Season 12. After the fire, Miranda Bailey starts renovations at the hospital. 24 episodes 78 songs. Meredith is a superhero in this episode. The twelfth season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy was ordered on May 7, 2015, by ABC. Against the backdrop of a year full of love, loss and groundbreaking changes, Meredith pioneers a revolutionary surgical technique that earns her a nomination for the coveted award named after its founder, Harper Avery. After 14 seasons, a true Grey’s Anatomy fan should know to never say never. Season 13. Meredith gets a visit from an old splenectomy patient, who is back with multiple miniature spleens, which guides Meredith to her idea for the competition, and Jackson gets pulled into his mother's gender confirmation proposal, despite his wishes. Meredith kills time before her presentation throwing darts with a guy she eventually learns is a surgeon who's there to see her. [42] On April 28, 2017, veteran writer Krista Vernoff announced that she would return to the show as a writer after leaving the show after the seventh season. Jackson invites the guys to relax with him on a day at sea; Arizona, April and Maggie treat a woman who is hiding a deadly secret. [44], Series regular Jerrika Hinton does not appear for the first time since her introduction at the start of the ninth season, after it was announced she landed a starring role in Alan Ball's new HBO drama series Here and Now. The men of Grey Sloan take a "sick day" and hang out on a Jackson's newly purchased boat, whereas the women swipe for dates on, "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story". Amelia and Owen continue to pursue their "friends with benefits" relationship until she finds out how close Owen and Teddy are, and Arizona helps Sofia get accustomed to her new life away from New York. Krista Vernoff who helped co-lead the show with Shonda Rhimes in its early years, marked her return as co-showrunner this season with William Harper, having previously left at the end of the seventh season. Marie tells Meredith that her friendship with Ellis ended when Ellis left her name off her Harper Avery award winning research. Using her research to justify his entry into the country, Meredith and Nathan team up to bring Megan's adopted son to America. https://greysanatomy.fandom.com/wiki/Grey's_Anatomy_Episodes Unable to fly out to Boston, in an OR—in front of her friends and colleagues—Meredith is announced the winner of the 2017 Harper Avery award. 25 episodes 68 songs. Crisis management is brought in to help Grey Sloan sort out allegations against Harper Avery; Alex and Jo are thrown for a loop when Nurse Olivia shows up with her son; Arizona spends more time with Sofia. [32] In August 2017, it was announced that Abigail Spencer would replace Bridget Regan as Megan Hunt for a multi-episode arc this season. 21 episodes 90 songs. One patient is transported to another hospital by a helicopter which encounters bad turbulence, causing a line to loosen and squirt blood everywhere. Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King? Unable to understand why the ransom is so large and unprecedented, Bailey realizes it is due to the recently announced competition funded by Jackson's inheritance. 1 in week 5's broadcast Top 25 and network rankings", "World Series, 'Big Bang Theory' lead week 6 broadcast Top 25 and network rankings", "NFL and 'This Is Us' carry NBC to victory in week 7 broadcast Top 25 and network rankings", "NFL carries NBC to victory again: Week 8 broadcast Top 25 and network rankings", "FOX dominates, ABC gets a boost in week 17 broadcast Top 25 and network rankings", "Grammys and 'NCIS' carry CBS to victory: Week 18 broadcast Top 25 and network rankings", "Super Bowl LII (obviously) dominates week 19's broadcast Top 25 and network rankings", "Olympics push NBC to No.