Kevin McKidd and Kim Raver Exit Grey's Anatomy in May 7 Finale

grey's anatomy set Kevin McKidd and Kim Raver on the way out in its May 7 season finale after Thursday's penultimate episode ended with Owen Hunt caught in a cliffhanger. said last month the two longtime cast members would leave in the finale, turning the last stretch of season 22 into a reset for Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

Owen and Teddy Since Seasons Five and Six

McKidd has played Owen Hunt since season five, while Raver has played Teddy Altman since season six, with a five-year break before she returned. Their characters came onto the show as best friends, later became coparents, married in season 18, finalized their divorce at the beginning of this season and have been sleeping together in recent episodes.

That history makes the exits more than a routine cast change. These are not new additions being cycled out; they are two veterans who have carried one of the series' most durable relationship threads through marriage, divorce and whatever came after. Grey’s Anatomy is in its 22nd season, so any departure at this point rewrites part of the show's operating history.

Bridge Collapse Ends on Owen

Thursday's episode raised the stakes by tying Owen's fate to a bridge collapse. Teddy heard a voicemail from him, then the episode cut off while he was on a bridge and it sounded like the structure was collapsing.

Raver's Teddy is still chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, and she also had a new job offer in Paris. That leaves the finale with two pressures at once: a possible exit for Owen and a career turn for Teddy, both arriving in the same hour the show has set aside for their departures.

McKidd Directs Nearly 50 Episodes

McKidd's exit also closes a second lane he built inside the series. In addition to playing Owen, he has directed nearly 50 episodes of Grey's Anatomy, so the May 7 finale removes both a lead character and one of the show's more active behind-the-camera contributors.

The practical takeaway is simple for viewers tracking the series' next phase: the finale is the point where the show has to decide whether Owen survives the bridge cliffhanger and how Teddy's Paris offer fits into her exit. After 22 seasons, Grey’s Anatomy is not just losing two familiar names; it is clearing the board around one of its longest-running pairings.