‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Kills Off [Spoiler] in Heartbreaking Offscreen Death

Grey’s Anatomy’s latest episode shocked audiences with a heartbreaking — and unexpected — death.

During the Thursday, March 19, episode of the hit ABC series, Lucas (Niko Terho) and Simone (Alexis Floyd) were providing Katie (Samantha Marie Ware) with at-home hospice care after her diagnosis worsened. Lucas and Katie grew closer as they reminisced on what could have happened between them if she hadn’t gotten sick.

Simone, meanwhile, was concerned about Lucas, who was more worried about keeping Katie alive than making sure she was no longer suffering. After Simone hid canisters from Lucas, he rushed back to the hospital to get them. When he returned, Katie was already dead.

Lucas ultimately blamed Simone for preventing him from being there for Katie in her final moments. The characters originally crossed paths earlier in the season when Katie was in a car accident while undergoing treatment for gastric cancer. Katie had been given a stage II diagnosis which got worse after her treatment was pulled off the market.

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Elsewhere in the episode, Winston (Anthony Hill) finally acted on his feelings for Jules (Adelaide Kane). Teddy (Kim Raver) and Owen (Kevin McKidd) also returned as they tried to navigate their new normal after hooking up — days after signing their divorce papers.

“A couple of scripts came in [recently] and I was like, ‘Oh, my God.’ It gets messy and it is so Grey’s Anatomy. I just love it so much,” Raver, 56, exclusively told Us Weekly in January.

The actress learned what’s ahead with the rest of the cast.

“We’re all reading what’s happening [during a table read], and I love it,” she shared. “Some of us are in scrubs, some of us are in our street clothes. Then, when we find out the information, it’s a shock and a surprise to all of us. We are like the audience, too, and then we look at each other like, ‘This is really happening.’”

Raver, who has played Teddy since season 6, promised “really great” Grey’s Anatomy story lines — and revealed whether she has any concerns about her character’s fate.

“That’s the life of an actor,” she noted. “It’s really just about trying to be present and doing the work and following the amazing story lines that the writers are given. Especially with how now we’re always having these incredible cliffhangers. No one ever knows.”

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Raver promised that the audience would be “riveted” by what’s to come, adding, “There is a cliffhanger, so I think that that’s going to be really surprising. … I love being able to go every day and be able to tell these stories from a director’s point of view. Each story line leaves us with that quintessential Grey’s Anatomy vibes where you are crying, laughing and the residents are so good. There’s a lot of shenanigans going on with them. It’s a really exciting episode.”

Raver continued: “I feel like every time I direct a new episode of Grey’s, there are more things [I learn] because there’s a different format or a different way to shoot it. But I think maybe my confidence in how I want to tell this story and where I want to put the cameras [has gotten better]. TV moves so fast, so I feel like the more I do, the more comfortable I am with the speed that you need to go through it. I am just getting more and more comfortable with the craft of it, which allows me to then really enjoy the process.”

Grey’s Anatomy airs on ABC Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET before streaming the next day on Hulu.