It’s the top of an period! Gray’s Anatomy shall be saying a partial goodbye to Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith Gray when the collection returns early subsequent yr.
“Meredith leaves Seattle to start once more,” ABC teased within the first take a look at season 19’s winter premiere, which is about for February 23, 2023. The episode is titled “I’ll Comply with the Solar” and was written by showrunner Krista Vernoff.
Ellen Pompeo ABC/Nino Muñoz
Following the present’s fall finale, which aired on Thursday, November 10, followers have been handled to a sneak peek of what’s to return. The most important takeaway is that Dr. Meredith Gray (Pompeo) is leaving Gray Sloan Memorial and relocating to Boston.
“Massive final day!” Meredith says within the teaser for the present’s return, noting that the previous few months have “been so much” with a hearth burning down her home and her making the selection to maneuver. (Spoiler alert: Her Publish-it word along with her and late husband Derek Shepard’s vows on it did survive the blaze.)
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Within the trailer, it’s clear that Meredith shall be missed by her fellow medical doctors — particularly the few remaining authentic characters from the ABC drama.
“That is very considerate … and ridiculous,” Meredith quips after her coworkers, together with Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) and Dr. Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.), shock her with a farewell bash on the hospital.
Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) playfully calls out Meredith for spoiling the enjoyable, saying, “For God’s sake, Gray, will you simply allow us to toast you?”
For followers following this season, it’s no shock that Meredith is prepared for her subsequent journey in Boston after she was supplied a job engaged on Alzheimer’s analysis. Plus, her daughter, Zola, rapidly fell for the town throughout their go to.
Information broke in August that Pompeo would solely be showing in a handful of episodes for season 19 of the procedural drama. The Massachusetts native will proceed to be an government producer on the collection and narrate the season, however she’s going to solely star in a complete of eight episodes, TVLine reported on the time.
Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Gray ‘Gray’s Anatomy’. ABC/Liliane Lathan
The winter premiere will mark Pompeo’s seventh episode this season. She is anticipated to return for the season finale, Deadline reported on Thursday.
“I’m going to at all times be part of that present,” the Previous College actress informed the identical outlet in September about her part-time standing for season 19. “I’m an government producer. I spent 20 years of my profession on [Grey’s Anatomy] — it’s my coronary heart and soul. I’ll by no means really be gone so long as [it’s] on the air.”
Pompeo added that Shonda Rhimes’ hit collection, which started in 2005, shall be “simply positive with out” her on the helm.
Later that month, former Gray’s Anatomy costar Sarah Drew solely informed Us Weekly why it is smart that Pompeo is lastly stepping again after greater than a decade enjoying the Seattle-based physician.
“She’s been working so arduous on this position for therefore lengthy,” Drew, 41, stated in September. “It is smart that she needs to take a breather and pursue another issues — and nonetheless hold her foot within the door.”
The Reindeer Video games Homecoming actress, who performed Dr. April Kepner for greater than eight seasons on Gray’s Anatomy, added: “I feel that’s nice for [Pompeo]. I want her the most effective.”
Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Gray ‘Gray’s Anatomy’. Gilles Mingasson/ABC/Kobal/Shutterstock
Whereas Gray’s followers should get used to life with out Pompeo, the actress isn’t saying goodbye to TV altogether. In truth, she is about to star in and government produce a brand new restricted collection for Hulu.
The present remains to be untitled, however it’s going to encompass eight episodes, Selection reported in August. The story will observe a midwestern couple who adopts somebody that they imagine to be an 8-year-old lady with a uncommon type of dwarfism.
“As they start to boost her alongside their three organic kids, they slowly begin to imagine she will not be who she says she is,” the synopsis reads. “As they query her story, they’re confronted with arduous questions of their very own concerning the lengths they’re keen to go to defend themselves, falling right into a battle that’s fought within the tabloids, the courtroom, and in the end their marriage.”
