The Thick of It (2005)

Episode Overview

While tucking Zola into bed and drifting off, Meredith starts to ponder alternate realities—what if her mother hadn’t suffered from Alzheimer’s and she had experienced a nurturing upbringing? The impact of a content Meredith Grey reshapes the landscape of Seattle Grace in unexpected ways. What if she had never crossed paths with Derek at that bar, preventing him from parting ways with Addison? What if Callie and Owen had formed a relationship long before Arizona entered the picture? And what if Bailey had never transformed from the shy intern she used to be?