She is also on a first name basis with the Head of Pediatric Surgery at Johns Hopkins, as she studied under him during her residency. These episodes are Arizona-centric or are otherwise very informative about her life. She used a difficult case to lure Arizona out of her apartment and to the hospital. Meanwhile, Arizona was introduced to her prosthetist, David Moore. He told her not to rush and tried to get her up to take a few steps, but she yelled to let her go when he tried to help her up. That's not one you forget.". She later met with Alana, who understood that she was having a moment. Greys Anatomy has had its fair dose of tragedies, and one of the most unforgettable ones is the plane crash, which saw the death of two beloved characters, while the rest struggled to recover physically and mentally. [38], Soon after, Arizona decided it was time to get back in the dating pool and picked trivia night at a lesbian bar as the perfect opportunity to dip her toe in. However, at the party, April overheard Callie tell everyone that Arizona died in the plane crash they were in. She asked for an OR, but Cristina, who had been questioning Teddy's abilities all day, was reluctant. However, the night before Halloween, Leah did sleep over, which they had previously agreed she wouldn't do. However, after a shooter entered Seattle Grace with a vendetta for Derek, Lexie, and Richard, they were in lockdown together, and eventually decided to get back together and have kids. In the aftermath They moved closer and hugged, and as the lights fell out due to the storm, they kissed each other in the dark. Angry and depressed, Arizona has been Arizona was slightly battered, but Callie (who'd taken off her seatbelt) flew through the windshield. During a surgery, Arizona's leg kept on hurting, forcing her to leave the OR. She took two bottles of champagne and returned to the hospital to drink with Arizona. Eliza told her she couldn't. She did it in college, in med school, and when she first got her job at Seattle Grace. Teddy did a little exam and found that the boy had cardiac asthma. They managed to stay professional with Leah, who tried her best to forget about Arizona. Richard and Arizona's relationship started out as a complicated professional one, mainly due to Arizona's authority issues, which would result in her crying whenever the Chief opposed or intimidated her. They decided to go see a marriage counselor who told them to take a 30 day break. Arizona said while she revealed her residual limb. Portrayed by [18], Arizona decided to look nice to get Callie back. Leah thinks it's not, as she's all about easy. They agreed to go get a drink together afterward. Daniel RobbinsBarbara Robbins An emotional Leah said it was her fault and apologized for having misunderstood as she tried to hold back her tears. Days after, Arizona came to pick up Sofia at Callie's. She then asked Arizona to stay away from her and told her to go to Hell. Eliza insisted that the list was only made to help her remember everyone's names. [16], After Callie made the comment about having lost her, Arizona was left speechless as an angry Callie left the room. Alias Before going to the party, Arizona opened up to Leah, who was scared she got HIV after a patient bit her, about her first disease scare during her residency and she told Leah she didn't have to try to be easy peasy all the time. However, a fight at the airport resulted in Arizona leaving for Africa without Callie. Dr. Lauren Boswell came to GSM to perform a surgery on an infant with his brain growing on the outside of his head. When Callie was sad because her research was failing, Arizona tried to get her to cheer up, but after some snapping, Callie just walked out on Arizona. This caused the horn to honk continuously. Arizona explained that Callie was the one person she trusted most in her life, and she was the one who decided to cut off the leg. She got Alex to do so, but Callie was too drunk already to reply. [48] Arizona accompanied April to Lucinda Gamble, a lawyer, to get advice on her situation with Jackson and later gave her an ultrasound to assure her everything was fine with her baby. At the end of the evening, Callie and Arizona started fighting again at their apartment. You should know Arizona Robbins died on December 1, 2006. Callie questioned how Arizona could cheat on her after everything they've survived, like the plane crash. Throughout the day, Arizona noticed that Stephanie acted as if there were a reason that people didn't want to live with her. Following the death of Dr. Jordan Kenley, Dr. Robbins was appointed as Head of Pediatric Surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital. During Arizona's third year as a med student, doing an. He was also the one who supported her most during the custody battle and convinced her not to give up. Together with Meredith and Derek, they took Sofia out for trick-or-treating. The feud with April was