>> ABOUT 1000 CHATTER,
EVERYONE, I'M BAKER MACHADO OUR
FAVORITE
TV DOCTORS, OUR BACK GREY'S
ANATOMY IS RETURNING THIS
THURSDAY, THE MEDICAL DRAMA AND
STATION 19 ARE COMING TOGETHER
FOR A CROSSOVER PREMIER.
SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM US.
>> SEASON 17 THAT'S TAKEN PLACE
IN THE MIDDLE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
WELL
WHO BETTER ASKED THAT TO THEN
JAKE BORELLI A DOCTOR SCHMIDT
AND GLASSES, HI JAKE GOOD TO
OUR YEAH.
>> HELLO GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO
LONG, I'M HANGING IN THERE ONE
DAY AND
IT'S NOT.
>> ALL RIGHT JAKE, WE GOT AN
HOUR HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC REFLECTED
IN THIS NEW SEASON OF GREY'S.
>> YOU KNOW WE'RE JUMPING
STRAIGHT INTO IT. WE JUMPED
ABOUT 5 FROM WHERE WE LEFT OFF
IN SEASON, 16 SO WE'RE IN
MID APRIL IN THE PANDEMIC IN
SEATTLE AND WHERE WE'RE NOT
MISSING
A BEAT.
>> A LOT OF PRODUCTIONS WERE ON
PAUSE BECAUSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS HOW DID YOU GUYS
REALLY FELT AROUND THE PANDEMIC
AND HOW DID YOU
SORT OF IMPLEMENT THOSE
PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE ALL SORT
OF TAKING RIGHT NOW TO TO DO IT
SAFELY.
>> SO WE'VE STOP SEASON, 16.
>> RIGHT WHEN A LOCKDOWN
HAPPENED AND WE
WERE OFF LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
AND WE'VE BEEN
SUPER LUCKY OUR TEAM AND OUR
PRODUCTION AND DISNEY AND ABC
HAVE REALLY REALLY PUTTING
THEIR
SHOULDER BEHIND SAFETY AND
PROTECTING ALL OF US AND
GETTING US ALL BACK TO WORK.
>> I DO FEEL LIKE ALMOST LIKE A
CERTAIN RESPON POSSIBILITY THAT
WITH ALL OF THE STUFF THAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW DOING A
MEDICAL SHOW YOU REALLY WANT TO
SHOW THE BEST OF WHAT THE
MEDICAL COMMUNITY IS DOING
RIGHT NOW AND ALMOST PAID
TRIBUTE AN HOMAGE TO EVERYTHING
THAT THEY'RE DOING.
>> YES, TOTALLY AND I THINK
GRAY'S HAS BEEN DOING THAT FOR
16 YEARS NOW, AND
I THINK THIS SEASON CAN REALLY
BE SEEN AS A TRIBUTE TO THE
FRONT LINE WORKERS NOT EVEN
JUST DOCTORS BUT FIREFIGHTERS
AND EMTS AND EVERYONE WHO IS IS
REALLY KEEPING US ALL SAFE
RIGHT NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT SO WE GOT TO TALK
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR
CHARACTER AND THIS SEASON YOU
AND JOAN OUR
ROOMMATES NOW NOW WHAT DO YOU
LOVE ABOUT THIS FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN YOU 2.
>> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
STORY LINES OF SEASON, 17 YOU
KNOW JOE HAD
A HUGE. DRAMATIC YEAR LAST LAST
YEAR WITH HER HUSBAND AND MY
CHARACTER HAS RECENTLY BROKEN
UP WITH HIS BOYFRIEND AND I
THINK WE
GET THIS REALLY ADORABLE
UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP THAT I LOVE
EXPLORING I LOVE PLAYING
CAMILLA LUDINGTON PLAYS JOE IS
IS REALLY CLOSE TO ME IN REAL
LIFE SO WE ENJOY
BRING LEVITY.
>> OK, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED
NICO IN ALL THIS BECAUSE WE'RE
WE ALL WANT TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENING WITH THAT
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU
2 BECAUSE IT WOULD BE PERFECT
GRAY'S KNOWING THEIR
RELATIONSHIPS ARE GOING UP AND
DOWN LIKE CRAZY, SO WHAT'S THE
STATUS OF EU AND NICO.
