Asked about the fate of the stranded Grey's characters, Rhimes told TV Guide: "Just because you saw people alive at the end of the finale doesn't mean they're going to be alive when the season starts up."?

Rhimes previously confessed on Twitter that the finale, which also featured the departure of Teddy (Kim Raver) from Seattle Grace, had been "incredibly hard to write".?"I did not enjoy it," she claimed. "It made me sick and it made me sad.?"[Lexie's death] was a decision that Chyler and I came to together. We had a lot of thoughtful discussion about it and ultimately we both decided this was the right time for her character's journey to end."?Grey's Anatomy cast member Jesse Williams also acknowledged that it "was kind of depressing" to say goodbye to Leigh and Raver.

滬江娛樂快訊：由凱樂?利（Chyler Leigh）飾演的萊西（Lexie）在第八季最后的空難中受傷去世。而和她同機的梅瑞狄斯（Meredith）、德里克（Derek）、克里斯蒂娜（Cristina）、馬克（Mark）、亞利桑那（Arizona）仍然滯留在荒野中。

當被問到上述角色的命運時，萊姆斯告訴TV Guide：“他們在上季最后的時候還活著，可這并不意味著他們在新季開始的時候仍會活著?！比R姆斯曾在推特上坦言，在上季的最后，泰迪（Teddy）離開西雅圖圣恩醫(yī)院的情節(jié)“非常難寫”?！拔也幌矚g寫這樣的情節(jié)，”她說?！澳亲屛腋械诫y受和傷心?！薄叭R西的死是我和凱樂一起決定的。我們經(jīng)過充分的討論，最終都認為這是萊西退場的最佳時間?！薄秾嵙曖t(yī)生格蕾》的演員杰西?威廉姆斯（Jesse Williams）也承認道，跟利和瑞弗說再見“有點兒令人沮喪”。