Grey’s Anatomy Finale Preview: Shonda Rhimes on the ‘Calzona’ Scene that Left the Cast ‘Stunned’
Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes added another sharp turn to Callie and Arizona’s rollercoaster year this week with the introduction of Hilarie Burton’s potential third wheel Lauren.
As of now, Arizona has yet to reciprocate the flirty doc’s advances, but a lot can — and it sounds like will — happen in this season’s final two episodes.
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“We’re equal opportunity over here at Grey’s Anatomy,” maintains Rhimes of a possible ‘Calzona’ cheating scandal. “Straight people have their cheating moments all of the time. We’ve created this relationship that’s very interesting and complex, and I feel like we’re at a moment where this [temptation] feels earned. We’re doing something that feels very in keeping with what’s right for these characters.”
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The exact nature of that “something” was provocative enough to bring the show’s season finale table read to a brief standstill. “There was a [Calzona] scene that was such a breathtaking moment that it stunned everyone into silence,” Rhimes recalls, adding, “It’s the culmination of a [season-long] journey for these two characters.”
So, what say you? Do you think Arizona will stray? Theories about the “breathtaking moment” in question? Hit the comments!
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cant breathe…..
And then it aired, talk about not breathing or sleeping after that episode
I am shattered
Yawn, they’ll always end up together. It’s like breaking up Mer-Der or Owen-Christina.
Yeah! I thought the same as u when I read this! They can’t break up MerDer or Crowen, so they can’t break up Calzona!
But to what end? There’s no honest, believable way in which Callie and Arizona end up together again that rings true. If Derek had cheated on Meredith this season – after they’re married and have a child together and have gone through as much as they’ve gone through – then I wouldn’t want Meredith to be with him, either. And this is the SECOND TIME Callie has had her spouse cheat on her!
Omg Shonda is killing me, hope everything will be oaken between Calzona, is Hilarie Burton in 2 or 3 episode?????
* Will be Okej
i think Hilarie Burton character had the option to be recurring next season
Yeah that is what I read, opt for next season. So we aren’t getting rid of her. She’ll be around in Season 10, at least in the beginning
I would like to think that although she is human and thus vulnerable to temptation, Arizona will stay true to the sentiment she has expressed to her wife before about not being able to live without her and about “if you ever sleep with anyone else…I’ll kick your a**.” I welcome the drama and the tension. What I’m having a problem with is how Arizona was admiring and appreciating Lauren’s physical assets in a way that we have never seen her do with Callie. Ever. Last season Callie stood in front of her in her bra and Arizona didn’t so much as peek down for even a second. Callie has no problem taking in Arizona’s finest physical attributes with one sweep of her eyes, but Arizona has never responded in kind. I always thought that it was because JCap is not very proficient at playing gay, but then in the very first try she has no problem checking out Hilary Burton’s butt. So, that part does puzzle me and makes me uncomfortable.
Jessica also played a gay character I The L Word.
Yeah. I know. I watched her. And at the time I honestly thought she did a horrible job, especially in that universe where even the guest stars were highly sexualized. I had no idea who she was then and I didn’t recognize her when she joined Greys but I always felt that Nadia was the worst performance of a guest star. Imo…
Yes I totally get what you are saying. I find that a bit puzzling.
This is not true..when Callie had the chicken pox…Arizona told Lexie she found Callie to be miraculous and breathtakingly beautiful….
Anytime I think about Arizona cheating on Callie it makes me sick, knowing all that they have been through, I don’t support it at all, but maybe Arizona feels that Callie feels sorry for her all the time, or that she’s just not the same after the leg loss, maybe they didn’t deal with all the issues which Shonda clearly stated, there’s something hidden still their with Arizona that she’s battling with, and this new doc helps her bring it out… But still hate thinking about it, I hope it turns out that Arizona falls for Callie more…
If Arizona breaks Callie’ s heart, I hope Callie takes Arizona’s prosthetic leg and beats her over the head with it, and then hides it while Callie packs up everything, including the baby, and moves out and on. Uhm, too harsh?
What I dont understand is how Arizona can jump into bed with someone she doesn’t know and trust whilst she has a prosthetic leg. Didnt that make her feel so insecure?
