Grey’s Anatomy
give the on-going WGA and SAG - AFTRA strike , fan theory aboutGrey ’s Anatomyseason 20 ’s story wo n’t go answered for some clip . Shonda Rhimes ’ suffer medical drama is notably absent from ABC ’s fall slating . While a mid - season premiere seems more likely , that also entail a shorter season 20 . However , at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital , fewer episodes do n’t equate to less drama , and the time of year 19 conclusion certainly typeset up several compelling threads .
Despite Ellen Pompeo ’s departure from the serial publication , it look like farseeing - time protagonist Dr. Meredith Grey has a grounds to crop up during season 20 . Meanwhile , Dr. Teddy Altman ( Kim Raver ) , the infirmary ’s current Chief of Surgery , may be incapacitated — if not worse . From unfold new relationships to mussy ending , Grey ’s Anatomyseason 20 has a lot to explore both instead and outside the hospital ’s operating rooms .
7Richard Didn’t Take A Drink
In theGrey ’s Anatomyseason 19 close , Richard Webber ( James Pickens Jr. ) go to the Catherine Fox Awards alongside his wife ( Debbie Allen ) , for whom the awards are named , along with attendee Amelia Shepherd ( Caterina Scorsone ) as well as nominees Winston Ndugu ( Anthony Hill ) , Maggie Pierce ( Kelly McCreary ) , Nick Marsh ( Scott Speedman ) , and honor - success Miranda Bailey ( Chandra Wilson ) . On the carpenter’s plane ride from Seattle to Boston , vivid turbulence strikes .
Thinking the carpenter’s plane is survive down , a panic Richard , who has been sober for years , reaches for Catherine ’s drunkenness . gratefully , Bailey pick apart the crank out of his hand before he can take a sip . But it ’s not a pass enticement . After the honour ceremony , Amelia , who ’s also sober , suggests they find a meeting . After Amelia leaves , a server hand over a potable to Richard . He weigh the glass , but the show does n’t reveal if he intermit his gravity or not . Given Richard ’s age of dedication to his dryness , it ’s hard to imagineGrey’sthrowing that aside to rehash a conversant plot .
6Meredith’s Alzheimer’s Research Will Be A Recurring Storyline
Grey ’s Anatomyseason 19 sees Meredith Grey finally leave Grey Sloan Memorial behind . While viewers witness her departure episode disappointing , Meredith clearly is n’t being write out of the show all . After her eldest daughter , Zola ( Aniela Gumbs ) , experiences continuing terror attacks , Meredith deduces that Zola is afraid of a loom threat : that her mother , like her grandmother , will develop Alzheimer ’s disease . Passionate about music , Zola know there ’s no cure .
On a trip to claver schooltime for Zola , Jackson Avery ( Jesse Williams ) , who ’s direct up a Boston - free-base branch of his mother ’s Catherine Fox Foundation , paint a picture Meredith move her sept to the East Coast so that he can fund her research into Alzheimer ’s . Meredith consort , believing she can assuage Zola ’s fears and make groundbreaking ceremony share . On the evening of the Catherine Fox Awards , Meredith let out that her inquiry has debunked the leading hypothesis about the disease , which meansMeredith ’s Alzheimer ’s story gives her a grounds to return toGrey ’s Anatomyfor time of year 20 .
5Sam Dying Will Put A Strain On Jo & Link’s New Relationship
Jo Wilson ( Camilla Luddington ) and Atticus Lincoln ( Chris Carmack ) , a.k.a . Link , have been good friends for years . Long before they encounter up again at Grey Sloan , they ’d work together as teenagers , and as Link later on reveals , he ’d always had a massive crush on Jo . When Link ’s family relationship with Amelia , the mother of his son , deteriorates , he moves in with Jo and her adopted daughter , Luna . What starts out as a found household / roomie scenario turns much more complicated .
After sleeping with Link , Jo fight him aside as she ’s afraid of ruin their friendship . However , the introduction of a patient , Sam Sutton ( Sam Page ) , throws another twist into things . Sam , who has a penchant for risk of infection - pickings and thrills , breaks all of his limbs , go Link to do some serious surgery . Afterward , Sam becomes Jo ’s quasi - love pastime , which infuriates Link . In the end , Jo and Link confess their love for each other — in the rain , no less — but Sam dies of complication . Undoubtedly , the friction over Jo and the late Sam ’s relationship will complicate the twosome ’s would - be clean start .
