SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary The events in Grey’s Anatomy season 20’s finale proved especially shocking considering how many characters were affected, but they can also provide a clean slate for Grey’s Anatomy season 21 to solve the issues that affected season 20.
Nevertheless, Grey’s Anatomy season 20 had to focus on the fallout from the season 19 finale, necessarily having to continue the stories of the interns’ punishment following Sam’s death and Teddy’s illness. Having too many characters whose stories to move forward made Grey’s Anatomy season 20 seem directionless, especially so due to its shortened run. While Grey’s Anatomy always had a big cast of characters, not all were front and center all the time.
A catastrophe hitting Grey Sloan and killing off central characters would scale back the cast and also bring back Grey’s Anatomy’s usual tearjerker episodes that upset viewers but make the ends of characters’ stories more memorable. Season 20’s mass firings provide a clean slate for Grey’s Anatomy season 21, giving it the chance to focus more comprehensively on the characters still at the center of the show and the hospital while giving less attention to those once in pivotal roles whose stories could easily take a step back after the layoffs.
Such a storyline would free Grey Sloan from the Fox Foundation’s grip and deliver the next great challenge for the hospital, one that would need the same ability to adapt Grey’s Anatomy characters displayed against Mercy West’s “invasion” or when they bought the hospital so that it wouldn’t be sold for pieces in season 9.
2 Bring Back Event Episodes Whether Tragic, Character-focused, Or Uncommonly Musical, Event Episodes Always Defined The Show Close While Grey’s Anatomy season 20’s midseason and season finale were eventful to a point, most episodes aired without much fanfare unless cameos of beloved characters were included, like with Jessica Capshaw’s appearance in Grey’s Anatomy season 20, episode 4. Over the course of its twenty seasons, Grey’s Anatomy had plenty of event episodes.