Ever since Ellen Pompeo (Good American Household) kind of left the primary solid of Gray’s Anatomy, the Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital has obtained visits from its title character Meredith Gray at common intervals, however followers by no means understand how lengthy will probably be till they see their favourite TV physician once more. Within the present season, Meredith was alongside for the journey within the first three episodes, however then she was gone once more. Despite the fact that we maintain listening to her voice as she continues to relate each episode, followers can not help however surprise: is Meredith coming again for extra in Season 21? Showrunner Meg Marinis has the reply to that.
Throughout an interview with LA Occasions, Marinis was fairly simple about the way forward for Meredith within the sequence. The showrunner underscored the beforehand launched data that Pompeo was pinned down for seven episodes this season. Moreover, Marinis revealed that we should always consider Meredith’s participation in future Gray’s Anatomy episodes as fully-developed story arcs, which is why the writing workforce strays away from the thought of bringing her again for one-episode visitor roles. She acknowledged:
“We’ve aired three together with her, so that you not less than have 4 extra and I’m simply gonna let y’all proceed to observe to see what else you get. With Ellen, we at all times need her to be right here as a lot as she will be able to and she or he desires. That’s an open dialog transferring ahead. After this season, now we have but to have these conversations as a result of her present [‘Good American Family’] is about to premiere. However we wish her right here as a lot as attainable as a result of she is the essence of the present; her voiceover, it’s nonetheless in each episode. What we did this final season, we tried to take a look at her episodes as teams of episodes as a result of it’s extra enjoyable to inform an arc with Meredith, slightly than a bunch of various one-offs.”
There Will At all times Be A Spot For Meredith In ‘Gray’s Anatomy’
Marinis additionally revealed that she has a comfortable spot for Meredith’s relationship with Nick (Scott Speedman) as a result of she loves the thought of Meredith “with the ability to discover love after Derek (Patrick Dempsey),” who died again in Season 11 in probably the most stunning episodes within the historical past of Gray’s Anatomy. Marinis added that she is a fan of Speedman, and hinted that he’ll return for Meredith’s arcs at any time when attainable.
The showrunner’s feedback mirror an interview from early 2024 wherein she acknowledged that the workforce has “an open-door coverage” with Ellen Pompeo, that means that the actor can return as many instances as she desires and at any time when she is obtainable to clean in. Fortunately for followers, Marinis underscored that Pompeo “cares very deeply for the present,” which implies that she is going to by no means actually be gone — and we’ll maintain listening to her voice narrating episodes for the foreseeable future.
ABC rolls out new episodes of Gray’s Anatomy on Thursdays. You may as well stream the sequence on Hulu.
Gray’s Anatomy
Launch Date
March 27, 2005
Community
ABC
Administrators
Rob Corn, Kevin McKidd, Debbie Allen, Chandra Wilson, Allison Liddi-Brown, Jeannot Szwarc, Tony Phelan
Chandra Wilson
Dr. Miranda Bailey
Supply: LA Occasions
