Owen says, verbatim, “NO ONE doesn’t want kids!” Oh my God, I hate this so much already. Look, there are two ways to unpack that statement: Shonda and the writers either believe what Owen is saying — that there’s some biological imperative to want children and even when people think they don’t, they eventually do — or else they think “everybody wants kids” is a self-evidently ridiculous statement, in which case they’re loading down a previously likeable character with the biggest pile of BS belief I’ve heard from someone on this show, and that includes the time the blonde thought she was having sex with the ghost of her dead boyfriend.
- Joe R., Grey’s Anatomy 8-15 “Have You Seen Me Lately?” Recap