Owen and Teddy get ready for their wedding, which is scheduled for that night, but Teddy gets a tempting offer from Koracick to run away with him instead. Owen and Teddy fight to save a pregnant woman who has been hit by a car by her partner. The actor best known as Dr. Derek Shepherd on the hit ABC show is looking for his next act while supporting his Dempsey Center. [5][6][7] 21 out of the original 25 episode order were completed before production was suspended. A furious Bailey reluctantly names Andrew chief resident after the previous one quits, sending her into a presumed panic attack. Margaret Colin guests, NCIS ‘When I die’ poem: Vance reads Epitaph to his team. The season's main storylines … After coming out to his uncle right before he passes, Schmitt learns that his uncle was actually a closeted gay and in an extramarital affair with another man. While treating a couple who got attacked by a bear in the woods, Jo learns that the wife is having an extramarital affair and worries that Alex is not returning her calls because he is cheating on her. After Meredith admits she was the one behind the insurance fraud, Andrew is released from jail, and Meredith is sentenced to court-ordered community service with her medical license in jeopardy. With Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr.. Crisis management is brought in to help Grey Sloan sort out allegations against Harper Avery; Alex and Jo are thrown for a loop when Nurse Olivia shows up … Raiders adjusts up: Thursday final ratings", "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Season Premiere on NBC Rises to Series' Most Total Viewers Since Year-Ago Night", "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Young Sheldon' on CBS Leads All Prime Time Telecasts in Adults 18-49", "Thursday Final Ratings: Univision Tops All Networks in Prime Time Among Adults 18-49 and 18-34 with 'Premio Lo Nuestro, "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Rubí' on Univision Hits Season-High in Finale", "Thursday Final Ratings: NBA on TNT Tops the 10 p.m. Following months of silence, Alex finally explains his absence by sending letters to Meredith, Jo, Bailey, and Richard, who each read their respective letter alone. [9] The season finale, which aired on April 9, 2020, ended with 7.33 million viewers, an improvement from the previous season's 5.99 million viewership, and became the first season to not end in May in all of its 15 years. Everyone else, proceed onward… Although it’s looking grim for Richard as the two-hour … The season is produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and Entertainment One Television; the showrunner being Krista Vernoff.. [33] On January 10, 2020, it was announced that Justin Chambers would be leaving the series, with his last episode being the 350th. In Kansas, Alex learned that Izzie used the embryos they had frozen years ago and is now raising their twin son and daughter. Jackson and Andrew treat a young girl with severe burns from the sunlight as Andrew tries to figure out why Zola is upset with him. Meredith leads the hospital's first ever pro-bono surgery day but quickly finds herself overwhelmed by the influx of patients; Andrew suspects that a young girl is a victim of human trafficking, but his concerns are dismissed as bipolar mania and this leads to him having a nervous breakdown in front of the entire hospital. A disoriented Korean woman arrives at the hospital in search of her long lost love, who is also a patient. When Meredith walks in on Richard about to cut himself open, she sees how rapidly his condition is progressing and goes to Andrew for help. Meredith gets a reality check in prison when she learns how her cellmate, Paula, landed herself behind bars. Amelia goes into labor, and though Link is pulled into Richard's emergency surgery, she delivers a healthy baby boy with the help of Bailey. Jackson and Owen perform surgery on Simms while being closely monitored by Koracick, while Jo bonds with Hayes over her Safe Haven baby. The video features clips from the previous three seasons and the episode will feature a glimpse at the new season of Grey's Anatomy. Catherine learns that Jackson broke up with Maggie and is now dating Vic, prompting Catherine to vent her suspicions about Richard cheating. Link, Jo, and Jackson operate on a man who swallowed a fish during his bachelor party, while Koracick continuously bothers Bailey about her time off before learning it was to grieve her miscarriage. While Koracick performs surgery on Zola, Meredith vents her doubts about her relationship with Andrew to her sisters, and Amelia worries that she does not know Link well enough to be having a baby with him. Karey Burke, President of ABC Entertainment, stated at a TCA session that the show was implicitly renewed for its sixteenth season when Ellen signed on for seasons 15 and 16. The doctors rush to save several of the residents involved in the bar crash. In the meantime, after she detects cancer in her community service supervisor, Robin, Meredith decides to publish about inequality in the healthcare system. They stayed with her while Rich… Amelia and Link prepare themselves for the impending birth of their son, but when she goes into false labor, they realize how anxious they are about how much their lives are about