4Teddy Will Survive Her Season 19 Fate
In the last few episodes ofGrey ’s Anatomyseason 19 , Teddy quetch of a odontalgia , all while reject to see a dentist . As the newly name Chief of Surgery , Teddy had a flock on her shell , specially with various Dr. leaving the hospital to either attend the Catherine Fox Awards or Simone ’s ill - fatten out wedding . gratuitous to say , Teddy agitate her own wellness aside for the sake of workplace , despite her colleagues ' words of warning . In the finale episode , Teddy suddenly break down .
Clearly , whatever is going on is join to the toothache . Ironically , toothaches and jaw pain can be symptomatic of heart attack in women or signs of heart cramp . As an attending cardiothoracic sawbones , who was once head of the department , it ’s a appropriately wild turn that Teddy was unable to notice her own nitty-gritty issues . This also opens the door for Winston , the newly appointed Head of Cardio , to perform a lifetime - saving process on Teddy .
3Amelia’s Sister Will (Somehow) Blame Her For Lucas' ADHD Diagnosis
While Amelia may have been close with her brother Derek Shepherd ( Patrick Dempsey ) , she has a much more complicated human relationship with the rest of her family of doctors . In fact , her sisters did n’t even attend her ill - fated wedding to Owen Hunt ( Kevin McKidd ) . In time of year 19 , viewers learn that one of the Modern surgical intern , Lucas Adams ( Niko Terho ) , is Amelia ’s nephew . So far , it ’s not clear which Shepherd babe is Lucas ’ mom , but some signs aim to Nancy Shepherd , a Connecticut - establish OBGYN .
Later on inGrey ’s Anatomyseason 19 , Nick has a heart - to - heart with Lucas . Nick not only notices that the intern is neurodivergent , but that Lucas exhibits signs of undiagnosed ADHD . As someone who also has ADHD , Nick is able-bodied to clock it ; Lucas , however , ca n’t consider his family of doctors never notice , and that they fault him for never being “ good enough . ” One of Amelia ’s sisters , Kathleen , is a psychiatrist — it would be quite the twist if Kathleen is Lucas ’ female parent , and she missed diagnosing her own son . do it to say , all of this would somehow add up back to bite Amelia .
2Winston & Maggie Will Divorce
Winston and Maggie had an fabulously tumultuous season 19 , to say the least . rubbing in their wedding twist to clash in the OR , especially when the pair earn they had some fundamental differences in how they take in work and honey . At one point , Winston thinks about resign cardio : he believes working in a dissimilar section from Maggie will save their marriage . The ever - driven Maggie , however , tells Winston she ca n’t respect him for that choice .
afterward on , the pair puts aside their divergence to perform an fantastically complicated surgical operation . At first , Maggie begin all the credit for the procedure — even though she does n’t want that — and Winston blame her , rag that he ’ll always be living in her tincture . Maggie terminate up leaving the hospital for other pursuits , but the still - wed couple meet up in Boston ahead of the Catherine Fox Awards . Given their joint nominating address , the two realize they might have alchemy in the OR ( and the sleeping accommodation ) , but that marriage is n’t for them , meaning season 20 will likely boast a ( ripe ) divorcement .
1Trey’s Life-Threatening Crash Will Complicate Lucas & Simone’s “Happy Ending”
In the penultimate episode of time of year 19 , Simone Griffith ( Alexis Floyd ) seems to be spirt in the lead with her marriage to prospicient - time young man and mate surgeon Trey ( William Martinez ) . On the cockcrow of her wedding , Simone head to Grey Sloan to see Lucas ; although it ’s under the pretense of enquire him a work - related favor , the romanticist tension between the two is palpable . After seeing multiple omens forward of her wedding ceremony , Simone jilts Trey .
Someone flee their wedding party while walk down the gangway is n’t the sequence ’s most dramatic turn , though . After go away , Simone rushes to the hospital to squeal her feelings to Lucas — and grab an on - call room , in trueGrey ’s Anatomyfashion . Lucas is later call to help with a trauma case : the door of the ambulance undefendable to let on Trey , who ’d get into a car accident while chasing after Simone . Trey ’s power to operate hangs in peril too . AlthoughLucas and Simone are mirroring a legacy couple from the series , this development will no doubt mar their on the face of it happy ending .
