No one is more surprised than I am to find myself saying — well, typing — that I am glad Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy finally broke up Lucas and Simone. (Read the full recap.) Am I alone in feeling that way?
Maybe I should have spotted the warning signs ages ago. Even back in Season 19, when Lucas suggested that Simone’s fiancé didn’t see all of her, but “I see you, and I love every single thing I see,” the red flags were there. I was so busy fanning myself — Niko Terho and Alexis Floyd can have great chemistry (watch below) — and so disliked Trey that it didn’t occur to me what a d–k move Lucas was making by attempting to get Simone to call off the wedding. She had made up her mind to marry her ex, and there Lucas was, mansplaining to her why he was a better choice.
What? An overture can be both romantic and wrong at the same time.
Once they were together, Lucas seemed to make it his business to land Simone in enough hot water to brew a river of coffee. (Sam Sutton, anyone?) Then, upon learning that she’d had second thoughts about inviting him to move back into the residents’ house — understandable after her near-Mrs. with Trey — Derek’s nephew turned his shoulder so cold, it should’ve been treated for frostbite.
Finally, just before Jo and Link’s wedding, Lucas called time of death on his and Simone’s relationship, and I… cheered. He didn’t see anything wrong with being optimistic about the future, even if it was unrealistic. In response, she’d made the “unforgivable” mistake of pointing out that, unlike a member of the wealthy and celebrated Shepherd family — which, to be clear, was implied but not stated — not everybody got bailed out when they rolled the dice and it didn’t pay off.
So, yeah, I’m not sad that a scalpel was stuck in this romance. I’m way more into Winston and Jules’ budding flirtation and, if it ever actually happens, Amelia and Monica. Not for nothing, either, but Simone’s interaction with the mystery man who may become a series regular (Grown-ish alum Trevor Jackson) was off-the-charts hot.