solved when they worked together on Jenny Parker, a pregnant teen who refused to tell her mother about the pregnancy. [22], Arizona started off a sexual relationship with Leah and they agreed it would just be sex. How does Arizona Robbins die? A series of surgeries followed (including the delivery of her very premature baby) along with emotional breakdowns by both Mark and Arizona. During the surgery, Leah came in, ready to scrub in. While the others went away, Arizona sat up and tore open her pants, revealing she had an open femur fracture. After seeing the baby's heartbeat for the first time, Arizona referred to the baby as "theirs.". When Arizona found her and asked if they could have sex, Eliza said she needed to pack her things since she was fired, leaving Arizona speechless. Arizona went to help April to get dressed up, and broke down in the dressing room. "Snap out of this? They got drunker and got more fun, both agreeing that they need to have fun again. During her surgical residency, she was a "full-on horror show". Later, she returns to Seattle Grace as an attending under Dr. Robert Stark, the interim Head of Pediatric Surgery. Back at the hospital, Owen found out the insurance company wasn't going to pay, because with Arizona having taken Alex's place on the plane, there were more attendings on the plane than are normally allowed. [65], After her return to Seattle, Sofia refused to go to school. Later on, Cristina came back and sought supplies to help splint Arizona's leg. She argued Sofia's life was in Seattle. [69] Shortly thereafter, Leah called to make sure the girls arrived home safely and ended up visiting Arizona at her apartment. Not knowing that Callie was staying at Meredith's with Sofia, Arizona went back to the hospital and tried to get someone to page Callie 911, as Callie didn't reply to Arizona's pages. Arizona continued to think she did the right thing, but both Callie and Bailey told her she did wrong. However, she developed some resentment towards Mark, which would come to a head after her and Callies car crash. Arizona told Eliza that she could have friends at the hospital if she wanted. Grandfather As the chart wasn't there, Arizona was angry and called Bailey, who promised her to check with happened with the chart. Jackson and Cristina were waiting for Arizona, because their patient was a boy with asthma. Roller girlRoller skate girlPhoenixYumaTucsonTempeFlagstaffScottsdaleSedonaDr. Later that day, during the proposal when Matthew told April he felt a shock when he first saw her, Arizona and Lauren looked at each other. Professional Information That night, before joining Leah in the shower in her hotel room, Arizona carefully took off her necklace and carefully put it away in a box.[24]. Children When a new consultant was hired by Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital to revamp their surgical residency program, Eliza made a loud entrance. Lauren and Arizona did meet again later when Lauren turned out to be the craniofacial surgeon flown in to consult on a case of Arizona and Jackson. We spent our money on four park-to-park tickets, four Express Passes, and food. Her brother later joined the army and died because there weren't enough doctors. [21], Arizona and Leah started off a somewhat secret relationship and hung out together, but Leah thought it was more than Arizona did and she kept on texting Arizona. Arizona begged her wife to keep trying to fix their marriage, and after agreeing, they hugged each other for the first time in months. While Callie was putting on her pantyhose, Arizona noted that Callie had her wedding ring back on. She decided she didn't want to be with someone who made her feel stuck and she believed that working on their marriage was slowly killing her. HEARTBREAKING: Two firefighters died in an aviation accident after their plane went down while surveying a 300-acre wildfire burning near Wikieup, Arizona, officials said on Saturday. She stated that she "rocked the heavy eyeliner and had some t-shirts". Before he left, he told her Callie was trying too. Love my family. She told him that she was fighting a losing battle. Also, several board members were out and Callie and Arizona couldn't be in the same room together, complicating things even more. [42] As she tried to steer April towards telling Jackson, Richard inquired Arizona about the woman she had left the bar with. Instead of making her go to school, Arizona took Sofia to work with her, where Sofia met Noah Brosniak, the son of a patient, and the two played together while Arizona examined Noah's mom. After some time passed, Arizona came back and told Callie she missed her, but Callie closed the door in her face. At the hospital, Leah gets bit in the neck by a drug addict and is tested for HIV. McSteamy was involved in a deadly plane crash (with fellow surgeons Arizona Robbins, Meredith Grey, Cristina Yang, However, that evening, when Eliza went to