Meredith was his doctor and she defended him in front of some of the other doctors. Despite Miranda Bailey, who felt that Derek was beginning to show signs of favoritism towards Meredith the following day, catching them in the act, the pair began to date secretly, something which her roommates would eventually discover, and thus were mostly not too pleased about as they thought she was trying to win favors and felt uncomfortable sharing living space with their "boss's boss." She said she'd never operate again if she couldn't stand on her feet long enough. Amelia was mad at her for not having called her before pulling the plug on Derek, so she couldn't say goodbye. Meredith was invited to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota by David Hamilton, a former colleague of her mother's, to attend the opening of a research library named after Ellis. At this point, the character had been through so much, and fans were astonished by her resilience and perseverance through grief. Meredith then told him about her sleeping with Nathan, just before Maggie came in and told them Nathan turned her down. They used to live with another girl named Leah but she moved away. To get through to her, Meredith talked about how she stopped fighting when she was about to drown and asked if Jo wanted to stop fighting, too, or if she just needed a few more days under her covers. During a Halloween sleepover, Zola had another panic attack causing Meredith and Nick to put their romantic getaway on hold to pick her up and drive her home. The episode concludes as Alex, Meredith, Zola, Bailey and baby Ellis return to the Dream House and adjust to life back in Seattle. Meredith was exhausted from the activity and asked Bailey to talk about her life to distract her. After Meredith and Derek decided to have their own personal Grey's Anatomy wedding via Post-It note (which also felt like the writers' personal love letter to fans), season 6's two-part premiere, "Good Mourning/Goodbye" saw the two begin married life together as their roommates moved out. However, after Bailey explained that Lexie probably thought she hated her, because of their family links, and after a traumatic day when Cristina brought Lexie home with her, Meredith made an effort to bond with her so they danced and drank tequila. They wrote their promises to each other on the iconic post-it note. However, their relationship soon faced its first obstacle when this episode revealed that Derek had been married to Addison the entire time. She rarely got involved with people and their problems, unless it affected their work. Meredith and Cristina also have several sleepovers at each other's houses, sometimes in Meredith's bed with Derek in it. On the day of her court hearing, she woke up to Zola telling her she wasn't feeling well. [40], As the relationship with Nathan progressed to him sleeping over a lot, Meredith finally found it time for him to meet the kids and invited him to dinner. Meredith wasn't sure that she could since the beach was comfortable and pain-free. While Meredith found a new way to continue Cece's care, she and Cece agreed to diminish the number of questions and try a new approach as well. Lexie and Meredith didn't get too close, both having two different sets of friends, but they did eventually become friends which was made easier with the presence of George O'Malley who was good friends with both of them. One of Grey's Anatomy 's most rock solid couples, Miranda Bailey and Ben Warren said, "I do," in the episode "Things We Said Today." When Bailey was late to her wedding because she was. He wrote that during his call with Izzie, he heard children in the background, and Izzie told him they were his. During Meredith's trial, she lost her temper at one of the doctors on the panel, the one who'd killed Derek. He walked her back to her hotel room, and she didn't invite him in. Amelia moved with Meredith to her old house after Meredith sold her and Derek's house. This resulted in Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital being renamed to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in 2013, after Lexie Grey and Mark Sloan, the two fatalities of the plane crash. She advised Alex to go and tell Bailey what happened, but he went to try and stop Andrew from pressing charges. Trying to take steps forward, Meredith asked him to move in and he accepted. She told him she could fix him as he was the one who taught her everything about surgery, life, and being a parent. Upon recognizing an Anatomy Jane doll and her own remembered fondness for her own as a child, Dr. Miranda Bailey allowed Meredith to scrub into surgery that day on a