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SPOILER ALERT: The communicative includes specifications astir nan Season 22 finale of Grey’s Anatomy.
Grey’s Anatomy may person not ended its 22nd play pinch nan emblematic jaw-dropping cliffhanger successful bid to nonstop disconnected seasoned formed members Kim Raver and Kevin McKidd, but nan finale did connection immoderate large twists, leaving astir characters’ futures uncertain.
In a classic Grey’s bait and switch, while nan attraction early connected was connected Owen (McKidd) perchance being wounded (or worse) successful nan span collapse, it was Nick (Scott Speedman) who was successful truth severely injured. He required a difficult emergency surgery, performed by suspended Bailey (Chandra Wilson) upon Meredith’s (Ellen Pompeo) request.
Shaken up by nan experience, Meredith projected to Nick while he was lying successful his infirmary bed, a throwback to their first gathering erstwhile Nick was admitted to Grey Sloan pinch a failing kidney successful Season 14. He said yes, an reply he apparently had had fresh since that fateful first encounter.
In different Grey’s tradition, nan finale besides included a jaw-dropping WTF moment. Toni (Jen Landon), aft immoderate soul-searching complete her ex-wife’s entreaty to get backmost together, went to Amelia’s (Caterina Scorsone) flat to show her that she had surgery it disconnected pinch her ex and was falling successful emotion pinch her only to find retired that Amelia had hooked up pinch Cass (Sophia Bush). (Cass had popped successful astatine Grey Sloan earlier successful nan time to thief pinch nan influx of patients from nan span collapse.)
In different developments, Kwan (Harry Shum Jr.) is still fired. He tried to get backmost connected Richard’s (James Pickens Jr.) bully graces by helping pinch injured patients but that didn’t work.
New mates Winston and Jules’ concealed narration is nary much (secret) aft they were intercepted sneaking retired of an on-call room by Ben (Jason George), a recently minted plastics fellow. New mom Jo (Camilla Luddington) is facing an existential situation and whitethorn not beryllium a expert anymore while her supportive hubby Link’s (Chris Carmack) dependance connected painkillers is becoming worrisome.
Bailey, defying her suspension to thief prevention Nick, is considering a profession alteration of her ain arsenic she plans to spell for a Masters successful nationalist health. And nan Simone (Alexis Floyd)-Lucas (Nike Terho)-Wes (Trevor Jackson) emotion triangle, which had been dormant for astir of nan season, came backmost successful afloat unit aft Simone and Lucas slept together and Wes asked her to spell steady.
Below, Grey’s Anatomy executive producer/showrunner Meg Marinis is breaking down each non-Owen & Teddy developments successful nan finale and really they would transportation complete to Season 23, including imaginable different formed departures and Speedman’s position arsenic his ABC bid R.J. Decker is yet to beryllium renewed (but is looking good). For her mentation of McKidd and Kim Raver’s exit and nan reasons down it, read Part 1 of Deadline’s interview.
Meredith & Nick: Meet Cute Redo
DEADLINE: Meredith and Nick recreated their first brushwood for nan astonishment proposal. How did you settee connected that and why did she popular nan question?
MARINIS: Well, Meredith has ever been beautiful clear that she didn’t want to get joined again aft Derek. In truth, she didn’t really want to get joined to Derek, they did that successful nan extremity because of trying to make judge that they could person nan champion chances astatine adopting Zola.
And truthful I deliberation matrimony is not thing that is ingrained successful her, but clearly, erstwhile she heard nan communicative of really he wanted to get joined successful nan mediate of nan season, erstwhile his sister came to visit, and really his sister had taken distant this happy life from him, I deliberation that sewage put successful nan backmost of her mind that that is thing that he’d ever wanted, but he’s specified a bully guy, he loves her truthful overmuch that he’s ne'er going to unit her to do anything, particularly since she had specified a achy ending to her first marriage.
I deliberation she’s besides frightened that if she ever sewage joined again, what if she mislaid him for illustration it happened pinch Derek? And I deliberation erstwhile she realized that you’re going to person that fearfulness nary matter what, why not do it? I told Ellen astatine nan opening of this season, I was like, I want to extremity pinch a proposal. And she was like, ‘Agh’. I was like, I do, I do.
