Grey’s Anatomy season 22 brought back Dr. Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary) for the show’s 450th episode, but instead of her returning to participate in a major surgery or a groundbreaking procedure, she arrived, along with Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), to help her “sister,” Dr. Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone), through the dark period following the hospital explosion.

Amelia blamed herself for Dr. Monica Beltran’s (Natalie Morales) death and Dr. Atticus “Link” Lincoln’s (Chris Carmack) injury because she felt that if she never performed the surgery on her young patient, Dylan Young, who’s now experiencing locked-in syndrome, then Dylan’s mother wouldn’t have inadvertently caused the explosion that took the life of her friend and nearly killed her son Scout’s father, Link.

However, Maggie also revealed a bombshell of her own. She made the choice to become pregnant via a donor. Now that Maggie is expecting a baby, she should permanently return to Grey’s Anatomy because she’ll need and want the support of her sisters, her biological father, Dr. Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.), and her friends, as she begins this new chapter in her life.

Maggie’s Family Should Be Involved In Her Baby’s Life

One of Grey’s Anatomy’s central themes is family, biological or otherwise. When Meredith’s son, Bailey, fell ill with appendicitis, she explained to her boyfriend, Dr. Nick Marsh (Scott Speedman), that she was all her children had. However, he reminded her that she actually had a village.

The same is true for Maggie as she begins her journey as a single mother. Her sisters should be involved in her child’s life, along with her father, Richard. Maggie is the biological child of Richard and Dr. Ellis Grey (Kate Burton), making her Meredith’s half-sister, but she grew up with her adoptive parents.

Because of this, Maggie will want her child to know their blood relatives, as well as their extended family such as Amelia, who’s actually Meredith’s sister-in-law because she’s her late husband, Dr. Derek Shepherd’s (Patrick Dempsey) sister.

Maggie didn’t grow up with her biological relatives, Richard and Meredith, so it’s almost certain that she’ll want them to be a big part of her child’s life, especially because they’re such influential people. In addition, there are many cousins, including Meredith’s children, Zola, Bailey, and Ellis, and Amelia’s Scout, who should know Maggie’s child.

Maggie also knows that she has a strong support system in her sisters. When she asked Meredith and Amelia how she was going to raise a person without them, Meredith told her to say the word, and they could be in Chicago by lunch. It would be a fun change of scenery to see Meredith and Amelia visiting Maggie in the Windy City to help her with her baby.

Kelly McCreary Is Open To Returning To Grey’s Anatomy As Maggie

In an interview with Soaps.com, McCreary, who hadn’t been seen on Grey’s Anatomy since season 20, expressed her interest in returning to the show in order to portray Maggie including her family and friends in her baby’s life. While the show hasn’t contacted her about it, she finds it hard to believe that Maggie’s family, especially her sisters, wouldn’t be included.

McCreary said, “There have been no talks with me [laughs]. But I can’t imagine that Amelia and Meredith will not be looped in and involved in their new niece or nephew’s life.”

Not only does McCreary think that Maggie should come back to be with her loved ones during this exciting, yet scary, time in her life, but she herself would like to return because she considers the Grey’s Anatomy cast to be her family.

When asked if she was open to appearing more often if the show took that direction, McCreary was enthusiastic. She gushed, “I love going back to Grey’s Anatomy. It feels like going home — that’s absolutely my family. And I love the way that we closed out Maggie’s storyline over the long term on the show with a sense that she would continue sort of doing what she was doing at Grey Sloan but just in another, bigger capacity.”

McCreary continued, “So whenever there’s a really fantastic storyline like this one to come back for, I have to stay open to that. Maggie’s still out there, and I’d love to find out what’s going on with her. As long as the audience is interested, then I’m happy to come back.”

McCreary also acknowledged that Maggie has yet to tell her ex-husband, Dr. Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) and her father, Richard, about the baby. She said, “There’s definitely more important people to loop in on this and to see how they’re integrated into this child’s life or not. I mean, it’s very interesting to me that Maggie left her husband and then decided to have a baby.”

Maggie’s baby is the perfect catalyst for McCreary to return to Grey’s Anatomy. She’s a missing piece in her family, and her return made the sisters trio complete with Meredith and Amelia. It would be hilarious to watch the three of them stumble through taking care of a newborn baby together, and seeing Richard’s reaction to becoming a grandfather would be priceless. It’ll also be intriguing to see how Winston responds to Maggie’s pregnancy. Maggie should come back to Grey’s Anatomy permanently.

Source: Soaps.com

Release Date

March 27, 2005

Directors

Rob Corn, Kevin McKidd, Debbie Allen, Chandra Wilson, Allison Liddi-Brown, Jeannot Szwarc, Tony Phelan

Writers

Shonda Rhimes, Julie Wong, Jen Klein, Tameson Duffy, Meg Marinis

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  Ellen Pompeo

  Dr. Meredith Grey

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  Chandra Wilson

  Dr. Miranda Bailey