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Taryn Helm

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Taryn Helm is a surgical resident at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital and Chief Resident with Levi Schmitt, her roommate.

History[]

Early Life[]

She had panic attacks as a child. ("Shelter from the Storm") When she was young, she used to pretend her stuffed animals were sick and would bandage them up. ("Tradition")

Internship and Surgical Innovation Contest[]

Taryn came into Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital for an interview to be considered for an internship. When asked about her faults, she said that she hates all of her peers. ("Ain't That a Kick in the Head")

Taryn attended the new intern mixer at the hospital, where Richard gave a speech about them starting their work as doctors. During the party, Meredith Grey was celebrated as she learned she had been nominated for a Harper Avery Award. The new interns then walked around the hospital, in awe that they worked there and so did Meredith Grey. ("Come on Down to My Boat, Baby")

On Taryn's first day, a roller coaster derailed at a fair. Taryn and Vik tended to Dean Parson, who was injured while pushing kids out of the way. They noticed free fluid in his abdomen and he was taken to surgery, despite Amelia ordering a CT. When Taryn informed Amelia of this, Amelia brought the CT into the OR to do the scan. They found a bleed in his brain and Amelia did a craniotomy. ("Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story")

When the hospital was hacked, Taryn and the other doctors had to resort to using old school methods to diagnose and treat patients. ("Out of Nowhere")

Taryn came to tell Alex their patient had a bleed, but he sent her to find Jo and stay with her. Taryn did so, even going so far as to follow Jo into the bathroom stall. She was later joined by Vikram Roy until they were dismissed when Alex and Meredith came to stay with Jo. ("1-800-799-7233")

Taryn helped April treat Paul Stadler when he was initially in the ER and then later informed April that he had died, though she didn't know the details of the case. She also assisted April in delivering Ruby Taylor. ("Personal Jesus")

When Meredith had an idea for a surgical project for the contest while operating, she had Taryn pull out her phone and record Meredith explaining everything she wanted to do for the project. ("Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger")

When Meredith needed to convince another surgeon who held the patent for the polymer she needed to allow her to use it for her research, she had to wait for a phone call from Madrid. She had Taryn wait for the call, but when it came, Meredith was busy with a patient, so Taryn took the call, angering Dr. Cerone. When they called back, Taryn was told to hand the phone over to Andy Herrera, who was able to convince Dr. Cerone to meet with Meredith when she was in the US. ("You Really Got a Hold on Me")

Taryn informed Meredith later that Dr. Cerone was dead, which is why they were stalling. The patent was left under the control of his daughter, Marie Cerone, also a doctor. They later presented the idea to Marie, who was an old friend of Ellis's. When she was reluctant to allow Meredith use without proof that it would work, they showed her the mouse they had secretly treated using her polymer. ("Games People Play")

They continued to try out other polymers to treat various mice. However, the mice kept dying, threatening their success. They kept working despite those setbacks and found that the mouse who had been injected with the cells without a polymer did the best overall, giving them hope for progress. ("Hold Back the River")

After overhearing Maggie, Amelia, and Meredith planning a game night, Levi showed up with Taryn. Maggie just shut the door in their faces. ("Games People Play")

The time came for the interns to go through their Trauma Certification Drill. Owen set the scenario where a Cessna crashed into a Greyhound bus. April interrupted and said that the evacuation helicopter wasn't coming and people were dying. Their job was to save lives. Owen judged the competition, but April hung around to help and insistently made the scenarios worse. She even had a second plane crash hit Andrew, who was helping monitor. Andrew and Bello were fighting in Spanish and Italian, when Helm joined the arguing in French. April also added rain with a hose. The difficulties ended when April was paged away. Owen helped the interns calm down and continued the drill. When April returned, she learned that Casey had been the one to page her away. He realized that she was endangering the patients the most, so he removed her from the equation. She told him he was trying to cheat and after she "cheated" at her certification, a man came into the hospital and died because she couldn't save him. She then started crying and performing CPR on a dummy while the interns watched. Andrew stopped her and she said the certification was done. ("Caught Somewhere in Time")

