[Warning: The next comprises spoilers for the Season 17 premiere of Gray’s Anatomy. Learn at your personal threat!]
Grey’s Anatomy returned on Thursday night with a two-hour blockbuster premiere that showcased how medical professionals are combatting the COVID-19 pandemic head on and as promised, ended with a jaw-dropping ending. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) returned on the very finish of the Season 17 premiere in what seems to be a hallucination. Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) collapsed on the finish of the episode and located herself staring out on the seashore, solely to listen to Derek calling her identify a methods down on the sand. The preview for subsequent week’s episode confirmed that we weren’t imagining seeing him there. Because the Gray Sloan staff investigates what made Meredith collapse, it seems that she and Derek might be communing in her psychological limbo. This isn’t a dream, Derek Shepherd is again — not less than for a short while.
Elsewhere, the premiere spent a variety of time catching the viewers up with how Gray Sloan was coping with the pandemic in April 2020 whereas flashing again to replace us on what’s modified since we final noticed the docs. There have been some burning questions answered in some storylines, main developments in others, and naturally the episode-ending shocker. Here is every part you could learn about what occurred earlier than that cliffhanger put us on the sting of our seats.
Owen and Teddy
They actually made individuals wait till the second hour of the premiere to search out out what the autumn out of Teddy’s (Kim Raver) humiliating sex voicemail was. Within the flashbacks, Owen (Kevin McKidd) pretended to not learn about Teddy and Tom (Greg Germann) till the right second arrived for him to play Teddy’s voicemail again to her. It was savage, however deserved and Teddy spent many of the episode shunned by remainder of the hospital employees. Teddy tried her finest to enchantment to Owen on the finish of the episode, however it does not appear like he is in any type of mindset to forgive her any time quickly.
Meredith and DeLuca
The final we noticed of Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti), DeLuca had miraculously discovered what should be blamed for issues with Richard (James Pickens Jr.) after which admitted that there wasn’t one thing fairly proper happening in his head. The Season 17 premiere confirmed what Station 19 said in Season 3, DeLuca has Bi-Polar 2 dysfunction. Within the present timeline, DeLuca is seeing a therapist and sleeping recurrently, however it took one other intervention and an emotional break for DeLuca to get the assistance he desperately wanted. On the finish of the premiere it was nonetheless unclear the place they stand romantically. Clearly, he’ll be by her facet making an attempt to determine what’s improper along with her following the collapse.
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Jo and Jackson
By no means in 1,000,000 years did we count on to place these two collectively, however Season 17 is seemingly making an attempt to make Jo (Camillia Luddington) and Jackson (Jesse Williams) a factor. Jo, in a determined try to recover from Alex (Justin Chambers), hit up Jackson for some no-strings hooked up intercourse, or as she put it, to be the “bridge” between the husband that deserted her and a lady prepared to maneuver on along with her life. Jackson truly mentioned sure (as a result of clearly), however Jo ended up drunkenly sobbing into his mouth relatively than them getting right down to the Kenny G playlist Jackson had curated for the event. After some awkward morning after rigidity, the 2 determined to overlook the entire thing and agreed to be mates. Is that this who Pompeo was referring to when she teased that she has a new favorite couple this season? Yeah, we do not suppose suppose the ebook has closed on this one but, however it may be a minute earlier than we all know how we really feel about it.
Richard and Catherine
Richard is formally cobalt free after his disastrous hip alternative and confirmed up simply in time to assist Gray Sloan discover a a lot wanted cleansing hack for his or her private protecting tools (PPE). Nevertheless, he and Catherine (Debbie Allen) spent many of the premiere nonetheless at odds with Richard nonetheless indignant Catherine did not rise up for him when he was fired from Gray Sloan on the finish of Season 15. Yeah, this struggle has been happening for a very long time. Nevertheless, some chiding by the precise individuals result in a reconciliation between these two and Catherine demoted Tom with the intention to make Richard the Chief of Chiefs at Gray Sloan.
Amelia and Hyperlink
The pair are taking good care of the Gray-Shepherd brood, together with new child whereas they’re on parental depart. That they had some 10 p.m. broadcast requirements degree intercourse to have a good time Hyperlink’s (Chris Carmack) birthday. Oh, and the child’s identify is Scout Derek Shepherd Lincoln.
Gray’s Anatomy continues Thursdays at 9/8c on ABC.