Grey's Anatomy Season 18: Jesse Williams & Sarah Drew to Return for Finale
Stars Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew are set to return to Grey's Anatomy in the upcoming season 18 finale. The series, which was created by Shonda Rhimes for ABC in 2005, is the longest-running scripted primetime show on the network. Grey's follows Ellen Pompeo's character Meredith Grey on her journey from intern to chief of general surgery at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital. The show also features a massive ensemble cast of nurses, doctors, surgeons, and patients and follows their lives, loves, and various interpersonal dramas in and around the hospital. In addition to Meredith, Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) and Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) are the only characters to have appeared in the main cast of every season.
However, there are many actors who haven't lasted through the entire series run who remain synonymous with the series. Two of the more prominent of these are Jesse Williams as Jackson Avery and Sarah Drew as April Kepner, who both debuted as recurring characters during season 6 before being upgraded to the main cast in season 7. Avery is a plastic surgeon and Kepner is a trauma specialist, and over the course of their various struggles, they fall in love and eventually get married and have two children, one of whom dies of osteogenesis imperfecta type II. Although the pair got divorced in season 12, when Williams left the show, their characters reunited to run the Harper Avery Foundation in Boston and things were looking promising for a potential rekindling of their romance.
Per EW, it has now been officially announced that Jackson and April (informally known by their couple name "Japril") will be returning for the season 18 finale. The episode, titled "You Are the Blood," is set to air on May 26, 2022. Presumably, the episode will follow up on their teased reunion, though in typical Grey's fashion, it might not be as easy to get back together as it seems.
The actors' appearance in the finale will be the perfect capper to season 18. This season has been full of reunions both large and small, beginning with the reintroduction of Dr. Addison Montgomery, played by Kate Walsh, who previously hadn't been seen since she exited the series in season 8. The season doubled down on the surprises by also bringing back former characters Dr. Ellis Grey (Kate Burton), Nick Marsh (Scott Speedman), and Dr. Koracick (Greg Germann).
Grey's Anatomy is leading up to an explosive season finale, as usual. The series has already been renewed for season 19, so fans won't have to worry about any cliffhangers being followed up. However, this may be the last time that Japril is onscreen for the time being, so there will hopefully be some closure on their end coming soon.
Source: EW