Saying Goodbye to Alex - Grey's Anatomy

In the fallout of Alex Karev sending letters to those closest to him to tell them he's not coming back, everyone deals with the fallout. Bailey (Chandra Wilson) and Ben (guest star Jason George) reconcile over bringing Joey into their home. Jo (Camilla Luddington) finds the strength to be her own hero. And Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) shares a moment with Zola. Watch 'Grey's Anatomy' THURSDAY 9|8c on ABC.

[@theverity126]

only grey’s anatomy can destroy 15 years of character development and legacy in 45 minutes

[@MMariaP]

kimchi father's wife grey’s Anatomy aka Krista Vernoff

[@TheBubbles4227]

Yup only Krista. Worst writer ever. Don’t know how Shonda ever trusted her to carry on this show. Shonda should have kept doing it and just ended it when she got her deal with Netflix

[@gigihasel.8676]

You have a better storyline ?

[@nayantarak.c6427]

Makes you almost feel bad for the GOT writers... And the flak they caught for what they did to Daenerys...

[@trudy__taylorandjorjamummy]

@@gigihasel.8676 The children could of been written into the show, not necessarily bringing Izzy back as a physical character, but as one of those, she is the children Mum but she isnt seen kinda thing Like Thatcher Grey, he was a character and was Lexi and Meredith Dad, but he wasnt (most of the time) a physical person we saw

[@willmenalove]

Jo’s abusive ex husband had a better ending than this!

[@shelbyrenee6826]

willmenalove 😂 this is true

[@anemonareal]

Worst episode ever haha.

[@Hpi755]

fax no 📠

[@tierraspivey7892]

willmenalove riiii

[@syahidatulzulkifli5252]

omg. thank you for this hahahha

[@Krcko202]

It's actually impressive how they've managed to UNDO 15 years worth of character development in less than 45 minutes.

[@tomioka__]

All the good characters were replaced by shit in all honesty

[@Rose-mr9kx]

I dont think so... we knew after a few seasons that all alex has every wanted was a family... now that he finally has one he left... it wasn't the best choice but it was the RIGHT CHOICE FOR HIM

[@caitlynschlaudecker4813]

On top of that he couldn’t even manage to show up for the episode

[@НайляРахимова-о7ь]

Shonda must've taken tutorials from GoT writers🤣

[@vazcvaz4639]

Caitlyn Schlaudecker like Callie!!!! No closure.....this show for the past few years have become a JOKE

[@hmmmmm4768]

The only ending the ever did justice was Christina

[@msfriendsfan4ever788]

Stephanie had a pretty great exit

[@bigrivtodagled8210]

MsFriendsfan4ever who?

[@suzanner1630]

@@bigrivtodagled8210 she was a resident who after being badly burned decided to resign and travel the world

[@bigrivtodagled8210]

Suzanne R thanks! I forgot about her... wasn’t too long ago either!

[@suzanner1630]

@@bigrivtodagled8210 sure thing. Glad I could help

[@darthgrievous8055]

“This is officially the worst thing I have ever done.” Huh. Looks like a quote from Krista Vernoff about this episode made it into the script.

[@suzannecarcamo1590]

Whoever thought it was a smart idea to give Alex that ending needs some serious help because that was the stupidest thing they could have done

[@yoditan]

Lexie and Mark's ending and Christina's ending are the only one's I can truly accept. Lexie and Mark's ending was sad but it made sense for both of them to die because they had to end up together and could not end up with other people and Christina left to do what she loves. This was the worst possible ending for Alex. The worst Grey's has done since firing Jessica and Sarah.

[@adhamk184]

why did jessica and sarah get fired?

[@xsal9manx]

Adham K they were fired so they could afford to pay Ellen (Meredith ) because she demanded a pay raise , so they needed to let people go to afford the insane amount she demand

[@aniboo4322]

xsal9manx no she demanded equal pay as the character who plays derek(patrick) he got paid more. but yeah

[@sarahsenseless]

Its not about exepting. This is life

[@kayleeadzafui865]

@@aniboo4322 i really don't understand how they could pay Patrick more then Ellen, Ellen is the main character😔

[@jennacup2280]

Izzie wasn’t there for him but jo was they lifted each other up. Alex deserves better and so did jo. I feel like they just go lazy and didn’t care since he chose to leave

[@Andy-nv6ys]

I hate the fact that they ruined one of the best character evolutions of 15-season television in just one episode

[@natashaguevara3572]

for real

[@sweetsecretshayaty]

Andy 1611 seriously!! I’m really disappointed with the writers.. sure he was crazy about Izzy but as he told Jo - he had evolved.. I really think they should have killed him off - this is not who he is now.. also Jo has been through shit ex husband/bio mom/now this!?? I bet their going to have Jo and Link get together and then we’ll find out Link is the father of Amelias child 👀👀🙄I just hope Jo/Link stay besties and it’s just platonic :///

[@Andy-nv6ys]

@@sweetsecretshayaty The best thing is that they would have killed Alex and that the spectators and characters will remember him as the great man that was Alex, not this idiot who abandoned his wife by means of a letter, jesus...

[@Andy-nv6ys]

@@sweetsecretshayaty I hope that Jo finally has a happy ending, because after this I have no doubt that she will have depression and alcoholism problems again

[@Andy-nv6ys]

@@sweetsecretshayaty I wish that Amelia and Link had stayed together, they made a beautiful couple. But from what has been seen in recent episodes, maybe Amelia's son is from Owen and they come back together and Teddy with Tom

[@Music-xb2lx]

So you’re telling me his 1 year relationship with Izzie was more valuable than his 7 year relationship with jo, that he always wondered about Izzie, SERIOUSLY. They should’ve just killed his character instead, ruined one of the best character developments in the show.

[@chasityrichardson8544]

Well it was more than 1 year, but still a crappy ending. Izzie didn't deserve him.

[@pandorabryant1907]

Yessssssssah.... I hate Jo 👍🏾

[@chasityrichardson8544]

@@pandorabryant1907 what??

[@pandorabryant1907]

@@chasityrichardson8544 I hate Jo... She is a dirty liar. I DNT trust her. And her name is Brooke🤷🏾‍♀️

[@chasityrichardson8544]

@@pandorabryant1907 ok it's just a show

[@breanna7411]

I get wanting to be a father to your kids but to leave Jo is not something Alex would do especially not to get back together with Izzie that was the worst possible ending they could’ve given him

[@janderson947]

The writers were being so PETTY with this and with Izzy they would have just let Alex leave with his mom and he knew he couldn't make it work with Jo long distance or something or he got offered another job hell even Bailey was hurt.

[@boomds5602]

janderson947 the show is almost over. They could have just had him go to Africa to help the kids for a year or something and then maybe at the very end they have joe go join him

[@dejones803]

breanna7411 obviously it is something he would do... because he did it lmao... y’all acting like y’all know him PERSONALLY. It’s a TV character, he would do anything they write in the script

[@kathiacruz9896]

breanna7411 let alone cheating on her?!?!

[@annaalestra4263]

@@boomds5602 they could they could that's just words they did what they do best they fuck up

[@sonata7885]

They took Alex’s entire character arc and reset it. He would have NEVER left Joe like that. He loved her. What he had with Izzy has been over for years. It would have been better to just kill him off instead. Alex has been my favorite for years and they did him so dirty.

[@suvidhiindustries4358]

I know.. i mean i get the kids thing but you can be a great father to your kids without being married to their mother. I mean come on. Jo would not have stood in way of alex being there for kids but this whole line that he said to jo that i love you but i love izzie to was so stupid.

[@amuchechukwuobiejesi6204]

I agree killing his character would have been better.

[@Totochati]

I know right?

[@faithsparks7566]

I think a lot of people are thinking to black and white on what they did. Alex has a very in-depth character, honestly I thought of everything they could have done this was the best decision.

[@sonata7885]

Faith Sparks I understand what they were trying to do, but what I don’t get is he wouldn’t have left Joe like that. Joe didn’t deserve this. Alex and her grew together. He knew about her abandonment issues, and then still left her. That’s what I don’t quite understand. It goes against their growth

[@TheSpittingSkunkk]

Meredith has lost everything and now she’s lost one of her rocks. Jo lost the man she loves. This is not the Alex we’ve watched him become. It’s out of character for him now. Maybe a few seasons ago it wasn’t but now it is

[@charlesmcgehee3227]

Meredith will be fine with her beautiful friends and massive extended family. This show dies when the Meredith Grey character decides it.

[@taliagiro7949]

The only thing that could make this better is Christina physically coming back

[@TheBubbles4227]

Talia Giro Nope, Christina does not need to come back. Krista will not ruin her too, she’s done enough running the show into the ground

[@ladennayoung2939]

WILL YOU ALL LET HER GO? SHE DID NOT MAKE THE SHOW.

[@ladennayoung2939]

@Happy Thoughts that would be good.

