flight grey anatomy flight fourth final episode eighth season american television medical drama grey anatomy episode overall written series creator directed episode originally broadcast abc united_states episode doctors seattle grace mercy west hospital victims aviation accident fight stay alive ultimately dies storylines occur seattle plans annual dinner departing residents fires gets engaged episode marked final appearance series exterior filming accident took place california reprised role guest star appearance episode opened mixed reviews television critics criticizing death praising performance addition flight earned nomination nominated categories entertainment_weekly finale awards initial airing episode viewed million americans garnered nielsen rating share demographic ranking fourth night terms viewership registering thursday highest rated drama plot plane crashes woods desperately fight stay alive meredith relatively unscathed rest injuries pilot jerry major spine injury yang arm broken sticking skin internal injuries initially adrenaline keeps feet shepherd plane awakens wood hand having pushed door plane bad shape crushed piece plane meredith searches shepherd yang try debris eventually realize save holds hand dies telling loves tells life meant dies smile face meredith yang approaching death meredith desperately trying find husband eventually shepherd reunite fix hand best seattle grace mercy west hospital aware happened doctors prepares annual dinner departing residents makes choice job offer share moment decide married warren going start surgical los_angeles realizing offered chief position refusing leave seattle loyalty chief surgery fires free hospital husband died episode ends hunt picks messages discover surgical team residents finally excited celebrate dinner left waiting stranded friends remaining crash survivors left struggling stay awake match goes closing monologue meredith repeats opening speech gave pilot episode series production episode written directed featured music included graveyard filming took place california location previously seventh season yang shepherd fishing trip commenting filming conditions said rain sunny hot died camera sounds funny saying think emotional happened moment sprung everybody crew cast opted stay underneath wreckage days trying regard episode commented originally aired difficult write largely death main character compared writing season finale explaining painful write episode aired repeated hard write finale adding enjoy sick sad explained departure character died plane crash saying came agreement decision kill extensive discussion speaking departure character left seattle grace elaborated offered contract renewal declined reception episode received mixed reviews television critics previous episode terms viewership ratings flight originally broadcast united_states abc episode watched total million americans million increase previous episode migration garnered million viewers terms viewership flight ranked fourth night season fox american idol cbs terms grey anatomy season episode second viewed finale seventh season garnered million viewers episode rank viewership nielsen rating ranked eastern time slot second night registering thursday drama rating share key demographic rating lost beat cbs person interest addition rating rankings night increase previous episode rating share demographic episode showed increase ratings comparison previous year finale attained rating share demographic wrote wow wow grey anatomy managed shock season finale appreciated realism authenticity grey known found episode extremely difficult watch initially wounds later heavy emotional things thought gave best performances character learned sister dead digital_spy found performances phenomenal added probably seen better performance described moment actors shared truly poignant death felt like finale early happening seattle grace thought bit pointless departure deemed significant moment hospital entertainment_weekly commented death intense death mean awful watch longest running characters pass away quickly needs shaken don love die important guess obvious probably don kill like right complained screams beginning episode enjoyed bailey story entertainment_weekly poll judged television season year death voted injured leg shepherd hand voted disturbing image ending episode considered season death nominated best presumed death category plane crash aftermath nominated best non romantic cliffhanger episode entirety nominated special award biggest regret didn heard read entertainment weekly later named scene meredith crying best crying scenes review death runner biggest episode nominated outstanding writing dramatic series category
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