Grey's Anatomy has a lot of plots and arcs that need to be resolved or at least addressed in its upcoming Season 17.

Shondaland's medical drama Grey's Anatomy has had an epic run of 16 seasons and is all set to start production on its 17th season this year. Ever since the show started back in 2005, Shonda has thrown at us devastating deaths, heartbreaks, and lots of sex...like a lot of it, and season 16 was no exception.

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A lot of curious things happened in Season 16 of Grey's --Amelia hooked up with Link, the ridiculously handsome Ortho Chief at Grey-Sloan, and got knocked up. Of course, she, rather characteristically, had no clue whose child it was which led to a great deal of drama. In other news, Teddy suddenly threw all caution to the wind and cheated on Owen, and Meredith found herself connecting with the cute new Chief of Pediatrics, Dr. Cormac Hayes. In Season 17, there are several storylines that need to be resolved or at least, built on, if nothing else.

Grey-Sloan's feisty Chief of Surgery, Miranda Bailey, found herself getting attached to a young homeless boy who had been doing the rounds in foster homes. She decided to offer him a home so that he would have a place to live in and folks to come back to during vacations.

In Season 17, it would be great to watch Miranda and Ben attempting toparent a teenage kid along with their own son, Tuck. Tuck and Joey already seem to have hit it off; so half the battle is won already. All that remains to be seen now is whether the couple can manage to keep the momentum going and build a heartwarming rapport with Joey.

Andrew DeLuca started showing mental health symptomsin season 16--now whether that was the result of the abnormal amount of stress that the doctors in the show undergo, or whether he was already genetically predisposed to it is another matter. But Grey's hinted it could be the latter since apparently his father too had similar mental health conditions.

A few storylines remained unfinished in Season 16 as production shut down hurriedly dueto the global pandemic, and De Luca's mental health was one of them. In the season's unplanned finale, the young resident was shown in a very fragile condition and Meredith took him under her wing. Season 17 needs to show how DeLuca is dealing with the situation.

Another subplot of Season 16 that remained unaddressed was that of the young patient, Sydney, and her aunt who De Luca suspected was involved inhuman trafficking. Although the hospital staff failed to take him seriously at the time, the writers hinted that the woman who pretended to be the aunt was indeed dubious.

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It was heartbreaking to watchDeLuca unravel and the rest of the doctors forming a human chain around him instead of the so-called aunt who they thought were innocent. The creators need to hark back to that episode in Season 17 and give closure to the audience about whether or not De Luca was right after all.

Meredith's half-sister Maggie was introduced way back in Season 10 but unfortunately, the creators haven't been able to give her personal life a direction.She just hovers around, overthinkingand often irritated. Although she excels at her job, she seems to fail miserably in matters of the heart.

She was first paired with De Luca for a brief while, which honestly didn't make sense, and then she started dating Jackson Avery, which was a complete disaster. In Season 16 she was shown connecting with a former acquaintance Winston Ndugu,in a medical conference. Maggie needs to finally find some peace in her otherwise rocky love life and since rumors are that actor Anthony Hill who plays Ndugu has been upgraded to full-time status in Season 17, one can hope that would turn out significant for Maggie.

Grey-Sloan's former Chief of Surgery, who came out of a serious cobalt poisoning in Season 16, needs to get back with his estranged wife, Catherine. Period.

The elderly couple has had a lot of drama in both their personal and professional lives. And it was heartwarming to watch them find their way to each other in Season 11. But their relationship hit the rocks soon after and the two have lately been on the verge of separation. Here's hoping Season 17 sees them kiss and make up, literally.

Amelia Shepherd has been through enough already. From waking up beside a dead boyfriend to becoming drug-dependent to losing her older brother in a car accident, and being diagnosed with an enormous brain tumor, Derek's little sister has seen her share of ups and downs.

In Season 16, Amelia was finally shown to find a wee bit of stability as she hooked up with Atticus Lincoln and gave birth to their child. While one can only imagine how daunting bringing up a little kid might be for someone as scatterbrained asher, it's possible she might consider settling down with Link, married or otherwise, and finally pull it together.

Teddy Altmanwas shown harboringfeelings for trauma surgeon and then Chief of Surgery, Owen Hunt, even when she first joined the hospital. However, although Owen acknowledged her feelings at the time, he chose Christina over her and their sentiments towards one anotherremained unresolved.However, now that Teddy has had Owen's baby, she suddenly finds herself defying all logic and being drawn to Tom Koracic, the arrogant neurosurgeon with a tragic past, whom everyone hates. Well, everyone except her.

Teddy, who was always shown to be a mature, rational person, albeit impulsive at times -- she did marry a patient on an impulse -- ended up cheating on Owen with Tom, in a peculiar turn of events. Since Tom seems to really love herand Owen is confused as usual,maybe Teddy should make a run for it while there is still time. At any rate, she needs to figure out who she wants to be with.

Owen was shown traumatized when he (accidentally) found out that Teddy had cheated on him right before their wedding. Of course, fans might remember that Owen had himself cheated on Christina at one time, but it seems unlikely that his tension with Teddy would resolve itself any time soon.

Owen has been a confused soul for a lot of the time on the show, not knowing what he wanted with life. Yet, in Season 16 things fell apart shortly after he finally seemed to come to terms with what he wanted and proposed to Teddy, something he should have done at least two seasons earlier. Owen finally needs to face facts and fix things, unless it is too late already.

Dr. Cormac Hayes, cute and Irish, is the latest addition to the cast, and Grey'shas been setting him up as Meredith's potential new lover. Hayes has a tragic history himself--his wife died when she got cancer from a botched surgery and left him with two young kids.

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Fans would be waiting for Meredith to hook up with Hayes in Season 17; the two would be perfect for each other since they both lost the love of their lives and are now mature enough to deal with a relationship at this stage in their lives.

Fans gave their heart to little Zozo the moment she was placed in Derek's arms years ago. Zola is now older, the oldest among Meredith's kids and it's time she had her own arc in the series.

The writers did hint that Zola might not take too kindly to Meredith's new partners. She is, after all, at an age when accepting a new man as her father or at least a potential father, would be very difficult. In Season 17, the creators could focus a bit more on developing her character and giving her a more substantial subplotwithin the broader narratives.

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