Mer Is Fairly in Pink and 9 Other Activities to understand about Grey's Anatomy's Alt-Reality

Grey's Anatomy Meredith is vibrant and shiny, Callie has youngsters with Owen, and Derek and Addison continue to be married. These are merely a couple of of the methods the field of Grey's Anatomy is switched upside lower when Meredith imagines what existence could be like if her mother had not become sick. Inside a special alternate-reality episode, airing Thursday at 9/8c on ABC, Ellis Gray (Kate Burton) never was stricken with Alzheimer's disease, and Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) were built with a completely different upbringing. Rather than dark and twisty, Meredith is satisfied and engaged... to Alex Karev (Justin Chambers)! Not so good news MerDer fans: Derek (Patrick Dempsey) and Addison (Kate Walsh) will also be still married. And she's pregnant! Take a look at photos from Grey's Anatomy's alt-reality episode TVGuide.com hit the group of Grey's Anatomy to obtain the scoop around the new Dallas Sophistication gang. Plus: Take a look at an initial consider the alt-reality episode! Meredith is fairly in pink: "She wears lots of pink, and she's deeply in love with Alex Karev," Pompeo describes of the completely different, happy Meredith. "They are such as the perfect, preppy, yuppie couple. She's also still always attempting to please her mother and she's competing on her approval constantly.Inch Derek is irritated smurf: Without Mer in the existence, Derek continues to be discontentedly married to Addison, that has greatly affected his personality. "We call him up McDreary," Pompeo states. "He's a irritated guy within the hospital, nobody likes him and nobody foretells him." Addison remains to be: Since Mer never got among Derek and Addison's failing marriage, Addison never left Dallas. Rather, "she's majorly in denial," Walsh states. "She's quite different, less bitchy, but nonetheless bitchy. It is a nice surprise for that 'Addek' fans, to determine one take of the items they would have been like when they were together. It isn't always so pretty." Ellis is big as well as in charge: Since Ellis never was identified with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, she could remain at Dallas Sophistication and progress within the ranks. "She's this type of huge title in this sort of profession,Inch Chandra Wilson describes. "She runs that hospital by having an iron fist, so you need to be towards the top of your game when you are coping with her." Richard is by using Ellis: Within this reality, Richard Webber (James Pickens Junior.) finally woke up the nerve to depart his wife Adele to get along with Ellis. "We have seen a Richard who's greatly deeply in love with Ellis," Pickens states, "but he's also concerned that they has alienated her daughter. We finally see him have a stand and tell Ellis that she's subverting this girl's ambitions. Ellis knows it, but she also understands how to work Richard too and she or he includes a method of adjusting the problem and becoming him to align together with her.Inch Miranda is "Mandy": Once we saw within the flashback episode in Season 6, Bailey was once a shy intern who passed the nickname Mandy. "We are returning to Mandy," Wilson states. "She type of got stunted immediately at Mandy because the Chief wasn't in a position to mentor her the way you realize that he'd. She's just like wise, just like competent, but has not reached where we all know Bailey will go off you in a moment. She needed to ensure that it stays under control with Ellis Gray finding yourself in charge." Owen is married to Callie: "Callie (Sara Ramirez) being with Owen (Kevin McKidd) may be the biggest mistake of each of their lives," executive producer Shonda Rhimes states. "It is extremely funny simply because they and so do no enterprise being together. She's so pining with this peds surgeon and she or he does not know why. It is because she didn't have Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) there and Erica Hahn (Brooke Cruz) never came because Callie was one's heart surgeon. She didn't have her first knowledge about a lady." (To notice: Kim Raver's Teddy continues to be in Iraq, though she and Owen keep in contact.) Callie is mind of Cardio: "This Callie is really a cardio surgeon," Ramirez describes. "She's close with Ellis Gray, who heavily mentored Callie. Caused by Ellis Gray getting mentored Callie really affected the direction she required so Callie is actually towards the top of her game within this reality." Cristina is flying solo: Without Meredith as her person, Cristina (Sandra Oh) has turned into a very stern, lonely, serious physician. "For me personally, my inspiration was Emily the Strange and Wednesday Adams," Oh states of playing the brand new Cris. Arizona is ... still searching good to Callie: "Arizona is a lot more sophisticated and polished. Everything about her is ambiguous she's avoid anybody, man or woman,Inch states Jessica Capshaw. But even just in the alt-reality world, Calzona is intended to be. "You begin to determine Callie questioning an amount have happened had she designed a different decision, which is inspired with a certain child surgeon," Ramirez adds. Bonus Scoop: Pompeo and Chambers, who could just be the only real Dallas Sophistication figures who haven't connected, is going to be smooching. "My dear god," Pompeo states of her response to reading through the script. "You need to understand, Justin is much like my buddy. I had been so not into kissing him.I really like him, and i believe he's among the most popular men in the world for that record, but yeah, it's like kissing your brother." Are you currently excited for that alt-reality episode? Watch the very first ten minutes from the episode here - where you'll discover precisely what happened to Lexie (Chyler Leigh) - after which hit your comments ought to together with your ideas. Take a look at another sneak look below: