These episodes are Bailey-centric or are otherwise very informative about her life. Unless the pregnancy meant she didn't "complete" her 5th year or take the boards, so she had to recomplete it. Together, Chandra Wilson and Taye Diggs are hilarious and touching and all sorts of fabulous. Bailey told her that kids already know on some level and advised her to just make sure they knew she still loved them and that she was not going anywhere. She finally told him that their actions had cost her her hospital with Tom being in charge now, her best surgeons, and most importantly, her closest friend. Marital Bailey tells Ben that she is having a heart attack and requests that he drop her off near Seattle Presbyterian Hospital. They become engaged nonetheless, and new interns at Seattle Grace-Mercy West refer to her as BCB ("Booty Call Bailey"): whenever Ben is in town she is giddy and has sex with him as much as possible. [37], Bailey tried to tell Ben about the pregnancy when he came home from an exhausting shift but he fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the bed. "[7], USA Today TV critic wrote in 2006 that Emmy voters could consider Chandra Wilson because she adds "warmth and humor to Bailey without making her go all squishy. At the end of the day, Ben and Bailey left together. Due to her working as a surgeon, Bailey rarely spent time at home, putting a strain on their marriage and following an incident where Tuck was hurt at home, their relationship was strained even more and although they stayed married, Tucker went on dates. Wilson has reprised her role in the spin-off series Private Practice and Station 19. April also impresses Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and she is ultimately granted the position of Chief Resident in the season seven finale.. What episode does Bailey become Chief resident? [16], Despite their sabbatical, Ben returned to the house to board up the windows in preparation for the windstorm. Ben arrived at the hospital and explained to Bailey that he quit his job at the fire station. Although known for her strict personality, Bailey has an excellent bedside manner. Afterward, Bailey and Ben lied down on top of the engine and talked about their baby possibly being a girl. She reminded him of his suspension but he claimed it was a social visit. Because of the stress of his job, one day when he was going to work, she told him to drop her off at Seattle Presbyterian hospital. [20], Bailey and Ben remained separated through the holidays. Miranda Bailey, a graduate of Wellesley College, is an attending general surgeon. When all of her friends, and her new fianc, Alex Karev, were too afraid to go visit her, Dr. Bailey was supportive, and a very motherly figure to Izzie. I loved Bailey so much in the first few seasons, they perfectly balanced her as a strong leader with ambition but with a soft side that we would get to see on occasion. If he were to come back, he needed to know that that would never happen again. After saving Adele, she returns to the venue and marries Ben. She knew Joey had declined to talk to a social worker about his options. Her first marriage to George collapsed after the intern left her for his best friend, Izzie. Later, she came to him in nothing but a trench coat and thong and proposed to him, but they didn't immediately get engaged because Ben told her he was offered a surgical internship at UCLA. She later admitted the pregnancy to Chief Webber, after he asked her about whether or not she was accepting a fellowship at Seattle Grace. She dropped everything to show him how childish it was and said the crossword was too easy. Ben convinced her not to back down. Season 4-5 is over one year as well. On her way to her office, she ran into Amelia, who asked about the ultrasound. The two get married, creating one of Grey's Anatomy's strongest couples to date. She sat down with Meredith in the attendings' lounge, where Meredith was missing Alex cheering her up after a hard day. She didn't want Joey's future to be a matter of chance. Bailey and Jo convinced her they were as good as Meredith and after a thorough work-up and a process of elimination, they figured out the diagnosis and resolved the problem surgically. As Bailey and Jo waited for an ambulance together, Jo told her they needed to talk later. She told him that it was a meeting and blew him off, so he just dropped her off and drove to his job. He asked Bailey if she would be willing to write a recommendation so he could apply for a job of Chief of Peds at Shawnee Memorial. Andrew asked to scrub in on the hip replacement. Bailey wanted to enter a lounge, but Maggie stopped her from going in because Catherine, Richard, and Jackson were fighting in there. But, as Chandra Wilson, who has played the character for 19 seasons, put it . Ben then puts himself back through residency to become a surgeon. William George Bailey JonesMiscarried daughter (with Ben)Joey PhillipsPruitt Arike Miller Profession Later, Link arrived in the room and Bailey showed him his son. He told her that she had told him to follow his bliss, but then she turned on him and left him over it. Miranda became a 5th-year