Grey's Anatomy star Kevin McKidd (Owen) revealed in a TV Line interview that Cristina Yang was indeed by Meredith's side at Derek's funeral, which took place last season.
Grey's Anatomy fans can breathe a sigh of relief: Cristina was there for Meredith during the most painful time of her life. Kevin McKidd tells TVLine that Cristina did in fact show up to Dere…
“Cristina was there,” McKidd confirms. “I presume Sandra was busy and unavailable for that episode, which was the only reason why [a body double was used]. That funeral sequence was meant to imply that Cristina was obviously there for Meredith.
Did you know that Cristina was at Derek's funeral? That's her standing by Mer and holding her hand. Mer's person.
Instead, Cristina Yang spent one final afternoon in the hospital before saying goodbye to Meredith, waving to Owen and leaving her board position to Alex. She's reportedly been working in Zurich in the time since, and it would have been easy enough to write in a throwaway line about Christina not being able to make it.
Cristina Yang for ten seasons on the long-running ABC medical drama, before leaving the show in 2014 to pursue hopefully less stressful projects.
With the support of Alex, Meredith returns to Seattle with the children and is later appointed Chief of General Surgery by Bailey. She sells the "dream house" and moves back to her mother's house, having purchased it back from Alex, and now lives there with Maggie and Amelia Shepherd, her sister-in-law.
Plot. As guests are arriving for the dinner party, Meredith goes to the door to greet Callie and her girlfriend, Penny. Meredith immediately recognizes Penny as the doctor who told her about Derek's death.
During Thursday's “The End is the Beginning is the End” episode, Meredith, Derek, Cristina, Arizona and Callie learn that they won the lawsuit — and are awarded $15 million each — that will be paid from the pocket of the hospital's insurance company.
According to Derek, his research fellow Renee (NCIS' Scottie Thompson), who he insists is just his research fellow, answered his phone because he left it in the lab and was already at the airport.
While Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh may not be as close as they once were as coworkers on Grey's Anatomy, they are still friends and supportive of each other's careers. Oh parted the series after 10 seasons on good terms with Pompeo, just like Meredith and Cristina.
Will was Meredith's first romance following Derek's death. She tried to brush off his advances at first, but eventually, they began dating and even slept together.
New Wrinkles. Drama Rundown: Meredith goes missing for an entire year (it's only one episode) to cope with the loss of her husband — when she pops up again, surprise! She is giving birth to her and Derek's third child, Ellis. She moves back into her mother's house, where Maggie and Amelia eventually join her.
Cristina suffered from brief reactive psychosis (also called brief psychotic disorder) -- a short-term illness with psychiatric symptoms. The disorder often occurs after a stressful event, such as a traumatic accident or loss of a loved one.
Her gift was a potential new love interest on Grey's Anatomy: Doctor Cormac Hayes played by Irish actor Richard Flood from Shameless (below). When Meredith first heard that Cristina was sending a package, she was looking for an object. But, nope, it turned out that new head of Pediatric Surgery, Dr.
A decision is reached regarding the plane crash case, with the hospital found guilty of negligence, and each of the survivors is awarded $15 million in compensation. Callie decides to throw a celebration dinner.
Lexie's settlement went to Thatcher, meaning that he'd own the shares now since the money used to buy them was his.
That, in addition to Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) revealing how Meredith was a great doctor who would do everything she could to save a life, helped the commission made their decision. Meredith kept her license, and Bailey even decided to re-hire her at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
The last episode of “Grey's Anatomy” saw the arrival of Callie's (Sara Ramirez) new girlfriend, a doctor by the name of Penny. Turns out, Penny is the doctor who let Derek (Patrick Dempsey) die during Season 11.
Derek was rushed to the small teaching hospital where Penny worked to be treated for a blunt force trauma head injury. Though Penny pushed for a CT scan for Derek, her superior ignored her which led to Derek's death.
'Grey's Anatomy': Derek Cheated In D.C. With A Resident — Season 11, Episode 17 – Hollywood Life.
Even when Meredith and Derek move into the Dream House at the beginning of Season 9 and Meredith sells her house to Alex, she still sees it as a home away from home.
'Grey's Anatomy' Season 19: Meredith's Alzheimer's Research Doesn't Ruin Derek's, It Honors It. Sorry Amelia, but the fight against Alzheimer's was always Meredith's. In its ongoing, nearly twenty-year run, Grey's Anatomy has had plenty of dramatic and devastating moments.
Amanda Foreman, who is best known for playing Felicity's Meghan Rotundi, as well as appearing in Awkward and taking on minor roles in a couple of the Star Trek movies, auditioned for the role of Meredith. She also threw her hat in the ring for Cristina Yang, but Sandra Oh was chosen for that part.