The bombshell of the episode came courtesy of Richard, whose romantic bliss as he prepared to give a talk at a surgical conference was revealed to be all in his head, as Catherine was back at Grey Sloan.
Yes, Richard was hallucinating the woman he’d loved, which seems very… well, familiar.
Grey’s Anatomy spent most of “Love of My Life” seemingly dwelling on past loves of several of the characters, with Teddy reflecting on a woman she’d been intimate with, Maggie connecting with a guy she used to know who turned out to be very attractive, and Richard reconciling with Catherine in a hotel.