All through its prolonged run, Gray’s Anatomy has stated goodbye — after which hiya once more — to numerous widespread characters.
As the primary sequence common to exit from the ABC medical drama, followers have been shocked when Isaiah Washington (Preston Burke) returned to Gray’s Anatomy in 2014 — seven years after he was fired for utilizing a homophobic slur throughout a combat with Patrick Dempsey.
“He was nervous,” creator Shonda Rhimes informed Leisure Weekly about his season 10 return, which helped wrap up Sandra Oh (Cristina Yang)’s story line. “I’ve to be the keeper of the story and make it possible for we’re telling the story we have to inform, no matter no matter exterior components are concerned or no matter historical past is concerned.”
Seven seasons later, Dempsey made a short cameo as Dr. Derek Shepherd that excited followers as his character was killed off in 2015. The actor wasn’t the beloved character to reprise his position for Gray’s Anatomy, which entered season 20 in 2024.
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