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This wold make sense why they came up with the standard "spend more time with family" announcement...Oldest excuse in the book. My guess is he left with the show's blessing or they would have killed his character off via disappearing somehow, plane crash or whatever. This also leaves the door open for a possible return...If he is in treatment, no one knows what he may want after his recovery....Even if it's just for half a season or when the series ends or whatever.

Sorry, but your post is exactly one of the main things that has changed in our society.....Being respectful of who helped you get where you are and where you came from, not be all about "you" because you made your money now or whatever. If he was suffering from some type of personal situation, then shame on them for letting fans speculate. As another poster said, we can still judge the writers, and the ending sucked. My guess is they came up with some wild ending to leave the door opening for his possible return one day.....

One of the things that I've noticed with many shows across the board is the serious loss in logic with storylines, events, or whatever. I realize it's tv but at least make it believable and reasonable.....

IMHO, demonstrates how ungrateful he is to the creator, producers and etc...Especially given that he was a "nobody" before GA, and this show is his only real acting success. And, given the loyal GA fans, leaving at the end with some type of realistic season cliff hanger, would have been much more appropriate and respect for their loyalty. In the end, Chambers pretty much showed he isn't far off from the character he plays as "Alex".......

Amen....... New found kids or no kids, you don't leave your wife with a letter. No reason he and Jo couldn't have found away to be in his kids life....TOGETHER. Better to have had some more realistic ending. This really sucked and was a disservice to all the loyal Grey's fans.

IMHO, Justin Chambers should have given fans more dignity than to just up and leave the show without any warning....I guess he is fairly close to the type of person he plays as Alex! This kind of ending really sucks and is a smack in the face to the loyal GA fans. And considering he was pretty much a "nobody" before GA, he should have had much more respect and appreciation for the show and the fan base. Given that the creator and producers decided to keep him around for 16 seasons, he could have at least given them some notice so the show could have planned a real ending...One his character deserved (like season ending). He's a POS.

Yeah, like this new found re-kindling of a relationship is gonna supposedly make it...Not only did Izzy not tell him about his kids, but he's just picked up and left his life (and wife) for this crazy shit. One's past behavior is the best indicator of future behavior, thus, either one of them could pack up and leave in the middle of the night. Such Bullshit. Why couldn't they just made it clean like him dying in a plane / car / bus crash or something and couldn't identify him and that's why they haven't heard anything....Or, one of about 100 other scenarios I could come up with off the top of my head.

Meryl Streep is going to win major awards for this season. But, I don't like how she has basically taken over the show, but "it is what it is", as the saying goes. I would like the show to focus more on the other characters and create new stories vs dragging out Perry's death. Not sure why the women just didn't tell the truth...If he was "attacking" someone, anyone is legally permitted to help defend and if he slipped, so be it. This case wouldn't take more than 10 minutes of a police department's time and effort, especially once they discovered all the husband's abuse in the marriage. In addition, I seriously doubt any grandparent, especially a single one, would get any type of official custody of children, even in ultra liberal California. Sure, maybe limited "visitation," but not custody. Family courts today are very big on keeping family units together and unless the parent is a drug dealer, has a major addiction problem, or something very bad going on, the courts won't intervene. Grieving and some depression aren't even close for petitioning the court based on "changing conditions" and the grandmother was already getting liberal visitation, thus, she has no standing in court.

Yes, this is very unrealistic. "Bullying" is a big issue in schools today and ALL the children would have been reprimanded...With the "Bully" perhaps getting the worst of the punishments.