Though Richard Flood's character Cormac Hayes was always expected to embark upon a romance with Meredith Grey, those plans changed when Covid hit. During the height of lockdowns, "Grey's Anatomy" switched gears and began depicting the impact of the very-real pandemic on the fictional Grey Sloane Memorial Hospital. This meant that Hayes' budding romance with Grey would have to wait (via Deadline). Of course, as time went on, Grey met a new love interest, Nick (Scott Speedman), and Hayes embarked upon new storylines which naturally reached their respective endings.
But according to Flood, he didn't mind only being on the show for just three seasons. "Having three years on the show felt right for me," he told Deadline. "And I think that the arc of the character with all the developments in the story was probably coming to its natural end, which was great. I was very happy that everybody felt the same, and they just got to it."
Thankfully, Hayes got one final scene with Grey to wrap up their brief but memorable relationship. But as for Flood himself, he'll next appear on the New Zealand TV series "The Gone," alongside Michelle Fairley from "Game of Thrones" (via Deadline).
