Station 19 Could Get a New Lease on Life by Crossing Over These 10 Characters to Grey’s Anatomy

Since Jason George’s character started on Grey’s Anatomy and is married to Bailey, returning the surgeon from whence he came would be easy peasy. It would make sense, too, considering that (a) Ben’s age has made him a potential liability as a firefighter, and (b) adopting ill-fated pal Dean Miller’s daughter Pru has left him extra concerned about continuing on in his dangerous line of work.

Stefania Spampinato’s character was also introduced on Grey’s Anatomy and, though the actress is a Station 19 regular, her alter ego remains a member of Grey Sloan’s staff. To cross the OB/GYN back over, the long-running drama would just have to increase her screen time and have some fun with her history. Remember Carina’s make-out session with Owen? Amelia’s interest in a threesome with her and Link?

Obviously, we can’t keep Carina without bringing her wife aboard Grey’s Anatomy, too. And unlike Andy, we could see new mom Maya bailing on her risky profession to attend medical school, perhaps with an eye on becoming a trauma surgeon. Danielle Savre’s intense character wouldn’t just love the pit’s fast-paced, high-pressure environment, she’d thrive in it.

We cried right along with Grey Damon’s character when his repeated head injuries left him unable to keep working as a firefighter. But there may yet be a silver lining to his forced retirement. He could bail on his new job in dispatch and use the skills that he acquired in his years at 19 to become something that Grey’s Anatomy has always strangely avoided: a nurse.

With Crisis One being defunded, Barrett Doss’ bighearted first-responder has found herself at a loss. What she and the program need is someone with deep pockets and enough interest in being a force for good that they’d bankroll the initiative. As it happens, Vic knows just such an individual: her own ex-boyfriend, Jackson Avery, who could move Crisis One to Grey Sloan and put his old flame on the payroll.

If Crisis One were to move its HQ to Grey Sloan, Vic would surely want to take with her Josh Randall’s former captain, whose grace under pressure has not gone unnoticed. Recovering alcoholic Sean could then attend meetings with Richard and Amelia, and as an added bonus, we’d get to find out if we were right that sparks were flying between him and Vic.

Yeah, yeah, we know that 9-1-1 has dibs on in-demand Tracie Thoms, who recurs as Henrietta’s wife, Karen. But since ABC’s new acquisition has already been sharing the actress with Station 19 for years, there’s no reason why it couldn’t continue to lend her out, only in the future to Grey’s Anatomy, which has badly needed a psychologist like Diane on staff for, well, ever!

Having run for mayor, Jay Hayden’s character could come to despise more than ever the impact of politics on the firehouse — to the point that he transitions his unique skillset to the pit, either as a new intern or a nurse. Of course, once installed at Grey Sloan, he’d realize that things are no simpler there. But at least he might be able to bend the ear of conspicuously single Levi.

Assuming that Station 19’s new showrunners are successful in redeeming Carlos Miranda’s character, who became the tool of all tools in Season 6, we wouldn’t mind seeing him pull up to Grey Sloan on the regular in his new role as an EMT for a private ambulance company. That is, as long as he doesn’t bring “Chaos Kate” along for the ride. Sorry, but that’s a dealbreaker.

Granted, Emmett’s mother is hardly the most pivotal character to ever pass through Station 19. But we’ve always gotten a kick out of the way that Tricia O’Kelley plays Dixon’s perpetually soused widow. If she were to wind up getting a seat at meetings for the Catherine Fox Foundation, can you imagine the reaction Richard’s better half would have? “Honey, I’d sooner perform a lobotomy — on myself!”