From the awards race to the box office, with everything in between: get the entertainment industry's must-read newsletter. Meredith wasn't eager to visit him, but she did as Richard asked and actually was able to come to a good place with her dad in the end. They could’ve just tapped his shoulder like “cmon let’s go get some coffee”, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the greysanatomy community. ET) on ABC. Before the premiere of Season 15, Elite Daily reported that Jeff Perry, the actor playing Thatcher, would be returning to the show in his role as Meredith’s dad. “Make mistakes. He apologized for the mistakes he'd made in his life and in Meredith's, and he understood that she had every right to still be upset about some things he'd done. In Grey’s Anatomy‘s upcoming episode “The Winner Takes It All,” Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) goes to visit her dying father, Thatcher Grey (Jeff Perry), before his time is up. .Rd5g7JmL4Fdk-aZi1-U_V{transition:all .1s linear 0s}._2TMXtA984ePtHXMkOpHNQm{font-size:16px;font-weight:500;line-height:20px;margin-bottom:4px}.CneW1mCG4WJXxJbZl5tzH{border-top:1px solid var(--newRedditTheme-line);margin-top:16px;padding-top:16px}._11ARF4IQO4h3HeKPpPg0xb{transition:all .1s linear 0s;display:none;fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-button);height:16px;width:16px;vertical-align:middle;margin-bottom:2px;margin-left:4px;cursor:pointer}._1I3N-uBrbZH-ywcmCnwv_B:hover ._11ARF4IQO4h3HeKPpPg0xb{display:inline-block}._33CSUrVoafEXJUDX3qOQtf{height:12px;width:12px;margin-bottom:2px;margin-right:4px;vertical-align:middle;fill:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._2IvhQwkgv_7K0Q3R0695Cs{border-radius:4px;border:1px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-line)}._2IvhQwkgv_7K0Q3R0695Cs:focus{outline:none}._1I3N-uBrbZH-ywcmCnwv_B{transition:all .1s linear 0s;border-radius:4px;border:1px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-line)}._1I3N-uBrbZH-ywcmCnwv_B:focus{outline:none}._1I3N-uBrbZH-ywcmCnwv_B.IeceazVNz_gGZfKXub0ak,._1I3N-uBrbZH-ywcmCnwv_B:hover{border:1px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-button)}._35hmSCjPO8OEezK36eUXpk._35hmSCjPO8OEezK36eUXpk._35hmSCjPO8OEezK36eUXpk{margin-top:25px;left:-9px}._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP,._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP:focus-within,._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP:hover{transition:all .1s linear 0s;border:none;padding:8px 8px 0}._25yWxLGH4C6j26OKFx8kD5{display:inline}._1i46tE0yFLStZBdRfHnYIa{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:8px}._2YsVWIEj0doZMxreeY6iDG,._1i46tE0yFLStZBdRfHnYIa{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._2YsVWIEj0doZMxreeY6iDG{padding:4px 6px}._1hFCAcL4_gkyWN0KM96zgg{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-button);margin-right:8px;margin-left:auto;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-errorText)}._1hFCAcL4_gkyWN0KM96zgg,._1dF0IdghIrnqkJiUxfswxd{font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:16px;cursor:pointer;-ms-flex-item-align:end;align-self:flex-end;-webkit-user-select:none;-ms-user-select:none;user-select:none}._1dF0IdghIrnqkJiUxfswxd{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-button)}._3VGrhUu842I3acqBMCoSAq{font-weight:700;color:#ff4500;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:4px}._3VGrhUu842I3acqBMCoSAq,.edyFgPHILhf5OLH2vk-tk{font-size:12px;line-height:16px}.edyFgPHILhf5OLH2vk-tk{font-weight:400;-ms-flex-preferred-size:100%;flex-basis:100%;margin-bottom:4px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX{margin-top:6px}._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX._3MAHaXXXXi9Xrmc_oMPTdP{margin-top:4px} However, as far as Catherine was concerned, it was a win.
Just the fact that literally no one stepped in.
After she rings the doorbell, a caretaker answers and catches her off-guard by knowing her name. I stand behind my theory that Meredith was a bandaid baby.
Where you don't get to live without being pscyhologically bruised and all that. Episodes 1-25 of Season 3 pack a lot of punch, though the whole season isn't as compelling as the first two. The only difference now is that it’s done to someone they are close to and care about.
It gave Thatcher the closure he needed to be able to let go, and Meredith the closure to move on in life knowing that her dad may have been messed up, but he did love her.