resident and decided to be Callie's "number two," as Torres was lacking in performance as Chief Resident. She then informed Meredith that Richard was stepping back from surgery. When the surgeons had to flip Catherine on the table, Richard couldn't bear to look at the risky move, so Bailey informed when it was over. She was afraid that being married to him was killing her. [30], Bailey identified Lucas Ripley when Levi arrived with him at the hospital. Maggie was convinced he had some type of rapidly-progressive dementia, though they had yet to find a cause. She wanted to have time to innovate and fall in love with the OR again and spend more time with her loved ones. The storm came after surgery. [50], Andrew convinced Bailey that he was ready to return to work and she allowed him to treat patients again starting with shifts in the clinic. He thanked her for being a great teacher who also let him grow up. He apologized and shared with her the story of how Halloween was his and his son David's thing and how David died a few weeks before he could ever put on his Stormtrooper costume, which just hung on David's bedroom door for months as Tom couldn't bring himself to take it down. Meredith and Bailey went to do a nerve biopsy but Andrew came barging in, knocking over the instrument tray to force them to stop and listen to him. She cried when Tuck sent her a picture of his costume. They fought while she was operating and she found out he wanted her to do the crossword puzzle. Once I have that, I just teach. Afterward, Bailey spotted Meredith in the waiting room with Robin Jones as they went to check on Wade. [18], Richard telling her she needed to seek help led her to go back to her therapist. Bailey thought Catherine would stand by her. She felt lonely without him when Tuck was at his father's and the fence needed some repair work. [51], Bailey gathered with some other staff in a conference room at Grey Sloan to watch a livestream of Richard's presentation on his PATH pen at the Surgical Innovation Conference in Los Angeles. Ben and Bailey took a break after he dropped a patient off at the hospital and she said they needed to talk to Tuck about respect, consent, and condoms so that he could properly enjoy his butterflies and first love. Although she was often harsh with her interns, she has been shown to provide both support and advice when they need it; practicing "tough love." It's about my demeanor, how I carry myself, demanding respect from my students. A few weeks later, they ran into each other in the ER and she followed him outside. Status Bailey was impressed and saw a solution to all her problems. He thought he was at Seattle Grace and wanted to start rounds with the interns. Her second marriage was also broken beyond repair when Arizona had a one-night stand with another surgeon. Grey's Anatomy Universe Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. William BaileyElena Bailey Chief Webber, who had taught her general surgery and previously offered her a position as an attending surgeon, is unhappy with Bailey's decision to leave the specialty he trained her for, and discourages her at every opportunity, giving her an uninspiring letter of recommendation and purchasing a surgical robot to lure her back to General Surgery. [19] Everyone came to terms with it and they made up for the surgery. Although Bailey has rarely spoken about her childhood, she has said that growing up she liked Star Wars, took dance classes, played the oboein the school band, and believed in Santa until the age of eleven. Then when Izzie cut Denny's L-VAD wire, Bailey really had a disliking for her. That also meant she would be running the fellowship instead of Meredith, which was the perfect opportunity to find both joy and tranquility.[11]. Miranda Bailey of all people should know that. She is smart, sharp, and confident in herself and her skills as a surgeon. He said it is not as easy to get over as people make it seem, which is why he had developed a habit of lighting a candle on what would have been the kids' birthdays. After a talk with Meredith, he agreed to take the suspension if Bailey agreed to call the human trafficking hotline. She begins a relationship with an anesthesiologist from Mercy West, Ben Warren, who joined the staff after the merger between Seattle Grace and Mercy West. He pointed out her testimony made him feel the same way as he thought she'd stand up for Meredith as he had. When closing his stomach after the surgery, she comments to George that the incision will need to be aligned better, thus ruining the paramedic's large swastika tattoo on his stomach. When Owen decided to step down as Chief of Surgery, Richard told Bailey she'd become his successor. Together, they operated on Taryn Helm, who had an internal bleed. Later, she ran into Helen Karev in the cafeteria and during their chat, Helen revealed she had extended her stay because she was scared of flying back and didn't dare to ask Alex for help. [21], With her home life back on track, Bailey grew increasingly impatient to get her job back, but there were still two months to go. Growing Out Of Employment Contracts: How Employment Contracts