Debbie Allen is returning to Grey’s Anatomy!
Allen, who portrays Jackson Avery’s (Jesse
Williams) mother Catherine on the ABC medical series, will be directing
the third episode of the upcoming season, TVGuide.com has learned
exclusively.
The ninth season picks up two to three months
after the Stranded Six Five (RIP Lexie!) were rescued after a plane
crash. “You see the aftermath of what happened,” executive producer
Shonda Rhimes recently told us. “You’re left with some questions as to
how this happened and ‘Why is this the way it is?’ and ‘Why is that the
way it is?’”
The second episode will jump back in time to
answer those questions, while the Allen-directed episode will jump back
to the present timeline, which will find some doctors outside of Seattle
Grace with new jobs.
This is Allen’s fifth time stepping behind the
camera on Grey’s Anatomy. There’s no word on whether Catherine Avery,
who was last seen having a fling with Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.)
will also appear in the episode.
Grey’s Anatomy returns
Thursday, Sept. 27 at 9/8c on ABC.
