Warning: Do not proceed if you have not watched Thursday’s finale of “Grey’s Anatomy”. You are entering spoiler territory. It wasn’t planned this way, but “Grey’s Anatomy” finished season 16 with an episode that could have served as a natural finale, answering the question of Richard Webber’s fate and leaving several cliffhangers for next season to tackle.
With four episodes left unproduced for the season due to COVID-19, ABC’s long-running medical drama — already renewed for a 17th season — finally revealed what was wrong with Webber, who had displayed concerning signs of Alzheimer’s, the same degenerative disease Meredith’s mother Ellis had, and Parkinson’s.