‘Grey’s Anatomy’: Meredith’s house burns down in heartbreaking fall finale

Spoiler alert: Don’t read on if you haven’t seen the fall finale of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ yet.

The fall finale of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ wasn’t for the faint of heart. In Thursday’s episode, Meredith’s Dr. Gray (Ellen Pompeo) house burst into flames during a thunderstorm, leaving her home she shared with her late husband Derek Shepard (Patrick Dempsey). It may have been destroyed.

A devastating moment occurs when lightning strikes the house Maggie (Kelly McCreary), Winston (Anthony Hill) and Meredith’s children were inside.

As she watched her belongings go up in flames, Meredith told her children, “It’s just garbage.” The only important item that survived the fire was the post-it note that Meredith and Derek had married years earlier.

It’s no surprise that many were depressed on Thursday night. When ET’s Deidre Behar spoke to her Camilla Luddington before the episode, she warned that viewers might want to quit her job after watching the drama.

“I think it should always be the general rule that if you have a midseason finale, you shouldn’t go to work. [next] Day. It should just be an automatic callout sickness,” she said. .”

About the sweet gesture of Link (Chris Carmack) delivering Joe’s (Laddington) clothes for his daughter, the actress teased that it could be the beginning of a budding romance between the longtime pals.

“I think the link is dead. [his ex] Amelia (Katerina Scorsone). He had to go through that split. Joe moved on. “She’s been dating other people and she’s in this wonderful space in her life and I think she’s ready for it,” she said. I’m sure you’re afraid of that, but we’re going to have a really good relationship together.”

Now that Meredith and her family are moving to Boston, Ludington said Gray Sloan will have a new chief of surgery. , it may be Teddy (Kim Raver), but viewers will have to wait and see if that comes to fruition.

“Hospitals need chiefs,” Ludington told ET.

In a preview of the “Grey” Return episode, a radiant Meredith walks the halls of Gray Sloan as she prepares to leave Seattle for the final day. Meredith is leaving the Pacific Northwest to begin a new chapter on the East Coast, but it won’t be the last time viewers will see the character.

Pompeo will appear in eight episodes this season, but the winter premiere will mark her seventh appearance. That means the actress and executive her producer will be returning to “Grey” at least one more time before season 19 ends.

“It’s still ‘Gray’ and she’s still there mentally and it’s the house Gray built, so she’s always there,” Pompeo previously said of her newfound restrictions on the show. “She’s going to have to step away for a while to do a show on Hulu. It’s a great company to work for and I’ve been really lucky to have the opportunity to do both.” .

“Grey’s Anatomy” airs Thursday, February 23 on ABC.

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