‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Stars Talk About Season 20 Finale

The cast of Grey’s Anatomy were at the SeriesFest event in Denver, Colorado and briefly teased this season’s finale.

The ABC medical drama is heading to its final episode of season 20 – a ten-part series as a result of the writers and actors strikes of last year.

Showrunner Meg Marinis said that “things come to a head” in the season finale.

“Heading towards the end of the season, because it’s a shorter season of 10 episodes because of the strikes, we really pay off what we started in episode one at the end of the season. Interns being in trouble, Meredith doing this secret research, things come to a head,” she said.

Episode one of the season saw Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith rethink her plans after going rogue in last season’s finale. The interns are on thin ice following a patient’s death, but Simone and Lucas are immediately tested in an emergency. James Pickens Jr’s Richard confides in Chandra Wilson’s Bailey, and Teddy’s fate is revealed.

Trying to save Teddy’s life, Kevin McKidd’s Owen makes the difficult decision to agree to a risky surgery and then holds hands with ex-wife Amelia while awaiting for the outcome. After complications, Teddy, played by Kim Raver, is out of danger, facing a long recovery.

While promising Catherine that she would return to the conventional approach to Alzheimer’s research to keep her funding, Meredith secretly recruits Amelia to help her continue the controversial new path she had been exploring.

Marinis talked about Monica Beltran, a pediatric surgeon played by Natalie Morales, who joined this season. She called her a “great addition” and “very different” to Jessica Capshaw’s Arizona Robbins. “I think she challenges a lot of our doctors and it was important to bring on a new pediatric surgeon, to be very different to Arizona. All I can say is she’s going to keep challenging our doctors and episode eight is a really amazing episode for that character.”

Camilla Luddingon, who plays Dr Josephine “Jo” Wilson, added that things “really pay off” in the finale. She said it was an “edge of your seat” episode with “cliffhangers.

Kevin McKidd, who plays Dr. Owen Hunt, called it a “fiery” episode.

Grey’s Anatomy was renewed last month for season 21. The series is produced by ABC Signature and Shondaland.