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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:04 PM Post #2676 |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:07 PM Post #2677 |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:12 PM Post #2678 |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:15 PM Post #2679 |
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For five seasons, I walked the strange line of being both a fan of “Grey’s Anatomy” and someone on the show’s payroll. As a PA and then researcher in the writers’ office, I had a front row seat to the storylines I used to watch unfold every week on my TV. I was there for Cristina’s exit, the Calzona split, Derek’s death, and almost the entire rise and fall of Japril — moments that would have had me screaming on my couch, had I not seen them coming. In March, it was announced that Sarah Drew, who plays Dr. April Kepner, and Jessica Capshaw, who plays Dr. Arizona Robbins, would be leaving “Grey’s” at the end of this season. And for the first time in years, I didn’t know what was going to happen to their characters. I got to watch everything unfold just like the fan I was before I worked there, a fan very fortunate to have once been a blip in Sarah and Jessica’s orbits, and a fan who got to see herself reflected in April and Arizona both. Arizona Robbins first arrived on our screens in the middle of season 5. Episodes later, she was pulling Callie into the bathroom at Joe’s Bar, launching one of the most iconic and groundbreaking queer couples in television history, Calzona. Here they were, two women in love, on one of the most popular shows on television — and, more than that, their relationship was complex and real and deeply human. Where Callie grappled with her bisexuality later in life, Arizona just always knew herself to be, in her own words, “super gay,” “the gayest of the gays,” and “lesbianic.” And while Callie’s journey more closely mirrored my own, seeing someone as carefree and unbothered in her sexuality as Arizona gave me immense hope. As someone coming to terms with my own sexuality, “Grey’s” was a “safe” show. Watching with my mom, I could mask my pull toward Callie and Arizona under the guise of an interest in the dozen other relationships and the surgery-of-the-week. A quick look at Twitter proves that Calzona was a similar beacon for a number of viewers, both young and old — in large part thanks to Jessica’s performance. In person, Jessica radiates energy and warmth — and Arizona’s contagious happiness is trademark Capshaw. The actor is wickedly funny and quick with a laugh. Yet somehow, she still managed to ground Arizona in such a way that you could believe she was a real doctor, and a good one at that. Over the years, we’ve seen Arizona through a lot. She stood up to Callie’s homophobic father. She subdued the doctor previously known as “Evil Spawn,” Alex Karev. She went to Africa to change the world. She survived a car crash. And a plane crash. She lost a leg. She cheated. She got divorced. She found unlikely friends in April Kepner and Richard Webber. She fought like hell for custody of her daughter. This season, she’s fighting like hell to save mothers across America. And thanks to Jessica, every moment has been magic to watch. |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:21 PM Post #2680 |
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^^^
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:24 PM Post #2681 |
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Synopsis for the finale Spoiler: click to toggle
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:28 PM Post #2682 |
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@JessicaCapshaw Today’s the day...it’s finally here. Farewell Arizona Robbins!!! I’ll be live tweeting the WEST COAST airing tonight. ❤️👩🏼⚕️❤️ |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:33 PM Post #2683 |
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![]() jessicacapshaw Season 5...my first episode. During my costume fitting Mimi (our costume designer) had a few shoe options. They were all cute tennis shoes that were all fitting for the bouncy peds surgeon that I had been hired to play for three episodes. However, at the end of the row of shoes were a pair in a much bigger box and that had little wheels in the heels...it was love at first sight and I was convinced that OF COURSE this uniquely named character that I was about to play HAD TO WEAR THEM. So Mimi let me take them home so that I could learn how to use them. I figured I had a couple of days. Then the call sheet came out a couple hours later and it turned out I was working the very next day. I put them on at home and inch by unsteady inch I learned to roll just a little bit further and further until...I looked like I knew what I was doing. The above clip is the result of that. Special credit to @christopher_gav for holding my hands (and my heart) as I learned. |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:41 PM Post #2684 |
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![]() jessicacapshaw The dancing. Ooooh, the dancing. I love, love, love, love this scene. It was the beginning of everything and it was so fresh, so fun, so flirty and so carefree. Sara and I picked Beyoncé and they blasted it while we just danced and laughed while the camera rolled...makes my face hurt from smiling when I think about it. |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:47 PM Post #2685 |
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![]() jessicacapshaw @mckee.stacy wrote some of my most cherished Arizona speeches. This one is amongst my favorites. Thank goodness for her commitment and her talent...I’m so grateful for her creativity and the inspiration that she had while writing for Arizona. 👩🏼⚕️ |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:54 PM Post #2686 |
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Grey's Anatomy 14x24 Promo "All of Me" |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 10:56 PM Post #2687 |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 11:18 PM Post #2688 |
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It's finale day!! |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 11:34 PM Post #2689 |
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Grey’s hasn’t given Arizona the time she deserved since Callie left. Dr. Herman offering to team up with Arizona and create the Robbins-Herman Center is very similar and reminiscent of Cristina getting the Klausman Institute from Burke to further her career and live out her dreams is OK. I don't really care about April; but her presence will be missed. |
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 11:40 PM Post #2690 |
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Very very sad to say goodbye to AZ and Kepner.
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| Guest | May 17 2018, 11:51 PM Post #2691 |
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This such a beautiful tribute, written by someone who loves both characters.
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| Guest | May 18 2018, 12:20 AM Post #2692 |
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| Guest | May 18 2018, 08:04 PM Post #2693 |
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| Guest | May 18 2018, 08:06 PM Post #2694 |
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| Guest | May 18 2018, 08:07 PM Post #2695 |
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So no Callie in the finale?
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| Guest | May 18 2018, 08:08 PM Post #2696 |
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x2 |
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| Guest | May 18 2018, 08:11 PM Post #2697 |
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Nope. If Ramirez wanted to come back, she would’ve. No one can force. |
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| Guest | May 18 2018, 08:46 PM Post #2698 |
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"Everytime I get a text from Callie, I smile." |
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| Guest | Jun 14 2018, 08:17 AM Post #2699 |
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