[14], Soon after, she found a paper detailing Ben's death benefit at home. With Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers. Did Derek actually cheat on Meredith? It concludes that Bailey was an asymptomatic carrier of the MRSA bacteria and transmitted the infection via a new brand of gloves that the hospital had used that were shown to be permeable. Parents It is later revealed that she has been married to her husband Tucker Jones (Cress Williams) for ten years and that she is pregnant. As Carly slowly improved, Jo asked her about the pregnancy. Maggie then planned to perform a keyhole procedure. She also remarks on how impressing her is not an easy feat. Ben tried to propose to her through a crossword puzzle which didn't work out like he planned, and in the end Miranda herself asked him to marry her twice. He packed a suitcase and she assured him that it wasn't final. When George told her he was joining the army, Bailey freaked out, and with the help of other doctors, they staged an "intervention" to stop him from going. Along with stepping down from his position, Dr. Webber passed on his clinical trial on diabetes to her. Much to her dismay, she discovered that a display with pictures from all past and present Chiefs had been installed in the cafeteria, with Alex's picture last. Meredith discovered that their John Doe patient was actually George O'Malley. Alex had messed up the OR schedule, so Bailey fixed that and invited Jo to scrub in with her so they could discuss her fellowship. She told Richard she had handled losing her best surgeons and friends but couldn't handle this loss of her daughter. When Owen decided to step down as Chief of Surgery, Richard told Bailey she'd become his successor. Ben told her that he thought she wanted him to wait for her after she broke up with him and that she was unclear. Wilson has reprised her role in the spin-off series Private Practice and Station 19. During a break, she confronted him and he reiterated that it was his decision to make. LeBreton Flats Park. While she wanted to talk, he was happy that they could spend the day together and they had sex. Izzie helps pay for it from a multi-million dollar bequest from Denny Duquette, whom she had loved. Bailey, who has a heart condition, calls Ben, her new firefighter boyfriend, to go to the hospital with her. He left after kissing her goodbye. She asked Meredith to leave. She appointed Andrew as Chief Resident to clean up the mess his girlfriend had made as he had failed to warn them about it before it came out. She found he had spent the entire quarter's budget on his first day. When there was an explosion, and Meredith, Arizona, and Eliza were blocked from entering the hospital, Bailey cleared them, saying that fire trumped rapist on the loose. She later admitted the pregnancy to Chief Webber, after he asked her about whether or not she was accepting a fellowship at Seattle Grace. On the way to her wedding, Bailey is pulled in to perform surgery on Richard's wife, Adele. Suzanne crashed in the CT machine due a cardiac tamponade but they managed to bring her back. She then begged Alex not to quit as she needed more time to straighten things out. After the initial grief had worn off a bit, Bailey decided she needed to work and told Ben to go drink with buddies. Bailey said George was her favorite of her interns. She knew Joey had declined to talk to a social worker about his options. He told her he was bone tired, which she said sounded like depression. Afterward, Bailey joined Taryn on an elevator to take Phoebe Moss up to the OR to procure her organs for Cece Colvin. Her reputation as "The Nazi" preceded her as her interns were seen nervously discussing her after learning about their assignments on their first day of work.[2]. Bailey later pursueda new project of genome mapping that will arm doctors the necessary information to treat diseases at the source rather than treating the symptoms as they arise. While in her residency, she was known as The Nazi to her interns, due to her tough and no-nonsense personality. He knew it had been hard on her since his job change and said it was time for them to re-connect. Shonda Rhimes wrote the character of Bailey to be a petite blonde-haired white woman with curls as "it would be unexpected to have this sweet-looking person open her mouth and say tough things." Maggie and Cormac escorted him off the stage and called 911. Ben was as headstrong as Bailey and they balanced each other out, but she was busy putting herself back together with "tape and glue" after the shooting, so they broke up, following the revelation that Ben was out golfing the day the shooting happened so he wouldn't have memories of that day. She cried over the ultrasound pictures before heading home. Ben was unharmed and hugged his wife. Bailey and Maggie later watched Catherine's last surgery before her own spinal surgery from the gallery. Bailey told her she had hated maternity leave, too, and that she was an excellent mother. Her future Chief Richard Webber attended her wedding with his wife, Adele. Her character has appeared in 387 episodes, making her the most frequently recurring character in the franchise. She resents Meredith because the Chief resigns as head of surgery due to this. But the Chief Resident choice seemed to be news to her. Despite being a straight-A