Grey's Anatomy

To everyone who is saying that Derek didn’t have to die, he could have just moved to DC, here is why I disagree.

Because the actor wanted to leave the show, he had to be written off. If he had gone to DC permanently, that would have meant he would have chosen to leave his family and his one true love. That would have been a much worse ending to the love story, them breaking up and him running away, putting his career before Meredith, just like Richard did to Ellis Grey. 

As gut-wrenching as this was, I think him dying was the most respectful to the relationship. They made up, they remembered why they loved eachother. They had those great moments when he came back, and they were in a good place. He died loving Meredith. He “picked her, chose her, loved her” over DC and the amazing work he was doing.

It is a tragedy, but he died in love with Meredith.

Also, I love the moments where we really got to see him be McDreamy again in the way he interacted with the car crash victims. He has been so moody and angry these past few seasons, I had lost most affection for him. I love that we got that glimpse of him happy and doing what he is so good at again.

In all, I am mostly happy with the way Shonda wrote off Derek given that it had to be done. If Derek was going to leave the show, him dying is the only way it made sense, the same as Mark.

 (The whole other hospital thing still is frustrating, but that isn’t the point)

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