After several of the doctors ingested weed cookies, Meredith told the interns they'd have to step up more and told them to keep track of what they did and whoever did the most would win a contest and get to scrub in with her on a Whipple. ("Judgment Day")

Taryn assisted Jackson and Meredith on Diego Ramirez and his tumor resection. ("Bad Reputation")

After April was in a car accident and came to the hospital hypothermic, Taryn and the other interns took shifts with the attendings doing CPR. ("Cold as Ice")

Second Year and Crush on Meredith[]

On the day of Alex and Jo's wedding, Taryn was part of the group that went to the wrong wedding. When they realized what had happened, they all rushed to get on a ferry out to Bainbridge Island. When Taryn got drunk and said she was going to confess her love to Meredith, Carina stopped her, saying love's too precious to waste it on someone who can't love you back. Despite a series of delays, Jo and Alex eventually got married on the ferry, witnessed by their friends. ("All of Me")

Taryn spent the night monitoring Cece Colvin. When she crashed, Taryn helped save her. She then continued to monitor Cece as they tested her heart and when Cece noticed that Taryn has a crush on Meredith, she advised Taryn not to waste her time and offered romantic advice. ("Broken Together")

Cece later got an infection that made her dialysis catheter no longer available for use, which forced them to find a new way to get access. Meredith later figured out they could use a translumbar catheter. ("Gut Feeling")

When Meredith showed up to work dressed for her lunch date, Taryn was in awe of her appearance. ("Momma Knows Best")

When Owen Hunt took a personal day last-minute, Webber told Taryn and Schmitt that they were to report to Andrew and remember to provide patients the best level of care. They helped Andrew treat a man with lacerations and Levi had trouble with a cut on his forehead. Levi struggled, so Andrew gave him a pointer. Later, when Molly Graham stopped breathing, Andrew had to intubate and brushed off the interns' help, which Richard disapproved of. ("Everyday Angel")

During the windstorm, Taryn was excited about the impaled patients. She helped treat Phoebe Moss and when Phoebe was declared brain dead, she noticed that Phoebe had the same blood type as Cece Colvin. She contacted UNOS who said because the organs couldn't be transported anywhere due to the storm, they would approve a directed donation to Cece. However, the power went out right as Cece was being taken into surgery. ("Blowin' in the Wind")

Taryn quickly began to panic in the elevator, which increased Bailey own panic. They worked to calm each other down, but were soon calling out for help to come. Jackson and Link came to their aid, trying to open the doors even as Jed Lundberg tried to stop them. When he learned the organs were for Cece, Jed instead helped. He helped them get free and Taryn and Bailey rushed the organs to the OR. Taryn then assisted with the transplant, but unfortunately, Cece didn't survive the surgery, which greatly upset Taryn. ("Shelter from the Storm")

Taryn worked on the case of Uma Paxton, who was having several internal organs removed to treat a recurrent vaginal tumor. ("Help, I'm Alive")

When Catherine had surgery to remove her tumor, Taryn was in the crowd watching from the gallery until Richard closed the gallery. ("The Winner Takes It All")

Taryn worked on the case of Lucille Reid. She believed Lucille, Julian, and Marvin were a poly couple and seemed pleased to see them. However, it turned out that while she and Marvin were married, she and Julian were just best friends. ("I Walk the Line")

During the opioid overdose, Taryn worked meeting the ambulances outside and triaging patients. She triaged Betty and Linus when they came in. ("I Want a New Drug")

When Alex's mother came to the hospital to see him, Taryn came to tell Alex she was there, calling her Mrs. Karev. Alex, believing that she was talking about Jo, corrected that it's Doctor and told her to say he would meet her at the party. She relayed the message to Helen, who was confused. ("We Didn't Start the Fire")

When one of the lambs from Vincenzo's lab died, he argued with his children over why it happened and what it meant for the research. Taryn came to get Alex so he could see what had happened. ("And Dream of Sheep")

Taryn helped Jackson treat Toby Donnelly, who had been in a snowmobile accident. ("Add It Up")

When Abby Redding needed surgery after being raped, Taryn was among the women who lined the hallway to the elevator to ensure that Abby wouldn't see any men's faces. ("Silent All These Years")