patient being treated for an inoperable tumor. That evening, Meredith hosted a party for the newlyweds at her house. Eventually, he accepted her apology, but admitted that he was partly to blame too, he had known how she felt about Derek and knew that she didn't love George. On Halloween, she woke up with her roommate Paula hovering over her face because Meredith had been snoring. This is the story of Meredith Catherine Grey and Addison Adrianne Forbes Montgomery. They had a big fight in Amsterdam, and though they made up and stayed friends, their friendship never truly recovered and they were never as close again. In the end, Vincenzo's display of reckless behavior led to Alex shutting the research down. Amelia joined them as Meredith said that a house filled with happy people would be the perfect last memory, as that had been what Derek had wanted. Meredith talked him through the case and noticed that he was speaking fast and apparently had not slept for days. [57], Following their date, Andrew assisted her as she broke the hospital's longest surgery record with a 27 hour and 3-minute surgery. She appeared in Teddy's subconsciousness as Teddy went catatonic at Andrew's memorial service. She took Andrew to the party with her as her plus one, though they did not plan on staying long as Meredith had the house to herself. Andrew offered to sit with her but she didn't like him offering to skip a surgery to be her human tissue. Cormac talked about he loss of his wife impacted their kids and again begged her to fight. She relocated to Massachusetts with Meredith, and Thatcher lost all contact with his daughter. She asked if she was his friend now. Meredith works on her research while Andrew ignores her. Danielle lives with her best friend Jaina in a beautiful, three bedroom house in Seattle. He commented on her beauty yet acknowledged it felt shallow; she said she taught their children to say "pretty on the inside." After attending medical school, Meredith secured a spot at Seattle Grace Hospital as a surgical intern and moved from Boston to her mother's house in Seattle. Cristina was often there for Meredith during her worst times and vice versa. Conversation then came easier and Meredith told him about Maggie and her children and comforted him until he died with her by his side.[55]. She was the "angry pink hair kid" in high school. After a fight with Owen, Cristina showed up at Meredith's house. Season 6~. He was told that to be put on the transplant list, he had to be sober for at least a year, but he had only been sober for 90 days. That night, Derek proposed to Meredith in the elevator, which was decorated with surgical scans from their past cases. Meredith Grey and Peter Bishop have been together for 11 years and have just recently got engaged. Meanwhile, Meredith found herself back on her beach, overlooking the ocean. Meredith responded that the situation was much more complicated than that, as it was Richard and Adele. Cristina told Alex to help Meredith with trying to keep Zola from being taken from her because Meredith was the only one who "gave a rat's ass" about Alex. Susan Grey (stepmother)Carolyn Shepherd (mother-in-law)Mr. Shepherd (father-in-law)Eric Thompson (brother-in-law)Nancy Shepherd (sister-in-law)Kathleen Shepherd (sister-in-law)Amelia Shepherd (sister-in-law)Liz Shepherd (sister-in-law)Laura Grey-Thompson (niece)Christopher Shepherd (nephew)Scout Derek Shepherd Lincoln (nephew)Winston Ndugu (brother-in-law)Lucas Adams (nephew)AuntNine NiecesFour Nephews Afterward, her relationship with Owen got better, and upon Cristina's departure, she considered Owen as her friend and promised to be his person for Cristina. The icon which is Meredith Grey began in 2005 when Greys Anatomy first aired on ABC. Ellis ends up getting Alzheimer's still and nobody has ever told Meredith they loved her. Back at home, Alex told Meredith about Bailey's decision to let him work in the clinic and that he supported that decision because his head wasn't in the game. When Addison came to Seattle Grace although she wanted Derek back, she was civil to Meredith and even defended her in front of a mislead patient. During the "superstorm," Meredith gave birth, via c-section, to a baby boy whom she named Derek Bailey Shepherd after both Derek and Miranda Bailey.