On Thursday, Grey’s Anatomy will venture to an alternate universe where Meredith is perky, Alex is preppy and something seems off about Callie’s marriage to Owen.
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In a clip exclusive to The Hollywood Reporter, Alex and Meredith share a smooch but the newly engaged couple aren’t the only ones locking lips: Callie and Owen — in this world, married and parents to three children — share a very awkward kiss as an ostracized Cristina looks on.
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“They’re two people who have no business being together,” showrunner Shonda Rhimes told THR about Callie and Owen. “He’s pining for somebody else [and] she’s having all these unexplained feelings for Arizona because [Callie] is the heart surgeon so she never had her first experience with a woman.”
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Meanwhile, Jessica Capshaw tells THR that Callie is committed to the marriage and being a mother to three children. “Idefinitely feel like the difference in this is exploring the working mother facet of being a full-blown, kick-ass surgeon and being married to someone else who’s a doctor and then having three children and being a working mother,” she says.
Grey’s Anatomy‘s alt universe episode airs Thursday at 9 p.m. on ABC.
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