Kevin McKidd

This week’s episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” epitomizes this season’s successful attempts to balance character growth with socially conscious plots.

This week, the doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital — namely, Meredith, Jackson and Catherine — say #TimesUp on sexual violence in medicine, too.

This week's episode promises to interrogate Hollywood’s response to Harvey Weinstein through an important figurehead in the “Grey’s Anatomy” universe.

This week’s episodes are the midseason finales for both “Grey’s Anatomy” and “How to Get Away with Murder,” and while both shows leave us with Earth-shattering cliffhangers, neither disappoints in terms of drama.

The grass is greener on the “Grey’s” side than it is on that of “Murder,” but there are still lofty trails ahead for all the residents of Shondaland.

As they reach the midpoint in their seasons, it’s near-inevitable that “Grey’s Anatomy” and “How to Get Away with Murder” would hit lulls in their respective dramatic climbs.

Both “Grey’s Anatomy” and “How to Get Away with Murder” focused on unresolved conflicts this week: “Grey’s” between siblings and “Murder” between lover

This episode felt like a breaking point of emotional manipulation — it feels like the “Grey’s” showrunners are sensing that their time is up. Any one of the events that transpired within these last two episodes could have been a several-episode or entire-season arc. The heartbeat of the show is wavering, strong enough for a fourteenth season, but after that, it will likely flatline.