find Arizona, she was asleep on the couch. She then ended up helping Arizona, during which she flirted. The four people killed in a jet crash near San Diego were the pilots and two flight nurses who were heading back to their home base after flying a patient from Arizona, according to a report. [73] While working together with Alex on two equally sick twins and they had to decide which one would get the donor liver they both needed, Arizona had a moment of looking back on her relationship with Alex. Arizona then closed the door and the cab drove off. Later, Amelia told her that all she could do to make it right was to wait and hope that April would eventually forgive her. However, it was Carlos who later revealed during a conversation with Callie that he once cheated, but he and Callie's mother decided to give their marriage another chance, with Callie's mother having forgiven him for the one mistake he made. However, Arizona didn't take off her leg and apologized when Callie came back into the room. At the wedding, Callie once again brought up that she was doing the research for Arizona. Arizona Robbins Arizona refers to her patients as tiny humans and to their parents as tiny human makers. [45] April was furious at her. Snap out of this?" [8], On Arizona's first day back at work, Callie urged everyone not to make a big deal out of it and unbeknownst to Arizona, she put Heather Brooks on wheelchair duty, so Arizona would have a wheelchair nearby when she wanted to sit down. They combined their costumes, so Sofia dressed up as a space princess, which was the first thing they agreed on in months. [40], After the failed attempt, she and Richard continued their nights out to the lesbian bar. Then she learned from reading Sofia's diary that she stole the money to buy a plane ticket to New York and didn't want to tell Arizona because she worried about hurting her feelings. Arizona took her to work and put her in the daycare for the day. Her optimism and child-friendly abilities can be seen frequently and are also shown as she has cute animals on her lab coat; what appears to be a monkey or a lion above the Seattle Grace logo on the right hand side of her lab coat and a cat above her name and title on the left hand side; and she even wears Heelys at work, heeling around the hospital. After not seeing Arizona for a few days, Carina asked her if she was okay. Callie didn't tell her because she knew Arizona would hate her and she wanted her to have someone to lean on. They say you have two legs, and you are only pretending that one is amputated. When Arizona won a grant to advance pediatric surgery in less developed countries, she gave her notice and resigned. She started saying that she deserved Callie telling everyone what she did, but Callie broke her off, saying now wasn't the time to talk. That night, Arizona felt lonely again in her hotel room and decided to text Leah again. [10], While waiting for Bailey to come to the wedding after the surgery, Callie assured Arizona that her comment to Bailey was just a joke, but this made Arizona think about their marriage. Impressed by Lauren's skills, Callie whispered to Arizona that she was a little bit in love with Lauren, and Arizona awkwardly smiled. As the lights flickered back on, Arizona pushed her off, saying that she couldn't do that. Callie was dismayed to learn that Arizona didn't want children. Arizona handed over the mortgage slips to Callie, who snapped at her. She didn't hear back from Bailey, she left an angry message, which was all part of Bailey's plan. After their makeout, they sneaked back to the wedding, where Bailey and Ben were performing their opening dance.[11]. April later stood up for Arizona against Callie when Callie mentioned wanting to move back into their apartment. Lauren, who was still lying in the bed, asked if she needed an extra set of hands to help out, but Arizona rejected the offer. Arizona really wanted to meet her, but she was nervous and it also reminded her that she had nobody. Callie replied that she put it on because her lawyer told her to, and Arizona then wished her good luck before leaving with Sofia. She gets ready to leave, waking up Arizona, Arizona says that she doesn't have to leave. Teddy then made it clear to Cristina that she had to what she said, and left. Whenever they would get somewhere new, her father would take her skating first thing. When Callie was pregnant Mark and Arizona took an interest in her health and started cooking and trying new recipes together.