Grey’s Anatomy

Grey ’s Anatomyhas never been shy about its revolving door of mould members , and its medical assumption assures rooter that the city of Seattle will never run out of potential patient .

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But   despite the   ABC dramatic play ’s   strong recur tout ensemble , it has often   been the affected role ' account — even those cover over the path of a exclusive instalment — that have   dress the show ’s careful tone , balanced between wittiness and disaster . When these stories are   brought to sprightliness by talented thespian and poignant writing , bothGrey ’s Anatomyand its characters are at their best .

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Megan Clover (Abigail Breslin)

In the Season 3 episode “ Sometimes a Fantasy , ” tiddler principal Abigail Breslin playeda   character reference treated   at Seattle Grace Hospitalfor severe injuries . Dr. Karev initially surmise that her foster parent had hurt her , but it speedily became evident that she played rough because she did n’t palpate any pain . Megan state Karev that she had power , but it reverse out   that her seeming invincibility   was due to a chromosomal condition .

The adorable , approximate and tumble character had Karev sticking his hands in a pail of ice and play hide and look for around the hospital . Megan helped cue audiences that Alex Karev was not entirely loathsome and   had a soft spot for pediatric patients .

Ryan (Dylan Minette)

The13 Reasons Whyactor made his on - screen debut as Ryan in Season 4 ’s “ Haunt You Every twenty-four hour period . ” Though he is hearing , Ryan was born without ears and came to Seattle Grace to request pro bonoplastic surgical process with   Grey ’s   Dr. , Mark Sloan .

Besides his overall prettiness , Ryan was a comedic fictional character who   was n’t afraid to work a room , and he banked on the fact that Dr. Sloan would feel sorry for him and execute the surgery . When Meredith caught on to his skills , she   used them to ask Dr. Webber for the necessary ER time . First , she sent Ryan into his office to say , “ deception or treat ! ” Then Meredith followed with a sad flavour and " Get it ? He ’s legerdemain or deal for ears . " This is still one of the show ’s funniest one - liners to date .

Tess Anderson (Beanie Feldstein)

The time of year 16 installment " Snowblind "   met Dr. Schmidt ’s lost patient Tess in Richard Webber ’s acquirement lab . The ambitious patient was even   scrubbed in for a lap covering kale with Dr. Webber   by the time Schmidt at last cut across her down . Tess later explained her masquerade , saying she ’d had 4 types of cancer in 8 years , which caused her to dangle out of medical school day . However , it was percipient that Tess was bright and still full of potential as she described the pain of never endure her dream .

Grey ’s   most iconic top dog , Dr. Webbertold her about   becoming a Black doctor in the ' 80s ,   " My dream was a hatful hard than other people ’s , but I stuck with it , and I made it arrive on-key . " The dulcet mo was a lesson to hearing that determination is crucial to overpower obstacles . And Webber   had a new hurdle in his way in season 16 ,   as he dealt with a hand earth tremor with an unexplained root .

Haylee and Heidi Peterson (Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano)

This installment , aptly title " Reunion , " determine Richard Webber at Pacific Northwest General Hospital , where he worked in brief in Season 16 . The sisters , Holly Marie Combs as Heidi and Alyssa Milano as Haylee , come to the infirmary to see their third sister , Heather , who was seriously injured at a expression site . Though they had grow apart , the sisters   needed to decide together whether to remove Heather from life support .

Grey’sshowrunner Krista Vernoff confirmedthat the episode ’s cast was a nod to the CW series Charmed , which incline from 1998 to 2006 . Though the character ' name calling   were changed , they were all somewhat close to the enchantress ’ original last name , Haliwell , and the   siblings ' bicker also channeled the iconic series . Plus , there were   definite witchy vibraphone when Haylee brought a vitreous silica into Heather ’s infirmary way , say she needed " just DOE . "

Bonnie Crasnoff (Monica Keena) and Tom Maynard (Bruce A. Young)

The season 2 episode “ Into You Like a gearing ” is just as tragic and messy as it sounds . Though these character might not have made undulation with their love life or surgical skill , Bonnie and Tom are retrieve as incredibly well - develop characters within just a few pageboy of dialog . full strangers impaled together , Tom said the pole through their abdomens was " a pinch uncomfortable , " while one of Bonnie ’s first lines was , " Does anybody have a breath pot ? " Though she rapidly reassured Tom , “ For me , not for you ! "

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Derek Shepherd and Dr. Burke   ultimately   choose to remove Bonnie — whose injuries would in all likelihood be calamitous   —   for save Tom . These selfless , funny , and right away endearing characters were one of the series ' early disaster . But they demonstrated just how endue an audience could become over the course of study of a individual installment . Of course , that ’s still the formula Grey ’s relies on to keep its emotionally masochistic viewers coming back for more .

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Young Ellis Grey (Sarah Paulson)

Throughout the serial , writers rarely portrayed the controversial materfamilias in a indulgent light , and the hearing only ever do it as much as Meredith did concerning Ellis Grey ’s past tense . But this season 6 instalment aptly call " Time Warp " bring home the bacon sixth sense into Ellis ' early age in music , during which she treated a patient role who displayed preindication   of AIDS in 1982 , long before the disease was understood or even named .

This episode dealt with issues of equity in medicament that are still far from answer , including racialism , sexism , and homophobia .   When a young Dr. Webber guilted Ellis about prioritize their relationship and act over being there for Meredith , she tell him , “ I ease up birth to a baby , Richard . That makes me a mother … It does n’t make me less of a woman . It does n’t make me less of a sawbones . No matter how much everyone wants it to . ” In this installment , Ellis is compassionate , potent - willed , and quick to take risks to preach for her affected role . And though she was n’t the mosthands - on mother to a youthful Meredith Grey , the audience last got to see Ellis in her element .

Jeremy West (Marshall Allman) and Beth Monroe (Jurnee Smollett)

Clinical run patient Beth seem in both season 4 ’s “ Freedom : Part 1 ” and “ exemption : Part 2 , ” though deplorably , her boyfriend Jeremy does n’t make it through the first . But their joyful beloved ushers in the long - awaited success of Derek Shepherd ’s extremely cheerless clinical run . And Beth is an immediately sympathetic grapheme , jest around with her parent and calling Dr. Shepherd the “ Seattle Grace brain butcher . ”

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Jeremy was another clinical trial affected role , and the couple made up the last live members of their support grouping . The instalment was veryThe Fault in Our Stars , complete with a clandestine tryst . Though Jeremy tragically died , both fiber bring much - needed body fluid and passion to one ofGrey ’s Anatomy ’s   darker eras .

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Justine Campbell (Alfre Woodard)

In season 8 ’s “ Heart - shape Box , ” Justine Campbell , a fable writer with a nous aneurysm , test herself to be the series ' most memorable and enamor individual - installment character . Justine was also a somewhat meta character since she was in the process of crafting a literary honey triangle while Lexi struggled to opt between Mark Sloan and Jackson Avery .   The writer was   exclusively dedicated to her character Kate and Nathan and never afraid to state her limit , even when Derek Shepherd got in her way . She severalize him , “ Between your voice and my leaky aneurysm , I ’m having a b * * * * of a time focusing . ”

Justine was incredibly loyal to her fans , as well as her characters , which mirrored Grey ’s own kinship with its TV audience . tenseness even rose between Lexi and the source as if Justine was writing Lexi ’s fortune herself . Then , of course , Justine ’s aneurysm tout in perfect dramatic class . But   the iconic author exist to publish a new ending for her story , on the page and off .

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