But this latest episode, “Good As Hell,” came out strong and made it worth the wait, as Meredith regained consciousness to the voice of her daughter Zola, who dominated a lot of MerDer’s beach conversations throughout Derek’s return.
It was November 2020 when Patrick Dempsey’s McDreamy shocked Grey’s Anatomy viewers everywhere when he appeared in Meredith’s beach hallucination.
We’ve been through a lot this year, and that’s a long time to have your titular character in a coma.
Seeing the beloved couple just talk and laugh together was everything, and Ellen Pompeo’s chemistry with Dempsey was electric as they laughed at how much Zola hated their Post-It wedding.