Taryn worked on the case of Gus Carter, a child who had a cough a recurrent sinus infection for over two weeks. Due to autism, he wasn't comfortable with a physical exam, so Alex used his love of building and some legos to get him to tell them he was in a lot of pain in his chest. They found a thymoma, but couldn't operate because he was anemic and needed a transfusion first. Then they found out he has an extremely rare blood type with RH null, meaning he needed an exact match to his type. They had only been able to locate four potential donors in the world, but Alex promised they'd keep looking until they found enough to operate. ("The Whole Package")

Taryn stepped into Scott Carter's surgery to update Nico on his other patients and also asked if she could scrub in on the broken butt. Nico criticized her for making light of a patient's condition and sent her away. ("Drawn to the Blood")

Meredith's Firing and Return[]

Wanting to find her joy again, Bailey set up a skills lab based around the case of Wade Foltz. She challenged the residents to determine his diagnosis and then practice their surgical skills for the chance to do a portion of the surgery. Taryn participated in the skills lab and won over the other residents. In surgery, she finished her part of the surgery, but when she removed the second clamp, he started bleeding profusely. Taryn immediately panicked and looked to Bailey, who took a step back and Andrew eventually stepped in to finish the surgery. ("Back in the Saddle")

When an article came out that condemned the healthcare industry, stemming from a list of possible article topics Meredith floated to a publisher, the residents discussed it in the locker room while getting ready for their days. Taryn liked the article and said Meredith was a badass for writing it, but Blake warned them that while he had Hopkins and Koracick on his resumé, they might have difficulty finding other jobs. Later, Taryn worked with Teddy on Alicia Chen, who had been hit by a person who fell out of a plane. ("It's Raining Men")

When Zola had to have her shunt revised, Taryn was in on the surgery. To her delight, Meredith gave Taryn her number to get updates. Taryn sent updates throughout the surgery and when they were finished, she came out with Tom to tell Meredith how things went. ("Breathe Again")

On Halloween, Taryn went to the peds department costume parade to watch the children. When Nico came to see Levi, who was unable to leave due to having to plan the event, she commented on their relationship and costumes. ("Whistlin' Past the Graveyard")

On the day of Meredith's hearing, Taryn and the other residents were told they'd have to up their game to make up for the missing attendings. At the end of the day, the residents were all exhausted from the extra work they'd done. Blake then announced that Levi had been the one to turn Meredith's fraud in, turning the other residents against him. ("My Shot")

On Meredith's first day back at work, Taryn and the other residents greeted her with a cake. Afterward, they went on rounds, where they worked on the case of Elliott Calhoun. Taryn scrubbed in on his surgery and asked if she should close. However, due to a complication, they ended up having to leave him open and wait. ("Let's All Go to the Bar")

Bar Crash[]

While Taryn was at the bar with some other residents, a car crashed through a window and into the bar. ("Let's All Go to the Bar")

Taryn's leg was injured in the accident and she also believed she had a broken pelvis. Jackson determined that her leg was broken and set it after giving her a couple shots of whiskey so she could tolerate the pain. She continued to believe she was dying, despite multiple people assuring her she wasn't dying, that she was just drunk. When they finally got the back entrance unblocked, Taryn was put on a gurney and taken out of the bar. ("I Know This Bar")

After being removed from the bar, Taryn was taken to the hospital, where they placed an IVC filter and repaired her leg. While Meredith was placing the filter, Taryn, a little intoxicated, confessed her love for Meredith. As Link and Nico were finishing on her leg, she started coding, so Bailey and Richard stepped in to stop some internal bleeding. They had to extend the initial incision into a sternotomy to get proper visualization to find the bleed. They were able to stop her bleeding and she was expected to make a full recovery. ("Help Me Through the Night")

Taryn and the other residents were assigned to look into every possible diagnosis for Suzanne Britland. They gathered in her hospital room and went over every possible explanation for Suzanne's symptoms. ("Save the Last Dance for Me")

After she had recovered from her injuries and returned to work, Taryn worked on Scott Burke, who came in after being attacked by a bear. She was confused when she learned that Scott's wife, Rachel, was in love with another man, but kept it secret from Scott at her request. Scott later died of his injuries. ("A Diagnosis")

