In Krista Vernoff's final season as showrunner of Grey's Anatomy — at least for now — she infused the long-running ABC drama with fresh blood, a new class of medical residents that is, if not as immediately appealing as the show's OGs, damn close to it. The EP also tackled head-on the far-reaching repercussions of SCOTUS' roll-back of women's reproductive rights (in the process, bringing home MVP Kate Walsh as Addison), installed Teddy as Grey Sloan's latest chief, transplanted Helm from Joe's Bar to the O.
But not every twist of plot was a turn for the better. Maggie and Winston's once-charming relationship deteriorated to the point that we were less sorry that they split up — owing to Kelly McCreary's exit as a series regular — than that they hooked up again in the Season 19 finale. Amelia's romance with Kai, the series' first nonbinary character, was back-burnered and then nudged right off the stove.
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