A new season of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy premiered last night with an episode that justified climate change protesters blocking traffic and breaking laws.
Thursday’s episode, “If Walls Could Talk,” begins with the cast of doctors late for their shifts at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital because climate change protesters have blocked a bridge. Emergency doctors unable to get to work should normally be a big deal, but the show brushes it off with excuses.
On the bridge, Dr. Atticus “Link” Lincoln (Chris Carmack) tells his girlfriend Jo (Camilla Luddington) that it will be a while before they can get across. Link, who does not know Jo is pregnant, seems unbothered by the blockage.
Link: Yeah, we’re gonna be here a while. They shut down the whole bridge for the protesters. [Exhales sharply ] You okay?
Jo: Yeah. I’m fine.
Link: You sure? You…
