ABC barely let us catch our breath after announcing Grey’s Anatomy was coming back for yet another season (seriously, at this point, this show is aging better than fine wine and Patrick Dempsey’s hair), and now we already have juicy details about season 22.
Episode Count? We Got It!
Season 22 is going to serve up 18 brand-new episodes of emotional surgeries, steamy on-call room shenanigans, and at least one dramatic monologue where someone yells “CLEAR!” before defibrillating the life out of someone.
Ellen Pompeo News (a.k.a. The Meredith Grey Status Report)
Queen Ellen Pompeo is officially back—not just as an executive producer, but also as the show’s narrator, meaning her voice will continue haunting the halls of Grey Sloan Memorial like a very well-paid medical ghost.
And before you ask: Yes, she will be gracing our screens as Meredith Grey, though we don’t know exactly how many episodes she’ll bless us with yet. Maybe she’ll pop up just enough to remind everyone she’s still the HBIC of the Grey’s universe before jetting off to some exotic location where doctors somehow don’t have stress-induced ulcers.
What About the Other Grey Sloan OGs?
The hospital staff is also reporting back for duty! That means Chandra Wilson (Bailey, who has been running this place since before your first heartbreak), James Pickens Jr. (Webber, the eternal mentor), Kevin McKidd (Owen, who should probably consider therapy at this point), Kim Raver (Teddy, who is somehow still standing after all the chaos), Camilla Luddington (Jo, who deserves happiness for once), and Caterina Scorsone (Amelia, our favorite messy genius).
The report says they’ll all be returning—assuming the powers that be want them back. But let’s be real, if Grey’s Anatomy has taught us anything, it’s that no contract is safe. One minute you’re scrubbing in, the next you’re in a tragic Grey’s death montage set to an angsty cover of a 2000s pop song.
So, buckle up, Grey’s fans! Season 22 is coming, and so is another round of heartbreak, surprise pregnancies, and at least one catastrophic natural disaster that somehow only affects this hospital.
