'Station 19' Boss on [Spoiler]'s Return, Why Season three Was Crammed With Loss



Warning: This story accommodates spoilers from the Thursday, Might 14, finale of Station 19.


Season three of Station 19 was filled with goodbyes — till the ultimate moments of the finale. After spending the previous couple of episodes attempting to study the reality about her father and what was his relationship together with her mom actually was like, Andy (Jaina Lee Ortiz) lastly bought some solutions … ish. When her Tia Sandra got here to city to assist, Andy left Sullivan (Boris Kodjoe) on the hospital whereas he was getting surgical procedure to hurry over. Nonetheless, she not solely noticed Tia Sandra once more — however her mom got here out from the opposite room — the mom who she believed had died when she was 14.




Though she didn’t get every other solutions simply but, the plan to deliver again Andy’s mother had been there all alongside, showrunner Krista Vernoff informed Us Weekly completely after the episode.


Jaina Lee Ortiz Station 19
Jaina Lee Ortiz ABC/Bonnie Osborne

“That was the plan from the beginning of the season. We gathered the writers’ room and early on, we determined that her mother was nonetheless alive,” Vernoff, 46, stated. “In case you look by means of the season, there are hints. For me, a fantastic ending is an ending that's each surprising and anticipated concurrently. I really feel like we accomplish that right here. I really feel such as you didn’t see it coming, that she was nonetheless alive, however when you understand she was nonetheless alive, you would look again and go, ‘Oh, that’s what they had been speaking about.'”


Though plans for season four have but to be mentioned, it’s protected to imagine that whereas Andy shall be comfortable to reunite together with her mother, issues could also be rocky in her marriage.




“I feel that marriage was rushed. They each trauma-bonded,” the author shared with Us. “However, I don’t assume that that signifies that they will’t make it as a pair. I feel that they’ve bought an uphill climb.”


The finale additionally included an enormous shift for Dean (Okieriete Onaodowan) and Vic (Barrett Doss) when he instantly requested her to maneuver out of their place, as an alternative of going through that he has emotions for her.


Station 19 Jaina Lee Ortiz and Ellen Pompeo
Jaina Lee Ortiz and Ellen Pompeo ABC/Kelsey McNeal

“I don’t assume that Dean breaks guidelines as simply as everybody else at that firehouse. I feel that Dean has a robust ethical compass. He was raised by strict mother and father who had excessive expectations of him,” the Gray’s Anatomy showrunner defined. “I feel that he worries that his emotions may compromise not simply his friendship with Vic, however the complete dynamic of the firehouse. You’re not imagined to date individuals in your group, and though everybody else appears to be breaking these guidelines, Dean doesn’t. So, for him, he’s going to attempt to withstand this. He’s going to attempt to roll again these emotions somewhat than indulging them due to what it may price him. If he reveals that feeling and she or he doesn’t reciprocate, he may lose all the things, his household — and he already misplaced a household this yr.”




Vernoff, who took over as showrunner for season three following in creator Stacy McKee‘s footsteps, additionally admitted that this season included a ton of loss and that was intentional.


“Watching the primary few seasons of the present, it felt, for my style, just a little gentle. I needed to go deeper, darker and twistier right here. As pleasant as these two seasons had been, they gave us a fantastic launching pad for everybody to be shocked, each time somebody died,” the Shameless author informed Us. “They'd misplaced Ripley, and that was an enormous loss for the followers. However actually, only a few, even rescues, had died on that present, so it was actually thrilling. We additionally felt like as soon as we killed Ryan in episode 2, everybody would really feel like, ‘OK, that’s it. For positive, that’s it.’ After which they’re simply gonna be shocked. We’re simply gonna maintain doing it. The characters weren't prepared. They'd an innocence about them they usually all needed to course of a lot trauma all season. I feel in some ways it bonded them and deepened them.”


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