Grey's Anatomy season 18: Will Meredith and Hayes find love after star drops hint?
GREY'S ANATOMY season 18 is just around the corner and fans are curious to know what is in store for Meredith Grey. Will she find love with Hayes?
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Grey's Anatomy season 18 is coming to ABC tonight, September 30 and fans are looking forward to seeing Dr Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo) return. The leading light of the medical drama has developed a strong bond with Cormac Hayes (Richard Flood), the head of pediatric surgery. Executive producer Meg Marinis hinted the pair could finally form a romantic relationship in season 18.
Will Meredith and Hayes find love in Grey's Anatomy?
When Meredith was on the brink of death in the last season, it was Hayes who came to visit her in her 'afterlife' visions.
Fans watched a number of emotional beach scenes as the doctor clung to life from a hospital bed.
In one particular heartwarming scene, Hayes visited her bedside and said: "Your kids call every day on a video chat.
"Don't know if you can hear them. Don't even know if you can hear me now.
"Maybe it's none of my business Grey, but I'm begging you, fight. They need you, Grey."
He was then seen on the beach with Meredith as they spoke about her children and how they look just like her.
Back in the present day, he continued to reassure Meredith how strong she is and how she needed to return.
At that moment, her heart rate stabilised and she started to make small movements.
With Meredith having made a recovery, fans are hoping she finally gets to pursue a relationship with Hayes.
Executive producer Meg Marinis told TV Line: “Time has not been on their side!
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“He asked her for a drink, and then he found her outside having collapsed from COVID.”
“We saw Hayes being more drawn to her even as she was in a hospital bed all season.”
In the season 17 finale, the pair were seen drinking from a half-empty bottle of whiskey in the doctors' lounge.
Hopefully, with the coronavirus pandemic no longer in the foreground, they will have time to spend together outside of work.
Meredith has not had the best of luck when it comes to forming romantic relationships.
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Fans are hoping Hayes will be the one to change that and a 'will they, won't they' storyline could ensue.
But both are still coming to terms with their tragic pasts, as Hayes lost his first wife just like Meredith lost Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey).
Both are reluctant to press forward as they could be scared of causing further heartbreak.
With the future of the series uncertain, Meredith could find a love interest and get her happily ever after before the series concludes for good.
That being said, the accomplished surgeon does not necessarily need a relationship to complete her life.
She has certainly earned the ability to have it all after everything she has been through, but is this what she necessarily wants?
Either way, there is a chance she will explore the possibility of a new relationship in the upcoming season.
Marinis added: "I wouldn’t say she’s actively looking for it [love] because she just got out of the COVID crisis, and her career and her family have always come first.
“I think Meredith is open but definitely not looking.”
With this in mind, the Meredith and Hayes relationship could be a very slow burn in season 18.
Grey's Anatomy season 18 airs on ABC on September 30