Taryn rounded on Ms. Gutierrez with Richard and some other residents. She was meant to scrub in on her surgery, but after she made an off-putting comment about freezing to death being peaceful, Richard chose Tess Desmond to scrub in instead, not knowing she was actually a patient, not a resident. Taryn later scrubbed in on the surgery when the truth came out. ("Snowblind")

Taryn was impressed when Meredith set up a day for 25 people to get pro bono surgeries. She helped coordinate the patients, but got into trouble when she moved patients at Andrew's word, without Meredith's authorization, an act which she told Andrew was unforgivable. ("Give a Little Bit")

Taryn worked on Guthrie Hamilton's surgery. When Amelia believed she was in labor during the surgery and had to step back, Taryn congratulated her. Later, when Tom had a moment of panic when Guthrie coded, she asked if she should go page someone to help. Teddy was able to calm Tom down and he was able to finish the surgery. ("Sing It Again")

Richard's Illness and Andrew's Mania[]

When Richard returned to Seattle after his disastrous presentation, Taryn along with the other residents were challenged to look for things that could explain his symptoms. ("Sing It Again")

She continued to work as part of the team finding a diagnosis for Richard. When he was diagnosed with cobalt poisoning, his hip replacement was replaced and he was cured. ("Put on a Happy Face")

Taryn helped on the case when Erin Banks, whom the hospital previously knew as Cindy Wright, came back to the hospital. She was a human trafficking victim who had developed a hernia. Taryn was shocked to see Bailey let Andrew work on her case. When they learned the truth about her, including her name, Taryn was the one to call the police and inform them of Erin's location. ("All Tomorrow's Parties")

Covid-19[]

Early in the pandemic, Taryn had a mild case of COVID-19. She said she learned to make sourdough during that time. She couldn't taste or smell it, but the texture seemed right to her. ("You'll Never Walk Alone")

Taryn was back to work at the hospital as COVID-19 cases started to creep up. When a shipment of PPE arrived, expected to contain masks, Taryn and Mabel were assigned to guard the boxes. They were all disappointed when the shipment contained only booties. ("All Tomorrow's Parties")

When Yvonne Boyd was mauled by her pet tiger, she was brought to Grey Sloan Memorial. Taryn did an ultrasound of her heart and pronounced her dead on arrival. ("Wild World")

Taryn worked on the case of Manoj Joshi, a sex therapist with a hand injury. She became fascinated when she learned that he advertised as being able to get his clients up to 37 orgasms in an hour. While they operated on him, Taryn talked about people needing sex especially during a pandemic. After surgery, when Manoj offered his secret, Taryn eagerly asked him to share it. He said he simply asked what his clients wanted and he listened to them. ("My Happy Ending")

When Tom Koracick demanded a second COVID test, believing the first to be a false positive, Taryn delivered it to his house and took it back for testing after he completed his own swab. She was interested in his statistical model, which he wanted to use to stop the pandemic. When she returned to his house a second time, he told her he'd destroyed the world on the model. ("You'll Never Walk Alone")

Two days later, Tom was brought to the hospital with neurological symptoms. Taryn noted that he'd been fine when she last saw him. When they got him into the ER, Taryn was kicked out of the room as she was a resident and he had COVID, even though she'd already had it and recovered from it. ("Fight the Power")

When Seattle Pres reached capacity and stopped accepting patients, Grey Sloan Memorial activated surge protocol, which meant residents would start seeing COVID patients. Taryn was part of the operation to set up the cafeteria as COVID overflow. When she placed the monitor in the wrong place, Teddy snapped at her and then sent her away when Richard asked for help moving patients. Later, she found Meredith in another patient's room, having tended to them when they coded. As Meredith went back to her own room, she told Taryn to get her a wheelchair and then she collapsed. Taryn sat by her bedside as Richard made the difficult decision to have her put on a ventilator. ("No Time for Despair")

Taryn was in the ER when she saw that Andrew had been stabbed and needed surgery. She went to share this news with Richard Webber. Later, Andrew died of his wounds. ("Helplessly Hoping")

