Grey’s Anatomy Increases Scott Speedman’s Season 21 Episode Count
The doctor is in… demand. Grey’s Anatomy has sealed a deal with Scott Speedman not only to continue to recur in Season 21 but to appear in more episodes than the season prior, TVLine has confirmed. Whereas in the writers’- and actors’-strikes-shortened Season 20, the actor played Nick Marsh in four episodes, he’s set to do five this go-round.
Grey’s Anatomy Season 21: Everything We Know So Far
Word of Speedman’s re-expanded role (via our sister site Deadline) comes on the heels of the news that on-screen leading lady Ellen Pompeo will be popping up more often in Season 21 than she has since stepping away as a series regular halfway through Season 19. Though in Season 20’s finale, Meredith Grey was given the chop by boss Catherine Fox, the odds of her staying fired (along with Amelia Shepherd, Teddy Altman and Owen Hunt) are, we’d venture to guess, slim to none.
Speedman made his Grey’s Anatomy debut back in Season 14, throwing such sparks opposite Pompeo that Nick was brought back in Season 18 to pick up where he and Meredith had left off. Their relationship has since been touch-and-go at best, but by the end of Season 20, they appeared to be altogether committed to one another. Mer had even put a downpayment on a house for them and her kids.
Check out the above photo gallery to find out everything else that we know about Season 21 (which kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 10/9c).