So it was thing that I’ve been readying since nan opening of nan season, and it was very seeded pinch that mediate section betwixt nan 2 of them. I evidently don’t cognize nan destiny of R.J. Decker. I haven’t heard anything. And truthful it was a very mini model that we sewage Scott to travel and movie successful L.A. and truthful it worked retired that, okay, if we tin get him successful a infirmary furniture and put him connected nan table, past we tin utilize arsenic overmuch clip pinch Scott that we had. It was benignant of a cleanable scenario.
DEADLINE: You took a leap of destiny pinch nan connection not knowing whether nan character playing nan groom-to-be would beryllium disposable adjacent season. Will it dangle connected R.J. Decker’s destiny really overmuch we will spot of Scott connected Grey’s adjacent year?
MARINIS: For sure, it will dangle connected if R.J. Decker goes, and I dream it does for Scott. But he was truthful game, he flew successful connected a Friday, we filmed connected a Saturday, and we worked it out. He was being portion of nan Grey’s family. And truthful we’ll conscionable person to fig retired if we tin scheme successful beforehand pinch nan different show and activity it retired again.
DEADLINE: Are you readying a large wedding? We cognize Meredith is not keen connected nan thought but a wedding would bring group back. We haven’t seen galore Grey’s alumni for awhile; I consciousness this play was 1 of nan lightest successful position of formed returns.
MARINIS: You know, I don’t, it each really benignant of depends connected Scott’s schedule and what we determine creatively. I do not deliberation Meredith is simply a large wedding person, but we’ll conscionable person to see.
DEADLINE: And successful position of returns, was it intentional that you had less group coming backmost vs erstwhile seasons?
MARINIS: No. When we realized that we needed to exit 2 characters we wanted to walk nan astir clip connected nan characters that we person currently.
Ben & Kwan: One Rising & One Leaving?
DEADLINE: We cognize astir Kim Raver and Kevin McKidd but are different formed members leaving too? For example, Harry Shum Jr. whose characteristic Kwan was fired doubly successful nan past 2 episodes?
MARINIS: His destiny is still undecided. Blue is frightened retired of his mind, truthful we’ll conscionable person to spot erstwhile we travel backmost successful nan fall. He doesn’t person a occupation astatine Grey Sloan correct now, truthful we’ll person to spot what happens to him.
DEADLINE: There was this absorbing look connected Catherine’s look erstwhile Richard kicked Blue retired successful nan finale. It felt for illustration she was persuadable.
MARINIS: It’s benignant of a different shadiness connected Catherine, it’s nice.
DEADLINE: Just to reiterate, of nan bid regulars, nary 1 isolated from Kevin and Kim are leaving, right?
MARINIS: We’ll ever person to hold to spot who shows up successful Season 23.
DEADLINE: We’ve talked astir Ben floating around, trying to find himself since returning to Grey Sloan. He conscionable sewage this fellowship; has he now settled?
MARINIS: I deliberation he’s arsenic settled arsenic Ben Warren tin be. But yes, I’m willing successful seeing him travel this fellowship and deterioration those navy scrubs and beryllium looked astatine personification who has authority now. That was really important to maine this season, to bring him retired of Bailey’s shadow, to springiness him a mentor who doesn’t besides spot him arsenic personification who’s had a bunch of different jobs.
She’s conscionable gathering him for nan first clip arsenic Ben Warren, personification who’s willing successful plastics, and truthful she doesn’t cognize each nan history necessarily. And I deliberation he really is proving himself. I deliberation that was a really powerful communicative successful Episode 17 past week for him, wherever he saved Maya. He did awesome activity and saved your life and he really deserves those navy scrubs.
Bailey & Richard: OGs 4ever
DEADLINE: What astir Grey’s veterans Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr.? Would Bailey’s scheme for a grade successful nationalist wellness effect really overmuch she will beryllium connected nan show adjacent season? And Richard had cancer. Are location immoderate plans for him to standard back? Seems for illustration he’s successful each episode.
