It was the end of an era when Meredith Grey packed up and moved to Boston in the middle of Grey’s Anatomy’s 19th season, but with the huge news of Ellen Pompeo’s exit as a season regular came plenty of assurances that the OG cast member wasn’t really gone. It was still Meredith’s voice narrating the majority of the episodes, Pompeo was still an EP on the series, and the character even made an appearance in the season finale. With all that in the rearview mirror, however, what does the future hold for Grey’s Anatomy’s namesake surgeon? Pompeo recently spoke about her storyline and plans for Season 20.
When the surgeons of Grey Sloan Memorial bid Meredith a farewell in the episode “I’ll Follow the Sun,” Krista Vernoff promised it was more of a “see you later” than a full-on loss of the character. Sure enough, Ellen Pompeo was back for the two-hour season finale, and fans got to see just what the doctor had been up to in Massachusetts. Pompeo seemed excited about her story, revealing to Variety what we should expect to see from Meredith in Grey’s Anatomy Season 20:
