[Warning: The next comprises spoilers from Thursday’s episode of Gray’s Anatomy. Learn at your individual threat]
Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy was one which followers have been dreading since Justin Chambers announced his exit from the show in January, and viewers found he had filmed his last episode months earlier than. The present teased a “Goodbye to Alex Karev” after final week’s episode, utilizing all outdated footage to tease the top of the character’s storyline.
Nonetheless, Chambers didn’t present as much as full the arc. The final followers heard, Karev lied about going to Iowa to care for his mother and as a substitute left Jo (Camilla Luddington) with no rationalization for his disappearance. Thursday’s episode was to supply his spouse — and the followers bewildered by the exit — some closure.
Alex Karev mentioned goodbye in a sequence of three letters — one to Meredith (Ellen Pompeo), one to Jo, and one to Bailey (Chandra Wilson) — that exposed he bailed on Seattle to maneuver to a farm in Kansas to be with Izzie (Katherine Heigl) and their twin youngsters. Sure, Izzie used hers and Alex’s frozen embryos to have two youngsters, which Alex came upon about when he reached out to ask Izzie for testimony for Meredith’s trial. Apparently, it was the household that Alex by no means knew he wanted, and he left everybody behind to go have it. The reasoning he gave for his hasty exit was the thought of dealing with them was simply too arduous, and he would not have had the power to depart once more if he got here again to inform everybody in particular person.
It was a devastating revelation in some ways.
“It’s almost unattainable to say goodbye to Alex Karev. That’s as true for me and for the entire writers at Gray’s Anatomy as it’s for the followers,” showrunner Krista Vernoff mentioned in an announcement to TV Information concerning the episode. “We’ve cherished writing Alex. And we’ve cherished watching Justin Chambers’ nuanced portrayal of him. For 16 seasons, 16 years, we’ve grown up alongside Alex Karev. We’ve been pissed off by his limitations and we’ve been impressed by his progress and we’ve come to like him deeply and to consider him as one in all our best associates. We’ll miss him terribly. And we’ll all the time be glad about his affect, on our present, on our hearts, on our followers, on the world.”
Unsurprisingly, followers on Twitter principally misplaced their minds because the revelations got here out.
That is worse than Derek Shepherd being killed off. That is abandonment of a personality that has been by way of hell and again and who GREW from it. A personality that’s now inflicting intentional ache on his fragile spouse. Alex Karev would NEVER have finished this. By no means. #GreysAnatomy pic.twitter.com/PxcnYprqAf
— Natacha (@Blerd_Life) March 6, 2020
This entire episode is simply #greysanatomy pic.twitter.com/EAMfuQZoFg
— cate (@lyonscath) March 6, 2020
my warmth shattered on this second #GreysAnatomy pic.twitter.com/zv7jPhyiLL
— 🌹 (@tvgoldtweets) March 6, 2020
Jo👏🏼deserves👏🏼so👏🏼a lot👏🏼higher👏🏼than👏🏼a👏🏼fucking👏🏼letter👏🏼 #GreysAnatomy pic.twitter.com/BSsF30ZhiB
— 🌸Kayla🌸 (@kaylira08) March 6, 2020
To be damaged up with and left for a brand new household with a flaky ex BY LETTER is a slap within the face. #GreysAnatomy pic.twitter.com/YrRHXQKsne
— 🔮 Briana Anaïs 🔮 (@PhoenixEvanesca) March 6, 2020
Whewww Lawdd these #GreysAnatomy followers on my TL be like 🍷 🍷 🍷
What Shonda do? pic.twitter.com/wWzrDHzULM— Holly Robinson Peete (@hollyrpeete) March 6, 2020
Elevate your hand should you’ve ever been personally victimized by the writers of Gray’s Anatomy! #GreysAnatomy pic.twitter.com/chVxNgHaMn
— Allison Renee (@ahollon86) March 6, 2020
Karev to Meredith: I am okay, I am with Izzie…. and she or he had my children
Me: #GreysAnatomy pic.twitter.com/Bxh3BnOWiz— Kait 🇨🇦❤️ (@1Band1D1Dream) March 6, 2020
Gray’s Anatomy airs Thursdays at 9/8c on ABC.
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