In the wake of Andrew's death, Richard Webber planned a memorial service for him as they would be unable to have a funeral. Taryn recorded Levi speaking about Andrew to add to a video tribute for Carina, but wouldn't let Levi record hers. Taryn felt extremely guilty. She helped treat Byron Gibbis for endocarditis and as many of the doctors headed toward Andrew's memorial service, she told Maggie that she had benefitted from Andrew being sick as it meant more surgeries for her and that left her feeling guilty. On top of that, she hadn't touched anyone without gloves since before the pandemic started. Maggie had her turn around and they stood back to back, touching through their clothes. Taryn then attended the memorial with the other doctors. ("It's All Too Much")

Once Meredith was off the ventilator, she had another CT because she was unable to stay conscious. Taryn was delighted when the scan showed no obvious problems, but Richard was concerned because she was still too weak to wake up. ("Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right")

Taryn helped treat Guy Houston, who was injured in the Seattle protests that followed the death of George Floyd. She was shocked at how much damage a rubber bullet could do and learned that a rubber bullet is a metal bullet encased in rubber. ("Sign O' the Times")

After some time treating patients during the pandemic, Taryn began to feel burned out and considered leaving her residency. Levi, seeing her struggling, invited her to move in with him, so she wouldn't be alone so much anymore. ("Tradition")

Jo chafed at Taryn's presence and only let her stay because she was a good cook.

At work, Taryn bonded with a heart patient named Gwendolyn Yates, talking to her about her dating life and work. When Gwendolyn was discharged, Taryn gave her her number and said to call anytime. ("I'm Still Standing")

Taryn enjoyed living with Levi, but Jo was annoyed by their constant presence and decided to leave.

Meanwhile, when Meredith took over the residency program at the hospital, she cancelled grand rounds in favor of having the residents shadow her on Gerlie's case, as she suffered through multiple post-COVID complications.

In January, Taryn was able to get her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine along with the rest of the hospital staff. Meredith also had the residents still working on Gerlie's case, specifically trying to get Bailey to put Gerlie on the list for a double lung transplant. Finally, Bailey agreed and in April 2021, Gerlie got her lungs. ("Someone Saved My Life Tonight")

Return to Normal and Training[]

Taryn helped treat Father Christopher, who was injured when Emma and Nadi Correa lost control of their tandem bicycle and ran into him. Despite their best efforts, he died of his injuries. ("Here Comes the Sun")

In order to inspire the residents and help them catch up on their surgical education, Richard had them all come in early one morning to start a surgical contest starting in the skills lab. He explained that they'd be judge in four areas: laparascopic, suturing, vascular skills, and endoscopic techniques. At the end of the day, the resident with the highest score would scrub in on a surgery at their skill level. They started with laparascopic skills. After that, they practiced sutures. He gave them 20 seconds to tie three square knots without moving the soda can where the ties were attached. When the time was up, Link declared Levi the winner. They also used a computer came to practice endoscopic skills, with Mabel beating Taryn when they went head-to-head. After that finished, with all points tallied, Richard declared Levi the overall winner and said he'd get to scrub in on Robin Jeter, who had a foreign body obstructing her intestines.

The extraction went well, with Taryn assisting, but when he went to close, he struggled. Bailey turned on the speaker in the gallery, where the other residents were watching, and they all offered up tips and with their help, Levi was able to finish the surgery and close. ("Some Kind of Tomorrow")

Grand Rounds[]

The residents were told they'd have a surprise guest for grand rounds one day. Right before it started, they learned that guest was Addison Forbes Montgomery. When they met, she quizzed Levi on a medical fact related to her case and when he got it right, told him he'd be presenting the case. She then took them to meet Tovah Freedman, who had had a hysterectomy due to placental abruption and then had lost her husband. She was there in the hopes that a uterine transplant could help her conceive and carry a healthy pregnancy. The residents all observed the surgery and answered questions as Addison asked them until the HVAC system went offline and some of them were called away to help move patients and cancel surgeries. Despite this, Addison completed her surgery and afterward, the residents followed Meredith and Addison and continued their gossip. When they saw them exiting the elevator with Addison crying, they assumed Meredith had said something to make her cry. ("Hotter Than Hell")

