This finally led her husband, Jeff Pope, to reunite with her, and though Rebecca pleaded with Alex to "give me a reason to stay", he refused and told her to stay with the better guy, only to regret his decision later, but it was too late: Rebecca and her daughter had left with Jeff, leaving Alex to stare at an empty room. So as far as I'm concerned transformation sucks. [15], They returned to Seattle the next day and they talked to Meredith about creating a surgical innovation fellowship just for Jo. He knew she was lying, but she continued to completely shut him out and lie in bed all day. Alex made a move to have sex, but Rebecca stopped him, telling him he was a 'chicken' and 'didn't come looking for her'. It would cost too much to fly him out herself and she was at a loss as to getting someone who was willing to bring that kid, plus the dozen others, to the US for surgery. Angrily, he told her he was done being told to leave her alone if he loved her and he threatened to go to Pittsburgh himself to find out what had happened. ("Freedom, Part 2"), Her daughter has her father's nose. Father-in-law Elizabeth Reaser He also sent her divorce papers. She was ashamed that she was unable to receive the love that he was giving her. ("Sympathy for the Parents") Later, while Alex was in high school, he was his mother's primary caregiver, making sure she took her meds and calming her down when her delusions . You're not good enough for anyone.". Alex was thrown in the deep end of the pool on his first day as Chief. After Alex's grandmother died, he had a dream where she told him not to play with his parts. He had to put her on her side to improve her circulation. After that incident, Alex left James for good. Alex took the case of Gus Carter, a kid with autism that the doctors had to communicate with through LEGO blocks. [3] He also admitted his mother into a psychiatric facility at one point. Two weeks later, they met with Jo's doctor present. After they left, Alex had to break the news to her. When presented with the opportunity to become Chief Resident, she decided she was done hiding and filed for divorce from Paul. Izzie had yet to get over Denny and told him she cannot commit in a relationship with him just yet, and he understood. He was afraid Jo had finally broken and would leave him, like all his previous lovers had done. He later called out Nico and Levi for what they did and directed them to rooms with doors that lock. Alex was Owen's original choice for chief resident but after he sold outMeredithwhen she tampered with the Alzheimer's trial,OwenchoseApril Kepnerinstead. He came home to Jo, who told him she had used his offer to demand the attending position at Grey Sloan. He rescued her from the debris and encouraged her to stay alive. He found out how understaffed the hospital was, making him feel like a crappy leader. The Strongest AvengerAlexander Michael Evans(Dr.) Evil SpawnDr. They closed the blinds in his office when they wer spotted kissing by nurse Frankie. However, after this angry speech, he continued to kiss her and they slept together. Alex heard about Andrew stepping up and performing a solo surgery when Owen was accidentally paralyzed in the OR and congratulated him on pulling it off. Cristina told Alex on her last day in Seattle that she was surprised by how good he became as a surgeon. Afterwards, Alex told Richard that he had dreaded working at Pac-North, too, given the legacy he inherited at Grey Sloan from Bailey and Richard himself. After which, he proceeded to taunt a furious Meredith, who attacked him in retaliation, calling him a frat boy bitch. Meredith had convinced her to get a proper leave of absence so she could ge the help she needed. Does Karev have a baby with Rebecca? He and Helen said goodbye to Jo and left for the airport. Alex eventually asked Izzie out on a date. He then went to pick up Jo at the facility. Since Justin Chambers announced he was leaving Grey's Anatomy in the middle of season 16, fans have wondered how Dr. Alex Karev would be written off the series. James and two of his friends were in a car crash and they were obviously on some drugs. Alex Karev is the former Chief of Surgery at Pacific Northwest General Hospital and former Head of Pediatric Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. [22], As soon as he heard the bridge had been re-opened, Alex left for work. You have to forgive me!" It becomes clear that Mark is a poor teacher, only delegating menial tasks to Alex. She invited him to have coffee, but he turned her down due to a surgery. He starts dating Izzie exclusively and after winning his solo-surgery he tells her he loves her. Despite his lack of interest in obstetrics and gynecology, he has exhibited some flair for it as he managed to deliver a premature baby by himself. Alex showed much concern for her and constantly checked on her progress, bonding with her in the process. Later, he heard she came to work drunk and confronted her about it at home. Your whole world has transformed. She said the only thing she'd wanted to be for Halloween was Ava. Alex passed his oral boards and is a board certified surgeon in general surgery and completed a pediatric surgical fellowship at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital after turning down a fellowship at Johns Hopkins. The patient, Nora Hillridge, was sabotaging her own surgery by drinking juice to increase her glycemia so that she could stay in the hospital and wouldn't have to go back to school. With Cristina's departure, Alex has become Meredith's new "person". That worked, but the car got stuck on the