It looks like Meredith Grey’sCOVID-19 battleisn’t quite over.
In thenew promofor next week’s episode ofGrey’s Anatomy,Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith is still slow to recover from the virus, despite having been taken off the ventilator a few episodes back.
“She should be awake. Why isn’t she?” he says.
The clip then turns to Meredith’s idyllic beach dream sequence, where she has been reunited with various past characters throughout her COVID battle — including her late husband Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey).
“People love you Meredith, people need you,” Derek tells Meredith.
“I’m tired,” she replies.
“You’re still fighting,” he says, though Meredith seems to want to stay on the beach — a foreboding sign for her recovery back in the real world.
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“I want you closer,” she tells Derek, who is also the father of her three children.
“If you get closer…” Derek begins as Meredith knowingly finishes his sentence: “I’ll never leave.”
Dempsey, 55, first shocked fans when he made a surprise return to the series during theseason premierelast November after his character died in a car crash during season 11.
Since then, Derek has appeared in Meredith’s COVID dreams twice more. According to showrunner Krista Vernoff, fanswould spot him one more timebefore the season’s close — meaning his appearance in next week’s episode will likely be his last.
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Dane and Leigh become the latest former stars to return, reprising their respective roles as Lexie Grey and Mark Sloane during an episode earlier this month. The pair returned to the show for the first time since the series' 2012 season eight finale when both tragically died as a result of a plane crash.
Grey’s Anatomyairs Thursdays (9 p.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
