

Although no longer writing for the series, after her departure from ABC to Netflix in 2017, series creator Shonda Rhimes remains credited as a showrunner and executive producer. The deal also keeps Trip the Light Productions, Vernoff's production company, attached to the series. On March 25, 2021, Krista Vernoff, who serves as the showrunner and executive producer of Grey's Anatomy and Station 19 signed a two-year deal with ABC to remain on both series through a potential nineteenth season. This episode concludes a crossover event that begins on Station 19 season 5 episode 5. Once the air-conditioning is restored, Addison and Amelia reunite, and Meredith introduces Addison to her and Derek's children. While Link and Teddy try to fix the AC, Link expresses his anger at Amelia, who is wrapped up in the Parkinson's project, and Teddy cheers him and the rest of the staff up with a party in the morgue. She and Meredith both mourn him together. After the surgery is a success, Addison gets emotional being back in Seattle for the first time since Derek died. Due to the intense heat wave, the air-conditioning in the hospital breaks, and, against the clock, Addison requests help from Meredith.

Bailey and Hayes treat a young woman involved in a jet-ski accident who refuses to call her parents, while Winston continues to try to get a kidney for his patient. Meredith reluctantly tells Richard her plan to work in both Seattle and Minnesota, and he agrees to take her position as Residency Director. The residents are treated with a special guest mentor for the day, Addison Montgomery, who is going to perform a ground-breaking uterus transplant, with Levi Schmitt assisting her. Megan and Hayes work on a young boy involved in a car crash, while Teddy and Owen treat the boy's father, who has pulmonary fibrosis but does not want to get treated. Winston treats a woman with kidney failure, whom Winston believes is not on the transplant list due to her race. At Grey Sloan, Richard motivates the interns through a series of competitions, with Levi winning the opportunity to scrub in on Jo's surgery. Meredith eventually agrees to join the project as long as she can continue to work in Seattle. Amelia immediately jumps on board, though Meredith later reveals to Nick on their first date that she's afraid the project will fail. Hamilton's Parkinson's research project proposal, Meredith flies Amelia out to Minnesota to help her make a decision. This episode concludes a crossover event that begins on Station 19 season 5 episode 1. Owen and Teddy tie the knot in Joe's bar with a newly single Megan officiating after their planned ceremony in the park is ruined by a tandem bike crashing into the priest. Following her rejecting his proposal, Amelia and Link struggle to maintain their relationship while Maggie and Winston enjoy their honeymoon phase. After his youngest son's panic attacks, Hayes connects with Bailey as they interview candidates to replace Jackson, Tom and Jo, who adjusts to life as a single mother and OB/GYN resident with Levi's help. David Hamilton, a former colleague of her mother's who is suffering from Parkinson's disease, reveals his plan to open up a state-of-the-art research center dedicated to curing the disease with Meredith as the public face of the project to attract talent. viewers in millions" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episodes live.Īs she ponders what to do with her life having survived COVID, Meredith travels to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota to attend the opening of a library dedicated to her mother. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. overall" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. See also: List of Grey's Anatomy episodes