[109]. Derek approached her, they got drunk, before ending up at her place, sleeping with each other. He told her it was nice to meet someone widowed young like him. She went to Bailey who handed Suzanne's case to her. Both of them missed saving lives and were frustrated about having to sit on the sidelines. When Addison came to Seattle Grace, Izzie and Cristina stole a patient from psych to make her feel better and when Meredith was put on Erica Hahn's service, Cristina selflessly gave Meredith lots of advice on how to impress Hahn. Derek then reappeared and told her he would be right there for her. She was delighted to see him and he backed Derek's statement that the sand wasn't real, nor was the ocean or his body. While waiting on the scans of their shared patients, he asked her not to hold their first meeting against him as it was around the time he had lost his wife two years earlier. Will she be able to work in the new not-so-friendly environment and find love in the process? There is no sexual attraction between the two, as shown when Meredith sits in the bathroom and has a girl talk with Alex. Teddy deemed that Meredith's lungs were at a breaking point and suggested they needed to put her on a vent. The lawyer would schedule a hearing, where she suspected Meredith would be ordered to a few hours of community service in a clinic if she was repentant. She is the daughter of the now-deceased Ellis Grey, a famed general surgeon, and the now-deceased Thatcher Grey. He broke down and Meredith reached for his hand to comfort him. The officer told Meredith to keep fighting the good fight without landing herself in jail. However, after an argument with Derek, Meredith ended up cheating on Finn with Derek. Jackson moved to Seattle Grace through the merger with Mercy West. He tried to perform CPR in the ambulance, but she did not respond. Meredith Grey/Mark Sloan. This all resulted in a particularly bad day for Meredith, resulting in her snapping at everyone in the OR, including Nathan. He concluded by saying she was always welcome to visit once she had accepted his decision so that his kids could meet their Auntie Mer, adding that he hoped she wouldn't hate him too much. [94], Soon after, Meredith woke up and showed a spectacular recovery. When Derek moved back home after being in D.C. the two were lying in bed and Derek told her that she was always the one. Meredith confided that that would never go away. However, while traveling in Europe, she received a call and was told that her mother had Alzheimer's. Meredith was moved to the ICU, where Teddy intubated her and put her on a vent. James asked Levi if Meredith really was as mean as he'd heard. Alex wanted to proceed with letters from Callie, Arizona, April, and even Addison, but the judge had heard enough. She went to take it out. He said he'd back off for a while and wait, but he'd call and then come back. Later, when Derek got shot, Meredith said that April didn't have the right to cry because of Derek, but she told Meredith that Reed, her best friend died. Meredith suggested they take a walk to watch the sunset, but he wanted to hold on to the feeling for a little while longer. He had been on the way to the airport for a final trip to D.C. where he would wrap up his work and hand in his resignation. She later met Cormac in front of the OR board. There were also some light-hearted moments in the post-proposal wedding episodes, particularly since Meredith and Derek took a back seat and allowed Izzie Stevens to organize the day (episode 22, "Sweet Surrender"). While the writers added a bit of drama as Meredith tried her best to avoid repeating the same mistakes her mother made when raising her, there were plenty of light-hearted moments too as the couple made a disaster with Zola's birthday cake (season 8, episode 12, "Hope For The Hopeless"). He left her to think about it, and she decided that she wanted him to give her a reason to go for it. Overcome by desire, she removed herself from the situation and promised him she'd think about what he had said. [88] At some point during the day, she also met her new nephew and left the new parents to fight about the baby's name. He informed her he was doing well and had spent his time asleep at home to keep the mania from creeping back in. Meredith soon learned that Derek was still married when his wife, Addison, came to Seattle to get Derek back. He pointed out her children wouldn't recover if she were locked up, but she planned on hiring a great lawyer and plead her case, confident that her track record and the fact that it was her first offense would help her win. These moments show that Meredith's interest in medicine started when she was a toddler. Meredith then told him they needed to talk about Jo and shared what Jo had told her before. During season 4 of Greys Anatomy, Meredith Grey had many sessions with the hospitals psychiatrist Katherine Wyatt. Jo replied the latter, after which Meredith insisted they go talk to Alex and Bailey to get her a proper leave of absence