[@yeeitsmeme3571]

She has her own show i dont think she could make time for two

[@hcerent]

@Happy Thoughts That would be great 😂😂

[@saair9297]

He divorced the woman he LOVES in a LETTER??!! They had so many options for him leaving. He could’ve left because his mom started showing schizophrenic symptoms again, and he has to be with her. He himself could’ve became schizophrenic, leading Jo to the hard decision of admitting him to a psychiatric facility. He could’ve died on the way to his mothers for God’s sake! I loved Izzex when it started but SHE left HIM, he wouldn’t do the same to Jo, no matter the kids. After everything Jo has been through?? How could he do that to her. He spent 4 seasons getting over Izzy, she left him broken, he spent all his time sleeping around till he met Jo and fell in love again, she fixed him. This isn’t right.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Exactly, no logic even for soap opera

[@hardeepdhaliwal7917]

Izzie did come back to alex but alex turned her down in season 6.

[@lisag8538]

@@hardeepdhaliwal7917 exactly. That line was over long long long long time ago...i don't watch this show anymore, but I saw this on recommends and it is so stupid....

[@LittleSkyful]

@@lisag8538 I wanted to... but Noho.. I'm done with this shit show.

[@robharvey6671]

The actor abruptly left the show and didn’t want to return even for an episode to end his story. What else could the writers do

[@kellyjokanovich3939]

Honestly, I feel so bad for Zola. She’s lost both important male figures in her life. First her dad, and then as she starts to overcome that, she lost her Uncle Alex.

[@onlyangel4372]

She also lost Lexie who she probably doesn’t even remember

[@kellyjokanovich3939]

@Hudson Donald I mean that’s hard too. But it’s different mourning someone you never knew and mourning people who play such a big and active role in your life.

[@kaylaireland3494]

But now she has Uncle Link

[@leahwilliams4401]

@@kaylaireland3494 he barely talk to her💀

[@maureenavilia208]

@@onlyangel4372 They always show Zola her pictures

[@cwingard7]

I just keep remembering when jo told alex she wanted to take his last name because she never had the last name of anyone who's ever loved her smh I cant believe this...

[@mary125275]

brittany king I’m crying so fucking hard

[@LittleSkyful]

Lol... I wanted to catch up. Currently I watched season 14 and then this recommended on youtube. I'm done with this show - they were the only reason I kept watching and now that I know how this ends. This is just bullshit. Fucking Izzi is history for ten years.

[@kanakshami4185]

@@LittleSkyful seriously me too!!!

[@dorothynanteza6377]

This is so annoying. He wouldn’t leave Joe or Meredith. This is stupid.

[@sallieshahinian3495]

Dorothy Nanteza for real they developed him as a character and we all know this is not what would’ve happened if the actor wasn’t leaving

[@junitosama9267]

The show went downhill a long time ago who cares anymore. Just watch or dont. She was shitty anyway. They musta had an issue about money for him to up and leave after this long. I mean in real life

[@bluesanc88]

It's always been izzy. Always

[@lemon98TV]

Cleeve ♥️ agree!

[@andreae9425]

@@bluesanc88 no, he had moved on. he said he let izzie go. this is stupid.

[@talaataleghani9691]

I think the writers were upset Justin was leaving and decided to take it out on his character. It's just such a shame they had to ruin their own hard work to spite him.

[@pptopazz]

Talaa Taleghani sounds like catherine

[@blackgrlfly]

Uh no. He up and left and they had to come up with an explanation seeing as he left them in a shitty predicament

[@carlystall9212]

He left to work on his mental health. He even checked into a facility

[@TheZiBuKs]

just like they did with izzie back in the day.. so kinda makes sense for them to end up together after all 😂

[@saronmulugeta9138]

no it’s bc he couldn’t be there to film his ending so they had to improvise and this is the best they could come up with

[@1981bellaswan]

So they didn’t kill him They destroyed his character instead

[@izabellapollock]

Laurene Adler exactly! They’re so inconsiderate of his growth as a character and disregarded that he would NEVER do this. Izzie should’ve never been brought back up and they should’ve made him leave with dignity and with Jo. So horrible. I’m done with this show

[@ritamontenegro8860]

Izabella Pollock, he was never perfect. In the end, the guy is happy

[@danifranklin5253]

Laurene Adler exactly why they had to do him like that they could have said that he was staying with his mom for a while or something

[@jorgec164]

Izzie is his love of his Life 💙 Better than Jo

[@danifranklin5253]

JorgeC 16 but also why go threw all this with Jo to just leave her like that Out of everyone Jo trusted Alex the most To what happened with her mom, her abusive husband, living in her car, beating DeLuca for her (he thought DeLuca was raping her), and finally opening up about all the bad that happened to her. She trusted ALEXANDER KAREV the MOST! but doing this to him after he’s grown so much to sleeping around with everyone the destroyed that. Meredith and Alex were the last 2 left of the OG residents. Miranda, Richard, and Meredith are the only ones still there since the first epi. In 2005. Greys Anatomy season 20 will be the most heart breaking of all cause it leaves everyone the same question HOW WILL IT END?

[@sam5624]

This was the absolute WORST way to end Alex Karev. How could you do this to his legacy!!??! We love Alex and who he has become. This ending was absurd, you should have just killed him off. He would have NEVER left Jo like this, or Meredith. You guys BLEW IT! I’ll just try to remember Karev for everything he was before you slaughtered his character.

[@HeyitsKayGee]

I agree 100% with you

[@christyknox6716]

I can’t get over this I would have rather him die ! He had the best character arc on the show and they just ruined it in one episode I don’t think I will continue watching now 😭😭

[@magalyvasquez1241]

Omg agree!!!! I hate this Worst ending of Alex Kareve

[@agustinapozzi3110]

Damn right!!!! 100% true!!!!! What a sh*ty legacy they left to our lovely Alex :(

[@annaalestra4263]

How he just left jo like this ? I don't get I'm mean he was love of his life and he can always share with kids with izzie

[@judithmagnozaragoza4879]

the fact that jos worst fear was getting abandoned and left by the person she loved, and then alex did exactly that, broke me

[@yvonnebotello3335]

She pushed him away, I don't feel sorry for her.

[@Janae2000]

@@yvonnebotello3335no she didn’t.

[@rubyskiroobs1479]

@@yvonnebotello3335she really didn’t though. Yeah at the end of season 15 but she wasn’t right in the head she was depressed and she needed help and he gave her that help and then they were fine. They were amazing and better than they had ever been. They literally got legally married like 5 episodes before and they were so happy. Its just sloppy writing from the writers I wish he just disappeared and nobody had found him so that he is still gone but not the heartbreak of purposely breaking everyone’s hearts and still giving him a chance to come back to the show in later seasons

[@amandachamberlain8791]

They did poorly on this. He would NEVER leave Jo like that.

[@laurenblake659]

Literally, he became Izzie

[@Saucysam24]

I don’t like how they had Alex do this. I almost would have preferred if he had died. The Alex we know wouldn’t have done that. He loves jo so much and was crushed when izzie just up and left, so Alex would never have done that

[@jessjess8574]

Saucysam24 yeah I agree I would much rather him be bipolar like his mom. And then have him divorce her and live somewhere else. Like him going back to that damn Izzie f her

[@PinkbrOn]

I agree. This s*cks!

[@mattsaracen7]

Yeah and not to mention that izzie tried to come back after she left and Alex told her to go because he knew he deserved better than someone who would leave him and make him feel as bad as she did. Alex and Jo had a really healthy beautiful relationship. What a joke

[@nelly-gu2qq]

I stopped watching Grey's a while ago...so I am really confused...so Izzy secretly gave birth to Alex's babies...and he just found out. And his reaction was..to leave everyone and everything behind and go back to her?

[@TheCarolyncmstewart]

Izzie was the love of his life.

[@andreasbm8696]

Shonda Rhimes destroyed Alex's character in just 5 minutes...literally

[@jonasuranus]

AndreaS BM I think it was someone new but I know what you mean

[@takiyahbernard2324]

Iris Ruiz Didn’t she make the show?

[@takiyahbernard2324]

Iris Ruiz ok thanks

[@LittleSkyful]

@@IrisRuiz Then fuck Krista :)

[@claudianicole4463]

Lol Shonda has not been the show runner for years yet we still blame her

[@baileychey]

this is so out of alex’s character. yeah i get that maybe he wanted to be with his kids and shit, but alex. this isn’t alex.

[@Totochati]

Agreed!

[@mchenny16]

Greys Anatomy isn't what it used to be

[@daniellem8790]

EXACTLY

[@ericpaulino525]

Same thing I thought

[@S04P]

It sucks that they turned one of the most loved characters on tv into an asshole in one episode. He had the best character development I’ve ever seen and now his legacy is forever ruined from this. I don’t think I’ve ever met a grey’s anatomy fan that would have something negative to say about Alex’s character, but they managed to change that in a day.

[@fasianipinson3699]

Why would he just up and leave his wife, Jo because his ex-wife, Izzy has his kids? He should have found a way to co-parent with Izzy with his wife, Jo by his side.

[@fasianipinson3699]

A real man would have discussed this situation with his wife not on his own

[@dadangdiding280]

Because justin leave the show and camila didn’t. They have to make alex leave no matter what...

[@xxxghosthunterxxx7658]

Seems like he wanted an excuse to be with izzy anyways 😬

[@Spicytamale02]

Jenny you guys don’t get it. Alex has always loved Izzy and he was the one who sent her away. He told her he deserved better and made her leave. But he always missed her. Jo helped heal him but after finding out Izzy had his kids this whole time after he made it clear he don’t want her, he feels guilty and he probably still loves her. Who know tbh but I can understand Alex’s motives. He’s always loved Izzy, it was clear from when a random pregnant tall blonde came through the emergency doors and Izzy was all Alex could talk about w/ Joe that episode.