Thatcher is devastated by the news and blames Meredith for her death, and slaps her. ._1x9diBHPBP-hL1JiwUwJ5J{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:#ff585b;padding-left:3px;padding-right:24px}._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4{height:16px;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top}._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5{height:20px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:bottom}.QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{height:18px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 .QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)} Everything was going smoothly until Amelia realized she wasn’t able to get the tumor to budge from the back, which meant they had to change their entire approach and risk paralyzing part of Catherine’s body to get it out. The last time we saw Thatcher Grey was almost a decade ago—in 2011, when Meredith’s sister, Lexie, was still alive and Thatcher needed a nasty kidney stone removed. But she was just happy to be alive and able to operate, chase her granddaughter around, and choose the movies on date nights. You have to really plan a sequence like that,” she said. Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. “I’m sorry, you look just like your picture,” he explains, after interrupting her introduction.
As Meredith left the hospital at the end of the episode, viewers saw George (T. R. Knight) run around a corner; her mother Ellis (Kate Burton) smiling at her from behind; her dog Doc walking down a hallway; her sister Lexie (Chyler Leigh) behind a counter; and her husband Derek (Patrick Dempsey) and his best friend Mark (Eric Dane) watching her as she walks out the door.
Thatcher was even seemingly able to forgive Meredith's mom for sleeping with Richard. Ellis, we shot.
It’s not right or fair towards her (Meredith) because she actually started liking her step-mom and it’s not her fault it was something as trivial as hiccups and the fact that now she felt even more like the least loved daughter, but like you correctly mentioned, it’s probably because they’ve seen this grief played out many times over the course of their careers.
Meanwhile, Alex clashes with the new OB, Dr. Lucy Fields, over a patient and Mark places Jackson on his service in exchange for information on Lexie.
The last we saw of him, he had met a 20-something-year-old girl at AA who he seemed completely infatuated with, much to Lexie’s disgust and Meredith’s apparent disinterest.
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“I will see you when I wake up,” she promised — just as Jackson started up some music so they could dance together one last time before surgery. ♀️.
"Grey's Anatomy" Season 3 gives us an exciting mid-season crisis—the ferry boat accident—and character deaths. Thatcher slapped his daughter in the face when he learned the news, and later showed up drunk at the hospital on the day of the funeral and barred Meredith from attending.
“Why?” Meredith asks, only to have Richard respond with, “He’s sick, Meredith.”. If you would like to opt out of browser push notifications, please refer to the following instructions specific to your device and browser: this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. After hiding her cancer from her family, Catherine finally decided to let Koracick (Greg Germann) and Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) take a stab at removing her tumor for once and for all. The episode was split into telling Catherine's story and Thatcher's, and Catherine was ultimately able to walk away from her dangerous surgery with all her motor functions intact.
Thatcher (Jeff Perry) was dying after he decided to stop receiving treatment for his terminal cancer. She never would have gone to see him on her own, so Meredith owes Richard a lot for prodding her into doing so. i just watched this episode today! See a Breakdown of Scott Disick’s Complicated Dating History: Kourtney Kardashian, Sofia Richie and More, All the Celebrities Who Have Tested Positive for Coronavirus, These ‘Marshmallow’ Jessica Simpson House Slippers Are So Plush, April and Jackson’s Top 10 ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Moments.
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While Pompeo has starred as Dr. Meredith Grey since season 1 of Grey’s Anatomy first premiered in 2005, she is also looking to make a “change” sometime soon. YES Derek had such a chill reaction I was so pissed at him! .ehsOqYO6dxn_Pf9Dzwu37{margin-top:0;overflow:visible}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu{height:24px}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu{border-radius:2px}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu:focus,._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu:hover{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-navIconFaded10);outline:none}._38GxRFSqSC-Z2VLi5Xzkjy{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._2DO72U0b_6CUw3msKGrnnT{border-top:none;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);cursor:pointer;padding:8px 16px 8px 8px;text-transform:none}._2DO72U0b_6CUw3msKGrnnT:hover{background-color:#0079d3;border:none;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-body);fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-body)}
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RELATED: Ellen Pompeo Explains Her Relationships with Grey’s Anatomy Alums Sarah Drew and Jessica Capshaw, “We talked about it for four months with the visual effects people. After his abandonment, he never reached out during their 20-year estrangement. Bro you're in the same town. "Thereâs so much to say, I donât know what to say," Thatcher said when Meredith entered the room. With Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson.
Albeit awkward, Thatcher is a loving father to his second family and although he was intimidated when Meredith came to see him years after his divorce with Ellis, he still cared for her in his own way. Take thatcher elsewhere or take Meredith somewhere else but to just stand there? ._33axOHPa8DzNnTmwzen-wO{font-size:14px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:32px;text-transform:uppercase;display:block;padding:0 16px;width:100%} And No.
Then, the operation began, with Jackson, Richard and Maggie (Kelly McCreary) watching from the gallery.
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