Although we haven’t given up hope that ABC’s cancelled Station 19 will be saved before the end of its seventh and final season (here’s why), we have figured out a way to keep the first-responders drama’s legacy alive no matter what: by crossing over key characters to the mothership, Grey’s Anatomy.
We’d love to hang on to all of our favorite firefighters, but would it really make sense for Jaina Lee Ortiz’s newly minted Captain Andy Herrera to give up her father’s badge to pursue a new line of work that would hang a stethoscope around her neck instead of drop a helmet on her head? Probably not.
Similarly, considering the sacrifices that Merle Dandrige’s Chief Natasha Ross has already made for the sake of her career, can you imagine her quitting to become a hospital administrator or something? Yeah, us, either. Better to let her live happily ever after with Boris Kodjoe’s Robert Sullivan, even if it means that they’ll do so off screen.
So which Station 19 characters can we realistically cross over to Grey’s Anatomy (even if only on a recurring basis)? Check out our ideas below, then hit the comments with any others, past or present, that you think could and should be added to the list.
Ben Warren
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.
Carina DeLuca
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?
Maya Bishop
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.
Jack Gibson
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.
Vic Hughes
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.
Sean Beckett
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.
Diane Lewis
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!
Travis Montgomery
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.
Theo Ruiz
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.
Kitty Dixon
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!”