[@ornvlla]

@4LIFE1DEEP1 you seem pretty obsessed with children lmao

[@LenardTolentino]

This was only time Grey's anatomy fans were okay with the death of a character

[@chitrasunill]

frr like i would've been less sad knowing that he died still in love with jo:(

[@finnd557]

chitra sunil same

[@bellarose5978]

and Derek. I wish he was still there but there was no other way to write him out.

[@kaystevenson2075]

@@chitrasunill well he is still in love with Jo but the children of the corn exist so

[@MarissaCooperButPoor]

@@kaystevenson2075 The children of the corn I- 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikak1765]

This is actually awful. The worst possible ending for Alex. absolute garbage.

[@miker1166]

he deserves better this!

[@mikak1765]

L8RDay Sounds I quit greys a while back but I watch when an old character leaves. And for them to destroy all of alexs character development w this terrible ending is just disappointing. horrible writing.

[@emmaking6882]

mika k yea

[@glogler]

There wasn’t much the writers could do. Justin Chambers left without any notice. They couldn’t just kill him because after all the other characters that died (Lexie, Mark, George, Ellis, Thatcher, Derek, and meredith’s step mother) it would not make sense. They had to write out Alex in a way that would be serious enough for him to leave.

[@peatrice2003]

Alex went out on a great note; the love of his life and a life with his children to grow up with what he never had as a child. Hate that he’s gone but I love that they wrote him back with Izzy

[@KoramNRdz]

This is honestly the worst ending they could have given the character. I usually hate when characters are killed off but it would have been a better ending.

[@simranrai7324]

16 season of character building just went down the drain

[@elleypayette1292]

This was best ending for Alex

[@boomds5602]

Elley Payette no it wasn’t

[@tandfadams5535]

Agree. Though I’m kind of happy he is with Izzie

[@allie7574]

They ruined him the way they ruined Izzie. As Izzie was actually one of my favorite characters on the show but they had to ruin her during season 6. The show should just end already. It’s gone on for way too long.

[@rebeccax9552]

So this man finally marries Jo. Is the happiest he has ever been and then leaves her after one phone call with his emotionally abusive ex who left him with no explanation. All because she decided she still has the right to have his children without his permission and without informing him. You can still be a parent without leaving your wife.

[@chloe-sj3ik]

PERIOD

[@kaciemoser8915]

He gave her the right to have the children. In the episode where he said that he & jo should get a dog, he signed papers saying the Izzie could have & do what she choose to do with their frozen embryos. Jo was upset because Alex and Izzie had made plans for kids and all he asked her was if they should get a dog.

[@rebeccax9552]

Exactly tho so you don’t care say she can do whatever then up and leave when you find out she did use them. I get Justin left suddenly and they had to think of something but damn you couldn’t come up with something better than that. It is so disappointing to end that way.

[@esha9216]

I don't think Grey's anatomy cares about how they make their characters look once the actors playing them leave (which eventually happens because this show seems to be never ending). They don't care about giving a proper closure to the characters, which is unfair both to the characters and the fans watching. So I'm glad I quit watching it with season 10. Until then, I loved it.

[@samiasegero5484]

right 😒

[@VeronicAM313]

Letting everyone know, Shonda Rhimes didn't kill off Alex. That was the showrunner Krista V, who did this and the Teddy, Owen, A, Link baby Daddy drama. I miss Shonda and her writing. Alex wouldn't have runaway to be with fricking Izzie of ALL PEOPLE!

[@hersoutherncross]

Agree. Him and Jo have such a solid relationship and then BAM he's just leaving her fo Izzy and kids? that's ridiculous. The whole Owen or Link is just as bad.

[@h1a1n1n1a1h]

Veronica Krista also destroyed April and Arizona, she is a terrible writer. Alex would never have gone back to Izzy after she abandoned him in S6. Pathetic ending

[@reniercruz1993]

the writer of this episode really do not know who "Alex Karev" is, and that's so lame

[@ntiadicted]

@@h1a1n1n1a1h Izzie DID NOT abandon Alex. She took some time to think things over in a moment where her life was crumbling down and thanks to Webber she thought the Alex didn't have faith in her as a surgeon. BUT she came back and it was Alex who was so mad that he told her to leave. IZZIE CAME BACK!!!!

[@Authenticallysandy]

I remember when Derek was killed everyone was complaining at Shonda for killing him off; saying that they should’ve found another way to exit him from the show for the potential to come back. But Shonda knew that it was out of his character to just leave with no explanation and the only logical explanation for his exit was to die. And everyone was soo pissed lol.

[@daughterofj8772]

"You change careers like sweaters"😂😂 SPITTING FACTS LIKE THE QUEEN SHE IS ❤️❤️❤️

[@carolinet5936]

the one reply about their conversation, rather than alex and jo

[@aubreyplazaswife5576]

@@carolinet5936 not everyone has to talk about alex and jo :/

[@leahscheeff7493]

They did jo dirty. She didn’t deserve it. Idc if he had kids. Find a way to be with your kids and honor the commitment you made to jo.

[@kingjhove3710]

Exactly what I was saying, you can still be in their lives now that you know and still be a good family, maybe even find ways so that both him and izzie could see them whenever and make them know they have two loving parents, but you can’t just leave and go pay house with izzie just because she got ya kids that’s fucked up😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Anna-vl4zv]

he legit was planning kids with jo, could he not have just visited his kids every now and again. i'm so mad

[@palomaduran5373]

PERIOD

[@ajsjsoaisidid5297]

Well the actor can't be there anymore so....

[@lindsaykearney5089]

I said it once and I’ll say it forever: grey’s should’ve ended at season 10 with cristina’s departure (or if they ended it then she wouldn’t have had to have left). the show fell apart without its central relationship (Meredith and Cristina) and Sandra Oh was the best actor on the show. Derek would’ve still been alive and April, Arizona, Callie, etc would’ve still all been there. The show used to be great- and now unfortunately will go down in history as the number one example of greed and not knowing when to leave the party. *sigh* this show will forever have a special place in my heart, but it needs to end. this episode was lazy and Alex would NEVER do this. the Alex from 10 years ago, maybe, but not now.

[@ZiggyYB3]

Totally agree. At worst, they should have ended the show with season 12/13 where Derek dies. Right now it's just a mess, the story lines are just dramatic for nothing, when a character is happy they have to add some drama (Amelia/Link). It's just annoying to watch now.

[@justtia1031]

I’m done

[@cheepes3d]

I don’t think it should’ve ended at season 10 personally. I thought (sad as it was) that they wrote Cristina out well enough for the show to go on, which it did up until now. Shonda had a way of being able to write off even the very main characters and still make the show work. Krista Vernoff is a shit writer compared to Shonda Rhimes. She’s just fucked up the whole damn show. If it was Shonda, she would’ve just made Alex die somehow, not make this whole infuriating, heartbreaking plot line that makes no sense to Alex’s character whatsoever.

[@MoreMelaninPlease]

Havent watched it consistently since Christinas departure. We all know Alex would never abandon his wife and best friend Mer. Thank god i stopped investing my time watch because this is ridiculous and lazy writing.

[@motshidisitsotetsi7830]

Thank you so much 🙌🏽

[@xoxo-qc6qd]

This is on the same level of horrendous character endings as April marrying Matthew. Greys is ruined.

[@Sam-mf8hd]

amen

[@chasityrichardson8544]

This actually made sense. Her and Jackson would never work. To many conflicting beliefs and personalities. The passion was there though.

[@charlesmcgehee3227]

I hear you but this show is far from over. The money Grey's pulls down is top drawer cash. Brinks truck loads.

[@jaynekarinova256]

I didn’t like it at first but now I’m glad April ended up with Matthew. She couldn’t catch a break with Jackson no matter how hard she tried to stop the divorce from happening.

[@winterbabe101]

RIGHTTTTT

[@teodoranedimovic1679]

I wish Jo finds out that she's pregnant with freakin triplets. Did the writers even watch the first 14 seasons of GA?

[@estelafernandes310]

Teodora Nedimović me tooooo !!!!

[@vivianne6161]

It’s always been izzy- she made him a better person not jo. He wanted to change for Izzy not jo. After all these years he chose Izzy. Y’all just salty talking about “Alex wouldn’t bla bla” no Alex did.

[@andreae9425]

@@vivianne6161 no. alex WOULDN'T. alex is not the character from 12 seasons ago, he changed and he evolved. i LOVE izzie and i loved what they had but that was over, alex had moved on. this just doesn't make sense.

[@vivianne6161]

Andrea E well Alex did tho & there’s nothing you can do about it besides being salty but no one who’s important really cares about that

[@madisonthorne4181]

Teodora Nedimović the actress apparently is pregnant and found out just recently but they had to end the season early and are planning on putting those missed plots into the next season so hopefully they can write that in

[@Ramzzie]

Even if he found out Izzie had his kids, it would have made sense if he chose to co parent. He himself told Izzie that he deserves someone who doesn't abandon him like she did. And now he just leaves Jo!? Mann this just got super messy!

