Grey's Anatomy Video: Shonda Rhimes Reflects on Show's No. 1 Love Story

At the close of Grey’s Anatomy Season 10, series creator Shonda Rhimes threw her biggest curveball yet at the top-rated ABC drama’s primary pairing.

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As Rhimes relates in the above clip from the “Beautiful Relationship” featurette on the Season 10 DVD set (out today), Grey’s “has never been about a boy,” McDreamy or otherwise. Rather, its central love story has been that between Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo) and her “person,” Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), who famously bid Seattle adieu in last May’s season finale.

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Rhimes also shares her original plan for writing out Oh, an original castmember, and explains why she changed it — do you think she made the right call?

Grey’s Anatomy opens Season 11 on Thursday, Sept. 25, now airing at 8/7c.