Gray & apos; s Anatomy season 17: Ellen Pompeo (Meredith) explains why she brought SPOILER back in the series

The season 17 from Grey's Anatomy gave fans a huge surprise, and here is the reason.

Beware of big spoilers in what will follow if you are not up to date. Shortly after delivering our verdict of episodes 1 and 2 of the season 17 from Grey's Anatomy , it's time to come back to the end of episode 2 and the surprise return of a character we haven't seen in years: Derek Shepherd . Patrick Dempsey indeed made an appearance in Meredith's Dream, and

Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Gray) and showrunner Krista Vernoff recently shared how they managed to give fans the “MerDer” reunion (Meredith and Derek) they were no longer hoping for.

“From a screenwriter's point of view, it was my job to find a way – once we decided to put the pandemic into the storylines – to bring joy to the fans, to allow them to really get away from it all, and to give them something that they would like. And I got the idea of ​​some kind of Meredith's dream “. When Krista Vernoff asked Ellen Pompeo who she would like to bring back to talk to Meredith, it was Patrick Dempsey that the 'actress quoted – and the latter did not take long to accept the proposal as she explains. “Everything is so dark right now, and we knew that being together it would be a little ray of sunshine for the fans. The idea was really to make people happy and Patrick loved the concept. We were super excited, it was great to film this scene “. The famous beach will also allow fans to continue to escape in