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The way forward for a lead physician on “Gray’s Anatomy” is unclear after their firing earlier than the Season 22 finale.
Dr. Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) fired Dr. Benson Kwan (Harry Shum Jr.) offscreen within the penultimate episode of the ABC sequence’ newest season, aired Thursday, April 30. Richard fired Kwan after discovering the Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital surgical resident had secretly given a affected person an experimental, FDA-denied remedy earlier within the season. He confirmed the transfer to longtime Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), who beforehand took the blame for the incident.
USA TODAY has reached out to the present and Shum’s reps for remark.
The shakeup is main as much as the Season 22 finale, by which the destiny of two longtime core characters is a bit clearer.
Kevin McKidd‘s Dr. Owen Hunt and Kim Raver’s Dr. Teddy Altman are each set to exit the long-running ABC medical drama after the Season 22 finale, the actors confirmed in March. Their exits are attributable to inventive choices primarily based on a storyline, however the door is open for his or her characters returning sooner or later, USA TODAY understands.
In Thursday’s episode, Owen finds out that Teddy is contemplating a job in Paris, inflicting an argument. The episode ends with Teddy getting a voicemail from Owen and overhearing a bridge collapse and automotive crash that could be deadly.
The present “has been an enormous chapter of my life, creatively and personally, and I am deeply grateful for all the things the present has given me through the years,” McKidd mentioned in an announcement shared with USA TODAY.
McKidd has portrayed the trauma surgeon for the reason that Season 5 premiere in 2008. Raver’s cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Teddy, made her “Gray’s Anatomy” debut in Season 6.
Contributing: Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY