Grey's Anatomy Recap: Why Did Derek Really Come Back? And Who's Falling in Love?

Not everyone is as thrilled as Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) about Derek's (Patrick Dempsey) return to Seattle on this week's Grey's Anatomy - but more importantly, the show delivered one of the best case-of-the-week plots in recent memory.

The day starts out on a positive note for nearly all of the doctors: Meredith now counts herself among one of those "blessed" people who have everything they've ever wanted (i.e. a gorgeous husband, two great kids, an amazing job and an exhausting sex life), Dr. Webber (James Pickens Jr.) is entertaining a group of elementary school students who are on a field trip, Owen (Kevin McKidd) and Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) look like they're enjoying waking up next to each other naked, and Stephanie (Jerrika Hinton) is Tindering in the elevator.

Derek tells Owen that he wants to come back full time after "tying up some loose ends" in D.C., but unfortunately he needs the approval of Amelia - who has not only been appointed to the head of neuro, but is all too familiar with Derek's competitive side. Later, Derek proposes that he and Owen go fishing together sometime. (Fingers crossed for another bromance episode!)

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But as Stephanie is flirting with the chaperone of the aforementioned field trip, and Jackson (Jesse Williams) is trying to resurrect Mark Sloan's phrase "The Plastics Posse" with Ben (Jason Winston George), the hospital is quickly thrown into chaos when multiple gunshot victims start to come in after a bank robbery - including two cops who are brothers.

(On a side note, it's really sad to see what a great awkward dad Jackson would make - he's already got the humor down.)

Amelia puts a miffed Derek in his place by assigning him to a boring aneurysm while everyone else is responding to the traumas. Callie (Sara Ramirez), meanwhile, is very impressed that one of the responding officers has fought through exposed bone and muscle, and they get a friendly rapport going. Bailey and Ben, meanwhile, are working on the suspected robber.

Unfortunately, one of the sibling cops codes and, though Maggie (Kelly McCreary) brings him back to life after 14 (!) minutes, Amelia quickly ascertains that he's brain-dead. (Although, if we're being honest, we all knew he was a goner after his sweet speech about his mother's potluck.)

But then, just as April (Sarah Drew) and Meredith are closing up his brother, he codes as well. It turns out that he suffered a large stroke during the surgery, and so their poor mother finds out that her second son is also brain-dead. This is the most tear-jerking case-of-the-week we've seen on Grey's in a while, no? Or am I just feeling sensitive tonight?

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Grey's Anatomy Recap: Why Did Derek Really Come Back? And Who's Falling in Love?