I spent six years together with these people every day ... you grow up together, in a way," and again commented on the possibility of Izzie returning to the show, "I always felt that if they wanted me to come back and sort of wrap up that storyline ...
Shonda Rhimes, producentka "Talentov v belem", je dejala, da je dejanje Katherine Heigl ni užalilo in priznala, da se bo med sezono njen lik Izzy manj pojavljal, saj je Heiglova prosila za lažje delo.