Derek Shepherd’s Grey’s Anatomy Season 21 mystery needs a resolution now after Lucas’ big decision

Warning! Spoilers about Grey’s Anatomy season 21, episode 2 ahead.

Lucas Adams’s decision to stay put him front and center in Gray’s Anatomy
Season 21, highlighting even more than the medical drama still has not solved his Derek Shepherd mystery. Derek was for a decade a main character in Gray’s Anatomy Before he was brutally killed, with his death a consequence of a horrific car accident and the medical malpractice that followed once Derek was brought to a smaller hospital instead of a trauma center. Lucas’ connection to Derek is established when the new class of interns is introduced Gray’s Anatomy Season 19But it is never explained in detail.

Lucas is a relative of Derek and Amelia made interesting stories possible from the first moment he was introduced because of his close relationship with established doctors Like Meredith and Amelia. Hardly connecting with the interns made their assumption that he was sleeping with Amelia possible because of how comfortable she was to let him scout, making Lucas’ connection to the shepherds a trove of absurdly captivating stories until Amelia forced Lucas to tell them this True. Gray’s Anatomy Season 21 finally hinted a little more on Lucas’ connection with Derek, but still without sharing through whom they are related.

Grey’s Anatomy Season 21, Episode 2 Emphasizes Lucas’ Similarity to Derek

Richard highlighted how Lucas played golf better than Derek

Lucas being a shepherd is never hidden in Gray’s AnatomyBut similarities between him and his already famous relatives in Gray Sloan were also never shown. Along with how Gray’s Anatomy Never revealed which shepherd sister was Lucas’s mother, The mystery of Lucas’ connection to Derek continued, and Lucas could not even learn about Derek’s life in Seattle, as someone close to Derek like Richard could only spend time with him in Gray’s Anatomy Season 21Episode 2. With Richard’s bond with Derek being the reason he moved to Seattle, Richard would inevitably notice the similarities between Derek and Lucas.

Indeed, their different roles in Gray Sloan rarely allowed them to interact, and when they did, they were strictly professional. Richard shares with Lucas how he has a “Standing game every week in the summer“With Derek and Lucas commenting on his uncle being”Abnoxiously good at everything“Let them bond over their different perceptions of Derek, with Lucas seeing him as more infallible while Richard candidly admitted Derek’s imperfections. Their exchange ultimately revealed more about Lucas’ immediate family, with his father responsible for his golf skillsLearned specifically so that Lucas could use it to bond with his colleagues.

Grey’s Anatomy Season 21 Needs to Reveal Who Lucas’ Parents Are (And How He’s Related to Derek)

Lucas’ connection to Derek and Amelia is never spelled out

Since then Gray’s Anatomy Season 19 introduced the new interns, Their backstories are sometimes explored. Indeed, season 19 let Simone and Meredith bond over dealing with a loved one with Alzheimer’s at first and focused on Micah’s exhaustion from two jobs and barely scraping by later. so too, Gray’s Anatomy Season 20 instead put a spotlight on Blue’s backstory, with his friendship with Simone, which makes him share more about his late mother, and even Jules’s story, as his brother made an appearance and her friendship with Maxine was central. however, Gray’s Anatomy Still have to focus on Lucas.

While Lucas’s need not to be known as a shepherd by his peers was briefly explored in Gray’s Anatomy season 19, The medical drama still hasn’t revealed who between Liz, Nancy and Kathleen Shepherd is his mother. Despite the three appearing at least once over Gray’s AnatomyThe direct connection between Derek and Lucas is still unknown beyond the fact that Derek was his uncle. Lucas’s decision to stay at Gray Sloan Memorial with these Gray’s Anatomy Characters who became his friends and the family he already had in Seattle Thus putting him at the center of the story of season 21.

What Lucas’ link to Derek & Amelia means for his future at Gray Sloan

Having family in Seattle makes Lucas the most connected intern at Gray Sloan

Lucas and Richard’s exchange about Derek already showed how his link to Derek and Amelia could be an advantage for Lucas. Although Lucas expressed his wish not to benefit from his family’s influential connections, Richard suggested his and Derek’s old golf acquaintance could re-evaluate Lucas’s case and reconsider his remediation.Would he think it was an unfair punishment. It is unclear whether Lucas will continue to contact himBut if he did, it would help him in a way no other intern could because Lucas is Derek Shepherd’s nephew.

Even if Lucas did not choose to go through the path Richard recommended, being Amelia and Meredith respectively permanently and temporarily in Seattle makes him the intern who has the most reasons to stay. Lucas’s presence at Gray Sloan Memorial would even mirror Meredith’s own storywho did her residency at the same hospital where Alice worked, only in his case, Lucas would follow in the footsteps of Derek and Amelia by staying there, making his the perfect story to focus on in Gray’s Anatomy Season 21.

Gray’s Anatomy Season 21 releases new episodes every Thursday at 10pm ET on ABC.