so she could get the help she needed. They staged an intervention with Carina, Richard, and his psychiatrist. The three stayed friends, even taking in Meredith's dog, but Addison sometimes felt a tension between the two and realized that everybody knew Derek loved Meredith, except for Derek and Meredith. Meredith, Izzie, George, Alex, and Bailey went to the site of a massive ferry boat accident. This made Alex think of himself as just another piece of trash but Meredith reminded him of his career and remained confident that he wouldn't go to prison. However, she immediately broke that promise when she hid the fact that Nathan came to see her that night, asking about the problem she had mentioned as he really felt something between them. Callie claims Meredith's panties to protect her. He believed she was worth waiting for. Gerlie then collapsed and was re-admitted. It was great to see that their communication skills had improved as well as their understanding of each other. As they talked about their kids, a nurse spotted Tom and brought him back to his room. This proved to be one of the best decisions they made since there were a few brief instances where it looked like they might have broken up, especially after he threw her engagement ring away in a fight (episode 17, I Will Follow You Into The Dark"), but Meredith refused to quit, leading to them quickly reuniting in episode 18, "Stand By Me". She ran into Cormac and Jackson, whom she was jealous of for having operated earlier that day. Derek ended up going back to work and removed Izzie's brain tumor successfully. Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd's love story had quite a tumultuous timeline on Grey's Anatomy. When Alex was drunk, he told Owen Hunt about this incident, who continued to alarm Derek and Richard. He took her to a favorite spot of his by the lake where he shared that he had cut back on his hours because he was starting to ignore the beautiful world around him. He claimed he knew they were just friends who had sex, but during Owen and Amelia's wedding, he smilingly looked at her, indicating he had started to feel more for her. Later that day, Meredith officiated a wedding between her patient and her fianc shortly before the former's death. Of course, back then, she was "just a girl in a bar . And that he was the most qualified surgeon to remove the tumor. Enjoy! While she dismissed at as no big deal, the kiss led to her having sex dreams about the majority of men in her life, such as Andrew, Jackson, and Tom. As he slowly realized something was wrong with him, he addressed her as Ellis. Before leaving, she told him she was missing him. With all non-emergent surgeries cancelled, Meredith was one of the doctors doing shifts in the special COVID-19 ICU, where she had to run codes all the time and where most of her patients kept dying suddenly and unexpectedly. First Dempeo fanfic, Ellen and Patrick aren't married to anyone and there are no kids. ", RELATED: Patrick Dempsey's Grey's Anatomy Fallout Explained - Allegations & Updates. :). However, they overcame the obstacle and their friendship grew. Which is an equally iconic Meredith Grey moment. Online dating, this probably should either. While in there, Andrew confided in her about how his famous surgeon father killed four people while he operated in a manic episode but he got away with it because of his connections. He then joked she could have just turned him down when he asked her for that drink rather than getting COVID. Meredith admitted that Andrew's "I love you" terrified her because it reminded her of Derek and all the pain she had been through. The most amazing thing about Meredith, though, is that she takes all that pain, all that loss, and she turns it into drive. The next week, Meredith started to be come more active. She spent weeks fighting to get back to normal but she now realized that normal entailed sexism, racism, inequality, and substandard care. Richard was questioned about the Alzheimer trial but he maintained that he was the only one who had played a role in that. She stated Meredith had in fact broken the law to save a life, so she deserved to pick up trash, but she did not deserve to have her license taken over it. While at April and Matthew's wedding, Derek received a call from the president himself and ended up accepting the offer to put his name on their federal research initiative. Her frustration finally hit a boiling point and she destroyed a supply room. While the season 9 two-part premiere "Going, Going, Gone/Remember The Time" showed Meredith and Derek coming out with physical and emotional injuries, "MerDer's" relationship was seen to be