'Grey's Anatomy' Behind the Scenes: A Look Back at the Show's Real-Life Controversies

T.R. Knight is opening up about his return to Grey’s Anatomy as George, over a decade after his character was killed off the series.

«another person from Meredith's past returns» after Patrick Dempsey's McDreamy shocker, and the ABC medical drama wasn't playing around with its latest cast surprise. As Meredith's (Ellen Pompeo) COVID-19 battle continued, she was reunited in her beachside dreamscape with George O'Malley (T.R.

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Grey’s Anatomy fans have some theories based on Ellen Pompeo‘s latest tweet!

Ellen Pompeo is continuing to toy with fans' emotions as it was teased following Thursday night's episode that «another person from [Meredith's] past returns.»Ahead of Thursday's episode, Pompeo tweeted a GIF of herself in character as Meredith Grey goofing off with Katherine Heigl in character as Dr.

Kate Walsh's Dr. Addison Montgomery may be the only person who's delighted by Meredith and Derek's recent  reunion.Walsh first appeared on 's season 1 finale, when Addison and Derek (Patrick Dempsey) were revealed to be married, even though McDreamy had already begun a relationship with Meredith (Ellen Pompeo).Throughout much of Walsh's tenure on the show, Addison and Meredith were in a love triangle with Derek, before he chose Meredith and Addison moved to California.

only scratched the surface for what was to come between Meredith and Derek's long-awaited reunion.On Thursday's, titled «My Happy Ending,» Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) — confirmed to be COVID-19 positive — was transported to the same beach where she first saw her late husband, Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), waving at her from afar during her dream sequence after she collapsed again four days after she was initially found unconscious.

Ellen Pompeo’s character fought the virus — and the urge to reunite with late husband Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd in heaven — on the Thursday, November 19, episode of Grey’s Anatomy.Thursday’s episode picked up four days after Meredith was found unconscious in the parking lot at Grey Sloan Memorial during the season 17 premiere.

Patrick Dempsey confirmed speculation that Ellen Pompeo’s Grey’s Anatomy character is battling COVID-19 after he made an unexpected return to the series in a dream sequence during the season 17 premiere.“I was like, what a great opportunity for people and how great it would be for the fans, really, to see everybody reunited in this sort of bizarre way,” the 54-year-old actor said on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday, November 18.

Patrick Dempsey's return brought some light to these oftentimes dark days. The 54-year-old actor appears on Wednesday's episode of , and tells the host how he and Ellen Pompeo hoped to bring comfort with the return of Derek Shepard, Dr.

Los Angeles Times, the screenwriter admitted we can expect to see Derek ‘McDreamy’ Shepherd three more times this season.‘We will see more of [Derek] this season,’ she said. ‘This was not just a cameo.

There was a huge surprise during the season 17 premiere of Grey’s Anatomy – the return of Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd.

Grey’s Anatomy fans got a reunion five years in the making on Nov. 12, when Patrick Dempsey‘s late Dr. Derek Shepherd returned to the show to appear in a dream sequence with his TV wife, Ellen Pompeo‘s Dr. Meredith Grey. While they were filming the scene, the two actors used their time together to promote the important cause of wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, and made fans swoon in the process with their sun-kissed selfie smiling together on the beach.

Grey’s Anatomy exit is created equally. Katherine Heigl, Patrick Dempsey, Justin Chambers and more stars have left Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital — for various reasons.Created by Shonda Rhimes and starring Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy debuted on ABC in 2005.

Ellen Pompeo recently opened up about the history of Grey’s Anatomy in a new interview following the show’s shocking season 17 premiere. The actress, who plays Meredith Grey, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live following the premiere on Thursday night (November 12).

Patrick Dempsey posted a selfie with Ellen Pompeo of the former TV couple smiling to Instagram on Friday, one day after his shocking return to in the final seconds of Thursday's season 17 premiere.Dempsey, 54, reprised his role as Derek Shepherd, aka McDreamy, for the first time since he was dramatically killed off in a season 11 episode in April 2015. In the waning moments of the episode, which hinted at a «shocking, jaw-dropping ending,» Meredith — who had been found unconscious in the Grey

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVSPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the Season 17 premiere of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy.The two-hour Season 17 premiere of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy ended with a jaw-dropping moment five and a half years in the making. The series’ original male lead Patrick Dempsey made a return, with his character, Derek Shepherd, appearing in a beach dream sequence after Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith collapsed in the Grey Sloan parking lot.