Filming for Season 12 of the American medical drama TV series “Grey’s Anatomy” has began this week and the cast members are bracing for major changes in the show following the departure of Derek Shepherd, played by Patrick Dempsey, during the series finale of Season 11.
While the show will still focus on the life of Meredith Grey-Sheperd post-Derek, it is expected that the series will shift its key plotlines to the other cast members and their relationships.
High on the list of possible stronger focus is the relationship of Alex Karev, played by Justin Chambers, and Jo Wilson, played by Camilla Luddington.
During the “Grey’s Anatomy” ComicCon panel, Camilla Ludington was quoted as saying that she is personally getting worried about the relationship of Alex and Jo as it is possible that it may finally get into a rough sailing in the upcoming Season 12.
She explained that since the start of the relationship of Alex and Jo in Season 9, they have been blessed with not getting into serious trouble at all. While there were occasional bumps along the way, they eventually end patching things up and the relationship only gets stronger.
While Camilla Luddington sees the possibility of Alex and Jo finally tying the knot on Season 12, with a possible episode on Alex making his ultimate wedding proposal, she nonetheless expects that their relationship will get into serious trouble, details the Latin Post.
She said that it is typical for relationships in “Grey’s Anatomy” to hit rough patches after a couple of seasons. And so far, Alex and Jo have yet to experience something of their own so they are quite due for an interesting conflict or trouble.
During an interview, Camilla said that she does not trust that things are going to continue to go well between Alex and Jo because that is really unusual on “Grey’s Anatomy.”
She also added that she detests the home that Jo and Alex moved into in the past season, describing it as hideous.
Missing Derek
Another cast member in “Grey’s Anatomy” who shall become a focus of the show on Season 12 is Caterina Scorsone, who plays the role of Amelia Shepherd, Derek’s younger sister.
Caterina was turned into a series regular in Season 11, but his brother exited the series not after she joined, notes the Inquisitr.
In addition to the impact of Derek’s death on the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, and also on Meredith, it would be Amelia who shall also feel the brunt of the loss of his brother. Apart from the fact that she has been looking up to Derek as her father figure, she and Derek were the only ones who talk on the same wavelength with regards to the murder of their father and they share the same trauma.
With the death of Derek, Amelia will feel that she has lost a father figure twice, and the show would most likely play that up on Season 12 of “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Amelia will have to contend with a lot of personal issues and that will also be a good focal point for the series.
Meanwhile, apart from focusing on Zola and her new baby, there have been speculations that Meredith shall also deal with an onset of Alzheimers in the upcoming Season 12, which was also the very same disease that her famous mother Ellis Grey dealt with and died of.
Showrunner Shonda Rhimes have yet to confirm the rumored plot for Meredith Grey, but it is almost certain that appropriate focus shall be given on the show’s lead character.