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Exactly. You can co-parent without becoming romantic partners, it's 21st century ffs

[@dianegrelaud1880]

And you need to have the consentment of the father to implement the embryo! Well in Europe anyway. So how could Izzie do it?

[@pegasusflight4718]

@@dianegrelaud1880 It said in the episode that Alex signed consent papers saying Izzy could do whatever she wants with the eggs. That's why she could have their kids.

[@dianegrelaud1880]

@@pegasusflight4718 ah ok thanks! I stopped watching the entire episodes as I'm so angry with the Amelia/Link BS. I just read spoilers + watch short videos on KZbin😉

[@pegasusflight4718]

@@dianegrelaud1880 Smart lol. Yea, the recent episodes have been pretty.. well EH.

[@Mini-Toast_]

Congratulations. This might be the worst character assassination since Game of Thrones. What might make it worse is that this show had real writers, a writers room, and a company that isn't run like an old boys club. So how?

[@glogler]

We went from M.A.G.I.C. to M.A.I.C. to M.A.C. to M.A. and now it’s just M.

[@tones8675]

that's the saddest way of putting it

[@Wyattherrold]

It took me a minute and to realize what this was Wet Went from M: Meredith, A: Alex, G: George, I: Izzie, C: Cristina To M: Meredith, A: Alex, I: Izzie, C: Cristina To M: Meredith, A: Alex, C: Cristina To M: Meredith, A: Alex And Now it’s just M: Meredith

[@Luna-ch9us]

Wow

[@chrisellnavarrete2845]

He would never do this. Not like this anyways. This was such lazy writing.

[@TheCat4791]

Lazy writing is all what it is now in Grey`s... I have known for a while that It has become a cheap soap-opera and that is all what I can expect from it... to be honest I am not sure to why I keep watching... but I guess I just want to see the end.

[@UrbanDecayLova247]

“Father of 2 with Izzie Stevens” 🙄 this once great show has turned into a parody of itself. Smh

[@hannahwig]

I had a feeling that they were going to do something like that, although I was hoping that they were going to do something that would have lasted until the end of the season, like he was missing and everyone went looking for him or he was developing schizophrenia or maybe they found his car and he had a stroke or a heart attack or something, anything. He stood by Jo, Meredith, Meredith kids, Webber and Maranda and wouldn't have done this. He married Jo and promised her that he wouldn't leave her and now he does for Izzy?! Yes, he loved her, but towards the end she wasn't nice to him and left him. Why would he give up everything including his wife?! Two questions: he didn't say how he found Izzy and when Jo found out about the embryos, wouldn't it have had the information that done were gone and that she used them, especially since it's been more than five years since that happened. The writing and storylines have been going downhill for a long time and it's now time for the show to end. I have to wonder, Justin left so abruptly and has been nice, polite, diplomatic, but a bit elusive about his reasons for leaving so abruptly, like not announcing that he was leaving at the end of the season (and what about his contract, wasn't the show picked up until 2021?) is really because of the storyline that they were thinking of doing and he realized that he both as Justin and Alex couldn't and wouldn't have done and tired to have some input and he was shot down and so he left, but how they did it... it's almost like writers undid the frat boy bully who became a loyal, supportive, loving, trustworthy doctor, surgeon and most importantly, the man he became. I'm angry now and am shaking my head angerly at the writers.

[@broitsjustjen]

Chrisell Navarrete it’s not a lazy writing are you stupid jesus wth

[@UrbanDecayLova247]

Greeneyelove yep..just a shame though. It is lazy writing because if they were going to do this, they could’ve at least built it up over time. Like maybe Alex started already getting distant, maybe had Izzie write him a letter or something and talk to Meredith about it SOMETHING LEADING UP TO IT...this literally came out of nowhere! I remember the scene where Alex told Jo about Izzie and how he pictures her life which I thought was a nice sort of closure to their story, but this just fucks that entire scene up. Ugh I’d expect at the very least for them to at least honor and respect the last original intern besides Meredith on the show but they couldn’t even do that smh.

[@maddie5730]

I bet Jo would have moved for him so he could be in his Children’s lives. She should have been written out with him.

[@jamiem8314]

Aussie Nurse I agree! There could have been a dozen of decent endings for Alex if they were willing to write off Jo’s character. I actually thought they would just have Alex decide to stay in Iowa to take care of his mom. Jo could have easily finished out the season while Alex got everything ready for the move. Seeing that there will probably only be one more season after this one, it would be a good thing to start wrapping up a lot of these characters’ storylines.

[@Mandabearlove]

I don't think it would have been worth losing Jo. I agree it was a terrible way to end him character but I think it would have been a huge loss to lose Jo.

[@missmelissaa]

It wouldn’t be fair to Camilla at all

[@jamiem8314]

Melissa true but they’ve done it before... Sarah Drew (April) and Jessica Capshaw (Arizona) were both written out.

[@EmmaWalsh40]

Aussie Nurse why should Camilla lose her job because Justin left. The only reason they split Izzie and Alex is because Katherine left, if they had taken this route we wouldn’t have had so many good Karev moments so no this might not be the way that jolex fans wanted it to end. But I For one loved it

[@alexolsen2053]

You know he could have ask Jo to come to Kansas to meet his kids, and Izzie and him could co-parent while he's still with Jo that would have been a better ending.

[@mirakunzin9535]

SO TRUE OMG

[@767juan]

the writers werent thinking logically with this episode

[@hyekerm]

Justin Chambers left the show from night to morning! Shonda told that was unfair to Camilla Luddington to have an husband that was not visible in the show

[@noreng4933]

@@hyekerm okay, but Alex could still have told Jo everything and asked her to move with him. Then, Jo could have turned this down and set him free to be with his kids, proposing the divorce herself. Easy fix. Alex leaves, Jo stays, amd everyone keeps their dignity and character development!

[@clcamden6489]

But he’s in love with Izzie, otherwise he might have done just that - so it didn’t work, LOL. Best character ending since Cristina ❤ #IzzexEndgame

[@chaos415]

IT would’ve been better if he was just killed off, like this isn’t ALEX, so out of character and horrible

[@lejlahodzic7068]

Mml lmao y’all would rather want to see alex dead than happy and it shows

[@cherryblossom9032]

Lejla nah, the thing is, Alex developed into such a nice character, caring, he loved Jo (even tho I always liked Izzy better) and for him to do this just doesn’t make sense, I’m happy he’s with Izzy, this just doesn’t suit his character

[@Cassandra765]

@@lejlahodzic7068 I'd rather his character go out as someone I can love and respect than being a total scumbag to someone who doesn't deserve it. I'd rather be happy about Alex and Izzie ending up together than feel disgust towards them and the way they handled this. This isn't about not wanting to see Alex happy. It's about the WAY he got his happiness that upsets me.

[@kitcat4058]

I don't even watch this show anymore and I feel betrayed. Grey's ended with season 10 for me anything after that never happened.

[@Tiekin515]

I'm on season 7 after Callie's and Arizona's car crash. After seeing this I'm done. Don't care anymore When watched on TV never been over them breaking Cristina and own

[@kitcat4058]

@@Tiekin515 I'm not trying to spoil anything for you but basically in the next few seasons everyone either dies or is written off the series. The car crash is the least upsetting thing that happens moving forward. I honestly forgot about that because so much other shit happens.

[@Tiekin515]

@@kitcat4058 I know I hate they ruin Owen and Cristina. Callie and Arizona, Jackson and April and killing Derek. I'm over this stuff. They ruined a good man no way I'm coming back

[@kitcat4058]

@@Tiekin515 and then there's Mark and Lexie. I'm still not over them. I stopped watching this show in season 12 but I barely made it through season 11. I was planning on waiting for the series to end before finishing the rest of the series but it's not even worth it at this point. I wish they had ended the series sooner while it was still an amazing series because now when it ends it will just be an average show at best.

[@redavenger5606]

I feel bad for Justin Chambers having to see his character die off like this. He must of really pissed off the writers to make them do this.

[@Eric-ui3nk]

Well, he did blindside everyone by saying he was leaving the show, they couldn't have been happy about that.

[@annaalestra4263]

He always love jolex more then izzie....anyway it's hurt to work with Katherine because she bitch my aunt know her

[@blackgrlfly]

He doesnt really get to feel any sort of way when he walked out on them. He could have finished the season it would have allowed them the opportunity give him a proper send off but he wouldnt even return for his last episode. He just decided he was done.

[@odiliinao9746]

He would have never done this. He would be crazy mad at Izzie, yelling at her, fighting for the kids and finally coming to an agreement with her. But he'd never abandon Jo, she took his name, she understood him like no one else... Why did you have to destroy him like this? Why?!

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Exactly... Cheap cop-out.... They could have made him move to get to know kids and deal with custody and legal matters and be with Jo in long-distance relationships off-screen. And give people insight about him through other characters..

[@jessjess8574]

odiliina o facts how old are these kids too!! She left seasons ago. And never said shit what like what are these kids like 10?!

[@kindesgedanke]

jessica semexan Izzie had some eggs frozen back when she was sick. Remember? So the kids are five years old.

