Rhimes' trick dates back to season 2 of “Grey’s Anatomy.”
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When you create as much television asShonda Rhimeshas, you learn a couple tricks along the way.
And one trick in particular dates all the way back to theGrey’s Anatomyprom.
Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn.Credit:ABC/RICHARD CARTWRIGHT
But that scene wasn’t just significant for MerDer shippers.
It ended up becoming a blueprint that Rhimes used on other shows throughout her career.
As Rhimes suspected, the Olitz love scene initially got some pushback from internet standards.
Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.Scott Garfield/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
(LikeGrey’s, the show aired on ABC.)
It’s the people in the scene you’re objecting to."
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And that wasn’t the only time she used that trick.
Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn on ‘Scandal’.ABC
“The same thing happened onHow to Get Away With Murder,” she recalls.
“That’s what really helped us,” Rhimes says.
“Learning things like that were really helpful.”
Conrad Ricamora and Jack Falahee on ‘How to Get Away With Murder’.ABC
