Grey's Cast Spoilers Inside

[Dumbledork]

Just a warning, this cast announcement will spoil the fate of at least one character.

Hm, I tried to do the dot thing, but it still shows the first line in the sneak peak. I'm just gonna add some blah blah blahs, yadda yadda yaddas. And I think we're good.

Per TV Line, Eric Dane (McSteamy Dr. Sloan) will not be returning for the upcoming season. Meaning, I assume, he won't survive the crash. I'm sad, but not really surprised. Hasn't he been in and out of rehab a lot lately?

ETA: If I read instead of skimmed, I'd have seen that he does survive the crash, but he's still leaving.

tvline.com/2012/07/26/grey-anatomy-eric-dane-leaving/

Grey’s Anatomy boss Shonda Rhimes hinted that more departures could be on the horizon following last May’s deadly cliffhanger — and she wasn’t kidding.

Eric Dane, whose Dr. Mark Sloan looked on in horror as his soul mate Lexie (Chyler Leigh) passed away from her own injuries suffered in the plane crash, has decided to leave the ABC medical drama after six years, to pursue other opportunities. However, Grey’s fans have not yet seen the very last of him.

“I am extremely grateful to everyone at Grey’s, ABC and Shondaland for the experience and memories I have had over the course of this run,” Dane tells TVLine exclusively. “It has been wonderful to work alongside and learn from a creative force such as Shonda Rhimes.”


In a statement to TVLine, Rhimes called McSteamy “one of the most beloved characters on Grey’s Anatomy.” She added that Dane “did not come to this decision lightly, but after much consideration and conversations, he and I have decided that this is the right time for his storyline to end.

“We’re a big family here at Grey’s with a long history together and Eric will always remain an important part of our famil,” Rhimes continued. “I wish him the best and I look forward to watching him as he continues to steam up the big and small screen.”

Dane’s Grey’s doc made quite a memorable entrance at the tail end of the show’s second season — punctuated by his emergence from Addison’s (Kate Walsh) steamy hotel bathroom, clad in nothing but a strategically placed towel. The sequence became one of the season’s biggest watercooler moments and led the hottie plastic surgeon to be dubbed “McSteamy.” It also prompted Rhimes to bring him back the following season as a full-time series regular.

Mark was eventually sprung from the Addison-Derek-Meredith kerfuffle and began an on-again-off-again romance with Lexie — a relationship that ended tragically in last May’s Season 8 finale. Unlike Lexie, Mark will (presumably) survive the crash. According to a Grey’s insider, Dane — whose alter ego suffered a cardiac arrest of sorts in the finale, but was saved by a quick-thinking Cristina — will be back for several episodes in order to ensure he gets a proper farewell.

Dane’s departure, coupled with Leigh’s and Kim Raver’s (Teddy), means Grey’s will enter its ninth season this fall with three fewer series regulars. (The rest of the main cast are expected to stay put for at least two more years.) To fill the void, the show has hired Friday Night Lights‘ grad Gaius Charles and True Blood‘s Camilla Luddington as new docs.

Grey’s Anatomy‘s ninth season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 27.

[cmh06]

I just read somewhere else that he'll survive the crash, but they'll give him a proper sendoff.

[mayflowers22]

Sept 27th seems so far away

[Dumbledork]

Jul 26, 2012 17:29:07 GMT -5 cmh06 said:

I just read somewhere else that he'll survive the crash, but they'll give him a proper sendoff.

You're right, I just didn't catch it in my quick skim. Maybe he'll decide the place reminds him too much of Lexie and he'll vacate? But what about his kid? So weird for him to survive, but not stick around when his kid has been the most important thing to him.

[hannamaren]

Jul 26, 2012 17:35:41 GMT -5 Dumbledork said:

Jul 26, 2012 17:29:07 GMT -5 cmh06 said:

I just read somewhere else that he'll survive the crash, but they'll give him a proper sendoff.

You're right, I just didn't catch it in my quick skim. Maybe he'll decide the place reminds him too much of Lexie and he'll vacate? But what about his kid? So weird for him to survive, but not stick around when his kid has been the most important thing to him.

Exactly what I was thinking (about the child)

I didnt know Kim Raver was leaving. I really like her.

[otowngirl]

Sad about McSteamy. But I think it would be even sadder to have him moping around on the show now that "Little Grey" is gone.

But yay for Dr. Smash!

[ChiKate]

I'm sad to see McSteamy go but his character was getting kinda mundane. However, I'm very excited Smash is joining the show!

[Deleted]

Oh I totally forgot that lexie dies - that was such a sad greys!

[phoenixrising]

I am so sad that Kim Raver will not be on Grey's anymore because I LOVE her. I will also miss Mark, but I think that there is still plenty of room for Grey's to be amazing this year.

I am mostly sad in terms of FNL that Kyle Chandler was blown up on that show so long ago. I have a major need to have him regularly on my TV again.

[Deleted]

I love McSteamy and I'm sad he's leaving I was kind of dreading the 'missing Lexie' story line though, so at least we won't have to listen to that all next season.

[hannamaren]

Slightly related, is Scandal coming back?

[Dumbledork]

Jul 29, 2012 21:18:04 GMT -5 hannamaren said:

Slightly related, is Scandal coming back?

Yes, but only for something like 13 episodes.