Can Become Unenforceable Over Time If An Employee's Role Changes Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP In a recent decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal,[1] an employee of 12 years was terminated without cause pursuant to the terms of his employment contract. Bailey also fosters a teenage boy, Joey Phillips. She decided to leave him but also didn't accept the fellowship because she was becoming a single mom. She ordered pizza for the kids. She froze as she had to open up Taryn's chest to get better visualization so Richard swiftly took over from her. She cares about her patients and is a committed surgeon. She enjoys extra thick strawberry milkshakes. He also wrote that he had decided to stay in Baldwin City to complete the family Izzie had started by using their embryos to have twins. Note for media: Pooled coverage. He drew a crowd as he yelled at Opal to get away. Although Erica saved her son's life, she temporarily stopped the surgery until Bailey left and when Bailey asked Erica for help on a surgery, the whole day Erica was quite negative and kept putting Bailey down. Catherine then had the limo pull over. He agreed to help her with whatever she needed. Meredith names her newborn daughter Ellis after her mother. He rushed to the hospital and found her. She feared she would never completely get better if even the person who helped her out of her depression could still attempt suicide. She then said it was a matter of luck that Alex became the person that he is today. She does not have any pets because she thinks they smell like feet. Later, she was approached by both Ben and Teddy with concerns about Jo's wellbeing. She guided him back to his room. Levi then also dumped a few STEM students on here, who were to learn about leadership, something she had approved months ago. She shared that she no longer trusted her heart and might drop dead tomorrow. Bailey disapproves of the research approved by Alex. She is the character with the most appearances in the Grey's universe. He told her he was bone tired, which she said sounded like depression. [11] Margaret Lyons of New York Magazine was happy with the evolution of Bailey and Torres' friendship in the first half of the ninth season, calling it "the one bright spot": "They joke, they tease each other, they offer sage love advice to one another, now that they're both on their second marriages. They both thought it was an amazing idea, but they agreed Alex could never know they did. While casually speaking to Derek he mentioned that her condition could be affecting patient care. They revived a liver from a deceased donor using normothermic perfusion. is a fictional character from the medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy. She is a Wellesley College graduate. She also remarks on how impressing her is not an easy feat. With Richard and Ben at her side, Bailey called her motherElena and told her she had a heart attack and that it was scary, but she was okay. Instead of not doing any work, he acted as an attending anesthesiologist which angered Miranda because she felt that he wasn't taking his probation seriously, but she couldn't do anything about it, as she wasn't in control over the anesthesiologist department. In season 6, after declining a fellowship in Pediatrics, Bailey starts as an Attending in General Surgery. On her first day back, she paged Alex because she couldn't find the compliance reports for the medical board, which were due tomorrow. Does Miranda Bailey have a second baby? [5], Her confidence took a hit when the candidate turned out to beTracy McConnell, who immediately proved to be very capable and popular with the other doctors. After learning of Alex's past from his younger brother, Bailey says she is impressed Alex became a doctor, due to his troubled upbringing. Meredith asked her for advice on how to tell her kids that she was dating Andrew, which Bailey already knew about from Richard. She pointed out he had a habit of going around the system for Meredith no matter the consequences. She was not amused. No one is more deserving of her position than Grey Sloan's current Chief of Surgery, Miranda Bailey. Ben didn't mind waiting for her. She then told him she was grieving her miscarriage. Throughout the medical drama's run, she has been chief resident and Chief of General Surgery but her greatest accomplishment to date has got to be achieving her dream role of Chief of Surgery. He was asking her to marry him. [49], At work, Bailey found Richard objecting to having his furniture from Pac-North moved into his office. Bailey was not entirely happy with his decision. Meredith drew some blood, which confirmed Andrew's suspicion. When they were on the plane, which was transporting her, Richard, and the sedated plane crash victims to Seattle, she said that she wished they sedated her too.