The strange circumstances of Dr. Alex Karev’s Grey’s Anatomy exit robbed fans of closure.
This article contains spoilers throughGreys Anatomyseason 17.
Against all odds, he didnt just survive his time at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, but thrived.
Then entered Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington), who he fell deeply in love with and eventually married.
Lets break it down.
Eventually Jo reaches Alexs mom and finds out he was never in Iowa in the first place.
It turns out that he was dealing with issues, however … in a way.
The real question here is why?
Why have Alex not take the escape ramp that was offered?
Why have the two of them get married again, legally this time?
But it only gets even worse.
It turns out that she had his kids, twins to be exact.
To Jo, he calls the action what it is, cowardice and the worst thing hes ever done.
While many might have felt thankful that Alex wasnt killed off, his exit was way worse than death.
When Derek died, fans were devastated andcreator Shonda Rhimes explained, What were the options?
So why was the same treatment not given to Alex, who was a much better man than Derek?
It was cruel, especially after they got remarried.
Jo had been through just a massive depression in the wake of Silent All These Years.
She had just emerged.
Grief is really, really, really hard on actors.
And that was probably the more significant thing.
And yes, he had Jo now.
And yes, that was a beautiful love story.
And yes, for many years writing them, I had thought they were endgame.
And so I understood why to some people this felt like a betrayal of that character development.
The audience deserved better.
