Grey’s Anatomy season finale lights up social media as Ellen Pompeo’s character Meredith Grey QUITS hospital over big scandal

Grey’s Anatomy lit up social media with a season 20 finale on Thursday that showed Ellen Pompeo’s lead character Meredith Grey quitting Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. 

The episode titled Burn It Down ended with Meredith resigning, several doctors being fired in connection with her Alzheimer’s research and most of the medical staff threatening to quit in an uprising against Catherine Fox [Debbie Allen]. 

A fan of the show took to X and posted a still of Meredith with a twinkle in her eyes and the caption: ‘meredith is about to do something so illegal..so against the code…so morally ambiguous’.

She was referencing Meredith’s bold move to publish her Alzheimer’s research instead of handing it over to Catherine and keeping her job.

Another post on X showed former cast member Katherine Heigl as Dr. Izzie Stevens looking distraught with the caption: ‘why did catherine fire basically everyone just because she’s mad at meredith.. help’.

‘Meredith lost a job probably lost her bf lost her grant she makes me giggle a bit,’ another X post read.

An image of Oprah Winfrey was used in another post that commented on Meredith’s long-term prospects against Catherine.

‘Meredith may have lost the battleS but she will win the war,’ the caption read.

Others pointed to the heated conversation between Catherine and Meredith as a favorite moment in the season finale.

‘You are just like your mother,’ Catherine said.

‘Great, that means I know I’ll win,’ Meredith shot back.

The season 20 finale was centered around wildfires in the Seattle area that flooded the hospital with patients.

‘Who had more fire seasons Grey’s Anatomy or LeBron James?,’ one post on X read.

The season finale of Grey’s Anatomy aired on ABC ahead of the series finale of its spin-off show Station 19 after seven seasons.

An X post read: ‘tearing up at the entire season 20 finale of grey’s anatomy right now – not even bc of grey’s, but bc I know Station 19 is next and about to end’.

‘Station 19 is really ending, once Grey’s Anatomy ends, that’ll be the last of Shonda’s ABC era shows,’ read another post along with a clip of a woman wiping away tears.

The post was referencing Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes, 54, who also created its spin-off Private Practice and the political thriller Scandal, which both aired on ABC.

Shonda entered into a multi-year deal with Netflix in 2017 and her first production for the streaming service was Bridgerton, which became the most-watched series ever on the platform.

Grey’s Anatomy was renewed in April for a twenty-first season.

The medical drama premiered on ABC in March 2005 as a mid-season replacement and is set in Seattle.

Ellen and Katherine were part of the original cast along with Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers, T.R. Knight, Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey.

Grey’s Anatomy is the longest-running scripted prime-time show currently airing on ABC.

Its ratings have fallen in recent years, but it has become popular on streaming television.