MARINIS: He is successful each episode. And those 2 are our OGs that are nan pillars of nan show. I do not envision a world wherever I tin standard backmost connected seeing either of them. Just owed to nan creative, we whitethorn beryllium seeing Bailey successful a different capacity, though.
Toni & Amelia: She Did What?!
DEADLINE: You added Jen Landon arsenic integrative surgeon Toni this season. We sewage this crazy cliffhanger pinch her and Amelia astatine nan extremity that opens up 2 possibilities for Toni adjacent season, her leaving aft what happened aliases her being promoted to bid regular. Which one is it?
MARINIS: Well, I emotion Jen Landon, and we were truthful fortunate to get her and person her, and I deliberation she really enjoyed her clip here. Also, her characteristic brings a really awesome broadside to Ben Warren, I emotion their moving relationship. She’s this quirky integrative surgeon that we don’t really person a characteristic for illustration her anyplace else, and I would emotion to person her back. I don’t cognize if I would usage nan connection promote, because we are successful a different clip successful our manufacture pinch nan budget, but I would emotion to person her travel backmost arsenic overmuch arsenic we can.
DEADLINE: Speaking of nan astonishing cliffhanger, wherever did this seemingly random Amelia and Cass hookup travel from? And what does it mean for Amelia and Toni who had conscionable poured her bosom retired to her?
MARINIS: I deliberation Amelia genuinely felt for illustration Toni was going backmost to her wife, and I deliberation she was really sad astir it. She had an affectional time pinch Meredith, and this beautiful female asked if she wanted to get java aft a agelong day. I cognize it each happened disconnected screen, but we emotion nan astonishment astatine nan end.
Obviously, Sophia Bush’s characteristic is married, she’s successful an unfastened marriage, truthful I don’t deliberation Sophia Bush’s characteristic has near her hubby aliases anything. I conscionable deliberation this is much of now Amelia has gotten herself into a small spot of trouble. I deliberation she wants to beryllium pinch Toni, and I deliberation she was conscionable trying to make herself consciousness amended because she thought she had been rejected. And so, what we person to look for successful nan early is, tin Toni place it? Does Amelia request to activity her measurement backmost aliases do they person to activity together and contradict their chemistry while Toni’s repairing her feelings? We’ll conscionable person to hold and spot but they’re a awesome match.
Winston & Jules: Dangerous Liaison
DEADLINE: When we said astir nan powerfulness move rumor successful nan Winston and Jules narration past year, you noted that a batch has changed since Meredith and Derek and that immoderate things that were considered due astatine nan clip are not anymore. Yet, you went pinch nan storyline. Why? And what will nan repercussions beryllium of them being discovered by Ben? As Winston said erstwhile he professed his emotion to Jules, “I could beryllium fired for everything I’m astir to say.”
MARINIS: Well, we didn’t spot Ben show Bailey, but you cognize that that’s going to hap astatine 1 point, truthful I deliberation their small happy bubble will astir apt beryllium popped, and I deliberation that it’s conscionable going to depend. I mean, Bailey, she’s joined to personification who technically was a resident, truthful we’re conscionable going to person to spot how, if it’s hypocritical, for personification to opportunity something. But I deliberation group will person a batch to opportunity astir it erstwhile they find retired that, yes, that was nan cliffhanger of, ohio no, now everything he was worried astir could perchance happen.
DEADLINE: But why did you determine to prosecute that? And why did Winston do it? There was attraction….
MARINIS: They’re successful love, Nellie. He couldn’t contradict it. He tried truthful long. It was 2 seasons.
DEADLINE: Okay, it’s Grey’s, emotion wins and trumps rules, I guess.
MARINIS: But these days we person repercussions, truthful we’ll person to spot what those are.
Jo & Link: Breaking Point
DEADLINE: Jo is spiraling, she doesn’t moreover cognize if she wants to beryllium immoderate expert anymore, fto unsocial OB aliases surgeon. Is her soul situation triggered by postpartum aliases is she genuinely not judge astir her future?
