Grey’s Anatomy alum Patrick Dempsey has experienced this phenomenon as well, and he discussed fans wishing he was married to Ellen Pompeo in real life.
Dempsey did make a surprise return to Grey’s Anatomy in Season 17, with McDreamy joining Meredith in her COVID-induced beach hallucinations.
When TV viewers fall in love with a couple on-screen, it’s hard to not want that relationship to continue once the cameras stop rolling.
It appears six months have passed since the disarray we saw at the end of Grey’s Anatomy’s Season 18.