Below is the first promo for next Thursday night's all-new episode (finally) of Grey's Anatomy, entitled "I Will Follow You Into the Dark." Looks like a good one.
Be sure to check out our photo gallery from this episode as well. Here's a 30-second look at some of what's on tap at Seattle Grace Hospital next Thursday ...
Michael Ausiello of EW has published his weekly spoiler Q&A, and as usual, it contains a healthy dose of Grey's Anatomy rumors, news and gossip. Let's get to it:
Q: You got anything on the Mer-Der proposal on Grey's Anatomy?
A: Mer not only learns about the engagement ring in next week's episode, but she sees it, too. Unfortunately, the circumstances are less than ideal in both cases.
Q: Please, give me some spoilers regarding Cristina and Owen on Grey's Anatomy. I'll settle for anything!
A: Even if it's a little icky? Okay, you asked for it: Owen's post-traumatic stress disorder will take a turn for the worse when he ends up physically hurting Cristina, albeit unintentionally.
Q: Put my mind at ease and tell me we won't be seeing dead Denny again on Grey's Anatomy.
A: I bring you good news from Jeffrey Dean Morgan. "If they are planning on having me back this season, they’d have to do it awfully fast because I am about to have a major scheduling conflict," Morgan said at Monday's Watchmen premiere. "I'm going to shoot a movie called The Resident with Hilary Swank. It is pretty much Psycho meets Fatal Attraction. I am a guy who becomes obsessed with Hilary’s character. So I don’t see how Denny could make a comeback this season. There's always next season. You know, I trust Shonda [Rhimes], so if she wanted me back, I would do everything possible to get it done. But I think dead Denny played his part. He gave Izzie the warning. In a way, the whole Denny ghost-reaper-angel thing was similar to my experience with fans of Watchmen. People were merciless about both projects on the Internet, and eventually you just have to stop reading and trust your boss and do your best."
If you’re not a fan of Grey's Anatomy spoilers, avert your eyes. But if you’re down with knowing the details and truth directly from the actors, then read on!
Izzie’s (Katherine Heigl) condition is solved by the interns in the next Grey's Anatomy (the March 12 episode), according to Justin Chambers (Alex Karev).
“Izzie has cancer, so I’m there to support her,” he tells TV Guide.
There you go.
With all the trials and tribulations that have befallen Izzie Stevens lately - the return of the ghost of Denny Duquette, sex with the ghost of Denny Duquette, making crafts for her team of interns - this probably doesn’t come as a major surprise.
But to actually hear the word “cancer” from Justin Chambers, who plays her love interest, confirms what viewers probably knew for months sensed was coming.
The actor says that Alex and the rest of the Seattle Grace gang are going to have their hands full as they help their friend Izzie deal with her upcoming battle.
“I would expect Alex to shut down a little bit if something awful happens to Izzie, but these are opportunities to see his chivalrous side and his true love for her, so there should be some interesting stuff coming up,” says Chambers.
Don't ask him.
When it comes to the future of Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character, clearly we can't count anything out - but he's as clueless as we are. From E! Online's spoiler chat today:
Q: I can't wait to see Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Watchmen! Will Grey's Anatomy fans like his character in the new movie?
A: Actually, no. Jeffrey says that the Grey's Anatomy fans will be shocked by his Watchmen character, Comedian. He's very unsavory! On coming back to Grey's Anatomy, Morgan says:
"I really don't know. They keep me out of the loop because I'm a talker. They're real careful not to tell me anything. When I was lucky enough to go back there, it was just a thrill to go back."
The print edition of TV Guide has some interesting tidbits on the next new episode of Grey's Anatomy, "I Will Follow You Into the Dark," airing March 12 ...
"Just when it seems that Derek and Meredith are en the road to happiness, he suffers a breakdown at the hospital. According to an insider, 'We've never seen him this way before, and it has the whole hospital concerned.' Shaken, he decides to resign.
As Derek Shepherd struggles with his issues, Mark Sloan steps in and is awarded the opportunity to perform a rare and delicate face-transplant surgery.
As for Izzie, the time has come to diagnose exactly what's wrong with her and it's not good. You'll be surprised whom she chooses to confide in first."
Also, the magazine's Q&A has the following exchange:
Q: Does T.R. Knight want Grey's Anatomy because he feels dwarfed by Patrick Dempsey?
A: Knight is staying mum, but who wouldn't feel that way? Dempsey's got his own cologne, for goodness sake. But there's another doctor at Seattle Grace who feels so overshadowed by Derek that he is not so affectionately known as "Shadow Shepherd." We'll meet the hospital's No. 2 neurosurgeon, Dr. Nelson (played by 49-year-old Phil Abrams), on March 12.