to change. In fact, there were a lot of other interns who should’ve left before Heather. However, it drew a ratings upswing, shooting up its best ratings in 6 weeks since its mid-season premiere. Andrew accuses Bailey of choosing Helm over him to perform a surgery due to his relationship with Meredith, and Jackson and Maggie navigate through their post-breakup woes. Maggie and Teddy treat a woman who was hit by a stowaway that fell out of a moving airplane, while Link tries to calm down the woman's traumatized boyfriend. Following his firing from the hospital, Richard gets a job making house visits, while Koracick is promoted to Chief Medical Officer of the Fox Foundation, much to Bailey's dismay. Meredith and Hayes’ chemistry deepens as they bond over their shared loses and discuss their "firsts", Jo tells Link she is almost certain that Alex has left her, and Jackson has his first fight with Vic. Here are 10 … Meredith learns more about Hayes’ past as they work on a teen who has collapsed from vaping, while she struggles with her lingering feelings for Andrew, who is also at a loss for answers on a mystery patient, Suzanne. "Grey's Anatomy" has killed many doctors and patients off across its 16-season run. The series has aired for seventeen seasons, and focuses on the fictional lives of surgical interns and residents as they evolve into seasoned doctors while trying to maintain personal lives. With Teddy's help, Koracick is able to push past his fears and operate on the boy, though Teddy later chooses to push up her wedding with Owen. Maggie unexpectedly reunites with Winston, a man whom she worked with during his residency, and the two end up in bed together, though she declines his offer to start a real relationship with him. Callie Torresasked if she'd had more radical surgery to treat the spinal curvature. Grey's Anatomy is an American television medical drama that debuted on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), as a mid-season replacement for Boston Legal on March 27, 2005. Feeling guilty, Maggie is forced to share the bad news with Sabie's father, further alienating the family from Richard, who is already at odds with Catherine over his perceived affair with Gemma. Meanwhile, Meredith thinks she might miss DeLuca, and Amelia has an update for Link on her pregnancy. [1][2] The season premiered on September 26, 2019. 1. Meredith realizes one of the judges on the panel to determine the fate of her medical license, Dr. Paul Castello, is the doctor who neglected to get a head CT for Derek that led to his death. Heidi and Haylee join the Grey’s Anatomy cast as Heather Peterson’s sisters during the episode called “Reunited.”. Bailey discovers that she has been having symptoms all day because she is pregnant. Richard has breakfast with his old sobriety friend, Gemma, and after he tells her how absent Catherine has been lately, Gemma kisses him, which he rebuffs. Following this, he abruptly left the series. The medical drama series focuses on a group of doctors at a hospital in Seattle, including several who began their careers at the facility as interns. Link turns down a job offer as the Mariners' team doctor and recommends Nico, resulting in Nico and Schmitt's breakup. Koracick and Teddy continue to sneak around behind Owen's back. This renewal was made official on May 10, 2019. Meredith works on Schmitt after he collapses and assures him that she forgives him for turning her into Bailey. Alex is appointed Chief at PacNorth and offers Jo a job at PacNorth, where she would have free rein over her own fellowship, but Jo decides to take a position as an attending at Grey Sloan after giving Bailey an ultimatum. Bailey and Richard operate on Helm as Richard attempts to comfort Bailey following her miscarriage. While trying to avoid Koracick, Owen and Teddy take newborn Allison for a tour around the hospital before Owen tells Teddy she should go back to work. Still desperate for an answer on his patient, Suzanne's, symptoms, Andrew begins showing symptoms for bipolar disorder similar to his father's mania, raising concern from Meredith and Carina. The renewal for the show's sixteenth season was first somewhat confirmed on February 5, 2019. Meredith gets to keep her license and is offered her job back at Grey Sloan by Bailey, which she accepts. After ruling out several possibilities, Maggie faces the reality that it might be Alzheimer's, but Meredith is certain that it's not. Jackson and Vic fight over the status of their relationship, leading to their breakup, and Andrew continues to show signs of mania despite his hospital-mandated therapy. Jo volunteers for a safe haven program and cares for an abandoned baby at Station 19; she later tells Link she brought the baby home. Richard attempts to get Maggie out of her funk while also dealing with his own marital problems with Catherine. She later learns that Cristina sent Hayes to Meredith as a present, dubbing him "McWidow" due to the loss of his wife. While the two realize how much they have in common, Sabie does not want Maggie operating on her due to conflict of interest. Derek Shepherd was called for a consult. The episode also includes the premiere of the Grey's Anatomy music video featuring "Breath In Breath Out," a song by Mat Kearney. After dinner gets off to an awkward