student who had taken care of his siblings on his own for months, Jo doubted that he would ever be adopted as 17 year olds are generally viewed as adults who can fend for themselves. Even before Ben returned, Miranda admitted she wasn't looking for a long-term relationship with Eli. Eventually, they were rescued by Jed Lundberg and Jackson. BaileyThe NaziMandyDr. She and her family live at 1017 Hawthorne Ave. Seattle, Washington 98105. Although for a while she claimed she was growing tired of appys and gall bladders and nothing excited her but while treating a child that almost died, she wanted to stick with general surgery. He told her she had broken his heart, so he wouldn't come home for the fence. She returns to her job several months later. She guided him back to his room. Ben operated on a man in the psych ward with a clipboard and operated on a pregnant women without proper consent in a hall and she died. On her way to her office, she ran into Amelia, who asked about the ultrasound. At home, she told Ben about having found joy that day and how Tom was shocked in the nads by Owen, which made her laugh. Later, she came to him in nothing but a trench coat and thong and proposed to him, but they didn't immediately get engaged because Ben told her he was offered a surgical internship at UCLA. Her wedding got delayed because of Adele Webber, who had undergone emergency surgery, which was performed by Bailey. Minister of Canadian Heritage and Quebec Lieutenant Pablo Rodriguez will also be in attendance. Her meds needed to be adjusted, which is why she had been off. Despite Evan's misguided attempts to spare Max from the pain, Max had found out that his mother was dying and he ran off into the city. [43], Together, they arrived in the ambulance bay as the trauma doctors took in the residents. Miranda Bailey married Tucker Jones ten years prior to the beginning of Meredith Grey's internship. While she was trying to get a hold of Ben, she came across Joe's bar, where the Station 19 crew was working to extract a car that had crashed into Joe's bar, trapping everyone inside. Bailey had to assist to repair a bleeding but Jo pulled it off successfully. Who is the current Chief of GREY Sloan? She enjoys extra thick strawberry milkshakes. Mary Portman, the patient with whom she bonded with while trying to save Charles, returns for her scheduled surgery, which appears to go well, but she does not wake up, and the cause is never discovered. Status After handing over Chief of Surgery to Meredith Grey last season, it was unclear if Miranda Bailey would be back. She had tried to ignore the voice of the patriarchy in her head telling her she couldn't rest because she was a woman, but she decided to listen to her own voice and take the sabbatical after all. She blamed Dr. Webber the most for abandoning her and avoids him altogether. Pruitt's tests came back, revealing a highly aggressive testicular lymphoma. Chief Webber realized that she was the one doing the amazing work, and as such gave her the position of Chief Resident. Bailey learned Carly was in fact one of her therapists, which resulted in Jo panicking and having shaky hands, which was ironic as Carly was the one who taught her tricks to keep her nervous system calm. [24], With 22 days left on the contract, Alex had Bailey cover the ER since both Owen and Teddy were out on personal days. She just arrived from Germany. [20], Bailey and Ben remained separated through the holidays. She informed him that Alex had left everyone behind to be a father. He told her that she had told him to follow his bliss, but then she turned on him and left him over it. In the season finale, a gunman enters the hospital, believing that the staff had failed his wife. She then received a reassuring text from Ben to tell her he was safe and she broke down crying. He says that he made a mistake in not choosing Bailey in the first place. The strength part is great because it really does make her a really good physician. Bailey stated in a conversation with Meredith that when, At the time of the episode airing, Bailey's year of residency had not been established, though it had been originally implied she was a 5th-year, as she discussed fellowship decisions during her pregnancy in the same season and was in charge of the OR in the, Bailey states to Derek she has been married for ten years in the Season 2 episode. Meredith discovered that parts of her mother's research were wrong and that the first few devices installed in their first patients would eventually become ineffective. Children In season 4, Bailey decides to back up Callie Torres in her post of Chief Resident, which the Chief observes. He apologized and shared with her the story of how Halloween was his and his son David's thing and how David died a few weeks before he could ever put on his Stormtrooper costume, which just hung on David's bedroom door for months as Tom couldn't bring himself to take it down. He shoots several people, including resident Charles Percy. April also impresses Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and she is ultimately granted the position of Chief Resident in the season seven finale.. What episode does Bailey become Chief resident? The mother of Chief of Surgery, Miranda Bailey ( Chandra Wilson ), Elena Bailey ( Bianca F. Taylor) was brought into Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in the fifth episode of Season 17, "Fight. After the successful surgery, Teddy apologized for putting her on the spot, but Bailey said it was just one more sign that it was time for a sabbatical from the Chief job. Bailey said that Cristina was the one intern she didn't have to worry about. He then formally told her he was stepping back from surgery. She ran some tests to confirm. Before Izzie went down, she told Bailey that the scarf was for her. After learning of Alex's past from his younger brother, Bailey says she is impressed Alex became a doctor, due to his troubled upbringing. Siblings She sat down with Meredith in the attendings' lounge, where Meredith was missing Alex cheering her up after a hard day. During the procedure, Alex came to inform them that Jed's legs had been crushed when the elevator started working again mid-climb. As Alex brought up his difficult past and his turning into the guy that Bailey had trusted to run her hospital and keep her secrets. While Ben comforted her outside, Alex told Bailey that Jo had come back from Pittsburgh a changed person and that he didn't know what to do with her.[31]. When they were on the plane, which was transporting her, Richard, and the sedated plane crash victims to Seattle, she said that she wished they sedated her too.[4]. She thinks Alex was made to be a peds surgeon. As she left the room, she was told by a resident that Richard had let them go home, despite it being not even 5 o'clock. is a fictional character from the medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy. Last seen: Bailey remains a series regular and spent much of the season trying to keep the hospital in shape. Afterward, they had breakfast on the couch and she talked about how seeing Jo and Alex balance their work-life with his being Chief reminded her of her and Ben. Ben's Return and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, You Can Look (But You'd Better Not Touch), Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response, No Good at Saying Sorry (One More Chance), I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me, I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked, Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right, Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Fans met Bailey in the first episode of the show, when she intimidated the interns as the tough-as-nails Seattle Grace resident she was. He was later pronounced brain dead in surgery. She said she had just pitched some ideas and the website published it this way, while she had never directed any comments towards the hospital itself, but rather at the medical system as a whole. [32] Andrew took the fall for Meredith, after which he was arrested. A few weeks later, they ran into each other in the ER and she followed him outside. She suggested he think about his career and let go of certain loyalties. As they walked off, Alex asked her if he was still fired, to which she replied it hurt her more than it did him. She told him that worrying about him and if he would come home at night was not helping. She went to see Richard in his empty office. Dr. Richard Webber has indicated that she could eventually become Chief of Surgery. Her salary ranges between $480,000 and $500,000. Maggie was convinced he had some type of rapidly-progressive dementia, though they had yet to find a cause. Bailey is not impressed by this decision and starts exhibiting some odd behaviors, later she is diagnosed with OCD after what happened with the CDC investigation. She apologized to the students and proposed they reschedule for a less hectic day, but they told her they had learned a lot from the way she handled the situations. [6] Reflecting on her character, Chandra Wilson said: "I think a strength and a weakness for her is her ego. She hired Alex back and appointed him interim Chief and decided to fund Jo's fellowship with her own money from the TrailBlazer. Everyone was devastated, especially Bailey, who said that she needed to stop caring so much because it was interfering with her life. 426 After Owen decided to step down as Chief of Surgery, Richard suggested Bailey as his successor to the board, but Catherine didn't want him to just give her the position. "Something About What Happens When We Talk", "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey". Instead of not doing any work, he acted as an attending anesthesiologist which angered Miranda because she felt that he wasn't taking his probation seriously, but she couldn't do anything about it, as she wasn't in control over the anesthesiologist department. Bailey is a fifth year resident now and at some point Bailey becomes chief resident after Callie fails at the job. Webber has been her mentor since she was a resident, and has encouraged her to become the person she is today. Teddy was worried that she was a bad mother because she hadn't provided amazing self-made costumes for her kids. Bailey was reluctant to indulge because she didn't know how the TrailBlazer would be a success, but Catherine told her that money comes and goes and you need to let yourself enjoy it before it's gone. Bailey accepts the position as an attending general surgeon and divorces her husband for presenting her with the ultimatum, stating she will not have the time to learn a new specialty as