MARINIS: I deliberation it’s a small spot successful both. I deliberation erstwhile you spell done thing for illustration postpartum, there’s a small spot of I don’t cognize what my life should look like, what brings maine happiness anymore and what brings maine down? I deliberation that it’s thing that we really were willing successful talking astir a batch of times, our characters spell done really large wellness scares, and past successful 2 episodes, they moved on conscionable fine.
But I deliberation successful particular, particularly pinch mothers and difficult deliveries, nary 1 really talks astir that, and it’s a disservice. And especially, conscionable talking to truthful galore group astir maternal mortality, everyone ever thinks, Oh, if nan mom and nan babies are saved, it’s a happy ending.
Well, yes, it’s a happy ending, but you don’t cognize nan affectional load that group spell done after. We heard from this doctor, and I said, this is excessively powerful a communicative not to show and to fto women cognize that it’s okay that you’re emotion for illustration this.
And I think, pinch nan profession facet of it, her trigger is her job, because she’s seeing different women spell done it. It’s just, tin she support that aliases not? is nan large question.
DEADLINE: And you don’t person an reply correct now?
MARINIS: Not for you.
DEADLINE: And Link, we’d seen from nan opening of nan play wherever this was headed arsenic he seems to beryllium popping much and much painkillers. Is this going to escalate adjacent season?
MARINIS: Yes, we’ll decidedly woody pinch nan aftermath of this. He besides went done specified a large wellness scare astatine nan opening of this season, and he’s tried to powerfulness done nan champion he tin for Jo. He’s personification who really prides himself connected his spot and being location for his partner and his kids. And truthful I don’t deliberation it’s an action for him to beryllium anemic and to not return attraction of them.
We’ll person to look astatine that. When some members of a mates are going done something, it doesn’t needfully mean that 1 personification has to powerfulness through. It’s okay. I deliberation we’re telling a different communicative astir having to move to medicine to numb, I don’t deliberation it’s going to look for illustration nan stereotypical maltreatment of medicine that a batch of different shows and movies person done. I deliberation it’s going to beryllium much nuanced.
Simone, Lucas & Wes: Three’s Company
DEADLINE: Why did you determine to reignite nan emotion triangle betwixt Lucas, Simone and Wes pinch a big, classical Grey’s finale cliffhanger?
MARINIS: Well, I deliberation we put Lucas done it this play pinch his affectional diligent story, Katie. And successful that storyline, I deliberation we saw him turn up a lot. I deliberation we saw him turn arsenic a doctor. And I besides deliberation Niko Terho had immoderate of his champion performances this year.
He really went done it pinch Simone erstwhile Katie died. And for Simone, she decidedly has feelings to benignant out. Wes has been specified a casual thing, and he stated that from nan very beginning. And also, he’s an intern, she’s a 2nd year, and I deliberation she had ever thought that this was conscionable fun, I don’t deliberation she ever thought it was needfully going to beryllium much than that.
And past suddenly, erstwhile he’s opening up to her and nan finale and saying, Would you want to bent retired more?, It’s like, oh, this benignant of throws her wrench, because it’s a awesome looking guy, and he’s intelligibly a difficult moving doctor, and you’ve sewage immoderate symptom that she’s seen a small spot astir his brother. And past she thought that Lucas was conscionable a 1 nighttime thing, because that’s what they said, it was mistakes. I deliberation she’s confused. I don’t deliberation she thought some of these options were connected nan table.
New Interns: We Barely Know You
DEADLINE: Grey’s introduced a mates of caller interns this play but nary of them made an impression. Dani had a very memorable first day, but past benignant of disappeared. There was a young feline who hardly had a mates of lines, 2 lines.
MARINIS: Harrison Meade, yeah.
DEADLINE: Any immoderate plans for them to travel back?
MARINIS: I’d emotion to spot them travel back. They really were nosy characters to interact pinch ours. I deliberation conscionable successful nan past 2 episodes we had a batch of imaginative crushed to screen pinch our regulars.
