QueenMeredith

Yes, even in the Chief's office with a resident is 99 percent Ellis.

The situations are so similar to MD, so I wonder if this gonna play for them too - present time for them vs past for Ellis/Richard.

darkxtwisty

Yes, so maybe 11x4 is a MD centric episode that just so happens to parallel with Richard/Ellis' storyline?

QueenMeredith

I hope not, I want their centric to be truly a centric.

darkxtwisty

11x5 definitely isn't their centric episode and none of the other sides really point to them either, unless it's being hidden. 11x4 are the only sides that have any indication of MD. Then again, I don't think there's been a lot of Mer in the sides, period.

QueenMeredith

Yeah, I didn't read the sides and was like ''that's Mer'' I really hope they are keeping it out of the sides. IT BETTER BE HEAVY MER.

Episode 4 looks like a big, secret episode since they put that on the script, they normally do that only for the finales.

darkxtwisty

I mean, it might be Mer, and it's just not obvious. None of the 11x1 and 2 sides were really obvious about anyone. I wasn't 100% any doctor was a specific character. I wasn't even 50% sure. They just seemed like general doctor/patient sides. The only case that I thought sounded like Mer was the one with the little girl. It seemed like Mer and Alex based on the case and the background. That's in 11x4 too.

I'm still leaning towards 11x4 might be MD centric. I'd be okay with them paralleling their centric episode with Richard and Ellis as long as they get adequate screen time and the others aren't as involved. Also, maybe Derek and Meredith can learn something from what happened with Ellis and Richard.

QueenMeredith

And also the sides are not the whole episode - they are just for casting guest stars mostly - they are not giving all the episode away.

But everyone has been on set right, so they are all in the episode, when it was Callie's centric Ellen and Patrick ex. were having a vacation.. and Patrick wasn't even on set when they started the episode, don't want that for the MD centric.. maybe it will happen later on IDK.

I have a feeling they will mirror the situations since from the sides are so similar.

runawaaay

the MD/Ellis & Richard stories. mirrors even then. even in earlier seasons. so it would make sens

darkxtwisty

They started filming for 11x3 on Thursday and 11x4 started on Wednesday, so I think the filming overlaps a little bit, so people on set on Wednesday and Thursday could have been filming for 11x3 still. Kevin tweeted the pictures of Sarah on Wednesday, so they could have still been shooting 11x3. Also, just because they're on set doesn't mean they're in a big scene. It could be a short cameo. There were lots of times Ellen and Patrick were on set last season and we thought it'd be big, and they had a short cameo or they were in the background in a scene. So that could be the case here too. Whether we like it or not, even in a MD centric episode, Ellen and Patrick won't be the only ones on set during the entire filming of the episode.

QueenMeredith

Yes, J. In the early seasons especially they had mirrors. So I can see it happening again.

True, but I want them to be the most who are on set everyday.. they have to interact with the rest. Like Mer's Golden Hour. She has scenes with everyone, but it was her episode.

runawaaay

Golden Hour was a true centric episode

QueenMeredith

It was one of my fave episodes.

runawaaay

And Stacy wrote it.

darkxtwisty

I wish all of season 11 would be like that - Mer being the "sun" and everyone's story revolves around her.

gladluvgrey

I think the only two true centrics episodes had been Golden Hour and Give Peace a Chance...although Derek's centric epi had one or two scenes without him, while Golden Hour was truly 42 mins with Meredith! I want the MerDer centric (if it really happen) to be like any of those two episodes and not like the CA centric!