Grey's Anatomy season 16 spoilers follow.
Grey's Anatomy season 16 ended four episodes earlier than planned due to circumstances we are sure you are all too aware of.
Luckily, the episode that was filmed before everything shut down, 'Put on a Happy Face', actually felt like an ending to the season, even if it was never intended to be that way.
One of the sweet things you might not have picked up on is the little callback to George O'Malley and something that happened a very long time ago in season 2.
If you cast your minds back, you'll know that Miranda Bailey didn't want to give birth without her husband, but George convinced her to go ahead with it. Now, many years later, it's Bailey who is doing the same thing in George's place, helping Amelia to have her baby.
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Showrunner Krista Vernoff spoke to Variety about the episode, revealing who was responsible for the callback and her initial reaction to a reference so old.
"I have to give credit to our writer Meg Marinis for that gorgeous moment where Bailey gets into bed with Amelia," he said.
"Every time I watch it, I burst into spontaneous tears. It is the full-circle of pregnancy club, but it's also the callback to season 2 and George and Bailey. It just brings up all that nostalgia.
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"And that was pitched by Meg Marinis, who has been with the show since season 2. She was a PA, then our medical researcher for years, then a writer, and now she's an executive producer. She's been with us 15 seasons, and when she pitched it, we burst into tears.
"It's just one of those moments. I think only Meg could have come up with that pitch. She's been there from the beginning through all of it and it was so full circle. So beautiful."
Grey's Anatomy airs on ABC in the US. It airs on Sky Witness and NOW TV in the UK.
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