highway due to fog covering the city. She eventually told Alex that she didn't want the ring yet, but she also didn't want it gone and that he should keep in in the drawer. After that fight, James recognized Alex as his son. He was called names and pranked and even shoved in a locker once. She also told him he had tried to help her as best as he could, but she needed professional help. They pulled Gus through and Jo arrived with the blood right when the chamber was decompressed. She confronted him, and he told her that she cannot get involved with her patients. Meredith became furious with Alex, especially since this led to Zola being taken away. She told him she still needed more time to work on herself and asked him not to quit. So perhaps the show's team decided that. Following the revelation of her cancer, Alex snooches in a cup as they harvest Izzie's eggs in case they ever want a child. He told her he missed her and got ready for bed, not noticing in the dark that she was crying and only pretending to be asleep. Meredith couldn't stop him since she was stuck in the chamber, where Gus started coding again. Parents Meredith then told Jo to go to Boston and come back when they found the money, but Jo had already turned Boston down by that point. [8], When Andrew decided to press charges, Alex and his attorney thought it was for a misdemeanor, but quickly learned that the state had upped the charge to felony assault. No one knew at the time, but the relationship was later revealed when Callie gave her speech on Lecture Day.[52]. He wanted Addison to release him from her service, and she did, but not before telling him that he would miss her. He told Andrew not to bite people's hand when they reach out because then they stop reaching out. During. Both out of a job, they went to Joe's for day drinking. The judge wanted to postpone the hearing but Alex loudly objected. She assured him it wasn't personal. Alex lost his virginity to a school nurse when he was 15. As a 6-year-old, he once asked her what the inside of a doorknob looked like. Before she came back to Seattle, Ava had developed a borderline personality disorder. Alex pled not guilty, When Bailey found out that one of her attending pediatric surgeons was charged with a felony, she was forced to suspend him from the surgical staff and offered him a position in the Denny Duquette Memorial Clinic, which he accepted. One night, Alex witnesses Jo and Jason fighting. Why Is Jo Wilson Depressed on 'Grey's Anatomy'? Season 15 Recap Seeing Alex's ability to handle child patients, Dr. Arizona Robbins shows an interest in mentoring him for that specialization. Jo left them to talk so they could correct his mistake. Alex was delighted to have found his groove as Chief. Alex then had Bailey cover him. Later on, Rebecca returned and they had a brief relationship during which she believed he got her pregnant (which was investigated by Izzie and turned out to be false). DouchefaceDr. In oncology, when a normal cell changes into something malignant, it's called cellular transformation. Alex and Callie slept together after a big surgery involving reconstruction of a man's legs was successful. He decided to go meet them, which reignited his romance with Izzie. However, Alex claimed his lack of interest in Izzie and has appeared to have gotten over her. Reminding him of the time his father left him in a parking lot when he was six, Alex had a strong reaction to the situation and told the kid's father to do whatever he needed to to protect his son, even if it meant keeping him away from his mother. Alex is also the first intern to decide on his specialty plastic surgery. During the shooting, Mark, along with the help of Lexie, saved Alex's life after he was shot. He found some comfort with Meredith, who told him that every Chief always feel like they're pissing people off and doing a poor job. She worried about what would happen if she never remembered her life. And there's nothing you can do about it. [48][49], He started to ignore Jo and Meredith's calls and texts, which prompted Jo to callAlex's mother, who revealed that Alex had never been in Iowa. 'Grey's Anatomy' Season 16: Where Everyone Ends up + Season Recap - Insider SurgeryFetal monitoringCervical cerclageFacial reconstructionIV antibioticsBed restEpiduralC-section deliveryStitchesAlprazolamClonazepamPsych consultResidential psychiatric care He then told her what was happening and they worked it out. ("Walk on Water"), Scans showed a cardiac tamponade, which was treated during surgery. The project put Alex as the front runner in the race for chief resident. While Meredith took Gus away, Jo finally told Alex that she was not okay. She said it hurt her more than it did him.[37]. His frequent sexist remarks and overt come-ons made him even more disliked by the interns, who proceeded to dub him evil spawn. Alex then warmed up to him. [1], As a kid, Alex was fat, and in 5th or 6th grade, the other kids started to pick on him for it. So, she thought he would be an engineer. It was during Alex's third year of residency that he heavily considered pediatric surgery as a specialty. Realizing that skin-to-skin contact will help improve an ailing baby's condition, Bailey ordered Alex to take off his shirt and hold the tiny patient to his chest, the sight of which was an odd. His favorite type of donut is powdered sugar. Alex got suspended for a week over it. ("Haunt You Every Day"). [20], When nurse Frankie got in distress, Alex found that the entire nursing staff was worried about her and assisted Richard in surgery. He spent the day working with Andrew, who