I am with you. It is bizarre. One would think that it would be harder for her to be with someone else rather than Callie. I actually think it is a pretty bad call by Rhimes.
Arizona was absolutely insecure about the leg but when Lauren said that she knew about it and yet continued to express interest in her, Arizona felt like her old, attractive self again. And that is a big reason she gave in to Lauren’s advances.
How in the world could Arizona think that Callie doesn’t hink she’s the same (assume you mean sexually)? Callie came on to her a dozen times after Arizona lost her leg, only to be turned away. She patiently waitied until Arizona was ready and never even came close to cheating on her, even though she was really getting frustrated. Now Arizona does this? I hope Callie finds out and tells her “Don’t let the door hit you in the a** on the way out, and maybe you can see our child the first Tuesday of every month.”
They are my favorite characters and it kills me seeing them like this.. :( its not fair for callie she did everything she could :(
ouais trop dommage.
Babygate: I agree. Poor Callie! She is so loyal and beautiful. She will never understand Arizona doing this to her.
Shonda Rhimes can you not?? Callie has been through enough and she has already been cheated on.
Didn’t Callie cheat on Erica when she slept with Mark, when she wanted to find out whether she liked men, still?
Nope. because Erica and Callie weren’t official then. And once Callie told Erica about her tryst with Mark in trying to figure out her sexuality, Erica accepted it and then they became official and Callie and Mark became just friends.
Agree completely. What Callie did with Eric wasn’t cheating for multiple reasons. And as I recall, Arizona had basically chosen her career over Callie and taken off for (I think) Africa. What Arizona just did was inexcusable. Yes, Shonda many straight people cheat on their spouses/partners. And there are usually negative consequences when they do. If you act like a complete jerk, be prepared to suffer for it. I hope that Arizona loses Callie over this. She deserves no less. And Callie deserves much better.
I was so shock and angry when Arizona did this to Callie!, I loved them, but I agree with you, Callie deserves betterr. I hope Shonda makes Callie stand up, go foward and get a beautifull loving woman for season 10
Ding! Ding! Ding! <3
am a hardcore MER/DER FAN 9yrs and counting
along the line i have appreciated christina and her fleet of men.
am not feeling the avery/intern fumbling. i love sarah ramirez she’s
totally awesome, so far as SR doesnt kill mer’s baby or put der in bed with
brookes[vomiting a little in my mouth] am good.
Cristina had a fleet of men? It was just Burke, Owen and that dude in the beginning of s9. How is that a fleet? George had more partners than her!
EXACTLY! Cristina never had a fling! she had two long term relationships which both ended up her getting engaged to married. She never indulged in casual thing with any male doctors or nurses.
@angel: BTW its CRistina, not Christina!
Wrong! She had a fling with her boss in this season.
It is Meredith who has been with a fleet of men.. After Derek decided to stay with Addison, Meredith had a series of one night stands. George and Izzie made fun of it and called them names like The Running Guy, Inappropriate Facial Hair Guy, Tattooed Ass Guy and Inappropriate Facial Hair Guy. This is, of course, in addition to sleeping with Derek and George. Cristina has slept with three men on the show – Burke, Owen and Dr. Parker.
Oops, repeated one guy twice. I should have said Hairy Back Guy, too.
Meredith was single. She was dating Derek while he lied about having a wife he no longer loved and while he tried to stay in his marriage that was over, Mer was free to do what she wanted. She had no commitments, she was not cheating when she did it. Not sure why Cristina was brought into it either. She may have dated a few guys, but was not cheating around as she did so and the amount we have seen or heard about has been few. But in terms of Meredith, other than it serving no purpose in healing and being dangerous. I had zero problem with her “randoms” Her life as a single woman, her body. But in terms of MerDer, when they have been “together” they have been faithful to one another. Hopefully they won’t break them up again. At this point it would be a joke. As far as Calzona, I really like this couple and “if” Shonda Rhimes does put a cheating SL together, I can only hope it serves a purpose to bring them even closer together after the events that happened to Arizona earlier in the seaon.
