'Grey'sAnatomy'season 13spoilers:Seriesgoes backtobasics

"Grey'sAnatomy"hasseenalotof characterscomeinandoutovertheyears butafewoftheoriginalfromseason1have remainedandtheirstoriesarestill evolving.Accordingtoareportfrom TV Guide ,actressKellyMcCrearyexplains thattheupcomingseason13willgoback tobasicsandfocusagainonthese remainingoriginalcharacters.
"Aftersuchalongperiodoftimeandso manynewpeoplecominginandout,they remainthefoundationalcharactersofthe show.We'regonnabespendingsome moretimewiththemtocheckinwithwhere theyare,"McCrearyexplains."Oneofthe thingsI'mlookingforwardtomostisthe focusonthoseold,established relationshipsandthosecharacters."
Theactressfurtherstressesthattheshow willshiftthefocusontheoldcharactersin asimilarwaytohowthespotlightwas mostlyonMeredith(EllenPompeo)back inseason12asMeredithdealtwiththe lossofherhusband,Dr.DerekShepherd
(PatrickDempsey).
Itisfurtherstatedthatthiscouldmeana potentialreturnofIzzie(CatherineHeigl)
andCristina(SandraOh)inseason13.
Heigldepartedfromtheshowfollowinga disputewithshowrunnerandseries creatorShondaRhimesandOhdeparted asshefeltthecharacter'sstoryhadbeen completed.
Fansoftheshowwillpointoutthatthefour remainingleadsfromseason1include Meredith,Alex(JustinChambers),
RichardWebber(JamesPickensJr.)and Bailey(ChandraWilson).ItisnotedthatDr.
GeorgeO'Malley(T.R.Knight)willnotbe returninggiventhatthecharacterwas killedoffinapreviousseason.
Whiletherearenocluesastowherethe storyrevolvingaroundBaileyand Richardswillgo,Alexisspeculatedtodeal withthefactthatJo(CamillaLuddington)
isalreadymarriedandislivingunderanew nameinordertohidefromherabusive husband.Meredith,ontheotherhand,will beexploringhernewsisterlydynamicwith Maggie(McCreary)aswellasanew relationshipwithDr.NathanRiggs(Martin Henderson).
"Grey'sAnatomy"season13premieres thisSept.22.