The November 14 episode of ABC’s long-running Grey’s Anatomy was a doozy. Not one, not two but three characters were written off — one of them with zero chance of returning.
A Happy Ending, A New Beginning
We already knew that Jake Borelli would be exiting his role of Levi Schmitt in Season 21, but what we didn’t know was that “If You Leave” would be his final episode — or that he’s be taking Michael Thomas Grant’s James with him.
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GREY’S ANATOMY – “If You Leave” – The doctors at Grey Sloan must put aside their emotions under intense circumstances. Levi asks James a shocking question that could impact their future. THURSDAY, NOV. 14 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST) on ABC. (Disney/Tina Thorpe) JAKE BORELLI
Dreading the thought of having a long-distance relationship, Levi admitted to his new boyfriend, Grey Sloan’s widowed chaplain, that he was falling in love with him. “You’ve lived all over the world,” Schmitt said, “so why not San Antonio,” where the co-chief resident’s pediatric research position was taking him?
James didn’t give Levi an answer right away, but in the final moments of the hour, he revealed that he’d just resigned from his job. Where Schmitt went, he would follow. Aww!
GREY’S ANATOMY – “You Make My Heart Explode” – During a high-stress day at Grey Sloan Memorial, the fates of a patient in critical condition and a helicopter-bound medical team hang in the balance. Teddy and Owen work on their marriage, while Bailey, Blue and Link treat a hospital employee. THURSDAY, OCT. 24 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (Disney/Anne Marie Fox) JAKE BORELLI, MICHAEL THOMAS GRANT
Heartbreak On Top of Heartbreak
Following their car crash in the November 7 episode, Midori Francis’ Mika Yasuda and her sister, Julia Rose’s Chloe, were rushed to Grey Sloan. Though surgeons were able to save Chloe’s legs, the combined impact of the injuries she sustained in the accident and her just having undergone her first round of chemo was too much for her: She died.
Miraculously, Mika pulled through, only to learn upon awakening that her beloved sister hadn’t made it. Though Francis is also leaving Grey’s Anatomyshowrunner Meg Marinis promised our sister site TVLine that “you’re going to see [Mika and Levi] again.” Here’s hoping!
Catch up on all the latest comings and goings in our photo gallery below.
