| “ | Freezing. Choking. Getting tongue-tied. It's what we call it when your mind goes from brilliant to blank. You can prepare all you want, but the feeling can still hit you, out of nowhere. So when it hits you, when your mind shuts down, when you open your mouth and no words come out, the good news is, it happens to all of us. Freezing. Choking. Getting tongue-tied. There's a reason it happens. We lose our words because the stakes are so high and we have so much to lose. We're petrified of saying too much or saying it wrong, when the truth is the only wrong thing you could say is nothing at all. | ” |
Who Is He (And What Is He To You)? is the sixteenth episode of the thirteenth season and the 285th overall episode of Grey's Anatomy.
Short Summary
Jackson and April travel to Montana in order to perform a complicated surgery on a young patient, but Jackson's mind is elsewhere, and April is forced to step up and get him back on track.
Full Summary
Cast
Main Cast
- Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Grey (credit only)
- Justin Chambers as Dr. Alex Karev (credit only)
- Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey (credit only)
- James Pickens, Jr. as Dr. Richard Webber (credit only)
- Kevin McKidd as Dr. Owen Hunt (credit only)
- Jessica Capshaw as Dr. Arizona Robbins (credit only)
- Sarah Drew as Dr. April Kepner
- Jesse Williams as Dr. Jackson Avery
- Caterina Scorsone as Dr. Amelia Shepherd (credit only)
- Camilla Luddington as Dr. Jo Wilson (credit only)
- Jerrika Hinton as Dr. Stephanie Edwards (credit only)
- Kelly McCreary as Dr. Maggie Pierce (credit only)
- Jason George as Dr. Ben Warren (credit only)
- Martin Henderson as Dr. Nathan Riggs (credit only)
- Giacomo Gianniotti as Dr. Andrew DeLuca (credit only)
Guest Stars
- Debbie Allen as Dr. Catherine Avery
- Eric Roberts as Dr. Robert Avery
- Wallace Langham as Dr. Steve Corridan
- Randy J. Goodwin as Eric Young
- Zoë Hall as Risa Hodges
- Skye P. Marshall as Mary Hodges
Co-Starring
Medical Notes
Bryan Young
- Diagnosis: Brain death
- Doctors:
- Steve Corridan (chief of surgery as a general surgeon)
- Jackson Avery (plastic surgeon/ENT surgeon)
- April Kepner (trauma surgeon)
- Treatment:
- Organ harvesting and donation
Caroline Hodges
- Diagnosis: Throat tumor (laynx cancer)
- Doctors:
- Steve Corridan (chief of surgery as a general surgeon)
- Jackson Avery (plastic surgeon/ENT surgeon)
- April Kepner (trauma surgeon)
- Treatment:
- Tumor removal
- Self-organ donation (created from intestines, appendix and ileocecal valve) to creat a larynx and vocal cords/tubes
Music
| Song | Performer | Scene |
|---|---|---|
| "Doubt" | Mary J. Blige |
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| "You Don't Know" | Jill Scott |
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Notes and Trivia
Grey's Anatomy 13x16 Promo "Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?" (HD) Season 13 Episode 16 Promo
- This episode's title originated from the song Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?, originally sung by Bill Withers.
- This episode scored million viewers.
- This is the first episode in the entire series not to feature Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey.
- It's also the episode with fewest cast members appearing with only two, Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew.
- This episode is also referred to as #JaprilTheSequel on social media, in reference to the season twelve episode Unbreak My Heart, which was dubbed #JaprilTheMovie.
- The episode was filmed in Agoura Hills. The diner is an actual diner called The Old Place, located on 29983 Mulholland Hwy, Cornell.
- Originally, the scenes at the diner were all supposed to be interior, but Kevin insisted on also including exterior scenes because it would make it easier for the audience to feel like they're on a trip with the characters. He also had to fight to get all the snow.
- The episode was also filmed with the Scandal crew instead of the regular Grey's Anatomy crew, so the experience was really different for the actors as well.
- Jackson Avery narrates the voice over for this episode, making it the first episode where he narrates the voice over on his own. He previously shared a voice over with all the male main characters in season eight.
- This is the episode that will introduce Jackson's father.
Gallery
Episode Stills
Behind the Scenes
Quotes
See Also
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A complete overview of this episode's crew can be found here. |
| Grey's Anatomy Season 13 | ||||||
| #01 | "Undo" | #09 | "You Haven't Done Nothin'" | #17 | "Till I Hear It From You" | |
| #02 | "Catastrophe and the Cure" | #10 | "You Can Look (But You'd Better Not Touch)" | #18 | "Be Still, My Soul" | |
| #03 | "I Ain't No Miracle Worker" | #11 | "Jukebox Hero" | #19 | "What's Inside" | |
| #04 | "Falling Slowly" | #12 | "None of Your Business" | #20 | "In the Air Tonight" | |
| #05 | "Both Sides Now" | #13 | "It Only Gets Much Worse" | #21 | "Don't Stop Me Now" | |
| #06 | "Roar" | #14 | "Back Where You Belong" | #22 | "Leave It Inside" | |
| #07 | "Why Try to Change Me Now" | #15 | "Civil War" | #23 | "True Colors" | |
| #08 | "The Room Where It Happens" | #16 | "Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?" | #24 | "Ring of Fire" | |
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