[72]. Callie accepted it and Arizona asked her out again and after pretending not to be interested for a few seconds, Callie accepted. Arizona had to bribe her in order to get her to go to school. While they watched how Richard was brought to the OR, Arizona unsuccessfully tried to make eye contact with Callie. At the hospital, Leah told her she was ready to take it further. That day, she bonded with an old patient who found new love in a retirement home, and that man made her believe that she'd find love again. Emergency responders attend to the site of a plane crash near an industrial area to the south of Little Rock, Arkansas on February 22, 2023. It helped a little, and Owen asked her what Callie said about it. Grey's Anatomy: What happened to Arizona Robbins in Grey's When confronted about this, Stephanie confessed that Arizona intimidated residents and interns because of everything she had been through and done in both her professional and personal life. [60], Eliza asked Arizona about how big her stove was, because she wanted to make Arizona pierogi. During a break in court, Arizona met Callie in the bathroom of the courthouse, where Callie was changing her pantyhose. Arizona was named after the battleship, the U.S.S. They went inside, had a dance party, and ate grilled cheese sandwiches while watching videos of Shepherd performing a spinal AVM surgery, which is when Arizona promised her she could scrub in. While she was in the hospital trying to fight the infection in her leg, she mentioned that she was still very much "pissed off" and stated that she felt as though Karev should have been in the crash rather than herself, because she spent the whole time thinking about her wife and her baby and he had no wife and no baby; he had no one. They then shared a laugh when they discovered Callie had accidentally put on pantyhose with butterflies on them. In surgery, Arizona asked Alex about his strategy to get away from someone who gets way too attached after a one-night stand, which wasn't even a real one-night stand. Up until that day, she thought she'd screwed up the one great love of her life. Arizona obliged and took her there. In the scrub room, Arizona asked Callie to set aside their problems for the patient. Leah Murphy," Alex said, adding that Leah goes from zero to "I love you" in 7 seconds. While the Chief in Boise recommended amputation, Arizona interfered and told Owen she gave no one permission to cut off her leg. It led her to be patriotic as well as loyal and dedicated in her adult life, especially to her family. Her bright personality became darker after the plane crash, but over time, she found herself and her happiness again, albeit more serious than she used to be. Bailey later realized that Arizona was "okay", which she also told the Chief, to whom she had earlier complained. At the gala, April overheard Callie's fake story of being a widow and she decided to support Arizona. She joked about taking Penny home, until the dinner party was blown when Meredith revealed that Penny was the doctor who had failed to save Derek. [7], Arizona being fitted for a prosthetic leg, Hearing how Callie was struggling with Arizona, Bailey planned to get Arizona back to work. The hospital decided to settle, while Callie decided to fight the allegations. [28], Callie and Arizona decided to use a surrogate to try to have another child. After learning that Sofia was coming back home, Arizona inadvertently broke things off with Carina. Following her request to go to Callie, she and the others were sedated and put on a plane to Seattle, where Callie started taking care of the infected leg. Arizona regularly treats patients under the table because she finds it hard to say no to parents of sick babies. Arizona almost left and Lauren said, "Arizona, you are allowed to lose a little bit of control." She asked Arizona to move closer to her to start her part of the surgery, while she offered to let Jackson do another part. They both often jointly spent several nights at the hospital, even going to great lengths as to steal the attendings' lounge sofa together, to continue working on Arizona's crash course. And a shooting. When Bailey and Robbins first worked together, Richard said to Bailey that "She's the best that anyone's seen in a long time, just like you are". The Season 9 premiere of "Grey's Anatomy" (Thursdays at 9 p.m. The two of them had sex and accidentally exchanged scrub tops, which is how Callie noticed later that Arizona had cheated on her. Before walking away, she told Arizona she hoped she'd see her around, charming Arizona. He wished she could stay around a little longer, and Arizona quietly agreed. Callie thought she was trying to pick a fight and said that they both lost the baby. He took a look at her residual limb, commenting that it was healing well as there was no scar tissue. Arizona also walked slower with her walking stick than other doctors, like Alex, who could still run. Callie thought she was joking at first, but she did what Arizona asked her to when she noticed how serious she was. Arizona made up an excuse and told April she was fine, but started crying again as soon as April left the room. "Then great, stick out your leg and I will go grab a bone saw and let's even the score!" Callie started to avoid her, but she was eventually cornered in the elevator. Arizona begged her to talk about what happened as she really needed to talk, but Callie, who noticed Arizona wore the red dress, didn't want to talk about the cheating as it hurt her and walked off, leaving behind a devastated Arizona. At the Emerald City Bar, she saw that Callie was upset and came to comfort her in the bathroom and kissed her. How did Arizona Robbins die? [56], The next day, when Eliza officially started, Arizona had joined the resistance against Eliza's policies. This would mean the hospital had to pay the awards for the doctors itself, but since there wasn't enough money to do so, the hospital would go bankrupt.