waltzmatildah

I wasn't surprised either... I knew everything that was coming (except for the miscarriage, but yeah... predictable). Still loved it though.

I don't think it was predictable that Bailey would hold Charles' head while he died and tell him that he's brave and that Reed missed out on him...

I dont think it was predictable that April would reel off personal facts about herself, including the heartbreaking fact that she believes she's never been loved, to stop the guy from shooting her...

I don't think it was predictable that Meredith would stoically announce that she's having a miscarriage while she tends to Owen...

I don't think it was predictable that Alex would ask Mark not to kill him and to advise him to eat more bacon and have more sex...

I don't think it was predictable that Meredith and Derek would finally and completely 'click' as a functional couple that truly do love each other...

I don't think it was predictable that April would say to Meredith that Reed was her best friend and therefore she does get to cry today...

And I think it is all those unpredictable moments that totally and utterly sold the episode to me. I knew who was getting shot, I knew who the shooter was, I knew who would live and who would die. For me that wasn't what this was about... it was about all the little moments in between that I didn't know...

Like that April has three sisters...
And Bailey can compose herself under the most shocking of circumstances to tell a colleage the truth.
And Teddy can be the bigger woman...

As for the shooter not shooting Lexie. I think he had every intention of shooting her. He didn't let her get away. He was shot by the SWAT guy and she escaped while he was on the ground...

You're entitled to your opinion of course... but I, for one, loved the whole damn thing.