Is Grey's Anatomy giving Meredith another long-lost half-sibling - this one a byproduct of her mother's affair with the Chief?! In the opinion of EW's Michael Ausiello, probably.
Sources have not confirmed this on the record. However, Grey's Anatomy did put out a casting call for a mysterious new recurring role - and here's where it gets intriguing.
The show is looking for male actor who is biracial and in his mid-to-late-20s. The inference Ausiello makes: The Chief and Ellis Grey had a long-lost love child at some point.
According to Ausiello, this new character remains on the table in the show's future. However, Shonda Rhimes has reportedly tabled this until next season of Grey's Anatomy.
What do you think? Would you be excited to see a new half-sibling for Meredith? Or is one Little Grey enough for both her and Seattle Grace as a whole?
This basically repeats most of the exact spoilers we posted yesterday and in previous weeks, but here's the latest on the Grey's spoiler front from E! today ...
Q: Enough about stupid Izzie already! Any dish on Meredith and Derek who are the whole point of Grey's Anatomy in the first place!?
A: Good news, Mer-Der fans: There's an upcoming ep called "Elevator Love Letter," and you know all of Meredith and Derek's best scenes happen in the elevator! That said, Derek is going to need Mer in the weeks to come - in the next new episode he decides to quit his job after learning exactly how many patients have died under his care. And if you aren't an Izzie fan, you should definitely watch the next episode - the interns diagnose her with something "unsettling." Maybe she just needs a little Pepto-Bismol?
Q: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but every med student taking neuro right now is going nuts on how textbook Izzie's brain tumor is. Which, while sad, will give us back a little of that beloved Grey's Anatomy drama we all know and love.
A: I'm certainly not one to argue with med students! But I'm also not one to argue with Shonda Rhimes, and she specifically told us "no" when asked if the rumors of Izzie getting a brain tumor were true. See for yourself here. She couldn't have been lying, could she? If you are a Grey's Anatomy viewer who happens to be a med student, doctor and/or brain surgeon (paging McDreamy!), please comment below and give us the skinny. Is Izzie's tumor a lock?
As Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly points out, the just-released logline for Grey's Anatomy's March 12 episode, "I Will Follow You Into the Dark," reads:
"After learning at a deposition that more of his patients have died than survived, Derek decides to quit, even as Meredith refuses to give up on him. Bailey and the Chief continue to bicker over her peds fellowship - until Adele steps in to mediate - and Izzie's interns discover something unsettling on a 'patient x,' unaware that the charts they're looking at are actually Izzie's."
Did you catch that? Derek decides to quit.
The chances of Dr. Derek Shepherd's resignation sticking are no doubt slim, but still. That's a pretty major twist to give away in a press release, don't you think?
For the record, a Grey's insider assures EW that Patrick Dempsey "is not leaving the show." Theories on why Derek is quitting? How long before he changes his mind?
The rest of the description for the episode is fairly benign, save for the revelation that Adele (Loretta Devine) is returning to mediate the Chief's battle with Bailey.
It also confirms that Izzie's interns discover "something unsettling" about Patient X (Izzie), but that's kind of old news at this point. Very old, in fact. Like this new bit about Derek quitting, Shonda and her cohorts seem to give away everything far in advance.
The high-profile guest stars keep on coming.
In this new sneak preview of tonight's episode, "An Honest Mistake," Faye Dunaway appears as Dr. Campbell, the first (and now oldest) female surgeon at Seattle Grace, whose recent surgery mishap is the focal point of ridicule from other doctors behind her back.
Watch out once she overhears, though ...
An Honest Mistake Sneak Preview #2
Follow the jump for three more sneak previews of tonight's episode, which brings us to the conclusion of the Grey's Anatomy-Private Practice event ...
Michael Ausiello of EW brings us these Grey's Anatomy spoilers this morning in preparation for this evening's episode (which concludes the crossover event). Let's get to it:
Q: What's up with the fight on tonight's Grey's Anatomy? Is Derek hitting Mark over Lexie?
A: Kind of, but not really. It's a classic case of transference. Derek's really mad at Addison, but he ends up taking his frustration out on Mark instead. And man, do those two beat the crap out of each other. There's even blood!
Q: Can you give us some scoop on tonight's Grey's Anatomy?
A: Izzie Stevens finds out that her blood sample was mixed up (shocker!), which means that she is suffering from something far worse than anemia (double shocker!). But what? Sadly, we have to wait until March 12 for the official diagnosis.
Q: Will we be getting any Callie-Arizona scenes on Grey's Anatomy this week?
A: That's affirmative. Callie asks Arizona out on a date!
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