stronger than ever. Although Callie and Meredith were friends, they were never great friends. The word impressed does not come close to defining how viewers felt watching Grey in this moment. This is a story of Meredith and Derek from grey's anatomy. Profession Since Tom and Amelia agreed it was Alzheimer's, Catherine decided to take him home. They were going to move to DC. In a scrub room, Addison told Meredith that if there was even a chance that Derek still loved her then she wasn't leaving Seattle but she would if he didn't. [116], Nathan and Meredith were initially at odds, with her disliking him out of loyalty for Owen. Derek moved back home. They toured numerous schools, eventually ending up at the Brookline Steam Academy in Boston. Her supervisor Robin Jones started to object to her street clinic since it was keeping people from doing their work but Meredith brought up she had noticed a nodule in Robin's neck that warranted a closer look. Upon finding out that Jo still hadn't spoken to Alex after her return from Pittsburgh, Meredith went to stay with Jo while Alex took her place in her household. Derek planned to propose to her, with a ring from his mother but remarked to Mark that the timing had to be right, otherwise she would bolt. Meredith wanted to stop him from taking the fall, but she couldn't stop him from taking the fall and turning himself in as she could not leave the chamber.[66]. Their work completely convinced Amelia, yet Meredith remained hesitant. Initially, she didn't like the way Lexie followed her around and seemed envious of her rapport with Derek. She wondered why he had kept his reasoning for his non-standard approach from her, to which he replied that convincing her that he belonged here was not a part of his job. Picking up her kids felt like running a marathon. Together, they told Meredith not to waste a single more minute of life. Having found a new purpose, Cece accepted her as a client and they started talking. After discovering that Alex failed his board exams, Meredith helped him to study and they occasionally have heartfelt and meaningful conversations. Levi replied that he heard her voice with every win that he booked. Meredith then told him that the chief had told her about the ring and that she was not going to give up on them. Soon after, she started treating Cece Colvin, a professional matchmaker, who picked up on Meredith's desire to be kissed, even though Meredith dismissed the observation. She finally told someone she wasn't sure she could do this on her own. Since she was supposed to be let out that day and was eager to spend the holiday with her kids, Meredith watched the clock closely. meredith; derek +22 more # 3. The very first time we met Meredith Grey ( Ellen Pompeo ), she was waking up next to Derek Shepherd ( Patrick Dempsey) in her living room. She added that if he really expected her to sit back and nothing, he didn't know her at all, and walked away from him. Meredith was at work when Owen and Nathan brought Megan to the hospital. While waiting for the results, Callie sat down in her room to have a little chat about how she was doing. Happy Days' Original Title Would've Killed The Classic Show, Power Rangers New Red Ranger Zord Breaks A Decades-Old Franchise Trend, One Big Bang Theory Main Character Was Only Meant To Be A Guest Role. "Then why aren't I up there?" As she pondered his proposal, she saw Nick Marsh leaving the restaurant with his date. Derek engaged Meredith in his Alzheimer's clinical trial, trying to find a cure for her mother's disease. It was an extremely emotional time but the couple didn't have to wait long since they ended up meeting their first daughter, Zola, in season 7, episode 20, "White Wedding. He was asked about the delay in Zola's adoption. Meredith then was told there was an accident. ShepherdGrey JuniorThe Annoying Twins (along with Cristina)Mer-Der (along with Derek)Dr. FrankensteinCover GirlJailbirdWonder WomanMeredith Webber (AU)Bobbsey Twins (along with Cristina)Chatty Cathy Meredith lied to him, saying she didn't return the feelings, out of consideration for Maggie. Meredith Grey, first-grade teacher. She asked Nick to leave the OR because of the conflict of interest. She described herself as "dark and twisty" due to her negativity, in contrast to Derek's charismatic optimism. Together with Carina, she again voiced her concerns over his mental state but he ordered her to leave the room. Meredith continued to dream about Andrew as she began going on dates with the help of her matchmaker patient, Cece. However, as Teddy and Andrew were debating her request, she passed out again, yet again finding herself at the