Well, that didn’t take long.

Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes recently revealed that problem-plagued, BFF-deficient Meredith would begin leaning on Alex like never before, and the first promo for the Sept, 25 Season 11 premiere already shows her, um, literally leaning on her longtime colleague.

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“I don’t know if my marriage can survive this,” she laments to Alex mid-hug in the above clip.

Press PLAY on the video and then hit the comments with an answer to this question: Does Alex have the potential to be Mer’s new Person?