Jolink Stories

This page gathers all the missing scenes from Season 21 — scenes that take place between canon episodes, never within them, and are meant to deepen what remains unseen on screen. These missing scenes are designed to accompany the canon narrative and to gradually expand the story as it unfolds.

At the time of publication, the missing scenes are not yet available. They will be added progressively, following the chronology of the aired episodes.

When the New Normal Is Shaken, Love Finds Its Way

While Season 20 explored the transition from friendship to partnership, Season 21 begins at the moment that fragile balance is disrupted. The discovery of a twin pregnancy reshapes everything — their relationship, their family structure, and the way Jo and Link envision the future.

Season 21 missing scenes focus on projection and commitment: the realization that they can no longer conceive of life without each other, and the need to anchor that certainty through deliberate acts of choice and engagement before the babies arrive.

The missing scenes planned for Season 21 aim to explore:

• the pregnancy announcement as a turning point that reshapes both their relationship and the foundation of their family
• the reconfiguration of a blended family with the arrival of not one, but two babies
• how Luna and Scout process the news and question their place within the family
• the fear triggered by a high-risk twin pregnancy, experienced differently by each of them
• Jo’s fear of abandonment resurfacing in moments of heightened vulnerability
• Link’s need for control colliding with a situation he cannot manage practically or protect against
• the way fear creates emotional distance before ultimately forcing realignment
• how a moment of crisis—the robbery—accelerates clarity
• the physical and emotional aftermath of the robbery
• how instability, fear of loss, and the need for certainty can lead to acts of commitment
• the family dynamics that unfold after the engagement, as wedding planning brings new tensions and adjustments
• glimpses of the wedding itself, revisited through memory, as parts of it remain unseen on screen

Ultimately, Season 21 missing scenes explore how love moves from belief to action — how choosing each other becomes something that must be said, shown, and legally, emotionally, and symbolically affirmed.

These missing scenes are not about rewriting canon.
They are about deepening it, by exploring what happens between episodes: moments of distance, fear, realignment, and the decisions that change everything.

Reading guide

The Missing Scenes are part of a continuous reading experience that fills the emotional and narrative spaces left between what we saw on screen.

They are numbered according to the canon episode they follow.
For example, Missing Scene 21.1.1 takes place after Episode 21×01.

Below, you’ll find a chronological timeline listing all the missing scenes in order, allowing you to locate any scene within the season’s progression. At launch, the missing scenes are not yet available; they will be added progressively.

The navigation anchors on this page point only to canon episodes.
Clicking on an episode title will take you directly to its recap section, which is immediately followed by the Missing Scenes that unfold after it.

From there, you can jump directly to a specific point in the season or simply scroll down and experience the story as it unfolds.

This structure allows you to experience Season 21 as an extended story, without rewriting or altering canon — only expanding what happens in between.

Episodes not mentioned here either do not include Jo or Link scenes, or do not add new layers to their story, and are therefore not part of this collection.

The timeline is a guide. The continuous story begins below. ↓

Episode 21×01 — “If Walls Could Talk”

Delayed by climate protests, Jo keeps trying to tell Link she’s pregnant, but every attempt is interrupted—and her fear of his reaction only grows. She spends the day nauseous, anxious, and terrified of saying the words out loud. In the end, she doesn’t have to. When she instinctively pushes away the food and wine Link offers, he understands immediately. She confirms it. He pulls her into his arms, overwhelmed with relief and joy—the exact reaction she’d been too afraid to hope for.

Missing Scenes:

• 21.1.1 – At the Bar, After Jo Tells Link She’s Pregnant (coming soon)
• 21.1.2 – Link and Jo Go Home (coming soon)
• 21.1.3 – The Morning After (coming soon)
• …

Episode 21×03 — “I Can See Clearly Now”

Jo and Link talk through their schedules for the coming days. Jo quietly admits that she booked her OB appointment at another hospital, worried about being treated differently here at Grey Sloan, once people know she’s pregnant. Link gently pushes back, reminding her that Carina is the best—and joking that if he were her, he’d want DeLuca’s hands all over him. By the end of the day, Jo changes her mind and decides to stay at Grey Sloan for her care. Link is relieved and happy, even though he was fully prepared to drive her across the city and had already rearranged his schedule to make it work.

Missing Scenes: coming soon

Episode 21×04 — “This One’s for the Girls”

Jo wakes up without nausea for the first time in weeks. She reminds Link of their OB appointment before slipping into the shower with him for a heated makeout session. By the end of the day, she forgets it entirely, overwhelmed by work. When she finally meets up with Link, she pulls him into a room so they can do the ultrasound themselves. During the scan, Jo guides him to the right angle, and suddenly they both stop breathing. Two babies. Their world, already shifting, tilts completely as they stare at the screen, stunned by the reality of what’s coming.

Missing Scenes: coming soon

Episode 21×05 — “You Make My Heart Explode”

Jo spirals under the weight of the twin pregnancy. At her OB appointment, she pushes Link away, exhausted and scared, leaving him to return to work upset and distracted. By the end of the day, after learning that both babies are healthy, she meets him in the parking lot as he’s heading to his car. She finally admits she’s terrified. Link admits he is too. The reality of twins leaves them shaken, unsure how they’ll hold it together.

Missing Scenes: coming soon

Episode 21×06 — “Night Moves”

Jo tries to handle two sick kids on her own while Link goes to work, insisting she can manage even as she’s clearly unraveling. When Amelia arrives to get Scout, Jo finally breaks: Luna prefers her daycare teacher, she feels like she’s failing at parenting, and she has no idea how she’ll survive twins. Later that night, Jo admits to Link that she’s terrified he will leave her the way everyone else has. Link is stunned and hurt that she would think he’d ever abandon her. They end the day both hurting, both loving each other, and still not quite able to reach the other.

