Latest spoilers from
TV Line regarding Cristina, Alex and Meredith who will finally be finishing their residency at the end of this season and are on the lookout for for new
job opportunities outside Seattle Grace, which fittingly reflects the cast's yet unresolved contract situation:
And while that story point would seem designed to afford Shonda Rhimes an easy out in the event that any original cast members don’t ink new deals beyond this season, she maintains this was always the plan.
“Every kid going for an attending spot or a fellowship … would be out there all over the country interviewing for spots, and that’s what they’re doing,” she told me.
As for the big picture, she says the job hunt arc “is setting up a lot of what’s going on at the end of the season, and it also weighs very heavily on them” – as well as on longtime viewers.
“You really get a sense of nostalgia, that this is the ‘graduating class’ that might not be together anymore. It’s really beautiful to watch our actors portray, and it’s been wonderful to write.”