[@harmonijan8336]

Because Shonda is a bitch

[@tandfadams5535]

HARMONIJA N Shonda hasn’t written for the show for a few years now, which is why it’s gone so downhill

[@JanaOliveira19]

S11E06 Alex to Jo: "You got me, I swear to God. I'm not going anywhere except home, with you." Well... guess meanwhile you marry the girl, get a new house with her, and a few years later you just go back to a previous relationship that was a mess and like... many lives ago. It makes sense... I just want to pretend this bs didn't happen. There's no fairytales in real life. We can't expect it on GA either now!! Izzy and Burke left out of blue and still had a return for a better farewell... Yang, Torres, Arizona, April Addison, Stephanie, Ross, Nathan, Murphy, Sam... had a good reason to leave the hospital or Seattle. All others died and that sucked any way. But Karev? With all his grow from the "devil spawn" era, just disappears after helping Meredith and just send lame letters with bad excuses? No matter if he "has kids" or if they didn't like the actor Justin for any reason, you don't end a story like this. No sense, just unnecessary drama.

[@LittleSkyful]

Amen to that. Grey's Anatomy wasn't great at distinguish between personal and work matters. Fuck this show. I pretend this never happens and he died or something like that. But I never watch again.

[@skylane8953]

Honestly it would’ve been better if they had Alex’s character die than him leave Jo like this

[@satanwithoutskeletonhats7867]

Absolutely wtaf

[@reignscott9832]

No

[@Anna-vl4zv]

him dying would have hurt less

[@isabellafu]

@@reignscott9832 yes. not only jo, but meredith too.

[@MLola2020]

Grey's anatomy need to end soon..cause they don't know what they're doing with this longtime serie is time to and end no more tangle the original beautiful history! This is not right to all the fan we been watch since the beggining!!

[@triosbejarano]

Exactly

[@kurlykaitlyn]

Thank you! Yes! I've been saying like 3years this show needs to end because its basically poorly writing out long term characters and having lamer than lame newer characters

[@mcmw1022]

Really it should have ended around season 10

[@andreae9425]

for real !!!

[@sydneyneill6537]

Monica Garza (MGO) EXACTLY!!

[@adela8021]

This is so out of character. They should have made him take care of his mother or something...

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Yeah, that would be perfect

[@madisonthorne4181]

Eugeniya Leshenko that wad the excuse they used in November cause the actor left and wasn’t returning they used it as a filler

[@sennyuu]

Izzie broke him in so many ways, his family at the hospital helped pick those up. Alex, and Jo were so similar they were both broken in some way. The Alex I knew would NEVER do this. How could Shonda give him this ending. Alex loved Jo, they got through everything. In some way I kind of envied the love that they had in the show. Alex would have been the type of father to parent the twins, and love Jo. Alex not only broke his ( Ex ) wife's heart, but he broke the people who got him through the toughest times, and who he helped get through tragedies. Izzie once again breaking my heart, it's like Shonda wants to drive away viewers.

[@lechoduneparisienne5967]

Let's put it in context, it was Alex who asked for a divorce. Izzie ghosted him because she had received no support from her when she was fired. Afterwards, she wanted to fix the mess and it was Alex who said stop. The problem is that they never really parted for good reasons, their story didn't have any real conclusions.

[@Cassandra765]

@@lechoduneparisienne5967 Actually, Alex was nothing but supportive of Izzie. She ghosted because she decided she'd rather blame him for her getting fired than give him the benefit of the doubt and hearing his side of it. Not a healthy way to start off a marriage. But I do agree that their conclusion in S6 was unsatisfactory. I just don't think this ending is any better.

[@tomioka__]

Here’s how the hell it should have went Denny from season 2 should have lived after all that shit he went through with the heart thing him and Izzie should have got together lived a happy life and Alex should of got to stay with jo

[@jaynekarinova256]

FV4005 this. Denny was Izzie’s truest love.

[@tomioka__]

Jayne Karinova the exactly what I’m saying like izzie did all she could for him Denny went through all this shit for a good heart hell and back just to die from a little blood clot like what kinda shit

[@juliem1930]

This doesn’t make sense poor ending for him. Bad job writers

[@unprocessed_life]

I like it. While his growth would indicate he maybe should get a Christina like ending, I do think him choosing family/kids unlike his father is perfect. TEAM IZZIE

[@fabio40]

I thought is was brilliant. What else are the writers supposed to do. They've already killed of too many former cast members. Besides, I predicted this outcome a week ago. LoL

[@quanbmack2407]

Fake fan

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@unprocessed_life He could have been a present father for kids, and still be married to Jo. It's 21st century, jeez. You don't have to marry just because you found out you have a kid. That's illogical - to go back to woman that left you 10 years ago, didn't tell you about kids, and leave the one that is there for you and break up with her in a letter? Grownups don't do that. Alex Karev wouldn't do that, that's a cheap cop-out

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@fabio40 It was cheap and lazy writing, that totally ruined his character. They could have made him move to be near his kids, but still be with Jo in long-distance relationships. And then it could have gon several directions. What they did is a disgrace to both actor and his character. Not only he abandoned his wife (who just recovered from her multiple issues) and his friends, but he also did it through letters ffs. Yes, I understand that Justin left abruptly and they didn't have much to work with but still...

[@glogler]

DON’T BLAME SHONDA. Shonda Rhimes has not written for Grey’s in years. Krista Vernoff is the showrunner.

[@cecy2278]

Im sure shonda knew about it and could’ve done something

[@gambitgambino1560]

Cecy Alvarez she could have veto it

[@cheepes3d]

Cecy Alvarez No, Shonda isn’t even on the show anymore. She has no say.

[@khairulakmal477]

Stupid krista..!!

[@starsinthesky7997]

Rachel J Yeah. I hate when people blame Shonda for Krista’s awful ass writing.

[@corridawn3851]

He literally left the exact same way Izzie did and it made everyone hate her, now he's doing the exact same thing to Jo?? He would NEVER

[@christie1112]

I know she’s a fictional character, but I literally hurt so much for Jo. That would be so painful and unfair. Really wish that they had just killed off the character :(

[@lamarshalewis5380]

I hurt for Jo. But I don’t agree with killing off Alex. He may decide to come back. I think that’s why they did it the way they did. I thought it was beautifully done.

[@katy4523]

"you're my hero" "Mine too" Man after everything Jo has gone through, she really deserves to be just as fiercely loved as she does

[@jaynekarinova256]

Link would actually be so amazing for her but they’ve already got him with Amelia 😤. Ah, regardless, their friendship is super sweet. 🥺

[@kaystevenson2075]

@@jaynekarinova256 I like them as friends personally

[@jaynekarinova256]

@@kaystevenson2075 I love them as friends too but he’s been the one guy in her life that she can truly trust so if they ever did decide to go further it would be so sweet but I wouldn’t want him and Amelia to break up either lol

[@kaystevenson2075]

@@jaynekarinova256 yeah no him and Amelia I don’t think they will break up (if this was reality but it’s Greys so you never know) and I hope they don’t

[@riyashasingh6712]

I had stopped watching Grey's after season 12 and I saw this randomly "Alex Karev is a father of two with Izzie Stevens" Kill me right now

[@LittleSkyful]

I wished I stopped there too. Didn't watch for 2 two years, started again, then April and Arizona left, stopped for 2 years again... And now I wanted to catch up and this headline pops up. Fuck this show for good :D. They were the only reason I watched.

[@nayaaabeenit1859]

Shriya Patil RIGHT , I stopped watching once mark and Lexie died 😒

[@tenekabarnett2867]

No point watching it now Karev has gone. Why have gone and give a shit ending to the his character like that.

[@НайляРахимова-о7ь]

same. I stopped when I read the announcement that Kristina would leave. I was like f#&k that, i quit, i don't wanna see Kristina dying. The only thing i don't get is.. shouldn't Izzis kids be way older than Mer's daughter? She left the show hundred years ago, didn't she?

[@esha9216]

Yeah tell me about it. I stopped watching it in season ten, and I suddenly read this and have a shock lol I used to love Izzie and Alex and even I think this is wrong, because he moved on and created a different life apart from her for years. What nonsense is this?

[@Tre0pa7]

My reaction watching this: "are you f* kidding me?" Guess it's goodbye Grey's anatomy, it was a nice and painful ride and one last thing - ALEX KAREV WOULD NEVER.

[@LifewithKrystle]

FakeSisters my exact words

[@stephaniecuralli553]

FakeSisters same 😢

[@marisolvelez6487]

I literally will never watch again

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@Clementine Washburn Seriously??? We all thought here that it was a documentary... Fuck off, cap

[@ianfumusa6444]

Same, I’m done with this shit. I can’t even watch old episodes because I know how he ends up

[@alexarmendariz2385]

The worst part of all of this is I feel so bad for Jo, that is truly heartbreaking!! I even said to myself before this episode aired, there is no way in hell he would just leave her like that, he wouldn’t do that, but he did! I am so beyond pissed off at this ending, that’s crazy and ludicrous to have him return to Izzie, the same Izzie who abandoned him in the first place, and the fact that he is not pissed at her for having his children and not telling him about it, any rational human being would be angry about that, it’s his kids, he missed when they were born and the first five years of their lives because of her, this show seriously needs to end already, I’m getting so sick and tired of this horrible writing that makes no sense, I call BS on this!

