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Grey announced in the midseason finale, which aired Nov. 10, that she was leaving Grey Sloan Memorial in Seattle to take a job with the Catherine Fox Foundation doing research for an Alzheimer's cure. This, in typical \"Grey's Anatomy\" fashion, happened as Meredith's house -- minus her and Derek Shepherd's Post-It note wedding vows -- went up in flames.

As was reported before season 19 premiered, Pompeo -- who was appeared in more than 400 episodes of the series to date -- returned this season in a limited capacity. She will appear in eight episodes, with the upcoming farewell episode being her seventh so far.

While fans won't be seeing Meredith much moving forward, they'll still hear Pompeo, as she will continue to provide voiceover narration for all episodes this season. Pompeo will also continue on as an executive producer.

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Season 19 has seen \"Grey's Anatomy\" rekindle the magic that it had when it premiered in 2005. That first season introduced us to Grey's fellow interns Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), George O'Malley (T.R. Knight), Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) and Alex Karev (Justin Chambers).

A new crop of loveable interns have enrolled at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital this season, including Simone Griffin (Alexis Floyd), Lucas Adams (Niko Terho), Mika Yasuda (Midori Francis), Jules Millin (Adelaide Kane) and Daniel \"Blue\" Kwan (Harry Shum Jr.).

With Pompeo's departure as a series regular, Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey) and James Pickens Jr. (Richard Webber) become the last two remaining original cast members.

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