The Interns' Fate After Sam's Death Needs To Be Revealed
Grey's Anatomy season 20 will have to reveal sooner rather than later what punishment Simone and Lucas in particular must face. Nevertheless, despite Sam Sutton's death, the hospital might be lenient with them, based on the other medical emergency happening in the room with Teddy's collapse.
Adelaide Kane as Jules Millin, Harry Shum Jr. as Benson Kwan, Alexis Floyd as Simone Griffith, Midori Francis as Mika Yasuda, and Niko Terho as Lucas Adams in Grey's Anatomy S19
The punishment for operating on a patient alone must be served despite the dire situation. While Grey's Anatomy season 20's teaser trailer still showed the interns working at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, it also had Bailey catch Meredith up about their being in trouble.
Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt, Scott Speedman as Nick Marsh, and Anthony Hill as Winston Ndugu in Grey's Anatomy season 19 episode 5
Teddy's Sudden Illness & Collapse Must Be Explained
Grey's Anatomy season 19's ending only had Teddy fighting a painful toothache, without any other symptom foreshadowing her collapse. Her mysterious illness not only compromised the surgery that might have saved Sam Sutton, but also forced Yasuda to leave Sam's care to try and resuscitate Teddy, and her fate was still uncertain by the episode's end.
Kim Raver as Teddy Altman in Grey's Anatomy season 19 episode 19
This leaves Grey's Anatomy season 20 the burden of explaining what had happened to Teddy that led to her cardiac arrest, along with the aftermath of her medical emergency, even making Megan Hunt's return possible, as she would want to be close to her and Owen with Teddy's health suffering a big blow.
Camilla Luddington as Jo Wilson and Chris Carmack as Link in Grey's Anatomy season 15
Meredith's Controversial Alzheimer's Research Story Cannot Be Abandoned
Pompeo's reduced role as Meredith inevitably makes the character's centrality to Grey's Anatomy season 20 smaller, her shocking revelations about the state of Alzheimer's research in the Grey's Anatomy season 19 finale must be addressed. Her theory about Alzheimer's shocked Richard and Amelia to their core, with the first categorically refusing to accept that Meredith could make what she found out public, and the second having problems accepting how Meredith's research insulted decades of medical research, including her brother Derek's.
Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, James Pickens Jr. as Richard Webber and Caterina Scorsone as Amelia Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy season 19 episode 20
The implications of Meredith's study in the wider world of Grey's Anatomy are so big that season 20 cannot afford to sideline the story.
James Pickens Jr. as Richard Webber in Grey's Anatomy season 19 episode 20-1
Jo & Link's Relationship Must Be Shaped After Season 19's Love Declaration
Jo and Link's romantic interest in each other was first introduced in Grey's Anatomy season 18, when Link was pining over Amelia and Jo ended up falling for him without meaning to, as her feelings greatly complicated their friendship.
Camilla Luddington as Jo Wilson and Chris Carmack as Link in Grey's Anatomy season 18
Their will they/won't they dynamic spanned too many seasons not to show their relationship. Their confession in the Grey's Anatomy season 19 finale revealed their cards, making season 20 necessarily show their relationship blossoming.
Chris Carmack as Link and Camilla Luddington as Jo Wilson in Grey's Anatomy season 18
Richard's Potential Relapse Cannot Be Ignored After Season 19's Finale
Grey's Anatomy season 19's finale ended with Richard debating whether to drink the alcoholic beverage he ordered after refusing to go to an AA meeting with Amelia, making it necessary for Grey's Anatomy season 20 to reveal whether he drank it.
Grey's Anatomy already had Richard relapse in season 6, but even if he didn't in season 19, he could do so in season 20, especially with the added stress of Meredith's research, his wife's cancer, and Maggie far away from Seattle.
Link and Jo Laugh on Couch in Grey's Anatomy
