In a caller promo, Grey's Anatomy has revealed erstwhile Ellen Pompeo volition measurement backmost from the bid arsenic Meredith Grey trades successful Seattle for Boston. Watch the afloat clip here.
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Meredith Grey is scrubbing out at Grey Sloan—possibly forever.
Grey's Anatomy has revealed when Ellen Pompeo, who has played the rubric quality since the amusement began successful 2005, volition marque her last regular appearances connected the show.
After the autumn finale Nov. 10, the bid released a promo for play 19's instrumentality connected Feb. 23. But successful the clip, we get our archetypal glimpse of Meredith's last 2 episodes, which see the wintertime premiere and the play finale.
After Meredith announces she'll beryllium leaving for a occupation accidental successful Boston to enactment connected a cure for Alzheimer's—the precise illness she watched her parent endure from successful the show's aboriginal seasons—the hospital's unit celebrates her with a party.
In response, the ever-humble Meredith exclaims, "This is precise thoughtful! And ridiculous."
But Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) hits backmost that conception successful a second, responding, "For God's sakes, Grey, volition you conscionable fto america toast you?"
The clip besides sees Meredith reflecting connected the events of the past season, pointing retired how her exit hasn't exactly been easy.
"There's been a lot," she says. "A fire. Moving."
But, don't fear, Meredith stans: There's ever the anticipation that the titular quality could instrumentality from the East Coast. Pompeo remains an enforcement shaper connected the series, and volition inactive instrumentality to bash her signature Meredith voiceover each episode.
Plus, fans volition soon beryllium capable to spot Pompeo connected the tiny surface erstwhile again: In August, the actress signed a woody to prima successful and enforcement nutrient a new Hulu constricted series.
In the meantime, Grey's Anatomy is relying connected its newest people of interns to "breathe life" into the long-running aesculapian drama, according to showrunner Krista Vernoff. And, arsenic the show's stars note, Meredith volition inactive stay an integral portion of the series.
"As acold arsenic our communicative tones are concerned, we inactive person that Meredith dependable there, that Meredith presence," Chandra Wilson, who plays Miranda Bailey, exclusively told E! News successful October. "The happening we've learned implicit the seasons is that Grey's maintains its consciousness nary substance who is there, nary substance which characters are there."
Grey's Anatomy returns with caller episodes Feb. 23.
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