Grey’s Anatomy
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Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd ’s love story had quite a tumultuous timeline onGrey ’s Anatomy . Beginning in season 1,Meredith and Derek were at the marrow of the drama as their on - off relationship managed to involve every main persona in some way or another . Although it did seem like the couple would never get their number together , " MerDer " refuse their critics by overcoming several obstacles , including break - ups , new relationships , and major secrets .
Unfortunately , Meredith and Derek can not be together anymore , since the neurosurgeon was killed off in season 11 . However , that does n’t entail that the writers forgot about this romance . While Meredith may have proceed on , becoming an empowering purpose model for her children as well as a Catherine Foxaward - bring home the bacon operating surgeon ( formerly fuck as the Harper Avery),there have been moments where the writer compensate tribute to Derek and their relationshipby touch to specific minute they share .
No aesculapian drama has had the staying power of Grey ’s Anatomy , and the long - running ABC series return for its landmark 21st time of year
Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode 8
Meredith and Derek Have A One-Night Stand & Casually Begin Dating
While most pilot burner episodes inaugurate the main supporter , Grey ’s Anatomyseason 1 , episode 1,“A Hard Day ’s Night " take things a step further by setting up the Meredith and Derek human relationship , which started with a one - night stand . Although Meredith had no intention of seeing him again , the writers hint that this fling would be revisit — especially since the chemistry was too strong to neutralise .
However , what no one expected was that Derek would turn up at the hospital where she worked , revealing himself to be one of Seattle Grace ’s new attending . In a moment , this random one - night stand became the captivating hook the show hinge on , as viewers watch out Meredith and Derek clamber to keep their professional and personal life sentence freestanding for weeks .
Their hookup is one of the many waysGrey ’s Anatomyseason 19 referenced season 1as one of the new interne double Meredith ’s misapprehension of log Z’s with one of the attention just as the newfangled time of year start . Of course , it did n’t take long for Meredith to realize that something other than the power dynamic between them was amiss . Just a few episodes into time of year 1 , she had her doubts about whether a casual relationship with Derek was a good idea .
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Meredith And Derek Relationship Milestone
time of year 1 , Episode 1 , A Hard Day ’s Night
Grey’s Anatomy is a medical drama series revolving around surgical interns, residents, and attendings at the fictional Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. The show features the professional and personal lives of these medical professionals, led initially by Dr. Meredith Grey, played by Ellen Pompeo. Created by Shonda Rhimes, the series highlights the complexities of medical cases while delving into the interpersonal relationships among the hospital staff.
Meredith and Derek encounter and pluck up without know who the other person is
Season 1 , Episode 7 , The Self - Destruct Button
Meredith and Derek attempt to be secretive after spending another night together
Season 1 , Episode 8 , Save Me
James Howard Meredith go to doubt her casual kinship
Season 1, Episode 9 - Season 2, Episode 4
After Meredith Discovers Derek Is Married To Addison, She Puts Their Romance On Hold
At the root of season 1 , episode 9 , " Who ’s Zoomin ' Who ? , " Meredith and Derek ’s iconicGrey ’s Anatomyromance mother more serious after Meredith confided in Derek about her female parent ’s health . However , their kinship soon confront its first obstacle when this episode revealed that Derek had been married to Addison the total meter . It was a heartbreaking twist since Meredith had been so reticent to open up to Derek in the first lieu .
However , it did rise the play overall between the Meredith and Derek kinship , as Addison announce in time of year 2 , sequence 1 , " Raindrops Keep Falling on my headland " that she was here to stay . While Meredith was willing to date Derek again once she learned the two were separated , she changed her psyche after he revealed he was reconsidering ending his marriage in time of year 2 , episode 4 , " Deny , Deny , Deny” . The former episodes of time of year 2 were a roller coaster for fan of the family relationship .
Season 1 , Episode 9 , Who ’s Zoomin ' Who ?
Meredith discover out Derek is still married
Season 2 , Episode 1 , Raindrops Keep fall On My chief
Meredith is forced to work with Addison , Derek say Meredith the fib of Addision cheating on him
Season 3 , Episode 4 , Deny , Deny , Deny
Addision gives Derek divorce papers that he does n’t sign
Season 2, Episode 5 - 26
Derek Chooses Addison Over Meredith, And The Two Begin A Dysfunctional Friendship
Although installment 5 , " get the Pain , " encounter Meredith beg Derek to opt her in theiconic " bed me " scene ( a aspect Ellen Pompeo had a warm reactionto ) over Addison and the neurosurgeon debate whether to end his wedlock , Meredith got her tenderness break up in episode 6 , " Into You Like a string , " as Derek refused to sign the divorcement papers . While fans were shock that he made this choice , the split proved to be for the best since it meant devotee got to see Meredith grow more as an soul . It also mean they got to know Addison better .
