Warning! SPOILERS about Grey’s Anatomy season 20, episode 6 ahead.

Simone and Lucas have been barely communicating in Grey’s Anatomy season 20, but one detail in season 20, episode 6 hints their connection is still far from being severed despite the ending twist. Connecting immediately after Grey’s Anatomy season 19 introduced them as the new interns, Lucas and Simone had all the markings to become the medical drama’s newest It couple. Their fast friendship, their undeniable attraction they fought because getting into Grey Sloan Memorial as interns was already a last-chance opportunity, and Simone’s canceled wedding returning on track all upped the stakes of their evident feelings for each other.

However, choosing to operate on Sam Sutton despite only being interns in Grey’s Anatomy season 19’s ending left Simone and Lucas out of sync. From Simone throwing Lucas under the bus when asked by the hospital’s lawyers if she would have opened the patient if Lucas weren’t in the OR to Lucas moving out of Meredith’s house without telling Simone or Mika, they shut each other out, transforming their misunderstandings into a permanent disconnection. This prompted a new world order in Grey’s Anatomy season 20, leading the interns’ alliances to mutate greatly because of Lucas and Simone’s unwillingness to talk.

How Simone & Lucas Can Still Get Together In Grey’s Anatomy Season 20

Too Much Was Left Unsaid Between Them, They Will Have To Face Their Problems

Grey’s Anatomy season 20, episode 6’s events finally convinced Lucas to try talking to Simone again before finding out she had given his old room to Blue, leaving him unsettled. While Lucas was always the one trying to talk about their relationship as Simone preferred to avoid talking about what they were, Simone had created an opening by asking him to study together after episodes where they barely spoke, which he refused. All these mix-ups can contribute to the two finally having a future together if only they talked to each other.

While getting together right after Grey’s Anatomy season 19’s finale could have easily let their bond go up in flames, Lucas’s disappointment can prompt a showdown he and Simone cannot avoid. Although all their attempts at connecting failed in Grey’s Anatomy season 20, their feelings were always there. It’s particularly evident in Simone continuing to involve Lucas and Lucas comforting her after her difficult patient in Grey’s Anatomy season 20, episode 5, despite still being angry at her behavior. Were another high-stakes situation to cause Simone and Lucas to clash, they could talk it out instead of avoiding each other.

Simone & Lucas’s Inability To Connect Prompted A Different Balance Among Interns

Almost Becoming A Couple Set In Stone The Intern Group’s Dynamics

Although Simone and Lucas’s inability to be on the same wavelength in Grey’s Anatomy season 20 elicited various awkward encounters, it also gave all the interns the chance to form new alliances. Bailey forcing the interns to collaborate in Grey’s Anatomy season 20 tried to facilitate such a development, especially after the events of Grey’s Anatomy season 19’s finale only brought conflict among the interns. However, it was Lucas and Simone actively avoiding each other that brought Simone to work with Blue and eventually get to know him, definitely substituting Lucas as a housemate and shifting the group’s established dynamics.

Grey’s Anatomy’s earliest seasons followed a similar pattern. While George, Meredith and Izzie originally hated Alex, Izzie befriending him eventually made him more acceptable to the others, like Meredith and Cristina becoming each other’s persons brought Cristina closer to Izzie and George, despite their differences. Similarly, Lucas and Simone’s separation affected the trio, with Mika able to form a bond with Jules, just as Simone befriended Blue. This could potentially benefit the interns in Grey’s Anatomy season 20 as, even if Simone and Lucas were to reconnect, they could all work better together having finally accepted each other.