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Alexis Floyd will play Simone Griffin, a “new first-year surgical resident at Grey Sloan,” Deadline reported in July 2022. “But yeah, I just know that there’s going to be massive, just a lot in store for the next season, a lot of changes, a lot of really cool, I think new beginnings and different, just different places that the show is going to go.” “We’re chatting a little bit about the possibility of coming back for something, but I don’t know yet,” she continued. I don’t know what I would do,” Walsh told Showbiz Cheat Sheet in June 2022. Addison Montgomery ( Kate Walsh) noted that there were some issues with the learning methods when she visited last season, and the Umbrella Academy star is open to reprising her character again. If she wants to start a new teaching program, Meredith will need help. She told her new love to leave because she’s chained to this medical facility - but is Nick willing to walk away from her? She wanted to move to Minnesota with Nick ( Scott Speedman), but the Harper Avery award winner can’t bring herself to leave Grey Sloan in shambles. Meredith Grey seemed to be one of the only docs left in Seattle, making her the new chief of surgery - which wasn’t the plan. Finally, Richard Webber ( James Pickens Jr.) went on sabbatical as he mourned the end of the program he helped shape. Miranda Bailey ( Chandra Wilson) quit, stepping down from her job as chief of surgery - after buying Owen and Teddy enough time to go on the run. Meanwhile, Owen Hunt ( Kevin McKidd) and Teddy Altman ( Kim Raver) are on the run after Owen was reported for illegally assisting veterans with ending their lives. Obviously, interns and residents - like Taryn Helm ( Jaicy Elliot) and Levi Schmitt ( Jake Borelli) - are being transferred to other hospitals to finish their training. However, a lot of familiar faces don’t plan to be around for the rebirth of the teaching program. That was the final nail in the coffin of the residency program, which will have to start from scratch in season 19. Meredith ( Ellen Pompeo) chose to do a risky surgery amid a blood shortage - while the hospital’s training standards were being evaluated by a visiting doctor. When the show left off, the teaching program was shut down. Paging a doctor - any doctor! Grey’s Anatomywill return for season 19, but the hospital is seriously short-staffed after the spring finale revealed many docs resigned from Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.