Greys Anatomy Everyone Meredith Saw On The Beach (And Why)

Grey’s Anatomy: Everyone Meredith Saw On The Beach (And Why)

Grey’s Anatomy season 17 brought some characters back who met Meredith at a beach. Here’s every dead and living character Meredith saw there.

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Grey’s Anatomy season 17 saw the team at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, with Meredith Grey herself falling sick. While she battled against COVID, Meredith woke up on a beach where she reunited with some deceased characters and also shared some time with others close to her that are still alive – and here’s every character she saw on that beach. Created by Shonda Rhimes, Grey’s Anatomy premiered on ABC in 2005 and it has been unstoppable ever since, becoming the longest scripted primetime series carried by ABC and thus one of the most successful medical dramas in recent years.

Like any other medical drama, Grey’s Anatomy focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they do their best to juggle their professional and personal lives, which often overlap and make way for a lot of drama inside and outside the hospital. Grey’s Anatomy is led by Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), who viewers have followed through her whole journey from intern to Head of General Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital and now Director of the Residency Program. Of course, the audience has also been by Meredith’s side through a lot of personal tragedies and other rough moments not necessarily linked to her career, such as the death of her husband and father of her children, Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey).

Meredith has also been a patient at Seattle Grace Hospital (now Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital), and her most recent stay was due to COVID in Grey’s Anatomy season 17. After working at the special COVID-19 ICU and performing surgery with Cormac Hayes (Richard Flood), Meredith collapsed in the hospital’s parking lot and started dreaming of a beach, which she had already seen during her short naps in the COVID ICU. However, this new visit was different as she was greeted by a very special person there, and he was the first of a couple of surprise returns and other emotional visits. Here’s every character Meredith saw on the beach in Grey’s Anatomy season 17.

Derek Shepherd

The character who greeted Meredith at the beach when she collapsed in the parking lot was none other than Derek Shepherd. Meredith’s rollercoaster relationship with Derek was at the core of Grey’s Anatomy, and fans were devastated when Derek died in season 11. Derek was offered a job in D.C. and so he flew back and forth, which brought some problems to their marriage. When things seemed to have gone back to normal between Meredith and Derek, he had to make one final trip to D.C. to resign, but he got into a car accident. Derek was taken to Dillard hospital, but after a lot of complications, he was removed from life support. Of course, Derek had to meet with his wife at the beach, but Meredith struggled to reach him, always ending up in the same spot, far away from him. They eventually got closer and continued talking about their family, his death, and even got married on the beach, and he convinced her that she had to go back as their kids needed her, all while the audience got to see more of the show’s main couple again.

George O’Malley

One big surprise brought by Grey’s Anatomy season 17 was the return of George O’Malley (T.R. Knight), one of the characters who started as an intern alongside Meredith and who became one of her best friends. George O’Malley died in Grey’s Anatomy season 6 when he jumped in front of a bus to save a woman’s life, this on his last day off before joining the army. This left him severely disfigured, to the point where the people at Seattle Grace didn’t recognize him, and it wasn’t until he traced “007” (one of his nicknames) on Meredith’s hand that they knew who this “John Doe” patient was. Despite all the team’s efforts, George was declared brain dead, and so they had to say goodbye to him. Meredith found George at a lifeguard tower on the beach, and she asked why he looked older than when he died, to which he replied that she was imagining him that way as it was more comfortable for her. Together, they reflected on George’s death and his time at the hospital, and he even confessed to Meredith that he had checked in on her and her kids, showing that even after his death, their strong bond continued.

Richard Webber

Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr) is one of the few characters from Grey’s Anatomy who appeared on the beach that aren’t dead. After falling ill, Meredith gave Webber her power of attorney as she trusts him and they have an interesting history that has led to a strong bond between them. Years before Meredith’s internship, Richard had an affair with her mother, Ellis Grey, and though this was something hard for Meredith to get over, they eventually developed a close friendship and now have a father-and-daughter-like relationship. As Meredith’s condition worsened, Richard had to make a decision about how to treat her next, and as she became aware of his presence, he appeared on the beach with her and George and talked about trying to stay strong for everyone worrying about her.

Miranda Bailey

Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) is one of the few characters from Grey’s Anatomy season 1 who are still part of the show, and as such, she has also developed a strong bond with Meredith, but the road to that wasn’t easy. Bailey was in charge of Meredith and the rest during their internship, and they soon learned she wasn’t easy to deal with due to her tough personality and blunt attitude. Just like Richard, she appeared on the beach when Meredith became aware of her presence, and she confided on an unconscious Meredith that her mother had just been admitted to the hospital and she was suffering from Alzheimer’s, but she hadn’t said anything to her or Richard so she wouldn’t open old wounds, as Meredith’s mother also had Alzheimer’s.

Andrew DeLuca

Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) met his fate in Grey’s Anatomy season 17 and that’s what brought him to the beach. DeLuca was romantically involved with Meredith a couple of seasons before, but he struggled with his mental health, showing signs of mania, just like his father. Although their relationship came to an end, he stayed by Meredith’s side through her battle with COVID, but at the same time, he was investigating a human trafficking case, which led to him being stabbed and to his eventual death at Grey Sloan. DeLuca appeared on the beach while he was still being attended to at the hospital, and asked Meredith if they were still alive. As doctors continued to try to save him, DeLuca and Meredith built a sandcastle and he opened up to her about how she made him feel. DeLuca’s mother suddenly appeared and called out for him as he and Meredith watched the sunset, and that was when he and Meredith realized his time had come, and so they said their goodbyes before he ran towards his mother and left with her.

Cormac Hayes

Cormac Hayes is another character who is still alive and who showed up at Meredith’s beach. Cormac asked Meredith out but the pandemic hit before they could go out on a date, and as mentioned above, he was the one who found Meredith unconscious at the parking lot. He stayed by Meredith’s side during her battle against COVID and gave her updates on her kids, asking her to fight for her life as they needed her. Cormac spoke sweetly about Meredith’s kids, which caught her attention and so she brought him to the beach, where Derek told her to “hear him out”. Once she recovered, they had that drink they had pending.

Lexie Grey

Meredith’s half-sister, Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh), also showed up at the beach in Grey’s Anatomy season 17. Meredith immediately disliked Lexie as soon as she arrived at the hospital as an intern, and as hard as Lexie tried to build a relationship with her, Meredith just wouldn’t let her in. After a lot of trouble, they became close, but Lexie was killed in the plane crash in Grey’s Anatomy season 8. It was only fitting, then, that Lexie made an appearance at the beach during Meredith’s COVID-induced dreams, in which she made Meredith understand that she’s allowed to enjoy her life during a pandemic and that “having a life and a body” is a reason to celebrate.

Mark Sloan

Last but not least, Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) was also among the deceased Grey’s Anatomy characters who appeared at the beach with Meredith. Mark was Derek’s best friend and Lexie’s on-again-off-again partner, and he was also one of the victims of the plane crash. Although he seemed fine at first, Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) realized he had a cardiac tamponade and used a tube from a bottle to drain the fluid with the help of Meredith. Mark stayed by Lexie’s side until she died, and once they were rescued and taken back to the hospital, his condition worsened. Mark fell into a coma, and per his will, the machines were turned off. Although he didn’t have a close relationship with Meredith, his return in Grey’s Anatomy season 17 made sense thanks to Lexie’s. Mark told Meredith he watches over Callie (Sara Ramirez), Arizona (Jessica Capshaw), and their daughter (who is also his), and that “when you love someone, you tell them”. It was a brief interaction, but a touching one that allowed fans to see “McSteamy” one more time.

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