The events of Grey’s Anatomy season 21, episode 8’s cliffhanger ending make way for Arizona’s return in the most straightforward way possible. After leaving in Grey’s Anatomy season 14’s finale, Arizona returned to Grey Sloan Memorial for a patient in season 20, episode 4. Arizona’s different perspective made it possible for Bailey to realize her mistakes in how she handled the new interns’ punishment, being the key through which Bailey rediscovered the magic of groundbreaking surgery and found a new path to motivate the interns. Arizona’s expertise nonetheless makes her return likelier to happen because of one patient in particular.

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