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This post contains spoilers from Thursday’s episode ofGrey’s Anatomy.
Maggie Pierce bid farewell to Grey Sloan Memorial on Thursday’sGrey’s Anatomybut there maystill be hope for her and husband Winston Ndugu.
Kelly McCrearyexclusively tells PEOPLE that “the door is still open” for a future between the pair as Maggie moves to Chicago and Winston (Anthony Hill) stays in Seattle.
“They didn’t leave a lot of wreckage and poison in their wake. They reconciled. They had an understanding,” McCreary, 41, shares of the couple’s final conversation ahead of her move. “They came to really empathize with one another and both feel heartbroken over it. So I think that there’s potential.”
She adds: “At the very least, there’s potential for them to work together again. And beyond that I think anything is possible.”
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McCreary — who endedher nine season run as a series regular onGrey’s Anatomywith Thursday’s episode — admits she is “grateful” how the couple’s relationship concluded.
She believes they were able to have “a respectful, loving separation” without “discord and anger between them.”
“And that’s what makes it sadder, right? It’s like you want them to work it out, but you also want her to do what she’s got to do,” she shares.
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“They didn’t follow their hearts, they didn’t follow their guts, they didn’t bet on themselves. They stayed to keep the peace. They stayed to keep other people happy,” she said. “My heart is in my work, Winston.”
She added: “I don’t think I’m cold and I don’t think you’re a coward… I think we did the best we could and that neither of us is to blame. I love you but I have to go.”
He responded: “I love you too and I have to stay.”
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Prior to the split, the pair performed one final surgery together which led them to sleep together before her move. McCreary admits that the storyline was “surprising” but also “made perfect sense.”
“It’s like, yes, this is what lights her up. This is how they came together,” she says. “They came together at a medical conference because they were both super nerding out. And here they are years into their relationship closer than ever, and then they get to have yet another triumph. Of course, it would be the thing that ignites their passion again.”
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Grey’s Anatomyairs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.
source: people.com
