Shonda Rhimes is finally giving up more details about the Grey’s Anatomy season 9 finale, revealing that fans should expect an emotional death.

Shonda Rhimes has been telling fans to prepare themselves for the Grey’s Anatomy season 9 finale for some time. After seeing the promo for the season 9 penultimate episode “Readiness is All,” it’s clear she wasn’t kidding. The promo previews a hospital in mayhem and a very pregnant Meredith slipping on the stairs.

If you’re worried that more of your favorite characters may not make it out of the Grey’s Anatomy season 9 finale – keep worrying. Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Rhimes is teasing about the finale and how it compares to the previous season.

Rhimes tells The Hollywood Reporter that the Grey’s Anatomy season 9 finale will have some of the characters’ lives in jeopardy. She is also making it sound as though someone’s fate may not be known until season 10, just like they did last year. Rhimes teases, “When we leave the season, we’re definitely going to be worried about one of our own.”

In comparison to the season 8 finale, Rhimes does say there won’t be as much brutality. Rhimes explains, “I just watched it again recently and was kind of surprised myself about the brutality of it. I don’t think we’re going to match that but for a lot of our characters, it’s a much more emotional. There’s a lot of emotional death.”

Many fans are also worried about newcomer intern Jo, who seems to have been abused by her boyfriend. The promo for “Readiness is All” shows Alex getting ready to defend her honor. But Rhimes says the situation may not be all that it seems. “Not all is as it seems coming out of last night’s episode. We discover some interesting things for him,” she says. “There’s a journey that happens in these last two episodes for him with Jo as they move through the storm.”

If you haven’t seen the promo for “Readiness is All,” watch it below:

Who do you think will have their life in jeopardy in the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ season 9 finale? What will happen to Meredith after she falls down the stairs?

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