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

👍👏👏👏 Well said. I don't even watch it anymore but still can see that such lazy cop-out is lame and illogical af

[@Natalie-je6dg]

What they did to poor Jo, I just can't. My heart broke with hers.

[@delmicortave]

He miss like 9 or 10 years I forget when Izzy leave the show, but this ending was off poor Jo not even face her.

[@brigitteh8295]

Sour grapes Izzie came back and he told her to go on with her life and he never forgot about her so live with it!

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

Yes!!

[@mellymoore8390]

“There’s really no good way to say goodbye” ALLOW ME TO LIST THEM-

[@aubreeg1361]

I’m so mad that they did this to Alex. After everything he went through and all the character development that happened they just made him do that. I would have rather him died then leave the way he did. Alex would never do that ever! I can’t believe they ruined his character like that

[@JustAMakeupLover3XL]

The was a TERRIBLE way to end Alex’s character. I was crying this whole episode

[@bronxbaddiexo]

ShaniceS shit had me in tears too girl, I can’t believe they would do that to jo’s character neither 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@PNTTVReacts]

That bullshit was a straight up lie. Alex would NEVER do that to her, KNOWING Alex's history with abandonment!

[@bronxbaddiexo]

4LIFE1DEEP1 that does not make him a real man. You don’t have to abandon your current wife just because your ex-wife had your kids especially after she left YOU. He did it solely because he was still in love with Izzy, which still doesn’t make it right at ALL. The way he ended it w/ Jo was completely selfish. There are people who used to be married and co-parent when they find out they have children together. They completely destroyed all the growth his character had achieved in literally 45 minutes 🤦🏽‍♀️.

[@bronxbaddiexo]

4LIFE1DEEP1 no, that’s still not a good enough reason lol. you don’t make a promise to someone that you are gonna love them and stay with them through thick and thin just to leave them b/c someone else had your kids 😭. I still love Alex but they could have done way better with his sendoff.

[@chloebreagan5193]

To me this just didn’t make sense for Alex, I felt like he truly loved Jo and it just seemed out of character for him to leave to be with Izzy and the children.

[@summernadish2741]

it’s obvious the writers could care less of what we think. if they really cared about what we think they wouldn’t have did this. just like that gone. they could have at least made him die and then people would be so mad

[@wilhelminahewins6984]

Time to end the show

[@cclaucc]

The writers doesnt care. Not care less

[@exiledbiatch6188]

The writers should care, because now I am sure as hell not watching anymore and others will stop watching too. If they don't want to get cancelled, maybe they should start writing with some sense again

[@Jellytko]

You mean what YOU think..I couldn't be happier about this ending. And I'm sure many other people feel the same way..

[@exiledbiatch6188]

@@Jellytko the majority of the fandom, not just us. Let me guess, you're okay with Alex's ending because you are an Alex/Izzie shipper and you just KNEW they were meant to be together since the beginning!1!1 It doesn't matter that it was just bad writing that ruined an amazing character, by making him leave the wife he married 2 episodes before, for a woman he didn't want in his life and who left him heartbroken the same way he did with Jo this episode. But yeah, great ending. Just sensational.

[@DaughterOfTheMaster]

15 seasons where we saw Alex grow and become a better man only to be ruined by this storyline. Alex loved Jo, he would not have done this to her. Shonda and the writers of Grey really blew this one.

[@mysterysunfurled]

Shonda isn't responsible for this

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@mysterysunfurled That's why they say Shonda AND the writers. She still owns the rights and could have vetoed this

[@Whitneypyant]

Eugeniya Leshenko shonda hasn’t work for ABC for 2 years now. She left abc for Netflix

[@starsinthesky7997]

Eugeniya Leshenko Shonda doesn’t work in grey’s anymore. She has no say in anything that happens.

[@jinakaye]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849: It might be under her umbrella, but it's not Shonda's responsibility to wrap a storyline. She's probably trying to help Krista wrap the show (IF next season IS the last season).

[@emilygamble8375]

“You change careers like sweaters”. Gets me every time. 😂 1:49

[@maria-qu5rl]

Izzie has not been there for him in years, he would not have left Jo just like that..after everything he had been through to get her

[@badwic7151]

Okay, I'm officially done with this show. The stupidity of this writing is beyond *I don't even know how to complete this* They should have ended this the moment half of the original cast were off.

[@isi2579]

Badwi C I stopped watching show like season 14? Since ever I updated myself on what has happening every now and then, only seeing on how much worse this show got. Like Alex and Izzie over Alex and Jo? All I can say is that I've never seen a fandom being more certain about something like Izzie is absolutely the only way of ruining 15 years of character development.

[@quanbmack2407]

Fake fan

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@quanbmack2407 Shut up troll

[@Litandharryginny]

@@isi2579 I stopped watching mainly after april married matthew and left that was a stupid move

[@cashthedash8104]

I know right shandra or shonda or whatever the old writers name is, she needs to start writing again, or rewrite this episode

[@Eddy-fs4uq]

Gentle reminder that Shonda Rhymes was the head writer from Season 1-7. Krista Vernoff became head writer and executive producer from season 7 until now. Shonda wrote the golden years ❤️

[@fatmagizemakkus2606]

You’re telling me that Alex left his wife the way Izzie left him back then? I’m so pissed off, not only did they ruin his character but Izzie’s too

[@TheMelancholicWriter]

I feel like this was Shonda’s revenge for the actor walking away from the show...

[@ifavkiara]

he had mental heath issues-

[@taylordot8431]

Again.

[@MarissaCooperButPoor]

@@ifavkiara really? I thought he just didn't want to be on the show anymore after 15 years, which I'd understand.

[@annaalestra4263]

They showed me how Alex fell in love with Jo, and how it had absolutely nothing to do with Izzie. He fell in love with Jo’s strength, her wit and her caring heart. They showed me him being himself with her, allowing himself to be silly and have fun, be it making animal noises or fake crying to get into hotel rooms. They showed me that the thought of never seeing Alex again upset Jo deeply when they were just friends to each other back then. They showed me him realizing that he loved her before he had even kissed her. That this time it wasn’t about sex or just attraction. That he fell in love with Jo because of Jo. They showed me her standing by his side through it all, even when he pushed her away because of his dad. They showed me how much she cared about him and how much he meant to her. They showed me that he imagined a future with her just a couple months into their relationship. That he wanted to be with her forever. They showed me that Alex and Jo overcame so many obstacles over the years and yet never gave up on each other. That even while they were broken up he didn’t want to date anyone else and she only hooked up with a random intern to forget about him, which she never could. They showed me that they both had struggled with love since their childhoods. That Alex felt like none of the girls understood his messy upbringing properly. That Jo felt like she was too messed up to be truly happy with someone. Until they found each other and it felt like finding home. They showed me that Alex made Jo love and trust again after escaping her abuser. That she could give a man her whole heart despite what had happened to her. They showed me that Alex was so important to Jo that she wanted to take his last name. That being a Karev was something she was proud of, despite what some people once would have said. They showed me that Alex loved Jo so much he never stopped fighting for her even when she was so depressed she pushed him away. They showed me that despite his fear of his loved ones “going crazy” he loved Jo so much that her depression didn’t scare him off. They showed me Jolex choosing each other over and over again over the years even when walking away from each other would have been easier. They showed me that Alex didn’t need to fear being abandoned anymore because the woman he fell in love with proved him over and over again that she would never leave him. And then they took it all away in a single episode. They spat on Jolex’s beautiful love story. And they made it look so easy. As if those 8 years meant nothing. As if everything I watched over these years was a lie. And it still hurts. I don’t know when it will stop. But I know one thing for sure and that is that Jo is the love of Alex’s life. I’m not going to let one episode of shitty writing take that away from me because the writers thought it would be meaningful to give two original characters an ending together, no matter how little sense it makes. grey's anatomy alex karev jo wilson jolex jo karev alex x jojo x alex 130 notes Mar 25th, 2020 MORE YOU MIGHT LIKE How am I supposed to accept that two characters who were as compatible as Alex and Jo will end up with other people now? When I looked at Jolex, I genuinely thought “these two will still have the same loving and bantering relationship when they’re 80 and surrounded by their children and grandchildren.” There are fictional couples you like for a certain time because they’re exciting but you know deep down their relationship would never last in the long run. With Jolex, I thought they would because they felt like soulmates who understood each other on a level nobody else did. They always knew each other’s fears and insecurities so well and tried their hardest to protect each other. It felt like there was nothing they wouldn’t do for one another. I can’t even imagine how her next love interest would be able to relate to Jo in ways Alex could. And no matter how picture-perfect the show tried to paint Alex’s ending, I don’t think he’s with his soulmate or one true love right now. If he learned one thing from meeting and falling in love with Jo, it should have been that he and Izzie weren’t meant to be. And the scene where he pictures this life for her told me Alex had realized exactly that. That he found the right person for himself and was finally in a place where he could wish the same happiness for Izzie without any ill feelings. In my opinion, that’s what that scene was supposed to show us and not him still pining for her. If that were the case, he wouldn’t have talked to Jo out of all people about it, and she wouldn’t have encouraged him to reach out to his ex if she had felt like he still had romantic feelings for her. It really hurts to see two people who seemed to be made for each other not end up together. And it hurts even more that it was done in a way that made no sense when you look at their relationship or the type of people they were. grey's anatomy alex karev jo wilson jolex jo karev alex x jojo x alex 43 notes “Izzie and I felt unfinished” They made Alex say that although there were two episodes in season 6 where Izzie came back and they actually shared a conversation. In the last episode he even had time to think about it and decide for himself that he wanted her to leave and not come back because he felt he deserved better. He never saw her again afterwards, and I’m sure there were times he felt they should have talked it out more and he should’ve maybe given them a second chance (before he fell in love with Jo, because nobody can tell me he ever wished he was still with Izzie while he was dating Jo and they weren’t broken up. There were no indications for that whatsoever). But if Izzie and him were left unfinished, then what are he and Jo now? He never even had one last conversation with Jo. He never called her or gave her the opportunity to talk to him because he knew he wouldn’t be able to do what he did if he heard her voice or saw her face. He left her while still being deeply in love with her. If Alex and Izzie were unfinished, then Jo and Alex are now ten times more unfinished. Alex wasn’t in love with Izzie anymore while he was with Jo - it had been years since she left -, but now that he’s with Izzie again, he’s still in love with Jo. Something tells me even those kids won’t make him forget who he left behind. And I don’t think he’ll be able to get over Jo so easily. If the writers insist that something inside him always wondered what Izzie and him could’ve been, then I have no doubt he’ll always wonder from now on how his future with Jo would’ve looked like. And that’s why I find it hilarious to end Jo & Alex so abruptly by saying Izzie & Alex were left unfinished, because Izzie and Alex at least had one last talk. Jo and Alex never had that. Alex is currently hiding in Kansas from Jo and his love for her. I’d love to know what he would do if one day he saw her or talked to her again. grey's anatomy alex karev jo wilson jolex jo karev alex x jojo x alex why am i even taking anything that episode did seriouslythe writers proved they lack the ability to write their characters realisticallyi wouldn't be surprised if they pretend alex already forgot jo's namebecause they apparently can't stay true to their characters one biti just thought about the unfinished part and how that now applies to jolex more than it ever did to izzie and himoh well 7 notes

