★ This Thursday’s Grey’s Anatomy episode is titled “Fight For Your Mind.” It’s an important one for Alex fans because we’re finally meeting his mom, Helen Karev, played by Lindsay Wagner. This is the episode synopsis:

“Fight For Your Mind” – Alex and Jo go on a road trip to Iowa to find Alex’s mom, whom he hasn’t heard from in a very long time. Meanwhile, Meredith gives a presentation on her mini-livers project, which attracts a ton of attention; and Jackson works to rebuild the foundation after its reputation is threatened, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” THURSDAY, MAY 3 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand.

It’ll also be Jesse Williams’ directorial debut, and he posted this BTS photo of himself directing Justin in a scene. Jesse will be live-tweeting during Grey’s this week, and he promises stories and more photos from set.

Yao!! I can’t wait for y’all to see this episode of #GreysAnatomy that i directed! THIS THURSDAY @ 8pm! I’ve got plenty of #BehindTheScenes #BTS images, stories to leak all night and will be handin’ out shameless promo and anecdotes all week. Live tweet flow annallaatt…?? pic.twitter.com/KDuwcstjK7

— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 30, 2018

 
★ There are two Grey’s promos for this episode, a TGIT promo and a sneak peek featuring Alex searching for his mom with Jo. Check it all out below.