnt there, and somehow, that kinda works. Hes about to leave, realizing that Meredith is serious when she says she doesnt want to do anything with him, but then, it turns out, Meredith isntthatserious. Shes standing in front of the door, his only exit. Instead of moving to let him out, she leans in to kiss him. Meredith is in a lot of clubs ones for people with dead parents and dead husbands and dead sisters, for example but she just joined the most fun one yet.

And she doesnt want to talk about it. After they leave the bathroom, she wants to pretend like it never happened. This is all good and fun until turbulence strikes. Like, bad, pop-a-Xanax-and-say-your-prayers turbulence. Luggage and people go flying, and once it calms down a little, Meredith notices Max, a friend she made on the way out of her bathroom romp, is on the floor, seemingly unconscious. Never get on a plane with Meredith Grey!

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Grey's Anatomy recap: 'In the Air Tonight' - EW.com