WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy
Say it isn’t so!
During Thursday’s episode ofGrey’s Anatomy, fans were in for a couple shocking surprises, including a split and Grey Sloan departure.
Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams) and Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary) — along with Jackson’s new girlfriend, Vic (Barrett Doss), and herStation 19friend Dean (Okieriete Onaodowan) — gathered at Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) and Catherine Avery’s (Debbie Allen) home thinking they were there to celebrate the couple wedding anniversary.
However, as the night progressed, which was awkward from the start given Jackson’s new girlfriend spending time with his ex, the guests soon realized there was trouble in paradise.
After Dean asked Catherine to share the story of how Catherine proposed to Richard, it seemed as if the couple — for a brief moment — would reconcile.
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“I hadn’t thought about that story in a long time,” Catherine said, after leaving the table and meeting Richard in the kitchen. “Richard, maybe we’ve been too rash with this separation? Jackson is right. We’ve been through bad times, month-long arguments, but we always find a way. I know we’re angry with each other and we’re hard-headed, but I think we shouldn’t give up. I love you.”
As Catherine began to apologize, Richard said, “Apologies don’t have the word ‘but’ in them. It’s too little Catherine. It’s too late.”
Rejoining the guests at the dinner table, the tensions were high and Catherine finally broke.
Catherine Avery.
“He’s texting his girlfriend,” Catherine said, as Richard was texting away.
“I’ve been talking to [Alex] Karev (Justin Chambers) about making you an offer to run our cardio department,” Richard told Maggie. “He approved the offer.”
After an upset Catherine left the table, Richard extended his apologies to his guests and left as well.
In an attempt to console him, Maggie walked outside to chat with Richard, who then proceeded to show her the offer from Pac North. (Maggie recently quit her job at Grey Sloan Memorial, but had been talking to Koracick about returning.)
Maggie Pierce.
“Alex thinks I’m worth this much,” Maggie asked.
“Not just Alex, Maggie,” Richard responded.
“Then I guess that means I have a new job,” she said.
In the final moments, when Catherine realized Richard had officially wooed Maggie away from Grey Sloan, she made a phone call to look into buying Pac North — and threatened Richard that she might just sink the fledgling hospital.
The episode included only one other storyline featuring Dr. Levi Schmitt (Jake Borelli) and Dr. Nico Kim (Alex Landi), which left many fans wondering where the rest of the main cast was.
Earlier this month, ABC confirmed to PEOPLE that Justin Chambers had leftGrey’safter starring as Alex for 16 seasons. His final episode aired on Nov. 14, 2019, so he will not get a send-off episode.
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He added, “As I move on fromGrey’s Anatomy, I want to thank the ABC family, Shonda Rimes, original cast membersEllen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson and James Pickens, and the rest of the amazing cast and crew, both past and present, and, of course, the fans for an extraordinary ride.”
Grey’s Anatomyairs Thursdays at 9 p.m. EST on ABC.
source: people.com
