Kelly McCreary On Maggie’s Goodbye, Her ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Journey & When She Will Be Back
deadline.comSPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Episodes 1914 and 1915 of Grey’s Anatomy, which aired April 13. In a two-episode arc tonight, Grey’s Anatomy bid farewell to Maggie Pierce, as Kelly McCreary, who has played Meredith Grey’s (Ellen Pompeo) half-sister and head of the hospital’s cardiothoracic surgery since the end of Season 10, is leaving the long-running medical drama.
The episodes chronicled Maggie’s last day at Grey Sloan and her departure for her new job in Chicago. Compared to Meredith, who got a big going-away party, Maggie’s sendoff was more subdued, but she had heartfelt goodbye scenes with several longtime surgeons, most notably her dad Richard who gave her a present: a business-card holder shaped like the bench they sat on when he found out she was his daughter.
Maggie and Winston pulled off one last medical miracle together, teaming to save a woman with a giant tumor near her heart. They also rekindled their passion, spending Maggie’s last night in Seattle together.
But they remained on separate tracks, and he aced the follow-up surgery on the patient with the removed tumor alone, declining Maggie’s help. “I love you, but I have to go,” Maggie told Winston in the duo’s farewell conversation. “I love you, too.
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