★ The screencaps from the mid season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy have finally been added to the gallery.

Screencaps > 12.09 – The Sound of Silence

 
★ Ellen Pompeo was the guest featured in the recent episode of the Shondaland Revealed podcast hosted by executive producer Betsy Beers.

During this recent podcast, Ellen discussed knowing Justin before Grey’s Anatomy and that she feels connected to him. Below is the transcript of that part of the podcast. Listen to the entire podcast at EW.com.

Ellen: Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci were both in that meeting and they were kind enough to then write a show and call me in to audition for. That was that FBI show called “Secret Service” and I wanted to work with those guys so bad because I loved ALIAS and I thought J.J. [Abrams] was so cool. And then Alex and Bob wrote this great pilot and I was like “Yes! This is what I want to do. This is what I want to do!” And my agent was saying there’s this medical show they want you to meet on and I said “No, I really want to be a spy. I want to do this.” And then I did the screentest that you saw. It was so amazing I didn’t get that part.
Betsy: Right?
Ellen: That’s how great I was as an FBI agent.
Betsy: You were so good.
Ellen: And then I ended up on Grey’s and Justin Chambers, another great story, who I knew from New York, we would audition together. And of course I knew who he was because he was the super hot guy who was always at auditions, and he had a wife and a child. He’s the super hot guy who you knew was completely off limits. So I knew Justin because he was the super hot guy who was completely off limits, and then I knew him in New York, and then I would see him out in LA a little bit. When he showed up on Grey’s, I was like, “Oh my God, Justin, hi!” We had done a commercial together, Justin and I, and then I found out he was on that FBI– the “Secret Service” pilot and it didn’t go.
Betsy: Oh my God, I never put that together.
Ellen: Talk about people who… Things are meant to be and what’s meant to be. Justin and I have always been in each other’s orbit. That’s why I feel like I have such a connection to him because…
Betsy: Yeah, you guys do.

 
★ This Thursday’s episode of Grey’s is titled “All I Want Is You.” Below is the synopsis and the ABC and CTV promos for the episode. A sneak peek featuring the characters Owen, April and Nathan can be seen HERE.

As the hospital deals with Meredith’s trauma, Callie and Maggie perform a risky, experimental surgery on Alex’s 15-year-old patient against his professional opinion. Meanwhile, Owen and Nathan are still at odds with each other, and Maggie and Andrew’s relationship continues to develop on “Grey’s Anatomy,” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) on the ABC Television Network.