Question: is izzie returning to grey's anatomy?
Answer: Though she didn't respond to Heigl directly – at least, not publicly – Rhimes insisted in 2015 that Izzie would not be returning to Seattle Grace / Seattle Grace Mercy West / Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital any time soon. "I'm done with that story," she told TVLine. ... "I went in to [see] Shonda and said, 'I'm so sorry.