Find out what Meredith Gray’s farewell was like in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

The latest episode of the medical series “Grey’s Anatomy”, aired this Thursday (23/2) on the American channel ABC, marked the farewell of the protagonist Meredith Gray (Ellen Pompeo) after 19 seasons.

Entitled “I’ll Follow the Sun,” the episode follows the character’s final hours in the hospital that has defined his career, shortly after the house fire, from which he is still recovering, and as he prepares to move with his family in Boston. , where he will work to find a cure for Alzheimer’s.

The storyline saw Meredith perform one last surgery on a popular children’s book writer (Patricia Richardson), who needed to be rushed into surgery with internal bleeding. However, Meredith was unable to stop her from dying on the operating table.

The doctor also failed to save his relationship with Nick (Scott Speedman). It turns out that he is angry with Meredith, as he moved from Minnesota because of her, and now she is moving to another state without talking to him. But she Meredith reacted, saying that she, on another occasion, she said that she loved Nick and he didn’t answer anything.

“I hate this day, I hate everything about this day,” Nick said. “Me too,” Meredith replied. “I want you in my life if you want to be in my life, but if I have to choose, I’ll choose me, I’ll choose my kids, and I’ll choose what’s best for us, and I won’t beg you to love me.” she.

Subsequently, the protagonist is surprised by a meeting of colleagues in the hospital lobby, to greet her and toast with champagne. “In the past, you were the bane of my existence. You’ve become one of my greatest prides,” Bailey (Chandra Wilson) rails. “This place just won’t be the same without you,” added Richard (James Pickens Jr.).

During the farewell party, she told her colleagues that she would be back for visits. “I’m just going to Boston and you know I’ll probably be here next week,” the protagonist said, dropping the hook for a return to the series.

Nick, who was in a café, rushed after Meredith to the hospital, only to be told she had already left for the airport. He tried to drive to the airport but got stuck in traffic. So he called Meredith when she and her kids were already on the plane.

“I love you. I fell in love with you the first day I met you, I fell in love with you the second day I met you, and I’ve loved you every minute of every day I met you,” she said. But Meredith, who had been listening to every word, replied, “I can’t hear you. We’re about to take off. I’ll call you when we’re settled.”

Finally, she is seen reading the recently deceased writer’s latest book, ‘Tessa and the Rising Sun’, to her children on the plane. Reading replaced the traditional “Grey’s Anatomy” end-of-episode narration.

“I have flown rockets and killed dragons, saved lives and my life has been saved,” the protagonist read. “I’ve been through broken bones, a broken family, and the deaths of people I love, but I’m still here. I’ve had adventures most people only dream about and I’ve had losses I still dream about, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned in all my adventures is that there is no such thing as a happy ending, unless happy simply means that we are still alive, that the sun is rising on another day because with every sunrise comes the possibility of happiness and also the possibility of suffering. .. And sometimes everything is tangled».

“As the sun rises in your life, there will be new dragons to slay. Therefore, the end of my story is not forever, because I’m still alive, I’m still here, and the sun is still rising in my life,” she added. .

At the same time, another generation of Gray Sloan interns are seen moving into Meredith’s childhood home after she, Maggie (Kelly McCreary), and Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) hand over the keys to Griffith (Alexis Floyd), Yasuda (Midori Francis) and Adams. (Niko Terho), respectively.

Despite the episode marking Ellen Pompeo’s farewell, the actress will still be seen and heard on the series. She will continue to narrate the episodes and her character should return at the end of the season, perhaps for a last goodbye.

Pompeo’s departure was originally announced as tentative, to fit another project into the actress’ schedule. In August, she revealed that she would be reducing her participation and she would be gradually stepping away from the day-to-day production.

As for the future of “Grey’s Anatomy,” creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes said years ago that the series would end when Pompeo leaves, because there would be no “Grey’s Anatomy” without Meredith Grey. However, that claim has been challenged this season.

To address the absence of the protagonist, showrunner Krista Vernoff has decided to introduce a new wave of residents, essentially performing a reboot of the series. New cast members include Niko Therho (“Sweetbitter”), Adelaide Kane (“SEAL Team”), Midori Francis (“Dash & Lily”), Harry Shum Jr. (“Shadowhunters – Shadowhunters”) and Alexis Floyd (“Inventing Anne”).

In addition, the season also gave more prominence to the already known characters of the series, such as Chandra Wilson (Bailey), Kevin McKidd (Owen), Kim Raver (Teddy), James Pickens Jr. (Webber), Camilla Luddington (Jo Wilson), Caterina Scorsone (Beth Whitman), Kelly McCreary (Maggie Pierce), Jake Borelli (Levi Schmitt) and Anthony Hill (Winston Ndugu).

If audiences are left without Pompeo, this could be the setup for the next few seasons, which would only have small appearances from the actress. But if audiences walk away, the star’s demise could spell the end of the production.

Detail: the end of the season will also be the farewell of showrunner Krista Vernoff, for years at the helm of the success of the production, maintaining the interest of the public with several twists, after Shonda Rhimes closed a million-dollar contract to launch new series on Netflix.

“Grey’s Anatomy” is broadcast in Brazil on the Sony pay channel and also available for streaming on the Star+ platform.

Source: Terra

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