[12]. Arizona then locked the door, kissed Lauren again, and took off Lauren's lab coat.[15]. During the surgery, Lauren complimented both Arizona and Jackson for having bought the hospital and saved the staff. SweetheartThe In GuyArizona HuntMrs. That evening, Arizona was nervous about meeting Penny at the dinner party and started drinking excessively to ease her nerves. She also surprised Sofia with three different flavors of ice cream. He then went away to do other work and left her alone to give her some time. Arizona then took to eating dessert right out of the dish before April took her home. April found her there and offered comfort, but Arizona kindly sent her away. Carina said that she had no plans to leave or end their relationship. [33], After Alex moved out and sold the house back to Meredith, Arizona had to move out. [64], When Sofia moved back to Seattle, she told Arizona that she wanted her room to be green, but Arizona couldn't decide which shade, so she told Sofia she could decide herself and they'd paint it together. Arizona took her daughter to the deck, where she told Sofia that she loved and missed her. Title(s) They made plans for that night, but they were cancelled when one of Arizona's patients went into labor, but Arizona told Eliza that she looked for her around the hospital all the time and that the anticipation of waiting one more day wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. Alex happily accepted her help as Arizona had just told them they needed to do anything to keep the parents happy. [59], Around the hospital, the two continued to pretend not to get along. Arizona's jealousy came to the forefront, and the two argued, with Callie concluding, "Tell me what you want and I'll do it." As Arizona was manually ventilating a baby, Lauren came over and told her that she wasn't going to leave things like this as she liked Arizona a lot. Arizona blamed Eliza for having Meredith suspended, which surprised Eliza, who was unaware of Meredith's suspension. However, the back end of the small plane broke off, leading it to crash in the woods and even though Arizona survived, as a result of her injuries, her leg had to be amputated. Did Arizona Robbins lose her leg in real life? Greys Anatomy: Jessica Capshaws character, Arizona Robbins, had a mostly real prosthetic leg. [32] However, she began to suspect that Dr. Herman's behavior change was due to the tumor and had her scans sent over for her to look at. At the end of the season 8, Robbins is hurt badly in a plane crash, resulting in her left leg being amputated. In the aftermath of the plane accident, in which Sloan and Lexie Grey were killed, the hospital is sued and eventually found liable for negligence. She then completed her pediatric surgical fellowship at Seattle Grace Hospital. [34], On Bailey's first day as Chief, Arizona was confronted with Callie enthusiastically telling everyone but her about her fantastic new girlfriend. She had expected her father to react by saying "How fast can you get the hell out of my house?" Lauren then asked to get coffee before the surgery, but Arizona said she had other things to do. He then took a look at her left leg too and told her they needed her back in her department. [58], After losing her first child patient, Eliza was distraught and Arizona coached her on how to get through that loss. She is the ex-wife of Callie Torres and the mother of Sofia Robbin Sloan Torres. The way she described her upbringing is that she was "..raised to be a good man in a storm. She stared in a way that made Arizona feel really good. When Arizona finally arrived in the ER, April and Alex had already taken the kid to CT. After surgery, Arizona was so proud of herself for getting through the day and completing the surgery that she put all her weight on her left foot, which caused her to fall down. When Eliza forgot to alert the authorities that Stephanie went missing during the hospital lockdown and explosion, Bailey fired her. In the evening, Owen did finally manage to gather all the board members to plan a fundraising gala to help out the hospital financially. With fake promises to deliver the patient's chart, she managed to get Arizona walking to the door of her apartment. You are kind of a legend with the interns and residents. In the end, Callie was shown to have accepted