ffinally out. Last night, with the seventh episode of the 19th season Of Grey’s Anatomy aired on ABC, Ellen Pompeo left the series. A farewell definitively announced months ago after years of back and forth: she’s gone, she’s not gone, she’s gone. But will she come back?
Grey’s Anatomy: Ellen Pompeo has left the series
In 19 years, Shonda Rhimes series actors who left the cast, voluntarily or accompanied at the exit, are many; Pompeo, being the Gray of the title, represents one of the most sensational defections. It must be considered, however, that the medical drama machine is thus expanded into plots and subplots, and new stars, that Meredith’s farewell is more of a sweet retirement.
No illnesses, deaths or sudden disappearances. The exit occurs with the transfer from Seattle to Boston to allow the eldest daughter Zola (Aniela Gumbs) to attend a school for geniuses. A choice made for love, as always in his life.
But what about the story with the surgeon Nick Marsh (Scott Speedman)? With him first not reciprocating Meredith’s feelings, and then – when he finds out she’s about to leave town – reformulates trying to recover the relationship.
Meredith Grey, how does the series come out?
“I’m an adult woman, I have a life and three children – she tells Nick. And the transfer is what my daughter needs. I want you in my life, but if I have to choose, I choose me, my children and what’s right for us. And I’m not begging you to love me».
So he tries to reach her at the airport, but it’s late. He so he calls her and confesses that he loves her again, but Gray does not provide a complete answer. It’s Meredith’s open ending, leaving her place in the series open. Although Shonda has confirmed future forays of the character (at least in the 19th season), along with the narrator role of Ellen Pompeo.
Arrived at Seattle Grace Hospital as a residentsince 2005 Meredith it has gone through many stages. She became a surgeon and chief physician, of course, but love with Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) it is certainly one of the events for which she will always be remembered. An intense love story, lived through ups and downs, which ended tragically with the death of her partner.
Ellen Pompeo in “Grey’s Anatomy”. (Getty Images)
The friendship with Cristina Yang and the difficult relationship with her parents
In the hospital also found friendship, primarily the one with Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh). «You are my person and always will be. Derek is the love of my life, but you are my soul mate,” he tells her. A confession of love, friendship, affection and esteem, become one of the most famous lines of the whole series.
Regarding family life, in the first years in the hospital he had to deal with his mother Ellis Gray (Kate Burton), a great surgeon suffering from early Alzheimer’s. Their relationship has never been easy, plus the expectations as a “daughter of” are very high.
Her father Thatcher (Jeff Perry) abandoned her as a child and his absence inevitably marked her. Also, Ellis has had a long relationship with the Chief of Surgery Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.).
The alternate family he puts together consists of Cristina, Izzie (Katherine Heigl), Alex Karev (Justin Chambers), and George O’Malley (TR Knight). Next, he builds a new nucleus with Derek. She then has three children – Zola, Derek and Ellis – for which she is willing to do anything. Even starting from scratch in Boston.
The announced farewell of Ellen Pompeo
The rumors about the farewell of Ellen Pompeo a Grey’s Anatomy they chased each other for years, but his presence has been confirmed season after season. Resulting cache increase. She was the highest-paid television series actress in the world in 2018.
During the pandemic, Meredith contracts COVID and for a moment it was thought that Shonda had decided to kill her. But no. Indeed, not only is it saved, but in a dream she meets Derek. A reunion awaited – and invoked by popular demand – for yearswhich gave the series new life.
All good things come to an end, they say, and there’s a time for everything. Also for say goodbye to Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital fans and close a chapter before the character loses his strengthdue to constant twists and turns that would risk weakening its memory.
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