[Warning: The following post contains spoilers for Grey’s Anatomy Season 41 Episode 2, “We Built This City.”]
Gray’s Anatomy had one other surprising improvement in retailer for followers on Thursday’s (October 16) latest episode, “We Constructed This Metropolis.” After welcoming again Kelly McCreary as Maggie Pierce for a heartwarming return, the story put one other considered one of its longtime main characters on indefinite depart from the hospital.
Within the episode, Maggie joined forces with Ellen Pompeo‘s Meredith Gray to point out help for Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) because the neurosurgeon grappled with extreme grief over the loss of life of Monica Beltran (Natalie Morales).
Though the sisters’ journey down reminiscence lane — and impromptu takeover of Meredith’s mother’s previous home from the now-second-year residents — did give Amelia some aid from her intense unhappiness and emotions of guilt, she nonetheless struggled. As a result of she carried out the dangerous first operation on her pediatric affected person Dylan, the kid will proceed to stay with locked-in syndrome indefinitely; in the meantime, the woman’s determined mom Jenna (Piper Perabo), who was impressed to carry up the surgical flooring and triggered a gasoline explosion over that situation, is now liable for a number of deaths.
After speaking issues by means of with Maggie and Meredith, Amelia determined to depart Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital for an indeterminate period of time. She delivered the information that she’d be taking a sabbatical to Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.), who was serving to Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) out along with her chief of surgical procedure duties.
So does that imply Amelia — and thus Caterina Scorsone — is gone for good from Gray’s? Not fairly. TV Insider has discovered the actress isn’t exiting the sequence however is not going to be seen for a number of episodes through the character’s sabbatical.
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Scorsone’s Amelia has been a mainstay of Gray’s Anatomy for 15 years, main as much as the episode, which marked the sequence’ 450th. The character was first launched because the sister of Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) all the best way again in Season 7. After returning to the function in Seasons 8 and 10, Scorsone turned a sequence common in Season 11 and has remained as a lot ever since, following Amelia’s sobriety journey, a number of romances, motherhood, loss, and her ascension to chief of neuro and dealing with Meredith on her analysis initiatives.
This episode additionally occurs to coincide with Scorsone’s birthday. Earlier than the episode, the actress celebrated the event with a social media put up, writing, “Immediately is my birthday. 🎉 Grateful for each breath that received me right here, for each human that liked me to this place, for all of the moments of life that delivered me to this one. Immediately I’m so deeply rooted in my physique, my neighborhood, my dedication to the individuals and the ethics that I really like and shield with all of the braveness and knowledge and life I’ve collected. What a beautiful view. What a wild experience. Massive shout out to my mother for all that heavy lifting and to the Loves who introduced me flowers this morning. Bliss.”
She obtained feedback of help from her Gray’s household, together with Ellen Pompeo, Chris Carmack, Anthony Hill, and Peyton Kennedy, who performed her foster little one, Betty.
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