The Webber Method[]

Wanting to train up the residents quickly to avoid some of the fallout of the physician shortage, Richard deployed The Webber Method when he took back over as residency director. This involved having the residents take the lead on several cholecystectomy patients, operating on a staggered schedule so the attending could rotate through ORs to be available to help during the most complicated part of the surgery. Taryn faced a complication when her patient began bleeding profusely, forcing her to convert to an open procedure, but, with Bailey's help, she was able to finish the surgery successfully. In total, 13 patients were treated using this method. At the end of the day, Taryn sat outside a bench thinking through her surgery and what went wrong. Bailey told her that was a good thing as it would prevent her from making the same mistake again and that all great surgeons did it. ("With a Little Help From My Friends")

Later, Taryn scrubbed in to assist Levi as he operated on Devon Gomez, who was having an ileostomy reversed. When they reached the point of dissection, Levi had an attending paged, but decided to go ahead and start the next part of the surgery, saying it was routine for him by that point. However, Taryn quickly noticed that Devon was bleeding. She and Levi raced to find the source of the bleeding. Once they'd identified it as coming from the base of the IMA at the aorta, they tried to stop it, but they were unable to and by the time Maggie, Richard, and Bailey arrived in the OR, Devon was dead. Taryn explained what had happened and Bailey forced Levi to call time of death, as it was his patient and his mistake. ("It Came Upon a Midnight Clear")

While Levi went to the scrub room to scrub out, Taryn explained to Bailey and Richard what had happened. Later, when Jo told her that Levi needed their help, she helped get him to the ER, where Jo and Jordan bandaged his hands, which he had scrubbed until they bled. ("No Time to Die")

An M&M was assembled to determine how Devon's death could have been prevented. At the M&M, Taryn weighed in when Levi struggled, filling in details. After the M&M, Taryn was hesitant to treat patients, worried about getting something wrong. Bailey noticed this and acknowledged that Taryn had been through something as well. Taryn explained that as a child, she always knew the right answers, but never raised her hand because she didn't want to be known as a know-it-all and she was getting that same feeling again, even though Levi is her best friend. Bailey reminded her that in that OR, he was her boss in addition to being her best friend. ("Living In a House Divided")

Hamilton's Surgery[]

After Levi quit, the other residents were only getting assigned simple procedures, which they considered a form of punishment. When Richard didn't show up for work, they questioned what they were supposed to do. Meredith, who was operating on David Hamilton that day, went to Hamilton and asked if she could use his surgery as a teaching opportunity and allow all hospital staff to observe. The residents were eager to be part of this. Before the surgery started, Meredith explained what they were doing and gave them time to ask questions. The surgery then proceeded and went well. ("Legacy")

Ivan Sanches[]

When Ivan Sanches came to the hospital entrance with a python wrapped around his body, Bailey sent Taryn to gather the surgeons to come consult on his case. Once she'd gotten them downstairs, she hid inside the hospital doors, because she was afraid of snakes, until Richard sent her to get alcohol to help release the python. She later scrubbed in on Ivan's surgery. ("Put the Squeeze On Me")

Fernanda Lima[]

Taryn was selected from among the residents to scrub in on Fernanda Lima, who had traveled from Boston for a Ross procedure. Taryn told Maggie she was honored to be selected for such a difficult surgery. When they learned that Fernanda's condition had worsened and had to convert to a Ross-Konno procedure, an even more difficult surgery, Taryn was worried about the additional risk, but the surgery went smoothly and Fernanda's family was told she'd be okay. ("Road Trippin'")

Andy's Assault[]

When Taryn learned that Andy had been assaulted, she brought an evidence collection kit from the hospital so she and Carina could collect the evidence where Andy felt most comfortable. They asked for Andy's consent before starting each step of the exam. Taryn then explained that one vial of blood would go with her back to Grey Sloan for testing while the other went into the kit to be handed over to the police. ("When the Party's Over")

Kidney Xenotransplant[]

