Grey’s Anatomy
Grey ’s Anatomydidn’t become the longest - running aesculapian drama of all time without provide a few shocks along the way . Even in its 15th season , Grey’scontinues to be an undefeatable monster in the rating . It ’s ABC ’s highest - rated drama and as seldom been beat in its many years , dominating the web .
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Although it does n’t claim the same critical tending or award nominations as it did in its early days , Grey ’s Anatomyis still more than equal to of return an worked up catgut - punch or nail - biting cliffhanger . Before the show returns this fall for its sixteenth season , we ’re rank the series ' better ( and worst ) cliffhangers out of its intact rill .
Worst: Jackson Vanishes In The Fog
This cliffhanger occurs in the most recent finale ofGrey ’s Anatomy . At the end of the last minute of season 15 , Maggie and Jackson are attempting to race back to the infirmary to aid their patient when Jackson gets out of the car to see to it what ’s causing all the traffic in the dull murkiness . He does n’t come back . Maggie gets out to shout for him but he does n’t seem to hear her … and then the sequence ends .
The military issue with this cliffhanger is there is no good sense of suspense . News break of Jesse Williams renewing his contract within days , so we know Jackson is n’t dead . That does n’t mean he could n’t be injure , but it ’s a fairly weak cliffhanger based on others we ’ve see on the show . Andrew ’s cliffhanger behind bar is a far more interesting season 15 cliffhanger , no question .
Best: Arizona And Callie’s Car Crash
Callie and Arizona are driving when Arizona suddenly resile a marriage proposal on her . Before Callie catch the chance to do , they cease up in a terrible car crash . It ’s an acute scenery and made even more so by the fact we do n’t get Callie ’s answer and their life could be hanging in the balance .
The cliffhanger in dubiousness come about during the season seven episode " This Is How We Do It . " Of of course , all of this is made scarier by the fact Callie was pregnant at the time and no one fuck if the infant would survive , withal Callie , who bore the brunt of the crash .
Worst: Teddy Is Pregnant With Owen’s Baby
Fatigue over the constant back - and - forth between Teddy , Owen , and Amelia had attain a critical dot already by the end of season 14 . When it was revealed that Teddy was coming back to be a legitimate series regular and was pregnant with Owen ’s baby , people were n’t as shocked as they were annoyed .
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Grey ’s Anatomyhas had an Owen Hunt problem for years . He invariably sabotages relationships and ca n’t seem to learn from his mistakes . By the end of season 15 , it appears he and Teddy are finally on the same page but we ’ve seen this human relationship meet out numerous times already . This cliffhanger come too little too late .
Best: The Plane Crash
Grey ’s Anatomyfeatured a traumatic airplane crash at the remainder of its eighth season , one that ultimately robbed rooter of two favorite character : Lexi Grey and Mark Sloan . Over the class , the smash has been parodied and made merriment of as one of the more ridiculous twists and cliffhangers on the medical drama ’s long story but to this day it has hardly been match by any other dramatic play serial .
If it were another show , the writing might not have been up to sniff to fulfil this properly . Grey’shas always had an splendid team of writers and they help make this one of the best and most memorable cliffhangers of the series .
Worst: Alex Beats Up DeLuca
This was not one of Alex Karev ’s finer second . He comes home and finds DeLuca with Jo and instead of sample to understand what the predicament was , Alex jump off to the worst possible decision and measure up Andrew . It was n’t a keen moment for the fictional character who has produce so much since the first season of the show .
Fans were disappointed in this play in Alex ’s plot line and then it became protract as the opening of Alex going to jailhouse became increasingly probable . The hatred that once brew between these two has barely been mentioned since which is especially odd since Alex ’s best friend is now see him . It appears that the writers might want to forget this singultus , too .
Best: The Hospital Shooting
The end of time of year six may be the most shocking and unexpected season finale out of all 15 season ofGrey ’s Anatomy . Gary Clark give back to the infirmary after his married woman had been taken off life musical accompaniment to seek retaliation on the Doctor and nurse . He begins to shoot at any medico that he comes into inter-group communication with .
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The finale was another two - parter and at the end of the first time of day , Derek has been fool away in the breast and left in near - fatal condition on the infirmary floor . Cristina and Meredith are hysteric as they vibrate above him before pass over into action and saving his life .
Worst: Owen’s Sister Is Actually Alive
And the honor for the least shocking cliffhanger of all sentence go away to … this moment in the penultimate episode of the show ’s 13th season . Everyone predicted that Megan Hunt was secretly alive . Critics had been send for it since the beginning of the season . fan had pick together clues long ago .
Megan arrive back on the scene shocked virtually no one . Perhaps the fate were different than what anyone anticipated but the point is , as far as cliffhangers go , this one was incredibly weak . It also created a ho-hum storyline with Megan , Riggs , and Meredith , despite the fact no one was ever all that invested in Riggs to set about with .
Best: Denny’s Heart Won’t Start
The two - part season finale of season two is another one of the most iconic cliffhanger of all time . Grey ’s Anatomy delivered a heart - stopping terminate ( tough jest , sorry ) to one of their most critically and rooter - beloved season . Between Burke ’s hired man surgery and Denny Duquette , it ’s hard to know where to commence . The sad sexual love story between Izzie and Denny has to come out on top .
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From slue the LVAD wire to strain desperately to get his heart to end , the first part of this two - hour close leave every rooter on the bound of their seat . Erica Hahn tried her best to get Denny ’s new core to beat and it would n’t ! Ultimately , it does but then Denny croak anyways . Grey’struly know how to pull your heartstrings even from the very beginning .
Worst: Jackson Confesses That He Loves April
Regardless of your belief on the now infamous Japril coupling , most would agree that this scene was supremely tacky . There ’s nothing wrong with the eventual sexual union of Jackson and April but this cliffhanger in the twelfth sequence of season ten did n’t leave either of them in a well light .
What person in their right mind would stand up in the centre of a wedding ceremony to confess their erotic love for the Saint Bridget ? Even worse , Jackson did it while sitting next to his then - lady friend , Stephanie . It was clear Jackson and April had look for each other but he just should have secernate her before the observance , at the very least , rather than in the center of it !
Best: Addison Montgomery Shows Up
Is this cliffhanger the most striking out of all 15 seasons ofGrey ’s Anatomy ? No , it does n’t contain any demise scare or aesculapian emergency , but at the time , it was a monolithic shock absorber for buff of the show … in particular those who were rooting for Meredith and Derek to get together .
Even now , Addison ’s entrance and the disclosure that Derek was wed , is see iconic . It was the perfect way to wrap up the show ’s first time of year . Its legacy lives on as one of the most lurid moments ofGrey ’s , even if it was outshine by bomb , plane crash , and shooting since then . This was the cliffhanger heard round the world and helped make the second time of year of the show one of the most - watched ever .
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