Grey’s Anatomy
Summary
Relationships on the hit ABC medical dramaGrey ’s Anatomyhave always been complicated , reflecting a myriad of complexities that human beings face in daily life , including unfaithfulness , and even the most beloved couples , like Meredith and Derek , face cheating . Whether falling in and out of love , withstand a taper for someone who ’s beyond range , as well as the dingy , murky side of relationships , Grey ’s Anatomyhas show up it all .
Though Grey ’s Anatomy began centered on Meredith Grey ( Ellen Pompeo ) and her class of resident , it elaborate to let in multiple genesis of doctors and medical students . The relationships between all of those characters are search in the serial . The series is as much a relationship drama as it is a aesculapian series , and the character have been deeply in love , but they have also wander on their partners and been unfaithful at various time . Some of these originative decisions completely threw the arc while a few made some sense in the large-minded context .
DID YOU KNOW : Every episode , except one , inGrey ’s Anatomyis named after a vocal ? The exception is a season 14 episode titled " 1 - 800 - 799 - 7233 , " which is the hotline for domesticated ferocity .
They may be great at fixing breaks and bones but not all of the operating surgeon at Grey Sloan should be hope to give out relationship advice .
14Jackson Avery On Maggie Pierce
Jackson Never Emotionally Let Go Of April
Jackson did n’t physically cheat on on Maggie . That ’s an crucial deviation between Jackson and the rest of theGrey ’s Anatomycharacters who have cheated on their partners . Jackson is a very loyal mortal , which is part of the ground he maintain even platonic relationship with those he ’s had quixotic relationships with in the past .
When Jackson pack a break from Seattle , he spends meter in a monastery and connects with another adult female - while he ’s in a relationship with Maggie . He stress to Maggie that he did n’t rip off on her , but it still causes a rupture in their relationship , one only strained further by him still maintaining regular inter-group communication with April , his ex-wife - wife . Sadly , the couple had a rough breakup in season 16 when they admitted that they never really liked each other as much as they should have .
Maggie feels threatened by his emotional connection to these other charwoman , and she ’s not entirely unseasonable about Jackson . He might not physically cheat on her , butJackson always has feeling for April , and he eventually ends up back with his X - wife years after they split up .
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13Owen Hunt On Emma Marling
Owen Had A One-Night Stand With Cristina
Although fans would detest to see some of their best-loved characters be infelicitous , that does not signify that they completely agree with their actions . There were plenty of fan who did n’t agree with the means Owen and Emma ’s kinship end , as Owen screw on her after having a one - nighttime stand with Cristina . This was fearsome since Emma had agree to be a last out - at - home mammy , and they were plan to subsist together . However , Owen break up with her after catch some Z’s with Cristina , which was heartbreaking .
There were plenty of fans who did n’t consort with the way Owen and Emma ’s relationship ended , as Owen cheated on her after have a one - night stand with Cristina .
From the fans ' linear perspective , this did n’t make a lot of sensation . Cristina and Owen had already agreed that they did n’t go together anymoresince they wanted completely dissimilar things in life , so no one could sympathize why the writer were revisiting this storyline . What was even more frustrating was that Owen and Emma seemed quite well-chosen together . It just experience like they were attempt to find a style of getting rid of Emma quickly , but it just made Owen look really bad when it chance .
12Alex Karev On Izzie Stevens
Izzie Catches Alex Sleeping With Olivia
Atthe kickoff ofGrey ’s Anatomy , Alex Karev was self-important and selfish , and grossly miss any societal etiquette . He also cease up chisel on Izzie Stevens with the nursemaid Olivia after he let the pressures of the burgeon relationship get to him . Alex finds himself unable to commit and open up to Izzie , and he pinch up with Olivia instead . What even have this worse is that Izzie catches Alex and Olivia in the act , and she immediately end their kinship on the office .
Although Izzie and Alex were n’t formally together at the clip , they were building to something unspoilt . Izzie was also the mortal who convinced everyone to give Alex a 2nd hazard after she saw a softer and more vulnerable side to him . In that light , the fact that Alex put one across around with another woman while giving Izzie hope was not a good ontogenesis for the character . In the end , Alex end up going back to Izzie after he learned she had his minor , but this moment was not his best .
11Nathan Riggs On Megan Hunt
Nathan Cheated On Megan Years In The Past
Nathan Riggs appeared only for a brief metre at Grey Sloan Memorial . He was Owen Hunt ’s ex - colleague in the military and the fiancé of Owen ’s sister , Megan . When Nathan first showed up onGrey ’s Anatomy , he and Meredith had a relationship . He never told anyone about cheating on Megan in the past tense , and he say it was no one ’s business anyway . However , when Megan was found and brought to Seattle , Nathan want to get back with her , but it would n’t last the test of time .
Megan and Nathan were both revealed to have chisel on each other . However , Megan ’s side of the story is never really shown explicitly , while Owen berates Nathan time and again for having cheated on his sister . He was even bring out to have gifted Megan a necklace belong to the woman he had cheated with . Although he did move heaven and earth for Megan after she was find alive , his history of cheating could n’t be erased .
10Addison Montgomery On Derek Shepherd
Addison Created On Derek With His Best Friend, Mark Sloan
Kate Walsh fall in the medical drama as Derek ’s wife , bring up the third angle of the sexual love Triangulum that Meredith and Derek originally discover themselves in . But even as the sticker in Meredith ’s flesh , Addison presently endure on to be a dear type , and fans could n’t get enough of her . Addison was say to have cheat on on Derek with his best friend Mark Sloan prior to the timeline of the show itself . Derek was go out Meredith Grey when Addison returned to his life , and he left Meredith to go back to her .