Missing Scenes: coming soon

Episode 21×07 — “If You Leave”

Jo spends the day working alongside Levi as he prepares to leave for Texas. Emotional at the thought of losing her best friend, she asks him to be her babies’ godfather.

Missing Scenes: coming soon

Episode 21×08 — “Drop It Like It’s Hot”

Jo spends the day overwhelmed by heat-related OB emergencies. Later, when she goes to get ice with Lucas, they’re trapped in a convenience-store robbery. As she starts cramping and admits she’s bleeding, she reveals she’s pregnant. Lucas tries to protect her, but the gunman refuses to let them go. As Jo fights through pain and fear, the clerk attacks, Lucas pushes back, and a gunshot rings out. Back at the hospital, Link is still searching for her—unaware she’s in danger.*

Missing Scenes: coming soon

Episode 21×09 — “Hit the Floor”

Jo and Lucas survive the convenience-store shooting, but Jo is rushed to the hospital, bleeding and terrified. Bailey confirms that both twins are alive, though Jo’s cervix is dangerously short. Link panics, argues, and is asked to leave for stressing her, before returning calmer and promising to support whatever choice she makes. Jo undergoes an emergency cerclage, and the twins are safe. Later, as Jo and Link reconnect and reaffirm their love, she admits she has to stop shutting him out—because she’s still learning how to be in a healthy relationship.

Missing Scenes: coming soon 

Episode 21×10 — “Jump (for My Love)”

Jo is stuck at home on forced rest after her procedure while Link goes back to work. When he finally comes home, his mind is set on something. As Jo talks about how difficult bedtime was, Link can’t hold it in any longer. He tells her he loves her—and asks her to marry him.

Missing Scenes: coming soon

Episode 21×12 — “Ridin‘ Solo”

Jo tells Link she wants a tiny, no-fuss wedding, leaving Link a bit disappointed. But the day slowly reveals how much she’s still afraid of wanting too much. Meanwhile, Link tells Owen he’s committed to compromise, because Jo is worth it. After witnessing her patient and her husband welcome their baby, Jo finally lets herself be honest: she doesn’t want a small wedding after all. She wants a big one, because she’s never had that with Link, and now she wants everything.

Missing Scenes: coming soon

Episode 21×13 — “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”

Jo spends the day weighed down by the belief that she “owes” Dr. Marcus everything for saving her babies, letting him take her surgery and walk over her in the OR. In the locker room, she finally draws a hard line—he doesn’t get to walk over her just because he helped her, and she reclaims her right to advocate for herself.

Missing Scenes: coming soon

Episode 21×14 — “Love in the Ice Age”

Link works a case with Winston and Blue. In the end, he gives up his baseball game tickets to lift Blue’s spirits, and Blue ends up going with Winston.

Missing Scenes: coming soon 

Episode 21×16 — “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”

Jo and Link treat Mariana, whose severe endometriosis threatens her wedding in four days. After they operate, Mariana realizes she’s only ever known Edgar and decides to call off the wedding. Later, Jo reveals she’s found the perfect wedding venue, suddenly available because Mariana canceled, and suggests they get married there in four days. Link agrees, and they decide to go for it.

Missing Scenes: coming soon  

Episode 21×17 — “Love You Like a Love Song”

On their wedding day, Jo spirals as Link’s mother tries to take over her makeup and styling. After an emotional confrontation, Jo admits she’s never had a mother figure and struggles with being cared for. Maureen softens, helps her get ready, and warmly welcomes her into the family. At the ceremony, Link sings his vows to Jo, and they finally marry, surrounded by friends and their kids.

Missing Scenes: coming soon 

Episode 21×18 — “How Do I Live”

Jo and Link steal private newlywed moments throughout a chaotic day, including a romantic escape in a supply closet. When a hostage crisis shuts down the OR floor, they’re caught in the middle of a hospital-wide emergency. After it’s resolved, Link finds Jo outside and learns they’re having twin girls. They share a quiet, tender moment before he heads back inside to operate—just moments before a massive explosion rocks the OR floor.

Missing Scenes: coming soon 

Jo and Link are stuck in standstill traffic after climate protesters block a bridge. Link steps out of the car, amused and openly supportive of the cause. Jo, meanwhile, is overheated, flustered, and visibly uncomfortable. She insists she’s fine, but her tension is obvious. Gathering her courage, she tells Link she needs to say something, only for a protester to dump a bucket of trash onto Link’s car. Jo is horrified. Link laughs it off. The moment collapses before she can speak.

Soon after, Levi congratulates Link, only to catch Jo frantically signaling that she hasn’t told him yet. Levi pivots quickly, pretending he was only congratulating him for surviving the traffic jam. Once Link walks away, Jo admits she’s been trying to tell him, but with everything happening at the hospital, it never felt like the right moment to celebrate. She’s terrified of how he’ll react, and that fear has completely paralyzed her. Levi gently teases her, but Jo is overwhelmed. The anxiety turns physical, and she runs off to vomit. A clear manifestation of how emotionally and physically consumed she is.

Later at the bar, Jo vents to Levi about being sick all day, half-joking that she wishes he’d be “sad with her” the way a best friend should be. But Levi is distracted by his own career worries, leaving Jo alone with her spiraling thoughts.

Eventually, Link joins her at the table, setting food and wine in front of her, and she instinctively pushes it away. The gesture stops him cold. Something clicks. Jo freezes. Link studies her face, and suddenly, he knows. Jo confirms she’s pregnant.

Link pulls her into a tight, certain, instinctive embrace. After all of Jo’s fear, his reaction is immediate and unwavering — pure happiness.