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Something about Andy and Maya’s friendship has always felt a little hollow to me. Idk what it is, but they have never seemed very close. I liked their conversation in this episode a lot, though. Maya’s comments about how Carina is light(cute)/so good versus how she talked about herself might not come up again(I know how this show works now) really displayed how Maya sees herself. Made me a little sad. A different show would delve deeper and I would have loved to see that.

I get what you mean, because what we’ve seen on screen of them is usually to serve plot, so it’s mostly there for exposition or to be ruined for drama, but, there have been some great moments throughout, I can believe that off screen and especially before the show started, they had what we’re mostly now told is a good friendship. And I did really like the start of the return to something in the latest ep.

And yeah, gosh, the way Maya sees things…please, just send her to therapy, show. How did what she dropped to Tracie Thoms’s character not ring loud ass alarm bells?? Of course if she sees Carina as perfect and her as undeserving she’s always going to rush to sabotage things. A different show would do a LOT differently! But this is the one we’re watching, heh.

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With the PRT no more now I’m really wondering what S19 wants with Carina. Part of me is starting to think S19/Shondaland promoted her just so they wouldn’t have to worry about her booking something else. I love Maya and S19 enough to keep watching with or without Marina, but I feel like this sucks for Stefania. She 100% said she didn’t want to be just the girlfriend and so far… Fingers crossed they give her more to do soon

Yeah, though as an I’m actor I’m sure she knows how it goes, I’m hoping it balances out, with more screentime in later eps or at least more on Grey’s.

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I am actually quite curious what people were expecting from stefania being a regular on station? What would she do on the show? She’s a doctor, she has no place on a show about firefighters. I just assumed she would only be there as maya’s girlfriend. Some people think they may have her be a new PRT person with Ben but I don’t think I would want her to give up being an OB doctor just so she can get more screentime. I think it would be a disservice to the character especially because she’s so passionate about the profession.

Well, people had been floating around the PRT, though that’s over now, but there’s so much that could be done. They just have to think of her as a regular character and write stories about her sometimes instead of fitting her into others’. That’s the big difference to me.

They could have her stop by more often at the station, bring food, befriend the others, moonlight as a consultant on whatever because of covid, it doesn’t have to necessarily be realistic. Even if it’s just her and Maya, she could get to have a story about her brother and have Maya comforting her. I half expected her to get maybe the same amount of time on Station 19 but then more on Grey’s, but that’s not happening either. And really, even if it was just as Maya’s gf, more than a minute’d be nice. 

I think, interestingly, having Andy move in with them is actually good for that? Because Andy will just always carry the majority of story and screentime with her, so Carina sharing that spotlight can only be a good sign.

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Something I noticed. Carina seems to have a lot of respect for Bailey. It goes beyond than her just being her boss. They don’t share many scenes, not even on greys but I wish they would explore that.

I was like, what do you mean, one of the only interactions between them I’ve seen being where in the Grey’s premiere this season she kind of yelled at her, but right, right, the allusions to her boss and always paying attention to what she’s doing, right. And you’re right! I wish they would! Like, at the end of it, doctors or firefighters, this show is about personal relationships, so there’s always more of that if they want to write it.