“I was like, ‘And that will be the end!’ Or, ‘That’ll be the final thing that’s ever said or done!’ And all of those things have already happened.
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When “Grey’s” does eventually come to an end, whenever that is, does Rhimes know what will happen in the series finale? “I’ve written the end of that series, I want to say, a good eight times,” Rhimes says with a laugh. Perhaps that’s the kind of perspective that comes after 18 seasons - and counting. But I also feel like Ellen’s going to be Ellen.” “The relief and the luxury that I have is that I don’t really pay attention to Twitter or Instagram - or articles. So I feel like, whatever happens, happens. “I don’t think of it that way,” Rhimes says. “Oh, the episode like years ago?” Rhimes asks, sounding mystified.Īfter a weak attempt to summarize the backlash against Pompeo - “She said she told him, ‘Listen motherfucker, this is my show!’” - the eventual question was: Is it a relief that issues on “Grey’s” aren’t her problem anymore? It proved to be difficult to describe exactly why a “Grey’s” episode from five years ago was being discussed at all.
The day of our interview, Ellen Pompeo, who’s led the show as Meredith Grey since its start, was in the news for recounting on her podcast an argument that she’d had with Denzel Washington when he directed a 2016 episode of “Grey’s.” Rhimes is currently laser-focused on writing “Queen Charlotte,” a prequel series for “Bridgerton,” and hadn’t seen the headlines. “And I want very much this for this to be Krista Vernoff’s show, and Krista Vernoff’s creative vision.” And if people had to take those notes, then suddenly it’s not their show anymore. And if I had notes, people would have to take those notes. “And the best reason I can say for doing that is because if I had any creative involvement, then I would have notes. “Creatively, I’ve handed off all the reins entirely,” Rhimes says. In Season 14, Rhimes gave “Grey’s” over to its current showrunner, Krista Vernoff, who was one of the show’s original writers. When people would tell Rhimes - even while praising the show’s inclusive casting - that she’d constructed an unrealistic universe for “Grey’s,” she would bristle, she recalls: “My favorite thing to hear was, ‘Oh, that feels like a fantasy!’ And I’d be like, ‘So basically, the reality that I live in feels like a fantasy to you.” And it should not have taken so long for that to happen.”
“We changed the faces that you see on television. “It sounds arrogant to say it, but to me it makes me sad to have to say it,” she says. and Isaiah Washington - as doctors at the Seattle hospital where the show is set. Cristina Yang, along with three Black actors - Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr. The Season 1 cast featured Sandra Oh as Dr. She’s also well aware of how revolutionary “Grey’s” was when it premiered, simply by presenting the world as it is.