'Grey's Anatomy' finale? Cast imaginations run wild

The hospital shooting. The plane crash. The super storm. Greys Anatomy has never lacked on big events when it comes to season finales. But executive producer Shonda Rhimes has also been able to find the right balance of heart-racing, jaw-dropping season-enders with quiet hours, like Merediths marriage nearly dissolving over her tampering with Dereks Alzheimers trial or Sandra Ohs exit from the long-running ABC medical drama last season. Whats in store this year?

Ive been pitching kidnapping all season, Jessica Capshaw tells EW. Maybe its Scandal rubbing off on me, but I want some high stakes that doesnt have to do with medical.

However, thats just the actress spit-balling. In truth, when EW hit the set late last month, the cast was still in the dark about this years season-ender. But the consensus on set was that Greys should and possibly could be heading towards another big event this year. The big events are always fun to shoot, because big event means big stuff happens, Kevin McKidd says. The shooter episode was scary to watch, but it was really fun to shoot. Im hoping for something big and I think it might be something big. I dont know yet, but my feeling is that it will be something big.

Because the season 10 finale was more internal, the cast feels like Grey Sloan is due for another catastrophic event. Last years finale was very emotional, Camilla Luddington says. Of course, the finales are always emotional. But I hope for something super dramatic. When I saw the earthquake episode happen, I thought, Oh, maybe there will be an earthquake! I want it to be something big like that. But Seattle has been through so much on our show, what else can they do?

Honestly, Im still waiting for them to reveal that our hospital sits on the Hellmouth, Jerrika Hinton jokes, and thats why so many horrible things happen in one place, but I think that might be a series finale, not a season finale.

For her part, new cast member Kelly McCrearywho played a big role in the shows other season 10 finale twist with the reveal that her character Maggie is Ellis Grey [Kate Burton] and Richard Webbers [James Pickens Jr.] daughteris hoping for a different kind of event. If President Fitz [Tony Goldwyn] showed up in the last episode, like, Derek, youve got to come back to D.C, McCreary says with a laugh. Thats what I want. If we did a Scandal-Greys crossover episode for the finale, that would be cool. Unfortunately, Scandal and Greys dont take place in the same universe.

But McKidd cautions not to necessarily expect a big event in the finale. In the episodes leading up to the finale, theres some pretty big stuff happening, he says. Maybe it will be a quiet finale because there is some pretty seismic stuff happening as we lead up to the finale.

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Greys Anatomy airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

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'Grey's Anatomy' finale? Cast imaginations run wild