: Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) treats a Black patient, Rashida, suffering from kidney failure. He discovers she is being denied a spot on the transplant list due to an outdated medical metric (eGFR) that uses race as a factor. Winston successfully advocates for her, highlighting systemic racial disparities in healthcare, and manages to get her on the list.
as Megan Hunt, who returns to assist at the hospital while Meredith is away. [S18E2] Some Kind of Tomorrow
: Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) travels to Minnesota to evaluate a high-stakes offer from David Hamilton (Peter Gallagher) to run a research lab dedicated to curing Parkinson’s disease. Meredith brings Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) for a second opinion, and Amelia is immediately eager to join the project. Ultimately, Meredith agrees to the job on her own terms: she will remain in Seattle but fly to Minnesota once a week to lead a satellite lab. : Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) treats a Black
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. as Megan Hunt, who returns to assist at