Taryn and the other residents were called to do grand rounds with Nick Marsh and Meredith Grey. They arrived to find Nick with the patient, Mason Taylor, who was brain dead after being struck by a drunk driver. His wife wanted to donate his organs, but UNOS rejected them, so she donated his body for research. Nick explained that they would be transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into Mason's body in the hopes that they could perfect the technology, which would eliminate the wait for donor organs. He transplanted the kidney near the groin so they had better blood supply and could see the kidney as they waited to see if it would work. After the surgery, they celebrated that the kidney was producing urine. When the kidney later stopped working, Nick had them do a biopsy and sent the residents away to avoid screaming at them. Then he did everything he could to save the kidney, but started to lose faith. Meredith suggested using epinephrine, which worked and Jordan reported that the kidney was working again. ("Put It to the Test")

Program Probation and Shutdown[]

When the Grey Sloan Memorial surgical residency program was put on probation, Taryn worried about the possibility of the program being shut down, which would mean finding a new residency spot. And if they weren't able to find new spots, she worried that they'd have to change specialties. ("Should I Stay or Should I Go")

Taryn met Simon Clark in the ER and presented his case to Atticus Lincoln and Jo Wilson. He was a previous patient of Link's, so Link took over his care. Next, she presented the case of Margot Talbert to Maggie Pierce and Winston Ndugu. She had abdominal pain and a pulse in her abdomen. They took her for a CT, which showed an abdominal aortic aneurysm. They took her into surgery, but her aneurysm ruptured before they could start, forcing them to hurry. They were able to repair the damage and she was stable afterward. ("I'll Cover You")

On the day Jamarah Blake was set to return to the hospital to rule on if the program would be allowed to continue, Taryn scrubbed in on Cora James, who had a large pancreatic head tumor. Due to the intricacies of the tumor, they decided to do the surgery ex-vivo, removing all of the involved organs, then dissecting out the tumor before replacing the organs. During the surgery, Taryn was responsible for sucking up as much of Cora's blood as possible so that it could be recycled back into her body. The surgery went well until they replaced the organs and began re-attaching them. Taryn noticed some unexpected bleeding and since they had no blood available to transfuse into her, Meredith suggested they stop until more blood arrived. ("Out for Blood") Taryn went to retrieve the blood, but found that the shipment of blood had been largely destroyed, leaving them with no blood for Cora. This forced them to move Cora to the ICU without completing her surgery. After Cora died, she helped Levi put out the word on social media that they needed blood at the hospital, drawing in several donors. At the end of the day, when the surgical residency program was shut down, she had to pack up her things. ("You Are the Blood")

Bartending[]

With the program shut down, Taryn got a job tending bar at Emerald City Bar. Six months later, when the program was re-started, Levi came to the bar to beg Taryn to return, but she told him she was making more money as a bartender. ("Wasn't Expecting That")

Richard also tried to get Taryn to come back to work, saying the program needed her, but she still refused. ("Haunted")

Training Mika[]

Mika came into the bar and asked Taryn to teach her to do a vascular anastomosis. In exchange, Mika agreed to barback for Taryn for free. Taryn agreed and Mika ended up winning a contest using what Taryn taught her. ("I'll Follow the Sun")

Intern Party[]

Taryn came to the party at the intern house, thrown by the interns. At the party, she impressed Mika by identifying alcohol by taking sips. Mika then invited Taryn upstairs under the guise of seeing the hole in the room and they hooked up. ("Love Don't Cost a Thing")

Serving Drinks[]

When Levi went to Taryn to complain about Carlos leaving down without telling him, Taryn told him the interns often came in to complain about him yelling at them. Taryn later served them drinks when Levi brought all the interns over on his tab. When Mika asked if they were looking for another bartender, Taryn said they were and offered to put in a good word for her. ("Cowgirls Don't Cry")

Later, when Taryn saw Mika at the bar struggling, she went to the hospital and told Teddy that she needed to fix the system that was allowing interns and residents to burn out because of weight of their debt. She said no one had helped her when it was happening to her and she didn't want to see the same happen with Mika. ("Gunpowder and Lead")

Bachelorette Party[]

