Welcome to Station 19, the series that’s ending and is making me suffer because the lesbian storyline is stalled and there are four episodes left until it’s over. We’ll keep praying to the goddesses, but for now, we’re going to talk about what happened between Maya and Carina in the sixth episode of the seventh and final season of the series. I’m warning you that, for a change, it’ll be short. I can’t even believe it!
Our episode begins with Maya talking to Sullivan , because two veterans, an older man and a young man, have stopped by the station to receive medical help because they’re homeless. There, they treat them and chat with them for a while, and Sullivan’s heart is heavy because he was a soldier, so he’s trying to help them by filling out all the information to get them help. But the bureaucracy is horrible, and he’s desperate.
Maya approaches to see why he’s complaining, and when he tells her, she asks if he knows where they’re living. He says yes and gives her the location, and she replies that it’s fine because that camp is one of the safest. He’s a little puzzled and asks how she knows, and she gets a little uncomfortable and simply tells him that her brother has been in trouble and leaves. But she’s scratched because the situation reminds her of her brother.
The next thing we see is Maya and Carina having a drink at the bar . There, the blonde tells her girlfriend that if you do anything to a crow, it will remember your face for life. Carina looks like, “What?” but assures her there’s nothing to worry about because she has no intention of fighting a crow. But Maya continues with the subject of crows, because if the crow’s great-grandfather he never met was one way, it’s very likely that this crow is the same.
Carina decides to put a stop to this conversation and asks her girlfriend what the real problem is, because she’s drinking more whiskey than usual and talking about crows on her day off. Maya confesses that she was thinking about her brother , her family dynamic in general, all that stuff about nature and what surrounds you socially. Who are we? Are we doomed to repeat our parents’ mistakes?
Maya feels guilty that her brother is living on the streets and tells Carina that she’s “leaving him.” But Carina reminds her that she can’t force her brother to do something he doesn’t want to do. Just as she couldn’t do it with Andrea (her brother). The blonde is afraid. Because they’re both part of the same family, and she feels healthy and alert right now, but what if, in a while, she falls into the same problems? What if she passes that inheritance on to her children?
Carina: Okay, okay, first of all, mental health isn’t a time bomb, and it’s something you and I know how to pay attention to, precisely because of what’s happened in our families. And we’re going to do it with our son too.
Maya: You’re good at this.
Carina: I know. But you’re good too.
At what? Stressing me out at a bar?
Carina: No! Look at yourself, you’re already prioritizing the well-being of our future child. My mom didn’t do it, your mom didn’t do it. But you’re going to be a great mom.
Maya: I didn’t know that, but I needed to hear that.
Carina: Well, it’s true. Screw the crows!
The next time we see the girls, time has passed, and they’re both already immersed in the process of having a baby. They’re at the station working, and Maya tells her girlfriend she’s excited because there’s a possibility that there’s already a baby in her belly. Carina, however, doesn’t want to talk about it and asks her to wait until it’s real, because it’s something she’s wanted for so long that she’s afraid she won’t handle the situation well if they don’t get it.
It was a bit prophetic, because later in the episode we see that time has passed and Maya is sad because the process didn’t work again and they have to start from scratch with Vic comforting her.
Then time passes again, and we have a rather funny and interesting scene. Because Ben is talking about taking testosterone and feeling better than ever, and then Maya tells them that she ‘s receiving ovarian stimulation injections and is having a terrible time.
The scene is meant to be funny, and it is, but I liked that it was realistic, at least theoretically, about what the process is like and how the side effects affect women undergoing the treatment.
The episode continues and is very sad because the young man dies because he didn’t have money for insulin and was diabetic and that causes the older veteran’s mental health to decline despite everyone at the station doing what they can to help him.
Suddenly, there’s a fire at the camp, and the elderly man dies too. It’s a huge blow for everyone at the station because it’s incredibly unfair that two people who supposedly gave everything for their country should die alone and without help because the country doesn’t take care of them upon their return.
The episode ends with all the firefighters in therapy to cope with the deaths of the two veterans, and with Vic finally breaking down and crying over everything he’s been through. It’s a very sad episode, but it ends with good news: Vic is staying at the station and his job is safe.
And that’s all for this week on Station 19. See you in the next episode, which, if the preview isn’t lying, will bring us more about Maya and Carina!
