going going gone episode ninth season american television medical drama grey anatomy episode overall written directed episode originally broadcast abc united_states september initial airing viewed million people garnered nielsen rating demographic registering week highest rated television drama grey anatomy centers group physicians struggling balance professional lives personal lives episode doctors seattle grace mercy west hospital cope physical emotional aviation accident took place season finale surgical residents promoted storylines include relocating different hospital group new intimidated episode saw death actor let budget cuts producers excessive released order select characters unknown multiple cast members leaked pictures set returned guest capacity newcomers critics generally regarded going going gone plot season finale caught aviation accident leaving dead rest doctors stranded going going gone picks month crash episode features home videos episode begins new expressing fear attending general surgeon revealed resident pursuing surgical fellowship scene switches minnesota yang surgical fellow seattle surprises fiancée visit couple reunites constant sexual activity bailey allows shepherd operate spinal cord despite hand broken plane crash revealed state taken life support evening hospital announces wilson given honor performing supervised procedure historically reward hospital chief surgery introduces new surgery attending informs continuing african orphan charity program function treat ill children world countries initially finalized chief surgery upset asks prevent program shows interest helping shepherd surgery hand exits operating room intern wilson makes mistake leading minnesota yang annoyed attitudes superiors parker decides trip seattle death boarding plane ultimately remains minnesota plastic surgical fellow sits talks medical cases enters hospital room removes life support unable cope death boards plane visit yang takes shortly finds airport bar reveals staying seattle grace mercy west hospital morning hunt visits family farm asks begin working seattle conclusion episode returns home revealed lower left leg result crash production running approximately minutes episode written directed episode featured songs body work heart goes boom boom feels like end portions george returned episode warren charles appearances thomas parker ross wilson edwards respectively episode initial script read took place july scenes operating room filmed los_angeles creating visual leg special effects crew digitally removed real leg replaced created limb prior broadcast series creator release information season premiere revealed prior broadcast time jump episode announced departing shortly commencement ninth season uploaded set picture twitter bad condition unwanted release abc requested photo subsequently removed cast crew grey anatomy particularly quiet fate character secrecy compromised posted picture twitter account editing room picture alive screen picture taken discussing storyline going going gone revealed shocked known character leg actress additionally noted difficult fate character secret following premiere online reported death departure premiere results budgetary cuts mandated abc speaking death said tragic adding fabric wrote character dying leaving daughter writers want noted writing team considered having los_angeles departure feared given impression love confession forgotten reception broadcast ratings going going gone originally broadcast thursday september united_states abc episode total viewership million ranked second est time slot trailing cbs million fifth night cbs half men million elementary million million installment nielsen rating target demographic ranked series time slot second night trailing cbs key demographic episode earned nielsen rating qualifying grey anatomy television program night demographic going going gone total viewership rating tallied highest numbers suddenly thursday january rating million viewers million people tuned episode marked percent viewership increase season finale million percent increase previous season premiere million episode nielsen rating demographic percent increase season finale previous season premiere received ratings nielsen score additionally registered week highest rated drama highest rated scripted series demographic placing cbs abc seven days time shifted viewing added additional rating points demographic million viewers bringing total viewership episode million viewers nielsen rating demographic critical reviews majority critics concluded episode online dos called installment gut saying type episode heart feeds usa today summarized episode required viewers reach guide called episode heartbreaking praised performances realism writing newsday called death scene touching opined different character presence said installment emotionally exhausting adding drama packed season commented changes feel like alternative reality episode featured season writing entertainment_weekly expressed similar viewpoints commenting installment paved way great season resembled season alternative reality episode appreciated dignity provided death scene noting song played scene killer fitting huffington_post called death day fanatic gave largely positive review season grey anatomy knows bring drama fail season premiere concluded episode raised bar deeply emotional noted high anticipated returns fall opined attempt hide fate worst kept secret land writing threatened boycott character killed thought calls yang humorous critical time took rescue doctors deemed flashbacks featuring zap2it opined increasingly clear die episode progressed praised performance noting brief truly striking
Going, Going, Gone (Grey's Anatomy)