--- title: Derek Shepherd Death: 'Grey’s Anatomy' Without McDreamy description: With Drs. McSteamy and McDreamy gone, the show needs some new sexy Mc-superlatives canonical: https://time.com/3834631/greys-anatomy-without-derek-shepherd/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-24T15:45:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:39:35.254Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Mc-Reconsidering 'Grey’s Anatomy' Without Derek Shepherd og:description: The show needs some new sexy Mc-superlatives og:url: https://time.com/3834631/greys-anatomy-without-derek-shepherd/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt253e45812f7fc2d4/6987ecb55f570f6c75b1948b/greys-anatomy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" - Season Ten og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mc-Reconsidering 'Grey’s Anatomy' Without Derek Shepherd twitter:description: The show needs some new sexy Mc-superlatives twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt253e45812f7fc2d4/6987ecb55f570f6c75b1948b/greys-anatomy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mc-Reconsidering _Grey’s Anatomy_ Without Derek Shepherd by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 24, 2015 3:45 PM CUT  ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" - Season Ten ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" - Season TenABC via Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 24, 2015 3:45 PM CUT McDreamy2.0 Are those contacts, Dr. Avery? Jackson, the plastic surgeon/trust-fund baby/chairman of the hospital board, played by Jesse Williams, has smoldered with his baby blues since season six. Ascend the hunk throne, Doctor. McSteamy2.0 Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) could have been a McSteamy replacement back when the original McSteamy (Eric Dane) died in season nine, but he just wasn’t nice enough. As a series original, Karev has gone by Dr. Evil Spawn, Dr. Doucheface and Dr. Jr. Butthole, but with his ever-expanding big heart and increasingly nice personality, he’s earned the McSteamyism. McSquareJaw Owen Hunt is actually a Mc something in real life. Kevin McKidd plays the redheaded former Army doctor, who could be a viable love interest for Meredith if he weren’t dating Derek’s sister—but who knows what roads we will travel in Shondaland. McQuasiRelatedtoStevenSpielberg Jessica Capshaw, who plays Dr. Arizona Robbins, is Kate Capshaw’s daughter. Not that your real-life relatives should eclipse your talent, since Robbins, a pediatric specialist (who learned extra-super-special skills from a guest-starring Geena Davis this season), is one of our cast favorites. McQueen We aren’t talking Kate Middleton’s wedding dress. You can say _Grey’s Anatomy_ is lost without Derek or Meredith, but Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) is the show’s true north. 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