I bet it’s the scene Shonda said was deleted from the script to everyone’s eyes except the director..Calzona split scene..:0(
If it was deleted from everyone’s eyes, they would not have read it at the table read because they wouldn’t have seen it.
yeah, read it again..well, it doesn’t calm my nerves,lol.
Lol. Agreed…
Did Shonda said that on twitter?
Shonda did say one part of the finale noone has read/saw. Now I read that everyone at a table reading was shocked about Calzona. So you KNOW it is BIG. Idk if they are the same?
That day Ellen Pompeo was filming her scen, so I think it’s something about McBaby maybe the Name of McAby
That’s what I was thinking too, especially with that being Ellen’s last day of filming. We’ll either hear the name in the voice-over or see Mere and Derek name him.
Do we really care that much about the name of the baby ?
Have you met the intense Meredith/Derek shippers? Plus it’s the show’s main paring and Shonda loves to hype things
Oh right, I forgot. But even with Shonda beeing obsessed with it, no use to hide the name of the baby to the cast – who imo doesn’t care.
DUH. Yes we DO care about everything MerDer.
YESSSSS
I think they will get legally marriage or a sister to Sofia, it’s noting that will destroy them
Weren’t they a possible couple in the break up blind item? I know that blind item has since changed somehow, but still, maybe it is them?
Yes they were
That is exactly what I’m thinking, Danielle. I had a fear ever since seeing that item back in dec, but then 2 weeks later, Shonda was like, “no couple is splitting. don’t listen to rumors.” but we know you can’t really trust what she says. She probably bought off Ausiello or something and that’s why he retracted the story. Shonda didn’t want to ruin her plan for a break up that early in the season. And now everything she says about them is quite cryptic and she has been mentioning them as individuals, rather than as a unit. i find that quite unsettling. and now she talks on twitter of “is anyone really made for each other?” I’m guess that’s why the writer’s discussions we so intense and that they made some very “bold & shocking” decisions. Breaking Calzona uu certainly fits the bill!!!!
Why do I have a feeling Callie’s gonna slap Arizona?
Gosh, I would hope not. I mean, she’s the Ortho queen. She could unhinge her jaw or something. But I wouldn’t be opposed to her slapping the flirt out of Lauren’s face. That’s part of the reason I don’t mind this plot. I’ve always wanted to see Callie jealous because she’s so trusting at times… It would be good for her to be rattled and not take things for granted.
Jealous Callie would probably be more tolerable than “acting like an immature teenager around Jackson” Callie.
The whole everyone blames everything on Avery is so played out now (and its not only Callie). But I agree about a jealous Callie being more interesting. Plus, Callie has been really childish lately.
i miss her spiciness and sarcasm. A great example was when Jo was hitting on Callie and Callie went off on her “poking the horny bear” speech. I miss that Callie.
That’s very true, but out of all 5 of the them, Callie and Meredith are acting the most like small, immature brats. I miss the older seasons Callie too, but she still has her snarkyness and her fun side (I liked her a lot last week with the wannabe girl reporter)
I thought the exact same thing… it’s either going to be really bad like Callie hitting Arizona or something really good like Arizona wanting the get pregnant. I hope it’s a good thing :D
Too bad, it won’t be! ;9P
OMG, I had a feeling there might be some domestic violence too! But I wasn’t sure if it would be Callie or Arizona doing the slapping!! Callie certainly is very strong and passionate and we already saw her grab Arizona in the shower scene.
I think Arizona will appreciate having someone who isn’t her wife tell her that she’s still sexy and attractive and might even kiss Lauren, but won’t go any further. I don’t know why, but I just can’t see Arizona cheating- especially with her reactions to Callie and Mark being together. I don’t think they’ll break up either after all they’ve been through this season. But I’m fully aware that I might come back here on May 16th and admit that I was wrong.
Unfortunately Shonda says in an interview in The Hollywood Reporter that the situation with Arizona and Lauren goes “very, very far.” And there’s an “emotional death” in the final for one couple…..*sigh*
I’m freaking out right now. I dont really see Arizona like someone who would cheat, I mean, it doesn’t go with personality at all. I think she needs to feel sexy again and to hear it from someone different than her wife, but just that, i mean she cant cheat! she really really loves her wife. But dammit with shonda rhimes everything is possible.
