Grey's Anatomy boss: Meredith-Derek relationship storyline would've been done differently in the #MeToo era

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“If you look at, for example, Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd through the lens of Time’s Up and #MeToo, he was her boss, she was an intern, and she kept saying, ‘No, walk away from me,’ and he kept pursuing her,” showrunner Krista Vernoff tells the Los Angeles Times in a wide-ranging interview about her directing her first episode. “And that is probably not a story we would tell on the show today, and it’s a rare beautiful reflection of the changing times.” The #MeToo movement has resulted in the Grey's writers thinking differently in their handling of this season's Meredith-Andrew relationship. “We’re having to address it differently than we ever would have before,” says Vernoff. “We’re having to talk about and look at power dynamics. It is an ongoing conversation in the writers room. How do we tell that story in a way that feels honest and romantic and sexy and yet proactive and progressive?”