Whichever way we get Ellis Grey back, I really hope we’re done with Meredith’s COVID hallucinations.
It remains to be seen if Ellis Grey will return in flashbacks, or if she’ll appear in hallucinations, as Grey’s Anatomy has done with multiple characters – including Denny Duquette (a role that “changed my life,” according to Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who appeared to Izzie Stevens when she suffered from a brain tumor; and Andrew DeLuca, whose spirit appeared in a couple of episodes following his shocking Season 17 murder.
The gimmick was a fun way to bring back some familiar faces, but it’s time to dust the sand off and leave the beach in Season 17.