However , Meredith and Derek did terminate up achieve a truce in sequence 20 , " striation - economic aid Covers the Bullet Hole , " where they decided to prove and be Quaker . unluckily , this peace did n’t last very long sinceDerek began to get covetous over Meredith ’s Latinian language with Finn Dandridge , leading him to fall out with her in episode 24 , " Damage Case " and episode 25 , " 17 Seconds " and have a major disputation with Addison in episode 26 , " impairment of the Fight or Flight Response " .
It was decipherable that despite the two of them trying to maintain a working kinship and even a friendship , that it would n’t work out for them . Derek repeatedly chose to stay with Meredith at study rather than go hometo the wife with whom he wanted to salvage a human relationship . Derek kept admit his feelings for Meredith to pussyfoot into his work and his man and wife , despite the pick he made .
Season 2 , Episode 5 , work The Pain
Meredith gives Derek her iconic " choose me " speech
Season 2 , Episode 6 Into You Like A Train
Derek chooses to abide with Addison
time of year 2 , Episode 9 Thanks For The Memories
Derek stands Addision up to serve Meredith with a patient role
Season 2 , Episode 14 secernate Me Sweet Little Lies
Meredith gives her wienerwurst to Addison and Derek
Season 2 , Episode 18 Yesterday
Meredith meets Mark Sloan for the first prison term
Season 2 , Episode 20 Band - assist cover The Bullet Hole
Meredith and Derek decide to seek to be friend
Season 2 , Episode 24 Damage Case
Derek bewilder envious of Meredith ’s new relationship
While romance is a huge part of Grey ’s Anatomy , there have been heap of meter where the surgeons have crossed the lineage in the name of ' passion '
Season 2, Episode 27 - Season 3, Episode 7
Derek Sleeps With Meredith & They Get Back Together
With Derek now admitting to himself that he still had feelings for Meredith after arguing with both Meredith and Addison , it did n’t take long before the romanticist arc between Meredith and Derek ignited again as the two ended up sleep together at the hospital ’s prom in time of year 2 , sequence 27 .
give that they had strengthened their worked up compatibility , the author hinted the fictional character would eventually give in to their rage again . The fans had to look until season 3 to see what happened with this iconic Meredith and DerekGrey ’s Anatomystoryline as Meredith was n’t certain if she was quick , but in season 3 , installment 7 , " Where the Boys Are , " she jibe to commence date Derek again .
This is , of line , after Derek has finalized his divorcement to Addison and Mark Sloan has become a fixedness at the infirmary as a constant reminder of why Addison and Derek separated in the first position . It seems like the show is finally on the right caterpillar track for pair off these characters at this decimal point - though there ’s still a long road ahead .
time of year 2 , Episode 27 , lose My religious belief
Derek and Meredith kip together , but do n’t hear to get back together again
time of year 3 , Episode 2 , I Am A Tree
Meredith refuse to choose between Derek and her new boyfriend Finn
Season 3 , Episode 4 , What I Am
George Meredith break up with Finn
Season 3 , Episode 5 , Oh , The Guilt
Derek and Addison nail down their divorce
Season 3 , Episode 7 , Where The Boys Are
Meredith agrees to pop out dating Derek again
Season 3, Episode 8 - Season 3, Episode 25
Derek And Meredith Date & Break Up Again
Although Meredith and Derek continue see again in sequence 8 , " gaze at the Sun , " it did n’t take long before the drama lay in as the couple actualise they had different program for their future tense . When Derek made it open to Meredith that he need them to build a life together , Meredith was n’t readyto be thinking about that since she was really struggling in the aftermath of her female parent ’s death in sequence 17 , " Some form of Miracle . "
While the falling out - up in episode 25 , " Did n’t We Almost Have It All , " felt inevitable since it help prolong the will - they , won’t - they drama , it did benefit their characters in the long rill , sincethe beginning of season 4 allowed Meredith and Derek to spring up as individualsand workplace on several internal government issue that keep give them back . Either elbow room , it was a modest bulge in the Meredith and Derek relationship timeline that did act upon itself out by season 4 .
Season 3 , Episode 8 , Staring At The Sun
Meredith and Derek begin date again
time of year 3 , Episode 16 , Drowning On Dry Land
Derek saves Meredith from swim
Season 3 , Episode 18 , Scars And Souvenirs
Meredith and Derek have dinner with Thatcher Grey and his kin
Season 3 , Episode 25 , Did n’t We Almost Have It All ?
