Patrick Dempseyshowed up on the beach in Malibu, California, to film his secret return in season 17, there was a lot of worry that the surprise would be ruined by a random jogger or someone in a boat off in the distance.
The fact that that never happened was a feat in itself, something star Kevin McKidd — who directs Thursday's episode, which features another appearance by Dempsey as Meredith's late husband, Derek Shepherd -- was truly stunned by. «It was amazing.
I mean, we were shocked! Because in the script that we had, it had things like Meredith's mother [Ellis Grey] would be on the beach talking to her about life.
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