Major 'Grey's Anatomy' character's death has fans completely in tears
Grey's Anatomy fans' happiness over the show returning for its mid-season premiere Thursday night quickly turned into anger, resentment and sadness, when the writers completely blindsided everyone with the death of a major character.
Dr. Andrew DeLuca, portrayed by actor Giacomo Gianniotti since 2015, was stabbed while attempting to pursue and expose a sex trafficker during Thursday night's crossover event with Station 19. While it seemed like DeLuca was initially going to make it, the episode took a shocking turn, when he unexpectedly died on the operating table after saying goodbye to Meredith Grey, who has been in a dream sequence due to being diagnosed with COVID-19.
"I'll miss you. If I go back and you don't, I'll miss you," Meredith told DeLuca.
Following DeLuca's death, viewers immediately took to Twitter to mourn the unexpected loss of their beloved character.
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- He's been down for 40 minutes.
- Grey's Anatomy was being very aggressive Thursday night when the show returned for its midseason premiere and completely blindsided everyone with the death of a major character.
- Is somebody going to call it?
- Dr. Andrew DeLuca, portrayed by actor Giacomo Gianniotti for the last six years, was stabbed, while attempting to pursue and expose a sex trafficker. And while it seemed like DeLuca was going to make it, the episode took a shocking turn when he unexpectedly died on the operating table after saying goodbye to Meredith Grey, who is currently stuck in a dream sequence due to being diagnosed with COVID-19.
- I promise you, if I go back and you don't, I'll miss you.
- It'll be OK, Meredith. I have to go.
- Following DeLuca's death, viewers immediately took to Twitter to mourn the loss of their beloved character. One person tweeted, my heart is shattered. DeLuca deserved anything, but this inning. While another person wrote, yeah, you know what? I'm never going to be OK. And while there was one silver lining Thursday night, for the most part, Grey's Anatomy fans went to bed completely in tears.
- Time of death, 22:50.
