Grey's Anatomy season 16 spoilers follow.

Grey's Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff has revealed two storylines for season 16 that the show was forced to cut due to the season ending early.

The 21st episode ended up as the season's makeshift finale, but there were originally four more episodes planned.

Speaking to Deadline, Vernoff described two plots that viewers would have seen happen: a storyline that would have explored why Teddy Altman cheated on Owen Hunt, and a storyline involving Andrew DeLuca that would have revisited the human trafficking case.

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"We had an episode coming up where we were able to better articulate and better understand what's prompting Teddy's behaviour, and we don't get to air it," the showrunner said.

"Who knows, maybe it's going to change between now and when we'll actually shoot it for season 17, but I feel for Kim Raver.

"The amount of standing is high, and we've left her in a strange place. It's compelling... Why, when she was finally getting her happy ending, did she sabotage [the relationship]? I think it's [a] super-rich area, personally."

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And speaking about DeLuca's incomplete storyline, Vernoff explained: "The other story that I was really disappointed that we couldn't complete... we did a story where there was a victim of human trafficking like two episodes ago, and DeLuca recognised it but he was in such a mentally compromised, manic state that nobody listened to him and the girl left.

"We had an episode where she comes back, and I am really sad that we can't air that episode this season because it felt important to offer that kind of hope to people who are living that experience.

"I may still complete that story next season."

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Recent reports have also suggested that a major character death was planned for the original season finale. Vernoff didn't confirm or deny this, but did say that fans can watch the remaining episodes of Station 19's third season to find clues.

"Ironically, when fans watch episode 15 and 16 of Station 19, they will probably have a feeling of some of what we had planned for [the original Grey's finale]," she explained to TVLine.

One long-running storyline that was thankfully resolved in time was Richard Webber's mysterious illness, which turned out to be cobalt poisoning from a leaky hip replacement.



Grey's Anatomy airs on Thursdays on ABC in the US. It airs on Sky Witness in the UK with selected episodes also available on NOW TV.

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