>> AS OF RIGHT NOW WE BROKE UP
AT THE.
>> END OF SEASON, 16, BUT THEN
THE PANDEMIC IT AND AS YOU KNOW
IN REAL LIFE THAT
CHANGES EVERYTHING IT SOME
RELATIONSHIPS MORE DIFFICULT
AND IT ALSO SHOWS PEOPLE WHAT'S
REALLY REALLY
IMPORTANT. SO. WE'LL SEE HOW
THEY CONTINUE ON THE SHOW IN
ROLLER COASTER.
>> IT'S ARE YOU INSINUATING
THAT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC
MIGHT BE DION.
>> ALL I KNOW ALL OF US ARE IN
THE
PANDEMIC RIGHT.
>> CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS ON A
DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND THAT'S NOT
GOING TO BE
ANY DEATHS.
>> OUR DOCTOR THAT I READ GOD
ANSWER, JAY IS THERE A COUPLE
OF THE SERIES
THAT YOU ROUTE 4 MAYBE AS A
FAN, BUT ALSO BEING A PART OF
IT IS THERE ONE THAT YOU ALWAYS
USUALLY ARE ROOTING FOR.
>> I'M OBSESSED WITH AMELIA AND
LINK I THAT TABLE READS I
WATCHED THEM SO CLOSELY ON
LIKE THAT LITTLE NERD IN THE
CORNER LIKE EATING MY POPCORN
LIKE IT'S AROUND CON AND THEY
KNOW HOW OBSESSED I AM WITH
THEM AS HUMANS TOO SO I'M
ROOTING FOR MILLION LINCOLN
ALSO WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SEE
WHAT THERE NEW BABY'S NAME IS
GOING TO BE IN
SEASON, 17.
>> I WAS SO JAKE FOR FOR
VIEWERS WHO
MAY BE HAVE A WATCH GRAZE IN A
WHILE YOUR CHARACTER AND YOUR
LIFE AND HOW THEY'VE KIND OF
INTERCONNECTED IS REALLY SO
FASCINATING BECAUSE YOU KNOW
ITS SEASON 15 WE SAW YOU KNOW
REALLY THAT THE FIRST DAY CHAOS
ON THE SHOW EVER BETWEEN YOU
YOUR BETWEEN YOU AND ANOTHER
DOCTOR.
AND ALSO INSPIRED YOU AND I'M
REALLY TOUCHED BY THIS TO COME
OUT TO YOUR OWN FAMILY BECAUSE
OF THAT ROLE
AS WELL JUST TALK ABOUT THE
SYMBOLISM OF WHAT THAT MOMENT
AND WHAT THIS CHARACTER IS
MEANT TO YOU PERSONALLY.
>> YEAH THIS FIRST GAY MALE
RELATIONSHIP WAS HUGE FOR THE
SHOW AND IT WAS
HUGE FOR I'M ON AUNT MEMBERS
AROUND THE WORLD AND WAS ALSO
HUGE FOR ME TO SEE THAT TYPE OF
REPRESENTATION ON THE SHOW AND
YES, THEY LET ME TO
COME OUT. ON A PUBLIC LEVEL,
YOU KNOW MY MY WAS OUT TO MY
FAMILY FOR A WHILE SINCE I WAS
A TEENAGER AND THEY'VE BEEN
SUPER SUPPORTIVE, BUT IT GAVE
ME
THIS NEW PLATFORM COME OUT TO
PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE WORLD
YOU KNOW IT WAS HARD FOR ME AND
IT WAS HARD FOR MY CHARACTER
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE GOT
TO SHARE TOGETHER AND WALK
THROUGH TOGETHER AND THAT'S
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH THE PANDEMIC NOW YOU KNOW
HE'S GOING TO THE PANDEMIC I'M
GOING TO
THE PANDEMIC AND HE'S SHOWING
ME JUST WHAT IT'S REALLY REALLY
HIM BEING
A DOCTOR.
>> I LOVE THAT SO MUCH AND