It’s not like Callie and Arizona haven’t broken up and/or lost each other before before guys….at the airport, over Arizona not wanting kids, the car accident, the plane crash, the freaked out Arizona after the amputation….Breaking up then getting back together is their modus operandi.
In my opinion, kissing is cheating
I agree 100%
I hope you don’t have to admit you are wrong. And May 16th can’t get her soon enough.
A threesome..:D
You beat me to it.
That is one of the few plotlines Grey’s hasn’t touched (aside from Meredith’s dream about Derek and Finn). it would be funny to see people’s heads explode about a F/F/F threesome lol
And remember all the teasing talk of threesomes in that infamous elevator with Hahn, Callie, and Mark? Of course that fantasy feeds the straight male audience. I don’t know about three women…but I wouldn’t mind taking notes…
i agree.. can’t think of anything else that after 9 seasons would be so shocking to the cast.. especially after Callie said “i’m a little bit in love with her”..
What I thought too ! Or, if it were sooner in the episodes, like when Arizona didn’t want to be touched, the “green light” from Callie to let her sleep with her, to boost her confidence.
Maybe….It was Callie who said “I think I’m a little in love with her” after all….But a threesome would feed the LGBT haters’ prejudices about us as being “immoral”. I mean really. Someone posted here who said kissing was cheating, so what would a threesome in post-Victorianville cause. Geez. Head for the hills. I can hear the tsunami of screaming haters already…
My thoughts exactly!!!!!!!!
well it’s not really surprising since Arizona is THE WORST.
Yup! Haha her character is toast if this actually happens
Maybe it’s a threesome??? Then again, that’s too racy for network tv.
I actually initially thought that, especially after Callie said “I think I’m in love with her” but I doubt that it will happen.
Or maybe Arizona is still sulking in bed after the accident and the whole season’s been nothing but a dream/fantasy.
If that means no Alex/Jo and no Ethan and no stupid buying the hospital storyline, than I’m in!
I was afraid to voice this, but I completely hope you are correct!
It’s 1 of 2 things… The finale is boring like it was in season 7 and shonda is creating hype around the 2 couples that have huge fan bases.. Calzona or and merder. If they have arizona cheat her character will never recover bc pretty much the majority of fans hate her already. Also why waste this whole season getting them on good terms and destroy it? Shonda seems to like capshaw but this is kind of weird that once again arizona is going to f up but who knows!
who says it has to be an affair between Lauren and Arizona! Why not Lauren and Callie?
I was thinking it was Callie and Lauren hooking up instead.
Well, that’s interesting….especially after Arizona’s remarks about how beautiful Callie’s eyes are and how “hot” Callie is plus her stating that she’s happily married….We all know that lyric, “don’t advertise your (wo)man” don’t we…?
I’m annoyed by how quick people are jumping to threesome. I never saw threesome tossed around for Mark-Callie-Arizona or MerDerApril or anything like that. Yes, Callie said the “I kinda love her” bit, but it was obviously more of a Cristina approved, chick is a rock star kind of thing and not a I want to be in her pants thing. These two have shown zero signs that either is into open relationships, so guessing a threesome makes you seem, imo, ignorant. Marriage is marriage, just because this marriage is between two chicks doesn’t mean they’re suddenly cool with sleeping around.
i think you are the one jumping in conclusion here… a threesome doesn’t mean an open relationship, or that the marriage is not real. a lot of couple are looking for ways to spice up their sex life, and threesomes are one of those ways. the only reason people are jumping to threesome is because Shonda said the entire cast was shocked. personally i prefer the threesome because i really don’t want to see Arizona cheats, in my opinion it would be a character assassination and AZ is my favorite. but again, the only one here who jumped in conclusion was you
i think most of us are very aware that a female/female/female threesome is probably never going to happen on a show that airs at 9 on ABC. There was backlash from people who were upset that the show had Callie and Arizona in bed together eating pizza! But for me, I like Arizona and I think it would be out of character for her to cheat.
Then again, Arizona’s been out of character for most of this season so…
So cheating is only okay if the married couple are gay? Talk about defensive and hypocritical when it’s your ship.