[4]. While treating the child, both Dixon and Robbins said she was a true pediatric surgeon because of her disregard of rules, her personal interest in patients and taking the time to explain surgeries to the patients and the children. Bailey considered this a public attack and discovered it had sent the residents into mayhem, including the Chief Resident quitting on her. Armed with letters of recommendation from Shepherd, Sloan, O'Malley, and a disappointing letter from the chief, she is very excited about Addison's letter of recommendation, labeling her the "the most promising peds surgeon I've ever had the pleasure of working with". She changed her lifestyle to a more healthy one, but she did resume her life as if nothing had happened. Note: All times local National Capital Region, Canada Private meetings 11:00 a.m. While she was trying to get a hold of Ben, she came across Joe's bar, where the Station 19 crew was working to extract a car that had crashed into Joe's bar, trapping everyone inside. In Season 19, Bailey returns as an attending general surgeon. Andrew beat out Taryn by mere seconds but Bailey chose Taryn instead. Bailey then spent the day in the hyperbaric chamber to get away from people pitching themselves for the job. She promised she wasn't trying to see other people or keep him from Tuck, but she hoped that she would stop worrying about whether he would come home or not if she knew that he wasn't coming home. However, she later dropped the nickname after operating on a real Nazi. She left the new parents and went to check up on Richard in the ICU. She voiced her concerns over Andrew's behavior regarding Suzanne's case. Bailey and Catherine have a meeting about Meredith's insurance fraud. Bailey informed her Ben didn't know yet. She is married to Ben Warren and has one son, Tuck, with her ex-husband, Tucker Jones. Seasons Much later than expected, Miranda and Ben got married. Government sets the minimum number of instructional . He said he should have realized something was wrong with her and brought up that he never followed through on building her the treehouse, which she asked for as a place to de-stress. Who was the father of Adele's baby in GREY's anatomy? As the first female at the hospital to hold the position, she. Bailey spent a great deal of time trying to save the residency program at Grey Sloan Memorial, at the risk of her own health. The Chief has already told Bailey she'd be Chief of Surgery one day, and the only reason she wasn't chosen to pick out the Chief Resident was because she couldn't be unbiased . Ben told her that he thought she wanted him to wait for her after she broke up with him and that she was unclear. The next day, Bailey found Teddy waiting for her in her office. She also invited him to dinner but he just walked off. Bailey was the only female intern in her year. She was sent home but came back, and Miranda diagnosed her with porphyria. Bailey stated in a conversation with Meredith that when, At the time of the episode airing, Bailey's year of residency had not been established, though it had been originally implied she was a 5th-year, as she discussed fellowship decisions during her pregnancy in the same season and was in charge of the OR in the, Bailey states to Derek she has been married for ten years in the Season 2 episode. Bailey hushed Andrew when he objected in the OR and later made him step in when there was bleeding from the suture line. They came to the conclusion that she was unfit to continue performing surgery and required psychiatric help. Andrew then went off the rails and physically blocked Opal from getting to Cindy. [12], While Bailey and Maggie took care of Natalie Forrester and her family, who had been brought to the hospital by Andy, Ben, and Dean. Richard later visited Bailey in her office and she explained to him that she wasn't giving him the job because she didn't want to add to his plate with his struggles after Ollie's death. She gets very upset when Ben shows interest as a firefighter, after the finale of season 13 when Dr. Edwards sets fire in Grey Sloan Memorial to defend herself from the rapist. Webber has been her mentor since she was a resident, and has encouraged her to become the person she is today. Later, Cormac Hayes informed Bailey that Joey was refusing to do his PT. She overheard that Tom was doing interview with Pac-North staff to determine who would be hired at Grey Sloan. Who is the current Chief of GREY Sloan? She was relieved and finally let the grief over her miscarriage sink in. A week later, she witnessed as Catherine took Tom into a private meeting. Bailey is not impressed by this decision and starts exhibiting some odd behaviors, later she is diagnosed with OCD after what happened with the CDC investigation. Ben dropped off presents for Tuck on Christmas Eve. She has been nominated each year from 2006 to 2009 at the Emmy Awards for "Supporting Actress in a Drama Series", losing in 2007 to co-star Katherine Heigl in the role of Izzie Stevens for the performance in the episode "Oh, the Guilt". Bailey later informed him of this. After the meeting, she informed Richard of what Andrew had done, after which he ran off instead of joining her to the ER. "[9] Shawna Malcom of the Los Angeles Times deemed Bailey and Sam her favorite pairing of the Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice crossover, praising: "The grief he gave her about becoming a pediatric surgeon the grief she gave him for letting ex-wife