was shutting Meredith out ever since the failed research project with his father. Furious at the revelation that Alex was the cause of his syphilis, George punched Alex in the face. Later, when George's mother returned, which brings back memories of George, Alex revealed to Cristina and Meredith that he didn't like to think of George because it reminded him of Izzie (his ex-wife) which brought pain. After Cristina left Seattle for Zrich, Alex found an envelope in his bed that informed him that Cristina had left her shares of the hospital to him. After a longer stint with Addison Forbes Montgomery, Alex discovered that he liked to work with infants and began to develop a keen interest in neonatal surgery. He alsofound out that she gave birth to his kids with the embryos they froze years ago due to the cancer having nuked her eggs. When Cristina was chosen to pick the first resident to perform a solo surgery, she chose Alex who performed a below the knee amputation. Frantic and crumbling under the pressure of owing so much money and living up to the expectations he had set up for these kids, Alex nearly had a meltdown. Grandmother When Alex buys Meredith's house, Cristina moves in. She needed brain surgery, but he warned her that due to the location of the bleed, she needed to be awake during the surgery. Doctor(s) Alex got shot in the lower chest by Gary Clark upon discovering him standing over Reed's body. They are from the same intern class, so naturally, they are close as they have spent so many years together. They maintained a very close friendship until Alex informedOwen Huntin a drunken stateof Meredith's tampering with the Alzheimer's trial. He had brought together a whole group of people who had been treated by Meredith and had all come from all over the country to testify on her behalf. However, he later told her that he only wants to work with her professionally, and is not interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with her. The pregnant Jane Doe subsequently became hysterical after realizing she could not remember anything, and turned to Alex for support, thinking that he was her husband. Things are uncertain and there's no turning back. She began a tentative friendship with him, to the shock of Meredith, Cristina, and George. During their tour, they came across a woman shouting for help from the ICU as one of the residents failed to deliver adequate help to her hemorrhaging husband. He suggested Alex apply for the Chief of Surgery job at Pacific Northwest General Hospital so he could hire him. Change is a funny thing, and not everyone can handle it. The panel voted to dismiss the entire case, meaning Meredith would get to keep her license. Olivia and Alex share a casual fling before she decides to break things off with him in order to pursue George. He caught Levi and Nico getting dressed after sex in an ambulance and was ordered by Bailey to step in for her in harvesting Phoebe Moss' organs so she could go take care of the hospital. While heading home, Alex and Jo ran into Link, who apparently knew Jo from her past life as Brooke. He didn't get along with his colleagues due to his work attitude. Alex worked hard for Meredith's forgiveness, however, and even went to the judge responsible for Zola's adoption case. At the end of the day, he asked her to go out to celebrate his no longer being Chief, but she wanted to crawl into bed after the rough day she had. ("Testing 1-2-3"), When she came to Seattle on Halloween, she said her daughter was perfect. When James died, Alex was relieved and sad at the same time. Alex Karev secured a position in the surgical residency program at Seattle Grace after graduating from medical school. After a couple days, Izzie confrontedAlex and rold him that Ava was not really pregnant and never was. [29], While Alex was hopeful about the DeLuca research, Bailey thought he had stared a moral slippery slope that she would have to handle soon. Alex acknowledged that Bailey, like everyone else there, didn't deserve to work under Tom and inquired if Owen was tired of sitting at home yet. Professional Information A mixer was held for the new interns, and it was at this mixer that he met and presumably hit it off with Nurse Olivia Harper, as he is shown leaving the event with an arm around her. Alex feared that Bailey only picked him because he would never live up to her, so that she would be welcomed back with open arms after her sabbatical, but she told him that she did trust him to do the job. Jo made him pose next to his photo and sent a picture to Helen Karev to show her how far her son had come. for asking if their critically ill patient who had to be taken back for surgery could count as his second surgery and Dr. Hunt called him out several times for his lack of bedside manners. Jr. ButtholeLil' ButtholeMr. Arizona also supported his decision to work for Oliver Lebackes and helped him after he ran into problems there. Later, when he left her unattended with a knife to answer a phone call, she slit her wrists. Grey's Anatomy Finally Explains Why Alex Karev Left - Vulture ("Haunt You Every Day"). When Richard found out that she switched the packets so Adele would receive the active ingredient, he decided to take the fall for her and Meredith was able to keep her job and she eventually forgave Alex. However on that very day, he found out from the Chief that he failed his medical board exams. Gus's parents grew frustrated while waiting. He rushed to the loft and found Jo laughing hysterically at a cartoon. Grey's Anatomy Universe Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community.