this as well and decided to leave with Arizona. When Owen informed his staff that they had to cancel all elective procedures as preparation for the superstorm heading towards Seattle, Callie asked Arizona if she was going to postpone Tyler's surgery. When Arizona went to Africa, she and Teddy continued to keep in touch and regularly wrote to each other. Claim: Five environmental scientists en route to a train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, in early 2023 were killed in a plane crash. Arizona proposed to have Sofia choose between her astronaut costume and Callie's princess costume, but Callie thought it wasn't worth the fight and told Arizona she could take Sofia to the party at Meredith's. She also didn't want her life to get screwed over by something that wasn't even there. [25], Not long after, Arizona moved back into Callie's apartment, though Callie made her sleep on the couch. When things sparked between Mark and Teddy, Arizona was again the one she confided in. Richard said if she wanted her daughter, she had to fight like she'd never fought before. She told Leah a similar story to reach out to her. Arizona described the sex the two of them had as pain-relieving. Leah overheard this and offered her to stay at her place, and Arizona then asked her to tell what they did after the gala as she didn't remember and she was worried about what happened as Leah was a pretty girl. [6], Arizona agreed to go to the hospital to fit a prosthetic, but only if no one knew about it, though Callie accidentally told Alex because she thought he had seen Arizona. "Going, Going, Gone" picks up Arizona smiled as the doors closed, charmed by the attention she was getting and her having only one leg being no problem for Lauren.[14]. The situation in the NICU got even more complicated when the electricity died, meaning the ventilator batteries would die eventually. Although initially she was not happy about this development, she decided she was in. Arizona yelled at her for not checking her voicemail, where she left her a message. While attending Meredith's baby shower, Arizona noted how glowy the pregnant Meredith looked. Both April and Alex turned her down to accompany her, but Richard was very interested in a trivia night. When Arizona told Bailey after surgery to put Jackson on the transplant list, Bailey asked to get a second opinion. Her reasons were metaphorical: she deals mostly with newborns at work; she does not want to deal with them in her personal life, but she claimed "[she is] super flattered. When Callie started talking about how great her girlfriend was and how they connected, Arizona asked her to dial down the enthusiasm a little and advised her to read the room before opening her mouth. Arizona then put her flat shoe on her prosthetic foot and they left for the wedding, where they waited for Bailey. Callie then went to Arizona's hotel room, and told her that she got that Arizona made one mistake. He made it clear she still needed help with her leg and that she should let the people in her corner help her. Arizona thought it wasn't working, though Bailey fully supported Kenley's plans. She went to a lounge, where she took of her prosthetic. At the end of the day, Arizona allowed Callie, who was ready to go back to Mark's place, to sit next to her on the couch to watch American Bake Off together. Callie makes her feel like she's not enough, and she knows it's unfair to Callie, which is why she hates feeling like this. Arizona yelled back that Callie didn't lose anything, while she did, alluding to her amputation and her miscarriage. Leah told Arizona that she respected her so much and the thought of Arizona thinking about her in that way made her feel amazing. However, the back end of the small plane broke off, leading it to crash in the woods and even though Arizona survived, as a result of her injuries, her leg had to be amputated. However, after working with Arizona on a woman with quadruplets, he had a talk with April. Arizona explained she didn't want April to go through what happened last time again, but April says her faith in a good outcome would remain until God told her otherwise. [26], Arizona and Callie continued to work on their marriage. At the time of her first appearance, Arizona was a cheerful and bubbly person, waking up happy every day. At the end of the season 8, Robbins is hurt badly in a plane crash, resulting in her left leg being amputated. Arizona was then found crying in her car by Richard. Arizona waved her over and Leah apologized to Arizona for having told them, but Arizona then said she was going to be very frank. She was very flirtatious with Arizona, who happily flirted back. Arizona rebuffed her obsession and ended things. She looked right into Arizona's eyes and told her she was impressed. Mark then informed Arizona that Lexie died. After being kicked out Callie and Arizona both agree couples therapy would be the best option.