I love this show, and will admit I cried - a lot - during this episode. As a mother, I can't imagine having to donate parts of my child's body.
However, a face transplant like this would not happen as was shown in this episode. The recipient is not going to look like the donor. She wouldn't immediately wake up and be able to move her face like she did. There would be major scarring and swelling. Just unrealistic. And if the recipient had as much skeletal damage as was depicted prior to the surgery, the facial structure would be less than perfect.
I know this is a fictional show and they have to take some liberties with the surgeries, etc. But this could have been even more powerful had they shown a more realistic outcome.
Still a great episode
Still a great episode