Dr. Jackson Avery is exiting show after 12 years.
Jesse Williams, who has played Dr. Jackson Avery on the ABC medical drama since Season 6, is leaving in the May 20 episode. In the latest episode, Jackson decided that he is going to take over his familyâs foundation â and run it from Boston. But because he doesnât want to leave his daughter and miss out on her life (as his dad did), he needed his ex, April (Sarah Drew, who returned for a guest spot), to agree to move, too. She did â and in the process, revealed that she didnât need to talk to Matthew (Justin Bruening) because theyâd split a while ago.
Why Grey s Anatomy s Latest Casualty Was So Relieved by Their Death Scene E! 3/12/2021
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The ABC medical drama returned on Thursday, March 11 with quite the bang, as Andrew DeLuca (
Giacomo Gianniotti) was stabbed while pursuing a human trafficker on the crossover episode of
Ellen Pompeo) saw him during a dream sequence on her infamous beach.
After the episode aired, Krista told
Variety she realized this one is going to be devastating for the fans. And I feel it too.
The producer explained that the story line involving DeLuca s tragic end came to her like a vision as she herself was strolling along a beach. The character s demise is particularly difficult for fans, given that the surgeon s bipolar diagnosis had helped normalize mental health issues.
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All the Times Meredith Grey Almost Died (or Suffered Another Trauma)
Grey’swill end whenever Ellen Pompeo is done with the role. Even so, we still bite our nails whenever Mer has a brush with death like here, in Season 17, when she’s battling COVID-19.
And Meredith has had many,
many close calls over the years in addition to all of her assorted other trials and tribulations. Between bomb blasts and patient attacks and hospital shooters and multiple visits from the Grim Reaper, our poor Mer must be the unluckiest character on TV. Just scroll down to see all the misfortune and tragedy that has befallen Dr. Grey over the years…