Dempsey exits Grey's Anatomy: McDreamy is dead and Twitter's in mourning

Rumours  have been doing the rounds for sometime now that actor  Patrick Dempsey will quit the hit TV series Grey’s Anatomy soon , but fans of the Emmy Award-winning medical drama can now weep into their scrubs.

On 23 April’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, much to the fans surprise, Dempsey’s character, Derek Shepherd gets hit in a car crash and slips into coma. In the end, his wife, Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) takes him off life support, thus ending McDreamy’s run in the show.

The scene where Meredith bids farewell to Derek is very emotional with Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars playing in the background.  There is a montage of Derek and Meredith’s scenes, which ends with the scene in which Meredith first bid goodbye to Derek.

Dempsey’s Dr Derek “McDreamy " Shepherd has been one of the most popular characters of Grey’s Anatomy. His death may effect the show’s viewership significantly, but with an average viewership of 11.6 million, the makers are all set to make the 12th season of Grey’s Anatomy.

Talking about Dempsey’s exit, creator of Grey’s Anatomy, Shonda Rhimes said , ““I absolutely never imagined saying goodbye to our McDreamy. Patrick Dempsey’s performance shaped Derek in a way that I know we both hope became a meaningful example — happy, sad, romantic, painful and always true — of what young women should demand from modern love. His loss will be felt by all.”

McDreamy fans are obviously morning his death on Twitter with #GreysAnatomy trending on the social media platform and some making teary, heartbroken accusations at Rhimes for the unfortunate turn of events. We have only one thing to say to those heartbroken to see McDreamy pass on: watch Game of Thrones and you’ll be relieved that Derek lasted as long as he did.

After eleven season this is what Grey's Anatomy does. Not cool Grey's, really not cool.

— Selina Thornton (@SelinaThornton) April 24, 2015

WHY THE HELL DID THEY KILL DR MCDREAMY FROM GREY'S ANATOMY WHY WHY WHYYYYYY

— Kaisah (@SKaisahH) April 24, 2015

Eventually Shonda will kill everyone on Grey's Anatomy & then she'll make a spin off called Death's Anatomy where everyone is ghost doctors.

— airi (@airikah) April 24, 2015

I will always love Grey's Anatomy -- last nights episode was really heartbreaking for the fandom. Knowing Shonda, there's more to the story.

— Laura 🥕 (@laurmander) April 24, 2015

I can't even watch this episode of Grey's Anatomy it's too agonizing

— Beck (@beccacamping_) April 24, 2015

Me to the writers and producers of Grey's Anatomy.. pic.twitter.com/4hmnqvLp6i

— Izzie (@Izzie_O) April 24, 2015

RIP Grey's Anatomy. Without Derek it will never be the same!!!

— .SGomez. (@xletoliciousx) April 24, 2015