Meredith and Derek founder up again
Grey ’s Anatomy season 21 will feature Meredith Grey despite her exit during Grey ’s Anatomy season 19 . Since she go away , she has been a constant fixture in the serial publication , pop in and out of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital , with character reference occasionally traveling to Boston to call her . Though it ’s nice to see the original main fiber and get updates on her , her appearance can mess with the flow of the episodes , as they seem random and have to be be after around Ellen Pompeo ’s schedule . I ’m conflicted when it comes to Meredith leaving the show . I would wish to see her in major episodes , but I do n’t conceive she should be in as many episodes as last season .
Season 4, Episode 1 - Season 4, Episode 17
Meredith & Derek Start A No Strings Attached Relationship But Eventually Reunite
With time of year 4 ’s first episode " A modification Is locomote " pick up three weeks after Meredith and Derek ’s break up , their relationship took an ill at ease bit as they spent most of the installment annul each other . At this point in the show , shunning of problems is exactly how Meredith lock , however , as she continued to struggle with both dedication and open herself up to someone else totally .
While they decided they should go back to their no - strings relationship , Meredith finally realize that she did desire to spend her life-time with him after he began date stamp Rose ( which result in Meredith making a house of wax light in episode 17 , " Freedom " ) . It was a gesture that imply a mass to Derek as it showed himMeredith was done close him out and was willing to work on their yield instead of ignoring them .
time of year 4 , Episode 2 , Love / Addiction
Meredith proposes a casual relationship to Derek
Season 4 , Episode 10 , Crash Into Me Part 2
Derek kisses Rose and does n’t tell Meredith
Season 4 , Episode 11 , Lay Your Hands On Me
Meredith finds out that Derek kiss Rose and terminate their human relationship
Season 4 , Episode 17 , exemption
Meredith and Derek get back together again
Season 5, Episode 1 - Episode 18
Meredith & Derek Struggle To Live Together But They Make It Work
While her friends had been more skeptical about her decision , Meredith expect Derek to move in during sequence 1 of season 5 , " Dream a small dreaming Of Me ( Part 1 ) " so they did n’t ware any more time . It was n’t the easy of transitions as the match struggled to live under the same roof as Meredith ’s roommates . However , unlike the other times they tried to make a relationship oeuvre , Meredith and Derek show huge growth when they decided that they should take things slowly .
Season 5 , Episode 1 , Dream A Little Dream Of Me ( Part 2 )
Meredith and Derek move in together
Meredith find oneself out Derek was planning to suggest before he lost a affected role
place 19 ended after 7 seasons in May 2024 , and there ’s yet to be any news program on whether Grey ’s Anatomy will have another spinoff . Yet , there are likely option for who Grey ’s Anatomy can follow and where . With the Catherine Fox Foundation in Boston , there ’s an chance for a spinoff that takes space there featuring Jackson and April . I think that could be really interesting and could even help pay back Catherine ’s character , as she deform into a scoundrel in Grey ’s Anatomy season 20 . There are so many Grey ’s Anatomy character past and pose that I would like to drop more meter with , so I would be happy to watch another spinoff .
Season 5, Episode 19 - Episode 24
Derek Proposes To Meredith, Leading To Them Getting ‘Married’
With the Meredith and Derek human relationship in a much healthier place after the brace admit things slowly for the time of year , Derek eventually proposed to Meredith in episode 19 of season 5 , " Elevator Love Letter , " decorating an elevator with share mementos and memory . Since Derek and Meredith ’s human relationship was progress on a lovemaking for surgical procedure and practice of medicine , many fan felt that the setting suited the couple utterly and was very much in ancestry with their characters .
There were also some tripping - hearted moments in the post - proposal wedding episodes , particularly since Meredith and Derek took a back tooshie and allowed Izzie Stevens to organise the day ( episode 22 , " Sweet Surrender " ) . However , the duet never made it down the gangway since they ended up giving their venue to Alex Karev and Izzie , leading them to make their own personal wedding in episode 24 , " Now Or Never " .
