: Back in Seattle, Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) creates a series of competitive surgical simulations for the residents to sharpen their skills, which had stalled during the pandemic. Levi Schmitt (Jake Borelli) wins the competition and the prize of a solo surgery—extracting a crystal egg from a patient's intestine—which he performs successfully with guidance from his peers in the gallery.
The episode follows several intersecting storylines focused on taking risks for a better future: [S18E2] Some Kind of Tomorrow
as Dr. Kai Bartley, a neuroscientist introduced as part of the Minnesota research team. Critical Reception : Back in Seattle, Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr
Reviewers noted that the episode felt like a return to "vintage Grey's" due to the competitive energy of the Surgical Olympics and the budding romance between Meredith and Nick. The episode was praised for addressing real-world medical issues like the racial bias in kidney function testing. Kai Bartley, a neuroscientist introduced as part of