Gray's Anatomy constructed up anticipation for its season 22 premiere with warnings of character deaths and onscreen surprises — so who really survived the hospital explosion?
The ABC collection returned on Thursday, October 9, and picked up moments after part of the ER was destroyed. When viewers have been final in Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital, Piper Perabo performed a mom of a affected person who introduced a extremely flammable acetylene tank into the working room to power Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) to carry out a high-risk surgical procedure to save lots of her daughter.
The hostage state of affairs put interns Simone (Alexis Floyd) and Adams (Niko Terho) in danger — but additionally the remainder of the hospital. Whereas the operation was profitable, the tank was by chance opened, which let the flammable contents leak onto the working flooring. The ultimate moments of the finale confirmed an explosion that solely Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Warren (Jason George) formally survived.
Gray's Anatomy didn't hold Us ready for too lengthy when it got here to discovering out the fates of sure characters. Along with Meredith and Warren, Miranda (Chandra Wilson) was fantastic after being on the working flooring. Richard (James Pickens Jr.), Teddy (Kim Raver) and husband Owen (Kevin McKidd) have been protected and sound too.
Nora (Floriana Lima), in the meantime, discovered herself having a well being scare with solely Blue (Harry Shum Jr.) and Adams (Niko Terho) to supply medical help. They have been in a position to get her steady however Adams' good temper didn't final lengthy as a result of by the top of the episode, Simone (Alexis Floyd) advised him she slept with another person and so they broke up.
Elsewhere within the hospital, Winston (Anthony Hill) was alive and nicely — as was Amelia (Caterina Scorsone). Jules, who was on the working flooring, ended up having to carry out a surgical procedure on a younger boy with Beltran (Natalie Morales) helping whereas trapped on the bottom.
Jules was in a position to save the kid however Beltran died by the point the operation wrapped up. One other particular person whose future appeared bleak was Hyperlink (Chris Carmack). After getting trapped below rubble, Hyperlink's coworkers had to determine a option to drag his injured physique to an working desk whereas he was bleeding out.
Hyperlink survived however he was nonetheless out of it by the point his spouse, Jo (Camilla Luddington), joined him by his facet. That left the dying rely at one after followers have been nervous Gray's Anatomy would go for a fictional massacre courtesy of the hospital explosion.
“I've had conversations with among the solid, however all of them realize it's a Gray's Anatomy cliffhanger and so they know yearly they by no means know what to anticipate. They're right here for it. They prefer to hold our tales thrilling and recent,” showrunner Meg Marinis advised The Hollywood Reporter in Might. “However even within the final two seasons with what you noticed this 12 months, we needed to scale back the solid a little bit bit [because of industry-wide budget cuts], and all people has very passionate emotions about their favourite characters.”
She continued: “But when we will get the writers upset then we all know we're doing it proper. It's not as satisfying a narrative if individuals aren't upset when somebody leaves. It's alleged to make individuals upset and unhappy, so I'm positive there'll be some arguments. However I've been persuaded earlier than to alter my thoughts on issues.”
Gray's Anatomy airs on ABC Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET earlier than streaming the following day on Hulu.
