‘Grey’s Anatomy’ season 11 spoilers: Is love in Stephanie’s future?

On Thursday night’s new episode of “Grey’s Anatomy,” we had a chance to see what has to be one of the most awkward moments that the Stephanie character has experienced since her arrival, and that is saying quite a bit given that Jackson left her in order to run away with April after her wedding to Matt came to a screeching halt. What happened? She decided to hit on a man chaperoning some kids on a field trip, only to find out after the fact that this “man” was actually still a kid himself.

After something like that, you do have to hope that things are going to turn around sooner rather than later, and it does appear like they will for her. Speaking per Entertainment Weekly, Jerrika Hinton makes it clear that “in the plane crash episode, you’re going to get to see Stephanie fight for love in a very real way.” Good news, no? It may be the only positive thing that comes out of that plane-crash episode. In case you haven’t heard, this is not a remake of the terrible things that happened back in “Flight.” Instead, it is an episode that features doctors trying to treat plane-crash survivors, and it could bring back some traumatic moments.

Given that “Grey’s Anatomy” feels almost like a lock to come back for a 12th season, we do not imagine the show really pushing itself immediately to get a romance completely worked out for Stephanie by the finale. The same probably goes right now for Amelia and Owen, and possibly even Callie and Arizona.

The only relatively-new relationship right now that we believe in fully is Alex and Jo, mostly because he has already went through all of the paces and the bad relationships, and seems to be fully prepared for this.

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