start, things are made worse when Jackson and Maggie cannot stop bickering, prompting Catherine to announce that she and Richard are actually separating. This page was last edited on 10 March 2021, at 06:35. When Zola finally opens up and tells him she misses her dad, Andrew tells her stories about what a great surgeon Derek was. When Zola is in need of an operation to repair her shunt for her spina bifida, Meredith skips out on her court date for her missing community service hours. Maggie attempts to reason with Amelia, who has locked herself at home in order to avoid Link and the paternity test; when Link comes over after work, Amelia ends their relationship and announces that she will raise the baby alone with the help of her sisters. Jo and Bailey treat a teen foster kid, Joey, who is worried about being separated from his foster siblings, while Schmitt and Meredith tend to an elderly former ballroom dancer whose cancer has spread throughout her body. Richard, Maggie, Teddy, and Hayes all travel to California to attend the LA Surgical Innovation Conference as representatives for Grey Sloan. The number in the "No. While Schmitt, Maggie, and Owen treat a baseball player who has taken a bat to the chest, Owen learns about Koracick and Teddy's affair over voicemail and postpones the wedding without telling Teddy first. "U.S. viewers in millions" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episodes live. Don't miss any episodes, set your DVR to record Grey's Anatomy. Amelia awaits the results of her paternity test and shares a moment with Owen, though she later reveals to Link that she never ran the test in the first place. The trial is postponed until Alex brings dozens of Meredith's former patients in to give statements. Meredith learns that her medical-board hearing will only be in three months. Teddy admits to Owen that she lost her engagement ring, and they spend the day searching for it until they discover Leo has swallowed it. A frantic Teddy tries to avoid both Owen and Koracick after having cheated with Koracick recently, though she finds herself in an even messier situation when she discloses to Owen that he may be the father of Amelia's baby and then sleeps with Koracick again later that day. Heather had real potential to be a great doctor, but she was killed off way too early. While creating the show, producers put an emphasis on the casting process. She'd also had two previous spinal fusions. After consulting on Koracick's case, Meredith treats a diabetic woman who has been rationing her insulin in order to pay for her parents' nursing home. Adele Webber (Season 9, Episode 10) After a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s and a successful brain … Jo struggles with changing her surname from Karev and bonds with Schmitt over their breakups; they ultimately agree to be roommates. Bailey tries to comfort Richard, but he lashes out and tells her he may be stepping down from surgery. While Link sulks around the hospital following his breakup with Amelia, Teddy worries that Amelia's baby might be Owen's and confirms her suspicions with Maggie, which sends Teddy into Koracick's arms. Meredith clashes with the new Head of Pediatrics, Dr. Cormac Hayes, over a patient Meredith has treated in the past. A wealthy inventor visits Grey Sloan, seeking a diagnosis from Koracick that can excuse him for a crime he committed. As part of ABC’s “Cast from the Past” week, Grey’s Anatomy brought together two of the three sisters from the original Charmed series for Season 16, Episode 3, a.k.a. The letters reveal that Alex hasn't been visiting his mother, but instead went to Kansas to check in with Izzie, whom he reconnected with during Meredith's trial. [8] On March 27, 2020, it was announced that the twenty-first episode would serve as the season finale. Amidst his relationship troubles with a distant Nico, Schmitt loses a patient, Tess, who he discovers is masking as a resident about to perform surgery. As Jackson, Jo, and Hayes operate on a teenage girl with Moebius syndrome, they discuss their dating lives, prompting Jo to tease a confused Hayes about Cristina setting him up with Meredith. Bailey tells Ben that she is pregnant, and he responds ecstatically. [4] His final physical appearance was the milestone 350th episode "My Shot" in November 2019. Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series that premiered on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) as a mid-season replacement on March 27, 2005. Not much is known about Heather's life before her internship except that her parents had a messy divorce and always put her in the middle of it. On TV this Thursday: Grey’s Anatomy airs its ersatz finale, Will & Grace loves Lucy and The Good Fight imagines a world where Donald Trump was never elected president. They were upset to learn that there was no evidence of brain activity after a skull fracture. 