While Meredith and Derek ’s human relationship provided so much of the heart of the show for the first few seasons , their friendship with Izzie very much take precedence in the posterior episodes of season 5 since it was n’t clear whether or not Izzie would survive her mind tumor . There was a real possibility that she would be the next casualty of the show , and it heightened the dramatic event and the relationships in the time of year .
time of year 5 , Episode 19 , Elevator Love Letter
Derek advise to Meredith
time of year 5 , Episode 22 , What A Difference A Day Makes
Meredith and Derek give their planned nuptials to Izzie and Alex
Season 5 , Episode 24 , Now Or Never
Meredith and Derek write their vow on post - it notes
Season 6, Episode 1 - Season 7, Episode 20
Meredith & Derek Begin Married Life Together & Start A Family After Meeting Zola
After Meredith and Derek decide to have theirown personalGrey ’s Anatomywedding via Post - It note(which also felt like the writers ' personal love letter to fans ) , time of year 6 ’s two - part premiere , " Good Mourning / Goodbye " saw the two begin matrimonial life together as their roommates move out . The spectator were also delighted to see Meredith and Derek agree to start a family by the end of the season(episode 19 " Sympathy for the Parents " ) .
However , that did n’t intend they did n’t face some obstacles . At the end of season 6 and most of time of year 7,Meredith and Derek ’s kinship faced several mental testing as they struggled to conceive ; devotee , in picky , were specially heartbroken to see Meredith miscarry in the time of year 6 coda ( " Death and All His Friends " ) since she had been so excited to recite Derek the news . It was an extremely emotional sentence , but Meredith and Derek did n’t have to wait long since they ended up meet their first daughter , Zola , in time of year 7 , instalment 20 , " White Wedding . "
Season 6 , Episode 1 , Good Mourning / Goodbye
Meredith and Derek start out matrimonial life story as the roomie move out of the house
Season 6 , Episode 19 , Sympathy For The parent
Meredith and Derek adjudicate to become parents
Season 6 , Episode 24 Death And All His Friends
Meredith suffers a miscarriage after believing Derek is dead
Season 7 , Episode 20 , White Wedding
Meredith and Derek meet Zola
Season 7, Episode 21 - Season 8, Episode 24
Meredith And Derek Adjust To Being Parents But Are Almost Killed In A Plane Crash
After meeting Zola , Meredith and Derek worked quickly to meet her social prole , so they could start their fresh lives together ( season 7 , episode 21 , " I Will Survive").Zola proved to be a groovy plus to the family as her comportment allowed writers to bring new depthsto Meredith and Derek ’s persona .
The writer added a act of dramatic event as Meredith tried her best to invalidate repeat the same mistakes her female parent made when raise her . However , there were plenty of light - hearted second , too , as Meredith and Derek made a disaster with Zola ’s natal day patty ( season 8 , instalment 12 , " Hope For The Hopeless " ) .
It was certainly one of their more enjoyable spark since it allow for the viewers to see Meredith and Derek at their glad . alas , this felicity did n’t last as they lost part of their menage in a traumaticplane crash in theGrey ’s Anatomyseason 8finale ( " Flight " ) . While Meredith and Derek live the wreck , the trauma stayed with them .
Season 7 , Episode 21 , I Will Survive
Meredith and Derek decide they want to adopt Zola
Season 8 , Episode 1 , Free Falling
Meredith and Derek separate temporarily
time of year 8 , Episode 3 , Take The Lead
Meredith and Derek actualize they need to keep their employment and personal lives freestanding
time of year 8 , Episode 12 , Hope For The Hopeless
Meredith and Derek ruin a birthday patty for Zola
Season 8 , Episode 24 , Flight
Meredith , Derek , and most of their colleagues are in a horrific plane clangour
Season 9, Episode 1 - Season 10, Episode 7
Meredith & Derek Deal With The Aftermath Of The Crash By Spending More Time With Their Family
While the season 9 two - part premiere " plump , Going , Gone / retrieve The Time " showed Meredith and Derek coming out with physical and emotional injuries from the plane crash , " MerDer ’s " relationship was seen to be potent than ever . Not only were they communicate their thoughts and smell more , butMeredith announced in episode 7 ’s " I Was Made For Lovin' You " that she was three workweek meaning with their boy , Bailey .
Meredith and Derek ’s family life also continued to lend much felicity to the fans in season 9 and 10 as well , as the couple host tea political party ( season 9 , instalment 22 , " Do You Believe In Magic " ) and went trick - or - treating as a family ( time of year 10 , episode 7 , " Thriller").The series began to showcase a happier and good for you relationshipfor Meredith and Derek as they raised their nipper .
time of year 9 , Episode 7 , I Was Made For Lovin' You
Meredith announces she is meaning
time of year 9 , Episode 24 , Perfect Storm
Meredith and Derek ’s son is yield , but Meredith requires exigency surgery
Of the many romances on the long - running drama Grey ’s Anatomy , Izzie and Alex have a sweet , special , and complicated family relationship .
Season 10, Episode 8 - Season 11, Episode 17
Meredith & Derek Are Happy With Their Careers Until He Takes A Job Offer In Washington D.C.
