Spoilers ahead for Episode 7 of Station 19 Season 4, called “Learning to Fly.”
Station 19 returned for its first episode since DeLuca was stabbed heading into the second half of a crossover event with Grey’s Anatomy last week, and Carina‘s brother tragically died due to his injuries. The death of a Station 19 regular’s brother on Grey’s Anatomy seemed primed to set up more mini crossovers that have happened pretty frequently over the past season and a half, but that wasn’t the case with “Learning to Fly,” and I’m now wondering if Station 19 is finally cutting down on the Grey’s Anatomy crossovers.
None of this is to say that Station 19 ignored the death of DeLuca just because it happened on Grey’s Anatomy. In fact, the B plot of “Learning to Fly” centered on Carina struggling to deal with the grief and guilt from what happened to her brother, with Maya doing everything she could to try and help her girlfriend. But DeLuca’s death was dealt with without anybody from Grey’s Anatomy dropping by for a visit. In fact, Ben performed surgery on Station 19 rather than the injured man going to Grey Sloan.
