Teddy and Owen’s relationship problems are ironically good for their Grey’s Anatomy futures

Warning! Spoilers about Grey’s Anatomy season 21, episode 4 ahead.

Owen and Teddy’s relationship problems have already been hinted at Gray’s Anatomy
Season 20, but their return in Gray’s Anatomy Season 21 can actually lead to more interesting storylines in the future of these characters. Teddy and Owen’s friendship was a staple of Gray’s Anatomy For the better part of the show, made more intriguing by unrequited love How Teddy pined for Owen when she was first introduced to Gray Sloan. Their friendship, Teddy’s mentorship of Christina, and Christina and Owen’s romantic relationship imbued their storylines with chaos, even more so as Owen’s occasional jealousy of Teddy made everything more turbulent.

Teddy comes back Gray’s Anatomy Season 14 made her and Owen’s relationship much more stable, although their upcoming wedding caused enough mayhem after Teddy cheated on him with Korakik. Despite their tumultuous relationship since Teddy’s return, Owen and Teddy eventually tie the knot Gray’s Anatomy Season 18, and their marriage showed their unwavering support for each other even in their worst times, as running from the law together proved. however, Owen highlighting their disconnection in Gray’s Anatomy Season 21, Episode 4 teases a potential breakup, which would destroy the couple but could mean a better future for the characters.

Teddy and Owen separating would shake up their Grey’s Anatomy storylines in a good way

Owen is always linked to Teddy and he hasn’t had anything driving him since S18

Nothing has shocked Owen and Teddy drastically since they got married in Gray’s Anatomy Season 18. Although they risk their livelihood and freedom by choosing to provide life-ending drugs to veterans suffering from pulmonary fibrosis and Owen almost died in Gray’s Anatomy Season 18’s midseason finale After his car fell down a ravine, their lives have been relatively calm for the past three seasons. Owen and Teddy’s crime story in Gray’s Anatomy Season 18 eventually forced them to run from the law and do everything in their power so that Owen could regain his medical license in Gray’s Anatomy Season 19.

Even then, all of Owen’s storylines since the one about the veterans’ pulmonary fibrosis have always included Teddy. This was evident from Owen’s work to regain his license including Teddy nagging at him for their legal expenses to his fears of losing Teddy and complaints about being on autopilot and not focusing on their marriage. instead, Whether focusing on the hospital management or her health, Teddy’s stories stood on their own. Owen was obviously part of them as Teddy’s husband, but Teddy’s storylines could easily have happened without his involvement and his absence would not have impacted them.

The lack of independent Owen storylines and Teddy’s thriving ones thus makes their potential breakup that much more tempting. Such a story would force Gray’s Anatomy To develop separate storylines for both Owen and Teddy, let them rediscover themselves and who they are apart from their family, and that Can shake up the general silence, Owen and Teddy found themselves in since their marriage. In addition, it can finally give Owen a stronger connection to Gray Sloan independent of Teddy, and something that can drive him, as the veterans learn was the last thing that really motivated him.

Teddy and Owen’s relationship has long lost its meaning

Their relationship thrived on their inability to be together and it has been stable since they got married

At the heart of Owen and Teddy’s relationship has always been their timing issues and their wish not to destroy their friendship. If Teddy’s unrequited love presented itself at a moment when Owen was in love with Christina in Gray’s Anatomy Season 6, Owen’s potential romantic interest in her emerges when she teases Henry. Even after Owen went to Germany and they unintentionally conceived Allison, they only really got together after Teddy dated Korakik, Making the one constant in Owen and Teddy’s relationship just like the timing is never right.

Owen and Teddy have gone through their fair share of problems, making for the relatively calm moment they’ve been in ever since Gray’s Anatomy Season 18 well-deserved. However, as their stories recently focused only on them as a unit, thus allowing Owen’s autonomy to disappear, and the core characteristics of their relationship disappeared, a break-up would make the most sense. Separating would be the final step of their relationship and the most consequential, as Owen and Teddy have already realized twice to go on autopilot and not make time for their relationship. But only for their work and their family.

Owen’s relationship complaints are dragging Teddy down

Teddy’s storylines are more interesting and suffer from his interference

Since her arrival at Gray Sloan, Teddy has had impressive stories in the medical drama. This was the case for seasons 6 to 8, when her mentorship of Christina was meaningful to both and her heartbreaking romance with Henry also took center stage, but it remained true even after she returned in Gray’s Anatomy Season 14. Since becoming chief of surgery at Gray Sloan Memorial, Teddy made major changes to the residency program. and even secretly funded Meredith’s research, Proved one of the most innovative among the chiefs. Owen’s input instead unintentionally tends to drag Teddy down.

While Teddy Willie returns to her demanding job with little complaint, Owen has seemingly become the one who wants to slow her down. Among his fears, they lose Gray’s Anatomy Season 20, Episode 7 and his complaints about their disconnection in Gray’s Anatomy Season 21, Episode 4, Owen only seems to distract Teddy from her duties and interests. Gray’s Anatomy Season 21’s new character could give Owen an autonomous storyline away from Teddy, but even if that were to work, Owen and Teddy might end up separating in Gray’s Anatomy would still succeed in shaking up their history.

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