Meant hetero not gay.
as much as i want to see calzona stay together, i just want something to HAPPEN in general. these episodes have been a bore it wasn’t until the final moment of last night (jo) that shonda actually caught my attention for the first time in weeks…
Is it just me are the same storyline repacked every season now?? Arizona and Callie have problems. Alex falls for a crazy chick(i hope this isnt true. but it seems like they are gonna play it out as if Jo did that to herself). Cristina and Owen fight about wanting kids. The only growth is from Derek and Mer. Time for the all of the characters to grow up
Where are you getting that Jo beat HERSELF up?!!
read the preview for the finale
“We’ve created this relationship that’s very interesting and complex, and I feel like we’re at a moment where this [temptation] feels earned.” OK, I guess I’m being stupid here, just HOW & WHERE does a human being feels he or she has EARNED the temptation to cheat? I am hoping Arizona doesn’t – this entire SEASON has been about HER losing her leg & all the ramifications of losing it, getting a new prosthetic & moving forward with her life by going back to the hospital & being with Callie & Sophia – cheating would just be spitting in the face of all that. I am wondering if the “stunned cast” found out that Callie finds Arizona & Lauren in bed together. But doesn’t Arizona already have a history of “many” women?
I had a similar reaction when I first read her comment but then I thought about it. It seems evident that this is all about Arizona still struggling to become the sexual being she was before. Callie loves her and because of that love and the commitment of the marriage she can allow herself to enjoy that type of intimacy. But in a way, that’s to be expected. That your spouse will desire you regardless because of the existing bond. What Lauren presents is the reality that Arizona still feels less than what she was before the crash. Lauren gives her attention and it takes Arizona by surprise because she, Lauren, is not obligated to be attracted to her. I think that’s the moment that Shonda refers to as being earned. And mind you, she is talking about the temptation as being earned, not the cheating. I think that with Lauren Arizona allows herself to go outside of her comfort zone and allows herself to contemplate an illicit exchange because it allows her to regain some of the validation and confidence she used to feel before she lost a limb. Of course, all of this could be just crap. But its my take on it so I can keep my fangirl sanity when Shonda pulls a stunt like this.
maybe its about AZ gaining confidence that she is sexy to others, but then again maybe its something else, Maybe its the fact that Callie failed her/failed to save her leg and failed to save her best friend and resentments that have built up get aired. When AZ was faced with the choice (in the musical) to save Callie’s life by taking the baby early she fought Mark to not do so, because she knew the kid was Callies dream and that Callie would take her chances to save the kid if she was given the choice/would be crushed if she survived at the kids expense. So maybe AZ still holds resentment over callie not respecting her wishes and having to wake up to find her wife cut off her leg? Heck maybe all the resentments over Africa/CAM/ etc that have gone down with these two get brought back up? A real twist would be if Callie was the one who ended up cheating with the new doc or even with Owen. In any case, I fully expect these two to break up and if they do then I’d rather they not get back together. Its pretty obvious C/A will never be treated equal to the other relationships in the sexie time department, so better to move each of them on.
Surely by now Arizona has accepted that the amputation was necessary to save her life and that Callie shouldn’t have let Arizona pressure her into making a promise that as a doctor, she couldn’t keep.
Estou quase fritando os miolos agora, e pensando que este silencio todo do cast não poderia ser que esta dra.nova está dando em cima de Arizona a mando de Callie? poderia ser, Callie realmente ama Ari e está sentiindo que ela ainda não está inteira na relação e como nós sabemos que ela é impulsiva, foi uma maneira que ela achou em elevar a auto-estima da Ari.(outra mulher lhe desejando, etc e tal?) Esta dra deve ser alguma antiga amiga ou colega de Callie que entrou no jogo para ajudar a amiga que ama sua esposa, talvez? ou surtei de vez?
Yes, Arizona has a history with just about every lesbian and bi-sexual woman in the hospital! ;9P
I’m willing to bet this is all misleading of epic proportions and has nothing to do with Cheating.
Please be right.
it’d be hilarious if the breathtaking moment was a threesome. #justsayin
it’d be hilarious if the breathtaking moment was a threesome. #justsayin
How about this one – Lauren was only a dream that Arizona had? LOL!!!