'Grey's Anatomy' Showrunner Reveals How Many Episodes Patrick Dempsey Will Appear In This Season

Patrick Dempsey makes an appearance on today’s Ellen DeGeneres Show, and he’s speaking out about his return to Grey’s Anatomy.

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.

(Warning: Spoilers ahead of last week’s episode of “Grey’s Anatomy.”)The late Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) returned to his love Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) in a dream at the end of last Thursday’s Season 17 premiere of “Grey’s Anatomy,” while Mer was passed out in the hospital parking lot.

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.

Patrick Dempsey discusses his surprise “Grey’s Anatomy” season 17 premiere return during an appearance on Wednesday’s “Ellen DeGeneres Show”.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVDays after his character’s surprise appearance in the Season 17 premiere of Grey’s Anatomy, Patrick Dempsey appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about his return to the ABC medical drama.Derek, who tragically died five and a half years go, came back in a beach dream Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) slipped into after collapsing in the parking lot of Grey Sloan Memorial.Speaking with Deadline about the premiere last week, Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista

Patrick Dempsey’s unexpected return to Grey’s Anatomy on Thursday, November 12, proved to be a great experience for the cast and crew.“The timing for Patrick’s return had finally come. He was extremely professional, friendly, funny, and his chemistry with Ellen [Pompeo] was still there,” a source tells Us Weekly exclusively.

Patrick Dempseyshowed up on the beach in Malibu, California, to film his secret return in season 17, there was a lot of worry that the surprise would be ruined by a random jogger or someone in a boat off in the distance. The fact that that never happened was a feat in itself, something star Kevin McKidd — who directs Thursday's episode, which features another appearance by Dempsey as Meredith's late husband, Derek Shepherd -- was truly stunned by. «It was amazing.

Live About if he thought his starring in Maid of Honour led to his role of Grey’s, to which he replied: ‘I don’t think so — I asked Patrick about this and he said he had no idea I was showing up [on Grey’s] until I showed up on the set.

Grey's Anatomy any time soon. However, fans can expect to since is set to appear at least "three more times."By By By By Authentic, Accessible, RelevantMore from GlamourSee More Stories© 2020 Condé Nast.

Grey’s Anatomy fans got a happy, yet completely unexpected, surprise during Thursday night’s Season 17 premiere. In the episode, actor Patrick Dempsey returned to reprise his role as McDreamy himself, 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.

"Grey's Anatomy" fans can rejoice: Dr. Derek Shepherd is returning a few more times, according to showrunner Krista Vernoff.

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 fans got a happy, yet completely unexpected, surprise during Thursday night’s Season 17 premiere. In the episode, actor Patrick Dempsey returned to reprise his role as McDreamy himself, Dr.

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

.Fans had a right to . It's been five long years since McDreamy's , and he didn't exactly part ways with the show .

Grey’s Anatomy fans have been dreaming of seeing McDreamy again since 2015 — and so has Meredith Grey. Ellen Pompeo’s character was reunited with her late husband Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) during the season 17 premiere of the ABC drama.Fans tuning into the Thursday, November 12, episode of Grey’s Anatomy were shocked when Meredith was found passed out in the parking lot after working nonstop amid the coronavirus pandemic.