[@jabney22]

I think when he said all that stuff about always wondering and wanting to know meant that he wondered and wanted to know what happened to izzie and things felt unresolved and unfinished bc she just kind of left and never came back and if on the phone call he hadn't herd the kids like he said he'd go back to jo and things would be finished bc he didn't say that he always wondered what him and lizzie could've been he said he wondered and wanted to know which implied wanting to know where she was and how she was doing and he didn't say unresolved feelings or unfinished business he said unresolved and unfinished which to me implies that he meant they never got their peaceful ending or made a amends and that's why things felt unresolved not bc he was still in love wth her which he def wasn't but bc she was a part of his past and he never knew what became of her when she left idk that's just how me my sister and cousin took it when we watched the Ep

[@kaystevenson2075]

I agree but Damn you ain’t have to write a whole esau

[@annaalestra4263]

@@kaystevenson2075 apparently I had to it pretty isn't it ?

[@kaystevenson2075]

@@annaalestra4263 yup you couldn’t be more right but unfortunately things happen in real life but they should’ve killed him even if the actor wouldn’t come back like Jo got a call saying your husband was like hit by a car if you want to say goodbye and then like had somebody who looked like him and then with all the makeup on you wouldn’t know I mean I’m just reaching here but wth was this ending honestly

[@WildRose7988]

I HATE THIS ENDING... he wasn’t suppose to end up with izzie.... he and jo are perfect for each other

[@paigemann5157]

Don’t even get me started... I hated Izzy from the start but I hated her even more when she left Karev! Who in their right mind leaves Karev!

[@sweetsecretshayaty]

They ruin the best ships: slexie/japril

[@fabio40]

@@paigemann5157 You never watched the early years of Grey's did you? Alex was an ass hole.

[@el-ts5fh]

fabio40 it’s called character development and it was such a non alex thing to do to leave jo by writing a letter

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@Sa'Niya Smith You don't have to be romantic partners to co-parent together

[@KathrynCeleste51]

I didn’t want to say goodbye to Dr Burke, George, Izzy, Lexi, Mark, Cristina, Derek, Calzona, and I definitely didn’t want to say goodbye to Alex..... No one will ever fill his shoes..... Love you Justin and wish you all the best going forward with future acting gigs and adventures with your family❤️

[@anaborja9724]

In less than 5 minutes they managed to destroy Alex’s whole character development, his relationship with Jo, the progress he’d done over 4 years to get over Izzy and Zola’s only important father figure after Derek. In a LETTER no less. Good job Shonda Rhimes.

[@jamilajariwala]

I’m actually laughing at how ridiculous this whole thing sounds, the shows had it’s run and it’s time I stop watching it and let the good memories of the first 10 seasons be the only thing I remember bc damn even a child could’ve written a better ending for his character that was more honorable and not a literal complete joke, I can’t take this seriously at all, the show is pretty much unwatchable at this point and that means a lot coming from someone who’s watched the show multiple times and couldn’t love it more, the past few seasons are completely disgraceful

[@KneeSea]

This is EXACTLY how I feel, and yet we’ll still watch because these are our people strangely enough. Those of us that watched from the pilot episode to now have almost grown up just as much with these characters. So we stick by it anyway. We’re all masochists here lol

[@jamilajariwala]

KneeSea yeah not gonna lie that was me for a while! I watched the pilot recently for old times sake and it made me very emotional but angry too, that they’ve turned it into something almost unrecognizable

[@JasmineInFullBloom]

This!!!

[@TheBubbles4227]

Exactly, Wattpad would have given him a better ending😂. This show will now end for me, when Mer won her Harper Avery

[@bunnywings55]

Literally would of rather have Alex has schizophrenia then go to Izze.

[@bunnywings55]

Literally extends the plot to Meredith's family history with Alzheimer

[@natashaguevara3572]

yess

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Lol, but agree

[@janderson947]

The writers were being PETTY Krista really

[@Usseryml00]

“You change careers like sweaters” 😂oh my god I laughed so hard

[@maison1773]

16 seasons... such a waste of time. If I could go back in time, I would go back and never watch Greys. You really disappointed on this one

[@luzrosas8153]

I left at the plane crash, that was a little too much for me.

[@maison1773]

I wish I had stopped awhile ago, but I felt that I needed to keep watching just cause I’ve been watching for so long. Now is the time to stop lol

[@melissagarcia4477]

Oh shut up its not a waste😂greys will always be awesome the first seasons

[@savannahhurley4325]

I wish I never started watching this. I'm going to sell my discs now. This is fucking shit. End it

[@Warriorbard21]

Maison for me this show ended with the plane crash

[@alisarduy2418]

I hate the fact that they when major characters like Derek, or Lexie or Sloan decided to leave the show, the producers/writers decided to kill them off, which I think was really the best way to get fans to accept their decisions. And then when it comes to ALEX who has been on the show since Day 1 they just give him the worst exit EVER!!! He would NEVER leave Jo or Meredith, at least not without saying a proper goodbye first. I don't think the writers/ producers planned this out very well!! Alex deserved a much better exit than the one they gave him!!

[@ChromaloxTTV]

Exactly. Izzie left Alex and he was in so much pain... why tf would he leave Jo and put her through that same pain he endured??

[@janderson947]

Shonda wrote the other endings jrista is the show runner now I think she does the writing now u can tell an see the difference , honestly at season 10it should have stopped imo but I think they were mad at his sudden departure so they didn't care at his fans I think shonda would have killed Alex or she would have had him go check on his mom and leave or something but they were just being petty I thought they would do something like this because of the way he left that they might make him go with Izzy or something which is out of character because he would yell and confront Izzy and then go back to Jo I just hate all if that character development or at least Alex would have told her face to face but again the writers were being PETTY.. .

[@jinakaye]

To be fair, Eric Dane had some say for the way his character ended. I don't think any of the other actors did. They probably wouldn't have killed off Lexie if they didn't want Meredith to feel it. Chyler Leigh left the show on good terms with Shonda Rhimes. I'm guessing they wanted to leave a door open for Justin Chambers to return, especially since he wasn't originally supposed to stay on the show (Alex was an added character). It might not be the ending folks were expecting, but it's the only one that makes sense if they didn't want (or could not) kill him off.

[@janderson947]

@@jinakaye they could have had his money relapse and him going to take care of her far away and sending the divorce papers for Jo stating he need to fully concerntrate on his mom.

[@jinakaye]

@@janderson947: It wouldn't make sense for him to not appear even if his mother relapsed. It would just be awkward to never see him if he didn't do a proper goodbye on the show.

[@Wyattherrold]

Link: “Your My Hero” Jo: “Mine too” Let the tears Roll

[@TocaWorldandAvatarWorld]

The writers were probably angry that the actor decided to leave. So they him a disgusting ending in the show. Now some crazy people might hate the real life him for what happened in the show, all because of the writers. They could’ve came up with another story....they didn’t the actor that portrayer Burke and look at how they wrote him off and left Christina that way.

[@blackgrlfly]

If he wanted a better ending he could have sat with the showrunners and discussed how he'd like his exit to go but he didnt and also refused to show for his last episode. Sandra gave them a heads up that season 10 would be her last, did they take that out on her character? No. Nothing else would have made sense unless they write Jo off too.