Meredith and Derek were happy with their newfound rhythm , and both their career flower after starting new and innovative labor ( season 10 , episode 8 " Two Against One " ) . regrettably , the couple faced another obstruction when Derek was volunteer a berth working under the President , and he was contemplating taking the pass ( season 10 , episode 13 , " Take It Back " ) . For workweek , the couple argued about the positives and negative .
However , in the final stage , Meredith refuses to impart Seattle , leading Derek to take the offering and go out without them ( season 11 , episode 8 , " Risk " ) . It was sure enough a accelerator in Derek and Meredith almost splitting up , as the two proceeded to go weeks at a clock time without speak to one another .
Meredith even suspected Derek of cheating on her during that time . However , the detachment was ask since the distance helped Derek realize he wanted to be at Grey - Sloan ( formerly Seattle Grace ) , leading to him coming back in season 11 , instalment 17 , " With or Without You . "
time of year 11 , Episode 8 , peril
Derek takes a chore go without Meredith
Season 11 , Episode 15 , I Feel The Earth Move
Meredith suspects Derek of cheating on her
Season 11 , Episode 17 , With Or Without You
Derek moves back home with Meredith
Season 11, Episode 18 - Season 11, Episode 21
Meredith And Derek Reunite, But It Ends In Tragedy As Derek Dies
With Derek and Meredith starting fresh in episode 18 of season 11 , " When I Grow Up , " their happiness did n’t last long asDerek die inGrey ’s Anatomyseason 11 , sequence 21 , " How To Save A Life . " While this was a shocking turn of events , what made the death even more devastating was that the author lured fans into a untrue sense of security when they intimate he got out of the fortuity unhurt .
It may have been a cruel trick , but it was also an in effect one since it provided brainwave into the infliction Meredith must have been experiencing at the bit . The events watch over the accident mostly hap from Derek ’s point of viewas he was conscious of what was going on around him , but completely ineffectual to pass .
He was also altogether aware of how his medical guinea pig was mishandled by those around him , making his death inevitable at that spot as the doctors treat him did n’t appear to have the same knowledge that Derek did . Derek ’s dying made it difficult for Meredith to move on with her life .
What’s Happened Next In Terms Of Meredith & Derek’s Love Story After Season 11?
Even though Meredith has easy learned to love again through her relationships with Nathan Riggs , Andrew DeLuca , and Nick Marsh , it ’s still clear that the dearest she has for Derek is as impregnable as ever . Her sexual love for him will never provide even as she taste to move on with her life .
Not only hasDerek amount toMeredith through her dreams on the beach ( as seen in season 17 ) , but the writers have also pay court to their love narration by bringing back several important memento and story points .
Derek ’s pet ferry boat scrub cap and the framed Post - It banknote have reappeared in the show after his death . A new attending and intern also began a relationship just as an internship set out in season 19 . Derek may not be onGrey ’s Anatomyanymore , butMeredith ( and the writers ) have secure that his front has always been feel .
Derek’s Nephew Has Joined The Grey’s Anatomy Cast
The Meredith and Derek relationship get back aroundinGrey ’s Anatomyseason 19 as his nephew Lucas Adams ( Niko Terho ) is hired at the hospital . InGrey ’s Anatomyseason 19 , sequence 1 , " Everything Has Changed , " consultation are introduced to a new solidification of intern , one of them being Lucas . The series did n’t let on that the two were related , and Meredith name the intern as both wizardly , and a trivial bit different .
It was n’t until Lucas said,“It ’s a beautiful Clarence Shepard Day Jr. to save lives,“that witness became privy to the fact that he and Derek just might know one another . harmonize to Amelia , Lucas looked up to Derek in a major way , and in turn , he was Derek ’s preferred nephew . The fact that Derek even had a nephew was forecast very early on in the series , as he said inGrey ’s Anatomyseason 1 , episode 2 , " The First Cut is the Deepest , " that he had four sis , and they all had"tons of nestling . "
All in all , Lucas became a major character to keep track of during seasons 19 and 20 , thoughwith several cast change on the horizon , it ’s not clear how large of a role he ’ll have moving onward . For now , the Derek nephew twist was enough to turn heads in general , and it ’s one of the manyGrey ’s Anatomytwists that keeps audiences on their toe .
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Grey ’s Anatomy is a medical play series revolving around surgical houseman , occupier , and attending at the fictional Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital . The show features the professional and personal lives of these medical professional , go ab initio by Dr. Meredith Grey , bring by Ellen Pompeo . make by Shonda Rhimes , the serial publication highlights the complexity of aesculapian cases while delving into the interpersonal relationship among the hospital staff .
