The Grey's Anatomy season 22 premiere almost didn't have a shocking death scene. "I didn't want to kill off another doctor. It was a very difficult decision," showrunner Meg Marinis told Deadline in an interview published after the Thursday, October 9, episode. "I think that as we ended the finale last season, and we saw the size of the explosion, in particular that fireball that Meredith sees coming out, it was just more and more realistic that we would have to lose one of our own.