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When youre a writer in the middle the sixteenth season of a very successful TV show like Greys Anatomy, it seems like a totally reasonable thing to forget a few plot lines here and there. Like, its been more than a decade since this thing started! But Greys fans are now convinced the writers are looking at their Subreddit for inspiration and reminders.

Heres the deal: After last weeks episode, where Zola had to go in for emergency surgery to repair the shunt in her brain, fans got what they had been posting about for a long time.

The writers DID remember that Zola had spina bifida! one Reddit user wrote on the episode discussion post after the fact.

Another chimed in, saying, Maybe they search this Subreddit for ideas, which sounds crazy, right? But then another person brought up a few other times Redditors have supposedly predicted plots or voiced a desire for certain storylines that eventually did make their way into the series.

Thats exactly what Im saying! After this episode, Im 100% convinced Krista [Vernoff, the Greys showrunner] comes here for new plot ideas! First, she broke up Jaggie [Jackson and Maggie]. Second, I feel like we have gotten more Cristina references in the past five episodes than in the past five seasons. Then finally, she remembered about Zolas spina bifida. A little late, but I guess better late than never?

I mean, theres no way the writers actually do this. Theyre paid professionals whose entire job is to come up with ideas for the show. And they plan this stuff way in advance, so Im sure that by the time it shows up on a Reddit thread, its already written and its purely a coincidence. But... it is kinda funny to imagine it happening.

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