1. As part of ABC's "Cast From the Past" week reuniting stars of iconic television shows on different primetime shows, the longrunning medical drama will have Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs reunite as sisters. Koracick offers the family of a cancer patient a free surgery in exchange for good publicity for the hospital, which causes a rift between him and Jackson. Alex drops Jo off at a psychiatric facility for her 30-day stay; after revealing that they never officially signed a marriage license, Jo gives Alex an out, but he proves to her he's in it for the long haul. Heather was born with VATER Syndrome, which caused advanced scoliosis that left her unable to walk upright. After being in a bad mood all day, Koracick reveals to Bailey that he hates Halloween because his son had died two weeks before the holiday. At Grey Sloan, Bailey struggles with her pregnancy hormones as she and Teddy discuss Halloween costumes for their children. When Paul brings up Zola, Meredith confronts him about killing her husband, causing him to seizure. All images are used with permission or licensed. Zola has a successful surgery, but because Meredith failed to show up in court, her lawyer tells her she will make up her remaining hours in jail. While that couple recovers, Jackson and Maggie break up, and Jackson tries to move on with firefighter Vic. He nearly quits but Meredith tells him she loves him and convinces him to stay. Grey's Anatomy recap: A 'Charmed' reunion isn't so charming By Lincee Ray October 10, 2019 at 10:42 PM EDT This is the final season to feature Dr. Alex Karev, portrayed by Justin Chambers as a series-regular, whose announced departure was made in January 2020. Other storylines include Teddy Altman (Kim Raver)'s affair with Tom Koracick (Greg Germann) in the wake of her engagement to Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd); Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone)'s surprise pregnancy, with the baby's paternity brought into question; Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams) and Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary)'s break up; Miranda Bailey's miscarriage; and Jo Karev (Camilla Luddington)'s emergence from the psychiatric ward after treatment. Haylee and her sister, Heidi, came to the hospital when they learned their other sister, Heather, had fallen into a construction site. S 11 E 16. At the end of the day, many of the doctors hang out at Joe's Bar until a car crashes through the wall. Patrick Dempsey gets cryptic in new interview, Survivor 41 spoilers: No returning castaways this season, Who plays Natalie’s mom on Chicago Med cast? Amelia finally tells Link that she is unsure if he or Owen is the father of her baby, and after taking time to think, Link says he wants a paternity test before they decide where they stand as a couple. As Richard's condition continues to deteriorate, the doctors are ready to call it Alzheimer's and send him home with Catherine until Andrew discovers that the cobalt metal from Richard's hip replacement has been leaking poison into his blood and causing all of his symptoms. ", "Grey's Anatomy Sets Early Finale, Scraps Remaining Season 16 Episodes", "Thursday Night Football adjusts up, 'A Million Little Things' adjusts down: Thursday final ratings", "NFL adjusts up, 'The Good Place' adjusts down: Thursday final ratings", "Chargers vs. In even more sexy news, Callie made out with a woman named Heather and Arizona saw. The ninth season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy began airing in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on September 27, 2012, with the season premiere "Going, Going, Gone" and consists of 24 episodes with the season finale "Perfect Storm" airing on May 16, 2013. Bailey and Jo treat Jo's former therapist from her time in the psychiatric institution, forcing Jo to recall the month she spent there. Warning: If you have yet to watch Grey’s Anatomy’s Season 10 premiere, hit the nearest exit. In her first surgery as an attending, Jo must convince Meredith's patient to have the procedure without her; as a compromise, the surgeons video chat Meredith in. 16 Best Black History Movies. He does not recover and dies at Grey Sloan. The season's main storylines include the recently fired Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo)'s impending trial to fight for her medical license and her on-off again love-life with surgical resident, Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti), who begins to spiral into bipolar mania. Grey’s Anatomy Season 17 Episode 3 recap: Life’s a beach – or... Grey’s Anatomy spoilers: Producers give hints about what’s coming on winter episodes, Grey’s Anatomy Season 17, Episode 4 preview: Meredith’s life at risk. Meanwhile, Schmitt and Nico visit Schmitt's uncle, who is in hospice. A blizzard that has hit Seattle sends multiple patients to Grey Sloan as temperatures continue to drop. However, Vernoff was able to bring him back for voice-over in a farewell episode, explaining where the character ended up. After spending the day with Alex and Richard, Owen cuts his paternity-leave short and accepts a job at PacNorth as the Head of Trauma. When the roads shut down, Andrew volunteers to travel by foot through the snow in order to retrieve an organ for Hayes' patient, continuing what Meredith and Carina think is a manic spiral. In a recipe for disaster, Jackson and Maggie attempt to be civil towards one another for Catherine and Richard's anniversary dinner. The doctors band together in search of a diagnosis for Richard following his erratic episode two days ago at the medical conference. 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