Grey’s Anatomy

Richard Webber and Meredith Grey are two of the longest - hunt down characters inGrey ’s Anatomy , having been on the show since its inception . They are very warm of each other , as manifest by Richard ’s concern for Meredith during her Covid comatoseness , but they have done deplorable thing to each other in the past too .

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Whether it was inadvertent , neglectful , or even just plain despiteful , the way they have represent towards each other make   fans wonder if their human relationship is as tidy as it seems .

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Richard Had An Affair With Ellis Grey

This affair occurred way before the series began but it still had an extremely long - lasting encroachment on Meredith ’s life , culminate in thereveal of her half - sister , Maggie Pierce . To have an intimacy with any matrimonial somebody is the untimely thing to do .

With Richard and Ellis , it was even worse , as it split up up Meredith ’s female parent and father and cause Ellis to further begrudge her girl . In fact , Ellis was so distraught by Richard leaving her that she cut her wrists in front of Meredith , in all likelihood shock her in the future .

Richard Employed Derek’s Killer

While Miranda Bailey was the one who employed Penny Blake , Richard knew about it and did not enjoin Meredith . Blake was one of the doctors who cover Derek Shepherd before he died due to negligence on their part . No one would want to work with one of their husband ’s cause of death .

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Despite all this , Richard wittingly kept Blake ’s new position at the hospital closed book from Meredith . Not only was this a huge betrayal on a personal floor , but Meredith was also on the hospital board . She should have been notified regarding Blake ’s employment as a professional courtesy .

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Richard Employed Addison Montgomery

Addison Montgomery is one of the most popularGrey’scharacters , demonstrated by the positivistic response to her late comeback in Season 18 . However , in her first visual aspect , she was very much maligned by fans   simply because she was Derek ’s wife .

bring her on board was a brutal thing to do , as it causedMeredith ’s first break up with Derek . Meredith was clear overwrought when Derek choose Addison , as evidenced by the fact that she ended up experience intoxicated at Joe ’s Bar . Richard ’s decision ultimately caused Meredith a year of anguish .

Richard Was Ungrateful Towards Meredith

In the Season 9 finale , Richard end up electrocute in the infirmary basement . He was eventually found , but suffered severe hurt . Meredith was choose as his healthcare proxy and she elected to   perform a difficult surgery to keep Richard live .

After Richard woke up , he berated Meredith furiously for keeping him alert . This was heartrending to determine as Meredith was devastated by his speech . what is more , this was a uncommon social function where Richard was measuredly cruel without understanding or excuse .

Richard Got Drunk At Work

During Season 6 , Richard began drinking again and it affected both his societal and professional life greatly . Meredith was one of the first masses to realize he had fallen off the wagon , but Richard involve her not to enjoin anyone . This was an unjust military position to put Meredith in .

first of all , this jeopardized Meredith ’s career , as she was complicit in hiding a sawbones ’s drinking problem . second , Richard ’s drunkenness dissemble Meredith ’s human relationship with her married man , as she was uncomfortable with keeping such a mystery from him .

Meredith Was Complicit In Richard’s Drinking

Richard ’s imbibition was no one ’s demerit but his own . However , a respectable admirer would stress to   encourage Richard to get help . Meredith knew he was drinking but still did nothing . In fact , she benefited from the situation   because Richard started to give her secret lessons .

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Furthermore , Meredith refuse to say anything in reality harmed Richard even more . He carried on imbibing and mislay his job as Chief of Surgery . Not to mention , Meredith ’s inaction also indirectly have complications from several of Richard ’s botched surgeries .

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Meredith Got Richard Fired

Richard is no stranger to professional misconduct , having been fire or demoted at least 3 times over the form of the series .   Not all of these juncture were his fracture though . In Season 7 , Meredith interfered in a medical trial , which Richard took the blame for .

While Meredith ’s action were stately , they costRichard his position as Chief of Surgery . Richard worked incredibly hard to pull in that persona , overcoming racialism and potomania so as to climb that ladder . Meredith did not recollect about the consequences of her actions and how they would affect those around her .

Meredith Refused To Invite Richard To Her Wedding

Richard is a Father-God bod to Meredith , which is why it was so surprising and hurtful when Meredith refused to tempt Richard to her marriage ceremony in Season 5 . It wasa very selfish turn on Meredith ’s part , as Richard is basically her non - biologic father .

Admittedly , they were fight back to a great extent during this prison term , but even Derek asked Meredith to reconsider . It is patent throughoutGrey’sthat Meredith and Richard are like mob , so this is certainly one of the worst thing Meredith ever did to Richard .

Meredith Constantly Puts Herself In Danger

Meredith and Richard are passing secretive , which is why it must pain Richard so abysmally to see Meredith lie in at death ’s door on several occasions . Some of these can not be helped , such as Meredith contracting a dangerous case of coronavirus .

However , there are other instances where Meredith was deliberately heady . When Meredith put her manus on a live bomb , for example . It get Richard unnecessary nuisance to see his surrogate girl act so cavalierly with her life , particularly in the early seasons .

Meredith Blamed Richard For Her Tragic Childhood

Meredith and her female parent had a very combative relationship . Ellis emotionally neglected Meredith and when Meredith was older , she blamed Richard . Granted , Richard and Ellis had had an affair , but Richard was not responsible for for Ellis ’s poor parenting attainment .

It was unfair of Meredith to   excoriate Richard . He felt   blamable   enough already and Ellis seemed to use Richard as an exculpation . piles of people have been hurt , but they do not use it to excuse shameful parenting . Besides , Richard made up for it by acting like the father Meredith really deserved .

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