What Was Going on With Dr Kepner's Baby
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[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the "All I Could Practice Was Weep" episode of ABC'south Grey'south Anatomy.]
The fate of April and Jackson'southward baby was revealed during Thursday's Grey's Beefcake, when the unabridged staff of Gray Sloan came together for two of their own.
During the hour, Apr and Jackson plant out that their unborn son was type 2 osteogenesis imperfecta — aka brittle os disorder — and had little to no hope to survive beyond a few days.
Star Sarah Drew — who was pregnant during filming — pitched Apr'southward journey to Grey's showrunner Shonda Rhimes, who plotted a heartwrenching story that explored organized religion and religion.
The episode saw Apr seemingly lash out after proclaiming that she is finally becoming the person "he" wants her to exist and so being dealt such a devastating blow. It prompts husband Jackson (Jesse Williams) to follow Amelia's (Caterina Scorsone) advice and caput to the chapel to pray.
Ultimately, afterward consoling another patient who lost her fiance, April is ready and delivers her baby — named Samuel Norbert Avery — who dies shortly after birth.
The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Drew to hash out April'due south gut-wrenching episode.
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What was information technology like shooting all this stuff while you were pregnant?
X hours afterwards I simulated delivered, I went into labor, information technology was crazy and actually intense. I was watching the episode last calendar week and got super emotional but looking at my belly considering I didn't know my daughter's proper name yet, I didn't know she was girl notwithstanding and in that location I am looking at my belly with her inside of me and at that place was something so crazy weird virtually seeing that. It was emotionally intense [shooting that] for sure.
What inspired y'all to pitch this story to Shonda?
I pitched this story sort of by accident. Last season, April and Catherine (Debbie Allen) had a pro-life pro-choice scenario where Catherine was making an assumption about what all Christians believe. I had offered this story — my mom sent me an email saying this happened to our friend as an example of the non then black-and-white way of looking at this issue. I sent that along to Grey'due south. When I found out that Apr was significant, I told Shonda, "Oh, you're totally going to use that story that happened to my friend, right?" She wasn't planning on it but said it's astonishing and that they were totally going to use that. I got really excited about it because I thought it would exist amazing to run across how a couple, where one person is a person of faith and ane person isn't dealt with a scenario like this and what that struggle would be and hopefully offer a not so black-and-white manner of looking at this.
How do you remember this experience will change April going forrad?
Going forward she has been to hell and back and she now has no patience for things that don't matter. She has as scene in a subsequently episode where a patient does something really stupid to himself and winds up in the hospital and she offers no compassion for him. "You're an idiot, why would you exercise that?!" We'll see a side of her that'south grittier and a little less patient and compassionate for things that don't deserve compassion. (Laughs.)
Sounds like a bit of Bailey (Chandra Wilson).
Exactly.
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Apr'southward faith was tested hither. How does this experience impact her religious behavior?
What I loved and so much when I read the script was that, if anything, it strengthens her religion but possibly gives information technology a level of maturity that she didn't have before. The moment where she feels like God is laughing at her, that felt so real and then honest. It's a existent question: The question of why bad things happen to practiced people if God is adept and all powerful, why does He allow this kind of stuff happen? That'southward a very real question and I honey that nosotros get to explore that and April gets to go through that. What I honey the most was seeing this modest miracle happen, which happens afterwards Jackson goes to the chapel and prays to a God he doesn't believe in. Then April receives this pocket-size miracle in form of caring for this adult female who lost her fiancé. I saw that scene — equally Apr is hugging this woman, the words she speaks to this adult female are the words that God is speaking to her. As she's maxim, "Yous're strong, yous will get through this, you have suffered, yous will be OK." Those are all things that, when shooting that scene, I felt a covering — like, "God has me and this is awful and painful, but he's with me and he's not abased me and I'm not alone." That ends up growing someone's religion more all the skilful news in the world and the happy blessings in the world could ever do. I recollect Apr walks out of this scenario believing in a God who cares nearly her beyond this.
What almost Jackson — how will this feel change him? He prayed, that's already a huge difference.
I'thou not holding my breath for Jackson to all the sudden to start believing in God. I do think all he wants to exercise is beloved his wife and care for her and back up her and do what the best possible thing is for her. You'll run into him beingness the best rock star husband anybody could always inquire for — and also dealing with the his own pain that comes with all of it.
One of the things that Grey'due south does so well is having good things happen in the center of sad situations — Sandra Oh's go out opened the door for Kelly McCreary, etc. — and here, it seems Richard (James Pickens Jr.) and Catherine have reunited. Will we see more than of that?
I don't actually remember because the next couple episodes are a fog for me considering I went into labor 10 hours after I shot my labor scene and wasn't in the next two episodes! Then I don't remember if she's back. (Laughs.)
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Amelia, who tin nigh relate to April's journey, wound upwardly offering the best advice to anybody — to light candles in the chapel — will this bring them closer together?
We haven't had scenes together yet, but I hope that happens. I think Amelia would be an amazing friend and confidant for April going forward and dealing with this stuff. We'll meet, nosotros haven't seen information technology yet, but maybe information technology will happen.
This besides seemed to bring Owen (Kevin McKidd) and Amelia together, too, creating two potentially positive things from such a horrible situation.
That's what I dearest about this episode so much: For me, it really is about finding joy and peace and promise in the midst of pain and tragedy. If y'all await hard enough, you can find hope anywhere y'all go. I read the script and started weeping uncontrollably.
What did you recall of April and Jackson's story? Share your thoughts on the episode, beneath. Grey's Beefcake airs on Thursdays at 8 p.one thousand. on ABC.
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