[PHOTO] Grey’s Anatomy’s Ellen Pompeo in Her Last Episode as Meredith

Expect an actual chilly snap to hit Grey’s Anatomy when the ABC drama returns for the again half of Season 19 on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 9/8c. Though most of Grey Sloan will unite to ship Meredith off to Boston with their warmest needs, one physician is likelier to go away her with a case of frostbite: her maybe-maybe-not boyfriend, Nick.

Still peeved about Grey’s determination to go away Seattle for the sake of daughter Zola — with out a lot as mentioning to him that she was serious about doing so — Nick confronts his on-again/off-again vital different. Elsewhere in the episode, as you possibly can see in the unique picture above, Mer and new resident Simone have a heart-to-heart and actually let their feelings out. And the competitors among the many interns heats up as Maggie prepares to carry out a never-before-done partial coronary heart transplant; whichever of the rookies fares probably the most impressively in apply will get to clean in together with her.

As beforehand reported, unique forged member Ellen Pompeo is stepping down as a collection common to pursue different pursuits (therefore, the necessity for Mer’s transfer). But although the actress “is a powerhouse, and Meredith is iconic,” as showrunner Krista Vernoff put it when talking with TVLine this fall, the present has “at all times had an amazing forged of actors who can carry any quantity of the story.

“So while we will desperately miss Ellen and Meredith,” she added, “I think there’s a lot of story to tell” for different characters.

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