Golden Age of the silver screen

[Jin Wah]

It's been over two months since the show left off on a literal cliffhanger. We've been waiting on pins and needles ever since to discover the fate of Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd), who was trapped inside a car as it went over a cliff.

“I actually think that the last episode of our season will be 400, if there are no further COVID delays and we don’t end up dropping an episode,” she told TVLine during this year’s SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) TVfest, which streams this Thursday through Saturday (passes are available for purchase here).

But “that’s a big ‘if.,” she acknowledged. Vernoff is well aware that expectations for the hour are high, after the 200th episode (Season 10’s “Puttin’ On the Ritz”) glammed up the docs for a three-ring circus of a fundraiser, and the 300th (Season 14’s Vernoff-penned “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story”) paid homage to much-missed past characters. How could the series top those efforts for the big 4-0-0? Maybe with a riff on the Golden Age of the silver screen, we (jokingly?) suggested? “No, we’re not doing a black-and-white movie musical,” Vernoff said with a chuckle, “but it’s going to be a pretty big event, I think.”

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After the crash, Teddy got out of the car to get help and go back with Farouk's heart transplant. Cormac was also able to escape, just seconds before the car went over the cliff with Owen still inside!

As the other doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial grapple with the crash's aftermath, Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) works furiously inside the OR to save Dr. Hamilton (Peter Gallagher). Meanwhile, Bailey (Chandra Wilson) is seriously rethinking the Webber Method following the devastating outcome experienced by Levi (Jake Borelli).