Pardon me while I try to stop crying my eyes out and recap this mostly heartbreaking (and slightly annoying) episode.

We open on Maggie, Alex, and Meredith picking up Diane Pierce (a.k.a. Maggies mom) from the airport, and judging by the way Maggies upset about Mama Pierces upcoming boob job, she still doesnt know about the C-A-N-C-E-R.

Jackson tries to tell convince Diane to actually talk to her daughter about what shes going through which, seeing as how Maggies being a bit pointed, if not exceedingly rude, with her comments, I also recommend. But no. She says she wants to tell her after the surgery so she can say she had cancer, not that she still has it. (See? Told you it was heartbreaking and a little bit annoying.)

Not getting answers from her own mother, Maggie goes and questions Jackson, mentioning that shes locked out of her moms file. The plastic surgeon doesnt admit that he knows whats going on, but he does point out that her mother is scared of this surgery but not why shes this scared, thus maintaining doctor-patient confidentiality.

Later, we see Maggie obsess over why her mom would make this kind of decision, saying she wasnt allowed to pierce her ears though I suspect her mother was trying to save her from name-pun-related teasing on this account so why would her mother get a boob job?

At first Meredith and Amelia say its for sex for her shirts to fit better. But then Meredith says Maggie should ask her mother for a reason, while Amelia goes in the opposite direction and says its not her job to question her moms decision. (Both of these strategies are emblematic of what either woman is going through, so theyre not really great advice for Maggie herself.)

In any case, Diane does eventually tell her and Maggie is understandably shocked. She walks out of the room with her mothers case chart in her hands and proceeds to go study up on her moms condition. All this while her mom waits for her at Merediths house and plays with Zola and Bailey (and Baby Ellis? Honestly I cant track where this kid ever is).

The next day, Diane Pierce goes into surgery and Maggie paces nervously outside.

Elsewhere in the episode, Meredith is dealing with Riggs, who wants to know if she thought about what he said. Obviously she did, as we see her and Alex discuss it. But Dr. Grey stone cold lies to him, saying, I have three kids and a job. Im a surgeon. As funny as it is, fair point. Shes a very busy lady, and Im not sure what Riggs does on his time off. Probably practice his jokes for when he sees Meredith.

Anyhow, the next time he sees her, Riggs tries asking her again. But this time, Meredith points out that hes pushing her without giving her anything to go on. Everyone she knows who knows him doesnt like him, but Riggs insists on joking like it doesnt matter. (Like I said last time, If you want to be her lover, you gotta get with her friends.) So Riggs tries to give her a reason and cant.

Though he does get a chance to elaborate later on in the episode, saying he didnt want to like her, but he saw her laugh once, and now he comes in early to see if her name is on their surgery board and tries to come up with jokes to make her laugh (LOL). To this, Meredith suggests he ask her out to dinner. She then says yes when he does. But before she can say or do anything else, Jackson gets her because Maggie needs her

When Meredith finds her, Maggie is staring at her mothers charts. She turns to her half sister and says that her mom is really, really sick.

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