beach with Derek. I'll update periodically. Her vitals remained stable and imaging showed improvement, confusing her doctors as to why she wasn't waking up. Several months later, Thatcher came into Seattle Grace vomiting blood. Derek and Meredith were happy with their newfound rhythm, and both their careers blossomed after starting new and innovative projects (season 10, episode 8 "Two Against One"). Although episode 5, "Bring the Pain," saw Meredith beg Derek to choose her over Addison and the neurosurgeon debating whether to end his marriage, Meredith got her heart broken in episode 6, "Into You Like a Train," as Derek refused to sign the divorce papers. Grey tells her current love interest Nick Marsh that she will pick herself, she will pick her kids, and she will not beg him to love her. David explained her name had become synonymous to cutting-edge and seeing things through to the end. Meredith tried to show support yet she was too weak to react to her opening up. Meredith ended up picking Richard as her POA. Eventually, Meredith was able to develop the procedure with the help of Jo. Later, he found out that The Hulk had canceled for Bailey's superhero birthday party. Afterward, Luis Rivera testified that Meredith had saved his daughter and that there should be more doctors like her. Eventually, Meredith finally agreed to dinner with Nathan, but their plans were postponed when Maggie's mother died and Meredith had to take care of her. A boy named Sal Scafarillo was chosen for Romeo, and all the girls were jealous of Meredith, who was chosen for Juliet. She told her that if Juliet was stupid enough to fall for the enemy, drink a bottle of poison and go to sleep in a mausoleum, then she deserved whatever she got. Meredith's baby was named after Bailey. Meredith didn't really react to save her from further embarrassment. Much to her surprise, she was told that she could go home. They got a box of doughnuts and sat down with her in her office so she wouldn't feel lonely. Meredith faintly told her daughter that that was nice of her. However, she stayed at the hospital, thus standing up both Link and Andrew at the party. but Meredith decided she wanted to stay, so Derek resigned from Grey Sloan. They laughed as they got in his car and he drove her home. By: julie3281. By April 2021, Meredith and her kids attended Winston and Maggie's beach wedding. It turned out that Bailey was actually testing her to see if she would stand up for herself and agreed to Meredith's request.[34]. ", When William Thorpe and Meredith worked together on a patient, Brian Carson, he flirted with her and asked to follow up with her. While Meredith and Derek have an epic romance on Grey's Anatomy, his ex-wife Addison was a big part of the show. Even after enduring the horrible plane crash, in which both her sister and his best friend died, and Derek's hand was severely injured, their bond only grew stronger and they helped each other. The plane crashed, Lexie died, Arizona lost her leg, Derek's hand was injured, Cristina lost her shoe, and Mark went into heart failure. When Richard's results came back, Meredith decided to side with Bailey and allowed her to operate, which Cristina had advised not to be done. Their relationship was strained due to Ellis's devotion to Richard Webber and her work, often forgetting about Meredith. He told her that he didn't need "this" and he didn't need her, breaking up with her for good. The husband of a deceased patient, Gary Clark, entered the hospital and shot many people, killing many, including Dr. Reed Adamson and Dr. Charles Percy. However, Derek found out that Meredith tampered with his Alzheimer's trial just as the couple was granted temporary custody of Zola. The situation surrounding Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherds adoption of Zola was not pleasant. It was certainly one of their more enjoyable arcs since it allowed the viewers to see Meredith and Derek at their happiest. However, he showed up at the hospital after she got out of surgery and offered to take her home. Meredith then asked the man for a favor. He told her he would do it again in a heartbeat. The judge got angry and the lawyer blurted out her three kids as a reason to keep her out of jail. Beginning in season 1, Meredith and Derek were at the heart of the drama as their on-off relationship managed to involve every main character in some way or another. He understood being a miracle was a lot of pressure, bearing the question of what you'll be doing with it. However, during Gerlie's bronchoscopy, Meredith became dizzy and had to have Maggie take over. Meredith asked Bailey for advice on how to tell her kids.