a single mother. The firefighters at Station 19 threw a surprise celebration for Ben and Bailey's baby, where Bailey learned that Jackson was seeing Vic. Bailey said they could have come to her for help. A few days later at Meredith's trial, Bailey was surprised to see that most of Meredith's former colleagues showed up to support her. No longer being Chief took some adjusting, like losing her personal parking spot. Bailey was angered. Miranda had a strained relationship with Meredith in the beginning because of Meredith's relationship with Derek, but they soon became friendly. During the surgery, she declared that she didn't want to be called the Nazi anymore. She ordered pizza for the kids. Of course, before she became perhaps the most respected resident in hospital history, Bailey was an intern herself but the tough-as-nails part of her personality didn't come until a hallmark case in the early years of her career (via the Los Angeles Times ). He coached her through her labor and delivery, allowing her to work through the stress of her husband's car accident. After learning that the carbon monoxide poisoning had been an accident, Jo established a boundary and handed the case back to Bailey. She also told Bailey to not "piss off the nurses", and warned her of the consequences if she did so. Understanding Dahlia wasn't open to learning from anyone else, Bailey fired her so she at least had something in common with her hero. As Bailey and Jo waited for an ambulance together, Jo told her they needed to talk later. Biographical Information After their marriage, Ben had gotten a surgical internship at UCLA and had to leave. Her professional confidence was shaken and questioned by other surgeons when Izzie Stevens cut Denny Duquette's LVAD wire and Denny subsequently died. However, as soon as he was gone, she switched her picture with Alex's. While in her residency, she was known as The Nazi to her interns, due to her tough and no-nonsense personality. At the end of the day, Ben and Bailey left together. In season 9, an investigation takes place on Bailey after three of her patients contracted an infection and died. Bailey initially denied his request but Meredith pointed out he had made an incredible save, convincing Bailey to let Andrew scrub in to just watch. Joey followed Bailey as she went to get an update and witnessed how the doctors had managed to save both the woman and her baby. Bailey hushed Andrew when he objected in the OR and later made him step in when there was bleeding from the suture line. First The board members voted and Bailey was appointed Chief of Surgery. Alex Karev served as interim chief for six months when Miranda Bailey had a sabatical from the role. A code violet was called. After the overturning of Roe v. Their marriage was strained while he was at UCLA, but Ben came to Seattle to vist Miranda every once in a while. Bailey wanted to enter a lounge, but Maggie stopped her from going in because Catherine, Richard, and Jackson were fighting in there. [52], Bailey, Meredith, and Amelia assembled a war room to find out what was going on with Richard. He sympathized with her, having been through two miscarriages with his ex-wife. [53], The doctors switched off keeping him company. Meredith stressed she would never attack her beloved hospital that taught her everything. He suspected Richard was suffering from cobalt poisoning caused by his hip replacement. He ended his letter by thanking her again, which he knew was small and lame compared to what she had done for him. The Time Warp: Directed by Rob Corn. She shared that she no longer trusted her heart and might drop dead tomorrow. Alex came to fetch her and Jo for a surgical consult on Nina Sullivan, who had a yet-undiagnosed cause of abdominal pain and came to the hospital for Meredith, who was out for the day. Familial Information She is protective of her interns, as shown when she warns Derek to stay away from Meredith. Seasons "[4] Wilson explained how she plays Bailey: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, It's a teacher's mentality. Jo recognized Carly from her residential treatment and joined her and Bailey in the hyperbaric chamber. I loved Bailey so much in the first few seasons, they perfectly balanced her as a strong leader with ambition but with a soft side that we would get to see on occasion. She felt lonely without him when Tuck was at his father's and the fence needed some repair work. With the support of Alex, Meredith returns to Seattle with the children and is later appointed Chief of General Surgery by Bailey. She gave it to Bailey because Bailey had supported her throughout her cancer treatment. Later, she was approached by both Ben and Teddy with concerns about Jo's wellbeing. In the fall finale of Season 16, Bailey suffers a miscarriage. Knight) and Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) - is a focal point at the beginning of the series. While treating the child, both Dixon and Robbins said she was a true pediatric surgeon because of her disregard of rules, her personal interest in patients and taking the time to explain surgeries to the patients and the children. As time went on I feel she became all soft side, and every scene she was in she's either crying or whining. William George Bailey JonesMiscarried daughter (with Ben)Joey PhillipsPruitt Arike Miller