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Despite Emotional Send-Off, Ellen Pompeo Returning to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 21 for at Least 7 Episodes


Ellen Pompeo will be on the upcoming season of "Grey's Anatomy" more than fans might have imagined.

Variety ‘s Kate Aurthur paid tribute to both Meredith Grey and Pompeo in a story written about the send-off episode. “Along with its lexicon-changing writing and intricate yet rowdy plotting by Shonda Rhimes, what’s made ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ a phenomenon was watching Meredith just live her life. She was a character network television never seen before: a brilliant woman whose life had been marred by tragedy (an Alzheimer’s-afflicted mother, an entirely absent father), yet who wasn’t going to let her dark and twisty past get in her way.

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