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fan favorite gray’s anatomy Star Caterina Scorsone is taking an extended break from the hit drama series.
*Major Grey’s Anatomy season two spoilers ahead,
Thursday’s episode abc programAmelia Shepard (pictured) by Scorsone) revealed that she is taking a sabbatical from her job as a neurosurgeon at Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Amelia’s decision came amidst grief, when her co-worker Monica Beltrán (played by Natalie Morales), with whom she was having a slow-moving romance, was murdered. season 22 Premiere after hospital explosion. The tank that explodes, which was brought in by the mother of Amelia’s patient, also results in the father of Amelia’s son, Atticus Lincoln (played by Chris Carmack), being seriously injured.
When Amelia announced her sabbatical, fans online immediately questioned whether she was leaving the show. However, deadline has reported that this is not the case and that she will only be absent from the next eight episodes of the season.
Scorsone’s interlude follows deadline reported this gray’s anatomy – created by shonda rimes -Reduced its minimum guarantee for longtime cast members to 14 episodes per season instead of 18. The publication reported that this decision is ultimately the result of cost-saving measures used by many chains.
This measure also resulted in the absence of several longtime cast members from season four episodes.
Some of the show’s longest-running cast members include Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr., who have been with the series since it first aired in 2005. Ellen Pompeo, who plays lead character Meredith Grey, has been on the series since 2005, but quit to become a full-time cast member in 2023. Meanwhile, Kevin McKidd has been on the show since season five.
Independent A representative for ABC has been contacted for comment.
Introduced to Amelia for the first time gray’s anatomy In season seven, as the younger sister of Derek Shepard (played by Patrick Dempsey). Previously, she was featured in the spin-off show of the medical drama, private practiceAlso created by Rhymes.
during gray’s anatomyIn the 11th season, which was Scorsone’s first as a series regular, Amelia struggles with her grief after Derek, who was married to Meredith, dies in a car accident.
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In the recent season of gray’s anatomyLike seasons 20 and 21, Amelia has a crush on Monica and asks her out. Although Monica originally says no, as she is going through a divorce, the two doctors later become good friends and often flirt with each other.
during an interview with hollywood reporterShowrunner Meg Marinis said that she wanted Monica to die during the explosion to show how death would affect Amelia.
“While Amelia focused on that story at the end of last season with Piper [Perabo]character and with the child [in the season 21 finale]I wanted us to believe that everything was fine for Amelia after saving Link. [Chris Carmack] life. I really wanted to tell Amelia the consequences of all these impossible surgeries,” she said of Amelia’s ex-husband Link, who nearly died during the explosion.
“As Amelia mentions in the episode, she lost her father at a very young age and it really shaped her life.”
new episodes of season 22 gray’s anatomy Airs Thursdays at 10pm EST on ABC.