With COVID-19 upending every aspect of viewers’ lives, some TV shows — from the obvious medical dramas to sitcoms — have woven the pandemic into their latest seasons’ storylines, but a handful have avoided it altogether.
In the opening scenes of the latest season of long-running hospital drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” Meredith Grey enjoys a quiet moment alone on a beach.
She suddenly emerges from the dream, exhausted, in full PPE, in a frantic emergency room.
“I think we have a responsibility to really show what these health care workers have been going through,” series star Ellen Pompeo said in a recent Deadline interview.
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