Taryn was serving Maya and Carina on their date when Lucy and two of her bridesmaids came in. They'd been there the night before, but as a group of twelve. After a while, Taryn cut them off, which upset Lucy. Lucy decided she and her bridesmaids needed to show off the dance they were doing at her upcoming wedding, but she fell off a barstool as she tried, injuring herself. Taryn brought Maya and Carina a first aid kit so they could tend to her. ("What Are You Willing to Lose")

Return to Residency[]

After learning how much the interns and residents were struggling to make ends meet and avoid burnout, Richard went to the bar to talk to Taryn. He apologized for how he'd approached her before and asked her what it would take to get her back into the residency program. ("Come Fly With Me")

Taryn met with Richard and gave him her demands, which included eight weeks of vacation and the opportunity to monitor other residents for signs of burnout and take action to help them, leading to her being named co-chief resident with Levi. When she told Levi, he celebrated with her. ("Ready to Run")

Simone's Wedding[]

Taryn went to Simone's wedding as Mika's date. At the wedding, she and Mika flirted and kissed. When she and Mika learned that the florist had the wrong date and wouldn't be delivering flowers, they stepped in and improvised floral arrangements. ("Wedding Bell Blues")

With the wedding cancelled, Taryn and Mika went to the hospital with Simone. When Trey ended up in a car accident on the way to the hospital, Taryn ended up jumping in on his case, starting back at work early. ("Happily Ever After?")

When the interns all face inquiry after the collapse of Teddy Altman and subsequent death of Sam Sutton, Taryn checked on Mika, who was waiting to see how Teddy was doing. ("We've Only Just Begun")

White Coat Party[]

When several medical students were injured during a white coat party, Taryn promised to try to get Mika onto a better assignment. However, Mika later learned that Taryn had blocked her from getting the cool case instead. ("Never Felt So Alone")

Relationships[]

Romantic[]

Meredith Grey[]

She had a crush on Meredith Grey. While drunk at Alex and Jo's wedding, she planned to tell Meredith, but Carina DeLuca stopped her, saying love was too precious to be wasted on someone who can't love you back. ("All of Me")

Despite this advice, Taryn continued to pursue Meredith, who was oblivious to her pursuits. When Cece Colvin noticed this, she told Taryn that she spent 35 years falling in love with straight girls and offered to help Taryn not do that. ("Broken Together")

Later, when she was in surgery to place an IVC filter, under the influence of the sedation plus some whiskey, she confessed her to love to Meredith. When she sobered up, she was extremely embarrassed. ("Help Me Through the Night")

Mika Yasuda[]

At the intern party, Mika and Taryn hooked up after Mika invited Taryn upstairs under the guise of seeing the hole in the room. ("Love Don't Cost a Thing")

Mika got upset with Taryn when Taryn went to Teddy over concerns that Mika was burning out. She told Taryn she just needed to be upset with her for a while. That night, Mika went to the bar to ask Taryn to be her wedding date. Taryn said that she was going to be Mika's boss, but that wasn't happening until Monday and the wedding was that weekend, so she accepted the invitation. ("Ready to Run")

They started a relationship after the failed wedding. ("Keep the Family Close")

Friendships[]

Levi Schmitt[]

She and Levi are best friends. They lived together at Levi and Taryn's Loft until he quit his residency and moved back in with his mother. After several weeks, she brought him his mail at his mother's house. ("Put It to the Test")

Career[]

She is a surgical resident at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital meanwhile when the residency program was shut down, she found a job bartending, where she said she makes more money with less stress. ("Wasn't Expecting That")

Later she rejoined the residency after Dr. Richard Webber talks to her and she gave him her demands, leading to her being named co-chief resident with Levi. ("Ready to Run")

Notes and Trivia[]

  • Her ringtone is a quacking duck.[1]
  • She speaks French.[2]
  • She has a very intimidating mother.[3]
  • She danced as a child.[4]
  • She is allergic to morphine.[5]
  • She believes weddings are an antiquated ritual.[6]
  • Her favorite food is hummus.[source?]
  • She plays Zombie Apocalypse.[7]
  • She hates hugs.[8]
  • She's a great cook and enjoys cooking, but has a tendency to make a mess while doing it.[9]
  • Matcha lattes are her favorite.[10]

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Appearances[]



References[]

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