‘Grey’s Anatomy’ season 11 spoilers: Prepare for explosive two-part finale, new characters

If you are a diehard viewer of “Grey’s Anatomy” and have been for many years, you most likely know one thing already: Show creator Shonda Rhimes has a penchant for making enormous finales that have a tendency to leave people talking for weeks or even months. “Flight” remains to us particularly devastating given that we lost Lexie. Meanwhile, last season brought the end of Sandra Oh as a series regular. While that may not have been as emotionally devastating (we were prepared for it), it was still a tremendous night of nostalgia and a great chance to see how much the series has evolved.

It is far too early to go into specifics on what Rhimes and her team have planned for the new season, but on the service it definitely appears like it could be explosive. Per a report now from TVLine, the finale is going to be split up into two separate episodes, and will also introduce a number of new characters that could recur. What does this mean? On the surface, it feels like we could see another shake-up at the Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital. This is the sort of environment were new faces do routinely show up and others leave, but we should note that we haven’t heard anything about notable exits this year.

At the moment, “Grey’s Anatomy” does feel like a relative lock to return for another season and for good reason. It continues to do well despite a few dips in its new timeslot, and there is no reason to sweat out any more contract negotiations with Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey. They’ve already signed on for one more year.

We will most likely have more on the finale in the weeks ahead, but for now be sure to head over here to see some other recent updates on the show! We’ll have more on tonight’s episode shortly.

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