However , Derek cheated on her with Meredith and their marriage come to an end as a outcome . Of of course , had Addison never cheated , the intact Meredith - Derek storyline might never have pass off , but keep that aside , it was middling humble of her to have an affair with her husband ’s good champion . Neither of these people was faithful , and neither of them was happy until they finally terminate their relationship for good and moved on in their lives . Addison should n’t have cheat , but this was never intend to be .
Meredith and Derek had an epic love story on the infirmary dramatic play Grey ’s Anatomy . But while they ’re a great brace , sometimes they have some job .
9Derek Shepherd On Addison Montgomery
Derek Cheated With Meredith Grey
If there were any fans who had in reality thought that Addison and Derek could salvage their married couple , they shortly lost all hope once Derek chouse on Addison - again . The two were going through a crude plot of land when the serial publication begin because of Addison cheating , and he hooked up with Meredith . They seek to make their relationship workplace , butDerek finally wander on Addison with Meredith again . It should n’t have come as a keen surprise since it was apparent that Derek was still in sexual love with Meredith .
However , instead of state Addison that their family relationship was n’t working for him anymore , he ended up slumber with Meredith in the on - call way . While many Meredith and Derek fan were ecstatic to see that their favored couple was on the scepter of reunify , they did n’t like the thought of Addison getting hurt . Considering that Derek know how it felt to be cheated on , many did think that this would n’t be a path he would go down . It was just a bit hypocritical , considering everything they had been through .
8Owen Hunt On Cristina Yang
Owen Had A One-Night Stand With A Random Woman
Owen proclaimed his love for Cristina more than once , and he did indeed love her , pick out her over Teddy - whom he had always had feeling for . Like many of the relationships in Grey ’s Anatomy that seemed like they were heading down a successful route , however , theirs confront roadblock . When Cristina resolve not to have kid and then had an miscarriage , the latter decided to suffer her by wander . Owen got intoxicated and hooked up with a friend of a patient for a one - night stand .
Later , to his citation , he allow what he did and had a long , shock conversation about his infidelity with Cristina . see that Owen and Cristina had been the second lead pair for a longsighted time on the show , Owen ’s indiscretion was indeed disheartening for fans of the pairing . However , she slept with him again and forgave him , but the two were not stand for to be . The undecomposed news is that their honesty about their problems allow them to continue penny-pinching friends until Cristina eventually left the country .
7Ellis Grey On Thatcher Grey
Ellis Had A Long Affair With Richard Webber
One major case of infidelity befall before the series lead off but continued to have a big shock throughout the political campaign of the show . Meredith ’s mom , Ellis , had a long - drawn - out affair with Richard Webber , even though she was marital to Thatcher Grey . Ellis and Richard were in sexual love , but their relationship destroyed Meredith ’s childhood . It also discerp Meredith ’s family relationship with her female parent , who attempted suicide in front of her girl .
Moreover , Maggie Pierce turned out to be Ellis and Richard ’s daughter . Although the revelation shocked everyone , it was gracious for sports fan to see Meredith discover she had more family after losing so many kinsperson members . On a side note , her affair also deflower Meredith ’s relationship with her biological begetter , Thatcher , who left the family altogether when he memorise Ellis was cheating . By shutting out his daughter as well , this one act of infidelity did more legal injury to Meredith than anyone else involved .
6Richard Webber On Adele
Richard Cheated With Ellis Grey
If Ellis cheated on Thatcher , then naturally , Richard cheated on Adele , too . While the two did seem felicitous together , it was n’t long before the viewers could see how muchRichard ’s infidelity had hurt Adele since she later accused Bailey of feature an affair with her husbandbecause he was pass a lot of nights at the hospital . moot how mellifluous and tolerant Adele was , fans hat to see her pain . Of course , this happened before the show ’s write up started , so fans never saw it in action .
fortuitously , the two make do to repair their relationship in the end , but there was a time when some fans believe that Adele deserved well . Ellis and Thatcher ruined their wedlock due to cheating , and it severed their relationship with their daughter , Meredith . Richard was lucky because he was able-bodied to hold open his married couple to Adele and break off cheating , and he became a better man as a issue . However , as mentioned , Adele never bury it , and it read how cheat can cause long - full term battle in a spousal relationship .
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5Arizona Robbins On Callie Torres
Arizona Cheated With Lauren
Callie and Arizona were a lovely dyad , and rooter rooted for them through all the ups and down feather . From Callie ’s accident while she was pregnant to Arizona having her leg amputated after the devastating sheet crash , these two had indeed been through a band . That ramification amputation , though , almost ruin their relationshipas Arizona feel that Callie make the decision ruin her career and her life . They seemed to work through this , but it became part of the cause of their later struggles .
What did n’t make sentience wasArizona cheat on Callie with the craniofacial surgeon Lauren Boswell . While Arizona did struggle in the aftermath of the plane crash , some sports fan could n’t understand what made her chess . Lauren came in and set out play with Arizona in a flash , and even though she acknowledge she was married to Callie , it did n’t stop over her . When Arizona cheat , Callie figured it out and split up with her married woman . It devastated devotee that this well - loved couple part up and could n’t make it act upon in the end .