Naomi go and wind up in the arms of Archer the fist bump. They gathered the top attendings, who all agreed to quit unless Tom agreed to their terms. Bailey told her that she had applied the process of elimination to her own life, too, to remove stressors from her life, but she was still stressed. [17], Bailey and Taryn had to keep each other calm and stop themselves from catastrophizing while ventilating Phoebe manually. Bailey stayed and helped him to rectify his mistake, but she was starting to think that having him replace her was a mistake. Tom awkwardly comforted her. It was initially believed to be the fault of Leah Murphy, who was ill but assisted on Bailey's surgeries. Ben told her that he would quit for her but Miranda told him not to, as his job did stress him out, but she knew that this was what he wanted to do. With her resuming the position coming closer, Bailey started to look into the DeLuca research on external gestational sacks that Alex had approved. In season 6 and 14, fans had seen how she had fought hard to get where she was, to fulfill her dream of becoming a renowned surgeon. Bailey, who has a heart condition, calls Ben, her new firefighter boyfriend, to go to the hospital with her. Bailey felt very hot and Jo suggested that her heart was in distress because of the stress caused by the article. Eventually, they were rescued by Jed Lundberg and Jackson. [2] Sandra Oh was originally going to audition for the part of Dr. Bailey told her she watched Jo teeter on the edge, bring herself and Bailey back from that, and saved Carly's life in the process, which all told her Jo would be okay. They went inside and celebrated Valentine's Day in the bedroom. She returns to her job several months later. In season 12, Bailey is promoted to Chief of Surgery. Meredith stressed she would never attack her beloved hospital that taught her everything. Bailey told her she needed to learn to spend joy like she had learned to spend money. She was admitted and Stuart, an intern, said that she wasn't showing any signs of a heart attack and that the test results looked fine as well. She also confirmed a list of incidents involving Meredith to be true. Ben says that he has dropped out of residency to spend more time with her and Tuck. They headed out to work. [38], Around Halloween, Bailey's hormones started to get the better of her. She admitted that was her way of comforting him with his marriage ending soon. He made it look like he was angry with her, but he actually told her she was going to make "a hell of a surgeon". She dropped by Joey's room and he told her that, having turned eighteen, he had decided he didn't want to risk ending up with crappy foster parents again. Bailey kept her pregnancy news private from others, as she didn't want to get her personal life caught up in her professional life. In season 4, Bailey decides to back up Callie Torres in her post of Chief Resident, which the Chief observes. 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Alex thought she was on a crusade against people with mental illness, but she pointed out she was someone with mental illness herself, so she knew how hard it could be to ask for help. At the end of the day, Jo came to tell her she had considered her offer but wanted to be appointed attending general surgeon instead, using Alex's counteroffer in her negotiation. is a fictional character from the medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy. Bailey granted Ben privileges to help out. To prove him wrong, she took him on a tour of the hospital to point all different kinds of jobs. While he thought that that was just the first step to a divorce, she desperately told him that she needed to try because she couldn't breathe every time she thought about him getting hurt. "[8] Reviewing the show's fourth season, Patrick Luce of Monsters and Critics found Bailey "one of the most interesting characters to watch" as "she had to deal with losing a promotion to Sara Ramrezs Dr. Torres; her own marriage trouble; and the continued stress of balancing being a mom and being a doctor." Ben and Bailey started going out after Miranda's divorce. View history Miranda Bailey, M.D., F.A.C.S. Bailey then told Meredith she could have her job back, which Meredith accepted. 426 He wrote that he wouldn't be returning to Grey Sloan. Bailey had adjusted her lifestyle to a healthy one. With Richard stepping down as Chief of Surgery, Miranda appeared livid, when Owen Hunt was ushered into the position, however, she eventually supports this decision. Later, Bailey sat down with Meredith and they talked about her breaking up with Andrew and having grown up. While shocked at first, he was delighted and picked her up to twirl her around. After Bailey called Maggie to come over to Seattle Pres, Dr. Gregory, a psychiatrist, believed that her condition was psychological rather thanphysical, but Bailey refused to play into that theory. In his excitement, he told some nearby staff. She benched Richard upon hearing that he had been arrested after demolishing a bar. She ran into Teddy in a lounge, who confessed she hated maternity leave and vented her fear that she was a bad mother.