[@rosi-wz7pm]

Ok I mean though the writers didn’t exactly have a lot of choices. He totally blindsided them and just stopped and quit and refused to be in any more episodes. So they needed to give him an ending that he wouldn’t need to be shown in. I agree it kinda sucks, but it’s more his fault than the fault of the writer imo

[@Mrmostacho452]

I’m just going to assume that Izzie kidnapped him and killed him and she sent those letters so that no one would suspect that she hid the body under her porch. This is my ending!

[@jadejustjade]

I like this ending better.

[@Evfollower]

I support this. 🤣

[@agustinapozzi3110]

I would LOVE for that to be the truth..... I CRIED SO MUCH!!! 💔💔💔😭😭😭😭

[@JMTE27]

Mrmostacho452 Damn that’s dark LOL

[@agustinapozzi3110]

@@JMTE27 But it's better than the stupidity the writers of the show did lol

[@sashahazim5436]

so messed up. izzie never called you! she doesn’t want you alex.

[@jovanav2282]

isn't izzy dead?

[@nadjak3410]

@@jovanav2282 I thought for over 10 years that she and George had died at the same time 😭🤣

[@funandlala]

Harsh, but it's so true :'(

[@_youlooksus_6566]

@@jovanav2282 I hope she did.

[@jacobplays6917]

@@jovanav2282 well he just left jo for izzie and the kids so what do you think 🤔

[@livo326]

And THIS is why we need Shonda back.

[@blinkeu7775]

Wait what happened to her? Did she stop writing for it?

[@samararosenblatt6027]

Lol I wonder if she even approves of it...

[@amandanicole4906]

blinkeu she hasn’t wrote for the show since like 2016

[@quinn3660]

Alex left his wife for Izzie? The same Izzie who chose Denny over him? The same Izzie that left him for months not telling him where she was? The same Izzie that DIDN’T TELL HIM HE HAD KIDS? Yeah makes sense... 😒

[@paigemann5157]

Quinn Quinn why do I have a feeling Izzy used those fertilized eggs that Alex helped her with before she left the show...

[@quinn3660]

Paige Mann Because she did... Twins that are 5 YEARS OLD

[@quinn3660]

Sa'Niya Smith IKR, it’s not like he and Jo couldn’t have stayed together and moved closer and still be a present father... oh wait... that could have happened.

[@paigemann5157]

Sa'Niya Smith your kidding right!? As far as I’m concerned their “love story” was finished the second Izzy left him

[@quinn3660]

Sa'Niya Smith 😂 when Izzie left, that bitch left Alex with hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills. Not to mention she dead ass sent him divorce papers without a consult... kinda like our friend Alex Karev now

[@user-bz5fn4pu2v]

I feel like Justin Chambers pissed Shonda off by leaving so she was like “I’m gonna destroy your character” which she also done to Izzie because of Katherine.

[@esha9216]

Thought so too.. But apparently this was not by shonda but the show runner Krista..

[@katherinelyons781]

I feel for Jo so much! She didn’t deserve this.

[@yuktisherke3402]

Yes she went through a lot and this was just too much for her.

[@sweetsecretshayaty]

She’s going to have MAJOR trust issues after this..

[@Nina-pr6dt]

We, the viewers, don’t deserve this!

[@michalkolitz9735]

I will not watch one more episode because this is a disgrace. What the hell is this? Everyone knows alex karev would never do such a thing so all i can think of is justin chambers pissing them off and that's why shonda decided to ruin him which is so selfish. So wrong to do this to the grey's anatomy fans. Shonda u ruined this show!

[@Ethan-dn1wc]

This was Krista not Shonda.

[@VeronicAM313]

Krista Vernff(sp?) Is the showrunner doing this. Shonda owns the rights but she hasn't been writing for a while. *sigh* and it shows because she wouldn't have done this.

[@ds020]

How is this show a disgrace?

[@clockworkprincess3034]

Shonda doesn't even write for the show anymore tho

[@mysterysunfurled]

IT'S NOT SHONDA Can people at least get their facts right?

[@angelsrosena]

He came into our lives as a Jerk and throughout the years he became an amazing man. Now thanx to the lack of inspiration of Shonda’s staff he’s leaving us as a Jerk again. Poor Jo 😢 😢

[@paulafigueroa480]

This Is a terrible ending for a character that had such an impressive evolution.

[@Sonal.09]

Izzie hiding kids from Alex and then Alex leaving everything to be with Izzie and kids is like a page torn from a fanfiction story. I have read Grey's Anatomy fanfictions, and I'm pretty sure I read this or similar plot somewhere.

[@user-ub8oi7oh3r]

Sonal Sharma oh my god it’s literally the fan fiction 14 year old me wrote

[@b3An404]

I'm rewatching this episode for the first time since it aired and I had to come on YT because watching it alone is so aggravating bruh. All that development chucked away in 1 episode is crazy

[@fyazz4432]

Meredith: There's no good way to say goodbye... Bad writing : so we're gonna say goodbye in the worst way ever YOLO.

[@missy67]

Alex would never do this. Grey's Anatomy has "jumped the shark" . They need to end this show before they destroy these characters, that we've grown to love, any further.

[@tomioka__]

There really is no characters left that we’ve grown to love left

[@jaynekarinova256]

Idk... I’d like to see them do a lot of damage control from this very depressing season before they even think about ending it lol.

[@edgartapia9005]

Narrator Meredith: “There’s no good way of saying goodbye” Me: Well said, but more like there’s no better way of destroying a character.

[@kaystevenson2075]

Meredith breaking the fourth wall or something

[@Roselouis98]

This is complete BULL. Having children doesn’t mean you love someone. You expect me to believe that after everything Jolex has been through and Alex’s major character development that he would leave Jo without having the decency to tell her to her face for Izzie who left him knowing that Jo already has abandonment issues. THAT IS NOT ALEX. He didn’t even try to contact Izzie for over 10 years. I do love Izzex but not now after everything that has happened. I really feel for Jo. Her life was tough since she was born. Her mother abandoning her, being in foster homes, living in her car, her first husband beating her, finding out she was a product of rape which greatly affected her mental and now her second husband who she loved more than anything in the world and trusts does this to her. Some say that she will probably end up with Link or Hayes but if I was her I would be single for a long time because at that point I don’t trust anyone. If the writers really wanted to go with alex having children storyline they could of made Alex convince Izzie to move to Seattle, he can work in a different hospital and Jo can become their step mom. The storyline could have went about many different ways. Out of all the crap that Grey’s has pulled, this was the #1 WORST

[@mysterysunfurled]

They didn't make Alex stay in Seattle cuz they needed an excuse for him not showing up ever again since the actor left, the easiest way to do that was by killing him but...I have no idea why they went down this road instead

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Nora Yes yes yes. They could have made him move to be closer to kids but still be with Jo in long-distance relationships offscreen

[@janderson947]

True the writer Krista they were being PETTY for him just quitting out if the blue..

[@karlagomezandrade7746]

@@mysterysunfurledyep, total mess

[@Roselouis98]

Then We Are Decided when April left I don’t think she moved she just worked somewhere else, they could’ve done the same thing with Alex

[@funandlala]

I can't believe you guys pulled this? This is literally Cancellation content and I'm worried about the future of the show. Surely you could have come up with something more suited. Back to Izzie, though? I love Izzie so much but her and Alex do not belong together. We all know that Alex would "never" do this. But, yet he did and now we have to live with the fact that he's not who we thought he was after all this time. Somehow, Izzie is ruined, too. She hid those children. I can't believe this.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Yep, total mess

[@TheMystique29]

He abandoned his wife whom he loved dearly and has been through hell with her to be with a women who bailed on him.

[@MsLunaWinter]

Rhimes hated Catherine Heigl thats why she wrote her off the show and was pissed at the actor who played Alex so to add insult she paired them off as revenge. A big middle finger to both actors.

[@timaa.4379]

Which is actually quite stupid, because that doesn’t hurt the actors as much as it hurts her show

[@pogi4454]

Apparently, Shonda Rhimes doesn't write for Grey's anymore. It was a new writer that wrote Alex's ending

[@potatohippie3588]

Yeah shonda doesn’t write it anymore

[@paigemann5157]

I’m sorry...WHAT?! THE WRITERS OF GREYS PUT HIM BACK WITH IZZY!!!! HELL NO! WHAT WERE THE WRITERS AND SHONDA RHIMES THINKING WRITING HIM OFF LIKE THIS?! WOULDVE BEEN BETTER IF HE HAD BEEN KILLED... NOT BACK WITH IZZY ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! IVE NEVER BEEN THIS MAD AT A TV SHOW/ CHARACTER LEAVING IN MY LlFE!

[@brigitteh8295]

Yes I am so happy suck salt haters.Alex and Izzie forever!

[@runisa]

Yeah that ship sailed and sunk 10 years ago

[@spinalc0rds]

Shonda doesn't write or sign off scripts anymore but I agree with everything else.

[@glogler]

Krista Vernoff is the showrunner not Shonda. Shonda owns the show but has not written for the show since Derek died.

[@milapms6533]

big fight, probably