We just celebrated Ellen Pompeo’s lucrative deal with Grey’s Anatomy, and now she’s talking about ending the show! Grey’s has been on the air for 14 seasons – what? Not to sound too much like and old fuddy-duddy, but I can still remember watching the very first episode like it was just… okay, yeah, it’s been a while. Nothing has been set – yet. Except if the series titular character says the end is nigh, we should probably prepare ourselves.

An end is near for the employees at Grey-Sloan Memorial. While Shonda Rhimes has stated repeatedly that she’d continue working on Grey’s Anatomy as long as Ellen Pompeo wanted, the lead actress revealed to Us Weekly that she sees that day coming soon.

“We’re getting there. Shonda and I will make that decision together,” she told Us exclusively on Tuesday, May 1. “I think that one of the biggest lessons that this show has taught me and being on this show for so long has taught me, is that relationships do change. And they do grow. They take work. Like any marriage, friendship. You gotta put in the work. You have to accept other people’s flaws, and accept your own flaws and try to change and be a better person. But I think everything is worth the time and effort. And things get better.”

The mother of three, who is currently partnering with Young Living Essential Oils to launch its new Seedlings line of baby care products, also admitted that “there is an end and it’s nearing” when it comes to the ABC drama, which is currently in its 14th season. “I want to be more involved in my kids’ lives as they get older. And they need me more, and this world is such a crazy place,” Pompeo, 48, told Us. She noted that she also has an idea of how the show will end … but isn’t sharing that just yet!

[From Us]

So, full disclosure, I can’t really remember the last season I watched Grey’s Anatomy, but it’s been years. Is there still a story there? This article makes it sound like the decision to end the show is based on Ellen wanting to focus more on being home and behind the camera work and not that the story has played out.

The interview touches briefly on Jessica Capshaw and Sarah Drew leaving the show. A few outlets tried to frame it as a scandal but I didn’t see it. However, the way Ellen address it in this interview was… odd?

I think [showrunner] Krista [Vernoff]‘s done an incredible job. The cast changes, I can’t imagine, was an easy decision for her to make. And certainly wasn’t easy for the girls. But, I had to just try to support everybody, be as supportive as I can [be] and think about other people before myself, think about the girls. Listen, everybody we lose on the show, every time we lose someone, it’s devastating.”

We are a family and it’s super awkward. It’s not like films where you work for three months, and you’re not going to see the people, or you’ll see them at the junket and that’s it. You know, we really are together, through births, through deaths. Every day, sickness and health … [It’s] an odd family, that we’re thrown together with. So, when these things happen, there’s a lot of tumult. Inside, there’s chaos and feelings – sadness and anger, and it’s a lot to deal with.”

That sounds like it was a little bit more involved, doesn’t it? Plus, this confirms that the show axed them. Now I’m curious as hell what’s going on.

So how will the show end? Probably the hospital being sucked into a cyclone while Meredith is performing surgery. I wonder how many former cast will come back to say goodbye? This always happens, I lose interest in a show only to become fully invested when they announce their last season.

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