Grey’s Anatomy Season 21 Inches Cristina & Meredith’s Replacement To Be More Like Ellen Pompeo & Sandra Oh’s Fan-Favorite Duo

Warning! SPOILERS about Grey’s Anatomy season 21, episode 14 ahead.

Meredith and Cristina’s unique friendship has long been synonymous with Grey’s Anatomy

, with no other among the characters able to recreate that special bond – however, one friendship among two new interns is slowly making them more similar to the twisted sisters. Since its introduction in Grey’s Anatomy season 19, the new interns struggled to create a cohesive group. Maggie, Meredith and Amelia all giving one intern each the keys to Ellis’s house sped up the bonds among some of them, but Mika’s departure in Grey’s Anatomy season 21 meant the class’s glue left, making their group’s friendships more difficult.

Among the new interns, Grey’s Anatomy season 19 teased Simone and Jules possibly inheriting Meredith and Cristina’s twisted sisters bond. While the story pushed Jules to become Simone’s maid of honor, it was clear their friendship wasn’t there yet, making them quickly return to behave as colleagues more than friends. Grey’s Anatomy season 21 nonetheless revived Jules and Simone’s potential as friends via Mika’s accident first and departure later, leading Jules to open to Simone about Mika, building up their bond as could be seen by how Jules was there for Simone in Grey’s Anatomy season 21, episode 14.

Jules & Simone’s “Mopey” Drinks Mirror The Original Interns’ Hangouts In Grey’s Anatomy

The Hangout Atmosphere Was The Same, Along With The Cliquey Attitude

If the hangouts among the interns only happened occasionally in the past, Jules’ moment of weakness during the intern retreat at Bailey’s made them much more common. Indeed, the interns could be seen hanging out together after a shift at Grey Sloan Memorial each episode since the retreat except for season 21, episode 11. The times not all of them gathered at Joe’s or Ellis’s house, Jules and Simone still met up, highlighting how easy to rely on their bond had become. Their consistency inevitably made their bonds similar to those among the original interns in Grey’s Anatomy’s earlier seasons.

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The new group of interns bore the brunt of Mika’s sudden departure, especially Jules, but her exit can surprisingly have a positive effect.

Jules and Simone being at the heart of the new bonds among the intern class inadvertently makes them set the tone of their hangouts. This couldn’t be clearer in Grey’s Anatomy season 21, episode 14’s ending, when Lucas tried to share the good news of Richard being willing to talk to Catherine about his remediation only to be stopped by Jules stating, “We’re moping, this is Mopetown.” Although dismissive of Lucas’s feelings, Jules and Simone’s attitude distinctly mirrored Meredith and Cristina’s in their hangouts at Joe’s or those including Izzie and George watching Ellis’s old surgery tapes at Ellis’s house.

Lucas felt left out by Jules and Simone’s reaction, no matter how they invited him to “Mopetown,” with their bond bringing a side of Simone he didn’t fully grasp. However, this was also a key characteristic of Meredith and Cristina’s friendship. Their close bond often led Meredith and Cristina to be considered as one, with their notoriously negative outlook earning them the nickname the twisted sisters. This was even acknowledged and accepted by their partners, as Derek often mentioned Meredith and Cristina’s peculiar bond that left him out, something Grey’s Anatomy seems to be repeating with Jules and Simone.

How Jules & Simone’s Support For One Another Mirror Cristina & Meredith’s Best Qualities

They Support Each Other In Their Personal Lives As Well As Professionally

Grey’s Anatomy season 21, episode 14 included another sign of Jules and Simone’s bond mirroring Meredith and Cristina’s in the way they support one another personally and professionally, pushing each other to be better as surgeons. This was evident in how Jules unequivocally celebrated Simone’s solo surgery but also gave her time to process Dr. Chase’s presence in Grey’s Anatomy season 21, episode 14, never leaving her side while also putting things in perspective that reminded Simone why they had to return to the classroom. Hopefully, this means Jules and Simone’s bond can only grow stronger in Grey’s Anatomy.

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Grey’s Anatomy

9/10

Release Date

March 27, 2005

Directors

Rob Corn, Kevin McKidd, Debbie Allen, Chandra Wilson, Allison Liddi-Brown, Jeannot Szwarc, Tony Phelan

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  Ellen Pompeo

  Dr. Meredith Grey

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  Chandra Wilson

  Dr. Miranda Bailey