Grey’s Anatomy Season 16 Returning Character Theories
9 Characters We Wish Grey's Anatomy Would Bring Back in Season 16
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Of all the main characters who have left Grey's over the years, no exit was quite as dramatic behind-the-scenes as that of Katherine Heigl's Izzie Stevens, who will forever be known as the one who withdrew her name from Emmy consideration because she "did not feel that [she] was given the material [during season three] to warrant an Emmy nomination." Things never felt quite right for Izzie on the show after that, and she wound up leaving the show in season six after an arc in which she got cancer, got married, got fired, moved away from Seattle, and ultimately got divorced, in that order.
While Heigl didn't exactly leave Grey's on good terms, there have always been a few dangling threads when it came to Izzie, and her name has popped up time and time again in the years since she left. Although her ex-husband Alex is now happily remarried, he still thinks of her sometimes, imagining what she might be doing and painting a mental picture in which she's happy, healthy, and fulfiled. Now that nearly 10 seasons have passed since Izzie's departure, perhaps the smoke has cleared enough for us to finally learn where Izzie went after leaving Seattle, and what she's doing now. There's no telling what sort of storyline might bring Izzie back to her old stomping grounds — we don't even know if she's still a doctor — but seeing her return to Grey-Sloan for a short arc after all these years away would definitely make for an interesting few episodes.