ABCIzzy learns she's sick and that's why she's been seeing Denny. Okay, when Izzie stole the heart for Denny, I was so freaking pissed. © Copyright 2021 Meredith Corporation. The truth is that she has a lot of trouble moving on from Denny. 'Grey's Anatomy' Exclusive: Izzie/Denny ghost story twist revealed! Knight, who plays Dr. George O’Malley, were leaving the series. Like the way she acted was totally inappropriate and childish. Turns out Shonda Rhimes wasn’t lying when she told me last month that a brain tumor wasn’t what was causing Izzie’s case of “I see dead people… and have sex with them!” But she was being sneaky. I loved Denny and Izzie, I didn’t even mind ghost sex because honestly JDM oozes charisma and he’s hot so I was for anything that brought him back but wow as an adult now I see how crappy this “relationship” was. She kept claiming she was in love. “Patient X,” who actually is Izzie, was told by the latest crop of “Grey’s” interns, including Meredith Grey’s younger, half-sister Lexie (played by Chyler Leigh), her diagnosis. Sound, off below! Izzie begins to see Denny everywhere, which is eventually revealed to be a symptom of her brain tumor. Grey's Anatomy Denny Duquette: 10 Things You Didn't Know. Brandi O. Now it's looking like Grey's may beat them to it. Izzie gets called to the hospital and doesn't want to leave because she's afraid Denny won't be there when she gets back, but he promises he will. She suffered from hallucinations for many episodes before she realized what was happening to her. All rights reserved. Fans watched as Izzie ... Ghost Denny was used to signal to viewers and to Izzie herself that something was wrong. If I were her, I’d go on a really good vacation,” another intern quipped. Izzie, who was having hallucinations of her dead fiance, Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), earlier in the season, learned the bad news after asking the interns to diagnose a “Patient X.” “Patient X,” who actually is Izzie, was told by the latest crop of “Grey’s” interns, including Meredith Grey’s younger, half-sister Lexie (played by Chyler Leigh), her diagnosis. Theories on Izzie's hallucinations of her dead fiancé, Denny 'Grey's Anatomy' Exclusive: Izzie/Denny ghost story twist revealed! Meredith's policy on dating two men is getting to her, and the interns and Bailey suspect she's pregnant. 5x8 "In the Midnight Hour" (OAD 11/20/08) Denny tells Izzie that he's real and they have sex. he first appeared as a ghost in the afterlife when meredith kind of died,at the very end of the episode "Drowning on Dry Land" - season 3 episode 16. OK, so we kind of knew it all along, Izzy has issues, medical issues. Izzie and Alex began dating as early as Season 1 of the show, but they parted ways after just a few episodes. This material may not be republished, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. This material may not be republished, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Alex watched as Izzie said her final goodbye to Denny's ghost, telling him he'll always be with her, but she had to let him go. She only knew of his life inside the hospital and nothing else. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. He actually does appear in a couple more episodes this season. “If we interfere, we get blamed for messing, with someone’s creative vision. Izzie says goodbye to Denny's spirit because she's trying to let him go so his soul can be at peace. All rights reserved. But, just days later, James said his comments were just “rumors.” Shonda Rhimes, creator of the show, also denied the two are leaving. The doctors are definitely in on Shonda Rhimes' hospital melodrama. Izzie was on Grey's Anatomy for almost six seasons and the character was played by Katherine Heigl, who won an Emmy Award for the role. After his death, she became romantically involved with … This is definitely one of the saddest things about Izzie, as she had to mourn him all over again during this experience. Season 2 took us deeper into the lives of our five interns, the residents, attending physicians, and the chief of surgery. I can sure see Denny … Last month, her “Grey’s” co-star, James Pickens Jr. said both Heigl and her pal, T.R. She even sees his ghost, after all, and becomes a nervous wreck. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Izzie’s mind was also impacted because of her cancer which spread to her brain. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc. ("Superstition") Denny then started looking into a porta… Izzie’s aneurysmish disorder was never intended, to be fatal. Derek's mother visits, the death row patient starts angling for death in the hospital, Izzie craves more in her relationships, and Jackson's need for organs becomes critical. I. Meredith. According to multiple sources, Izzie’s hallucinations are health-related — and, brain-related. Spread the love with EW's Valentine's Day gift guide. Then we all fell apart when he died and came back as a ghost/tumor. 1 decade ago. Izzie does NOT die. A few days ago, I was suspecting that Ghost Whisperer might be planning a "Ghost & Mrs. Muir" ending -- that is, a woman, in love with a ghost, she dies, they go off into the light together. This case really begins to haunt Izzie - the guy's in Denny's old room, and she begins to see Denny walking the halls. Seeing his spirit was a painful reminder that she couldn't really be with him. She married Alex in the series’ 100th episode, and afterwards, her tumor was successfully removed. (They hate it. For their part, ABC execs remain divided except for on one point: Everyone acknowledges that the plot is asking the audience to take a, huge leap. For more information on cookies including how to manage your consent visit our. Indifferent? In the shocking March 5 episode, fans learned Karev left Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital to reunite with his ex Dr. Izzie Stevens, and everyone basically lost it. He comes back as a ghost on season 5 episodes 7, 8 , 9 and 10 (last episode on air last week). Finally, last night Denny revealed to … Copyright © 2021 by NBC Universal, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Addison is distracted and her medical judgment compromised by Mark's arrival, and similarly, Derek is also distracted, but clears Burke for surgery. Worse? Okay then, here we go. And Izzie finally told a friend about the problem at the end of the episode — Dr. Cristina Yang, played by Sandra Oh. Cristina discovered the interns' arms, where they'd stitched themselves. ), But wait, there’s more! Dr. Mark Sloan joins the staff as the new head of Plastic surgery and instantly rubs up against everyone. She handed him Denny's sweater and asked him to burn it for her. Izzie meets with Denny's father, who is also named Dennyand who reveals a bombshell for Izzie. (Personally, I can get on board with this story now. Izzie, who was having hallucinations of her dead fiance, Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), earlier in the season, learned the bad news after asking the interns to diagnose a “Patient X.”. With Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers. She wants to move on, Denny! Plans change, but, per an ABC insider, Rhimes didn’t cook, up this story in order to grant Katherine Heigl’s alleged wish to be, let go from the show. thing she allegedly wanted, the thing that eluded her last season: And say what you want about the story, Heigl has delivered. After he died, Izzie saw Denny's ghost, and this is something that people are still astonished by, all of these years later. They tried to use a catheter to clear it, but they couldn't, so they had to open his chest.