Could Grey's Anatomy Really Survive Meredith Leaving?
Warning: SPOILERS for Grey’s Anatomy ahead.
Grey’s Anatomy may have been renewed for season 19, but with Hamilton’s offer to Meredith to work at the Grey Center permanently, one may wonder if Grey’s Anatomy could be able to survive Meredith Grey leaving. Despite the ABC drama’s dwindling viewership and ratings, Grey’s Anatomy’s renewal was confirmed in January. Still, especially considering how Meredith’s storylines in Grey’s Anatomy seasons 17 and 18 either had her unconscious or outside Seattle, it wouldn’t be entirely unreasonable to think that the time of Ellen Pompeo’s exit and Meredith’s departure from the show might come sooner than Grey’s Anatomy’s ending.
Meredith’s potential departure from Grey’s Anatomy would definitely be momentous, as not only is she the show’s titular character, but she’s also the last one of the MAGIC group still at Grey Sloan Memorial. While Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) and Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) have been there with her for the entirety of the medical drama’s run, they were in a very different capacity, as they were her teachers. Meredith is the only one of the old guard of residents to have grown as a surgeon there, while Alex, Izzy, and Cristina had already moved on to other jobs and lives in different moments following George’s death.
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Whether Grey’s Anatomy could really survive Meredith leaving the show might get an ambiguous answer, especially as the medical drama has changed a lot throughout the years. Grey’s Anatomy went from centering around five central residents plus more added as the seasons moved along to being all about Meredith. As Cristina reminded Meredith that she “was the sun” and not
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