If there were any doubts about what Meredith and DeLuca have is real, I think he put a stop to that on Grey’s Anatomy last week. DeLuca got the chance to stand up for Meredith in a major way and while he probably shouldn’t have done it for the sake of his career, he took the fall for her insurance fraud. And now you have to wonder if DeLuca is leaving Grey's Anatomy because of it. Until now, some fans still considered Meredith and DeLuca’s romance rushed or ill-fitting for the two of them. But he possibly threw away his entire career for her in the blink of an eye in order to protect her and for that, fans are swooning over DeLuca and Meredith. A couple of weeks ago on Grey’s Anatomy, Meredith lied on an insurance form and wrote down her daughter’s name in place of a young Mexican girl who didn't have insurance but desperately needed a procedure. Meredith did what she thought was right and afterward, DeLuca said that he admired her for it. Apparently, he admired her so much that when Catherine questioned him about the incident in last week’s episode, he took the fall instead of throwing Meredith under the bus. Now, he faces possible felony charges for protecting Meredith. It could cost him his career and everything he has worked for. If he goes to prison, I don't see a place for him on Grey's Anatomy anymore. To be honest, I don't see Meredith just accepting DeLuca's honorable but ultimately stupid decision. If she wasn't in the compression chamber when he told her that he was turning himself in to the police, I'm sure that she would have rushed out to tell the truth. Meredith has worked hard for what she has, so to see her lose it all would be a huge blow for fans. I just don't see things going that way for her since she is such a renowned surgeon. DeLuca has way more to lose and if Meredith sees that, then she will more than likely step up to rightfully take the blame. Right now, DeLuca faces serious jail time for the crime he confessed to. Regardless of what he claims were his motives, the crime was still fraud and, in the eyes of the law, inexcusable. If he maintains the blame for what Meredith did, then I don't see how DeLuca could get out of going to prison. From a more logistical standpoint, however, I don't see DeLuca leaving Grey's Anatomy next season. He just professed his love for Meredith and she clearly has some strong feelings for him too. Great loves don't just fall into Meredith's lap and if DeLuca is her new Derek, I don't think the show's writers would split them apart so soon after they became official. DeLuca made the ultimate sacrifice when he took the blame for what Meredith did. It’s unclear how much this will affect his personal life and his career, but if he goes down for it, then he won't be practicing medicine for a long time. I honestly don't know if his love for Meredith is worth throwing his entire career away. This could change his life in a way that is irreversible and I don't know if he is prepared for that. It could also mean that their relationship is over before she has even said "I love you" back. Some Grey’s Anatomy fans, however, think that this was as much evidence of DeLuca’s love than any naysaying fans will ever need. I mean, they aren't totally wrong. DeLuca is Meredith’s first real boyfriend since Derek died, so there was a lot of importance placed on their relationship from the start. She took her time bringing him into her private life and once she finally did, it seemed like things were going well for them. If DeLuca is severely punished for Meredith’s crime that he took the fall for, though, I don't know where that leaves their relationship, or DeLuca, at the end of this.<doc-sep>Warning: Spoiler alert! Do not proceed if you have not watched Thursday's episode of Grey's Anatomy, titled "Drawn to the Blood." This could very well be the end of Meredith and DeLuca. After nearly a season of happy, lovey-dovey MerLuca moments, Thursday's episode of Grey's Anatomy threatened the status of the show's main couple by potentially throwing Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) in jail for confessing to insurance fraud to help cover a costly surgery for a young patient in earlier episodes. However, it was an idea that originated with Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and something others at the hospital were knowledgeable of. The shocking consequences culminated in a heartbreaking moment between the lovebirds as DeLuca revealed to Meredith -- who was stuck inside a hyperbaric chamber with Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) and a patient -- that he was taking the fall for their crime. True love really is costly, isn't it? "Your patient, Gabby Rivera, I lied to you. She didn't have insurance and she shouldn't have been admitted, but I wanted her to get the surgery very badly and so I didn't tell anyone and I put another name down on the paperwork: your daughter's name, Ellis, and I'm so sorry," DeLuca tells Meredith, who is stunned by her beau's faux admission when she knows full well it was her idea that put them in danger. "It's all been cleared up. I got caught," he continues, with Catherine Fox (Debbie Allen) right behind him. "I wanted to apologize to you first, before going to the police, to let you know what I had done. It's not fair to you, and it's not fair to your kids who need you. I committed a felony and I'll likely go to jail. I'm sorry I put you all at risk." Will Meredith come clean with her hand in committing insurance fraud? In a teaser for next week's dramatic finale, DeLuca is seen handcuffed as he walks down the hallway of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, leaving others to question what's going on. "Why is my star resident in handcuffs?" Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) asks. And Chief of Surgery Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), being the intelligent woman she is, has more than enough clues to rightly wonder if there was someone else (ahem, Meredith) involved. While the fate of DeLuca (and as a result, MerLuca) isn't looking very good, a major Seattle fog storm puts several major Grey's players in dire straits, most notably Levi Schmitt (Jake Borelli), the already-in-labor Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) and Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd). But before the fog ominously rolled in, Teddy dropped by Owen's home with the intention of confessing her feelings to her ex and father of her baby girl. But instead, she bumped into Amelia (Caterina Scorsone), who was caring for Leo. "I love Owen and it's scary and we hurt each other and it's not easy. But I don't want safe. I don't want to raise my daughter just to feel safe. I want her to live and I want her to have love and see love. Tom Koracick (Greg Germann), he makes me laugh and feel safe but I don't feel passion or rage or ecstasy," Teddy says excitedly. "Owen is the only person who ever makes me feel any of those things. Owen is the only person who has done that for me and it's maddening and I have to tell him before my daughter is born." With Owen and Levi caught in a multi-car pile-up with "no ambulance" access readily available and Teddy stuck in Amelia's car as they try to get to the hospital so she she can give birth, could this be a heart-wrenching end to one of their stories on Grey's? We definitely wouldn't put it past Grey's to produce a tear-jerker of a final hour -- remember that devastating, nightmare-inducing plane crash that closed out the eighth season? ! Knowing how Grey's operates, Teddy's admission could be foreshadowing a tragic ending of some sort in next week's finale. We'll just have to wait and see. Grey's Anatomy airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. RELATED CONTENT: 'Grey's Anatomy': Caterina Scorsone on Amelia's Tense Family Reunion, Link Romance & Owen's Future (Exclusive) 'Grey's Anatomy': Camilla Luddington Says Jo's 'Devastating' Episode Haunts the Rest of the Season (Exclusive) 'Grey's Anatomy' Boss on Making TV History, Going All In With MerLuca and That Unexpected Arrival (Exclusive) 'Grey's Anatomy' Becomes Longest-Running Medical Drama -- the Cast Shares Their Best Show Moments This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. Related Gallery<doc-sep>The May 9 episode of ‘Grey’s Anatomy was a shocking one, as Catherine and Bailey discovered that Meredith had committed insurance fraud, but someone else got fired for it. Plus, Teddy’s water broke! We can’t believe we’re writing this, but DeLuca got fired during the May 9 episode of Grey’s Anatomy — after he took the blame for Meredith’s act of insurance fraud. But before we get to that, let’s start from the beginning. First off, Jo finally opened up about Pittsburgh, telling Meredith that she’s the product of rape and she can’t stand looking at herself since she looks like her father (the rapist). Fortunately, Meredith was able to convince Jo to ask for a “proper leave of absence” so she could have some time to seek the treatment she needs. However, they only got as far as arriving at the hospital before Meredith realized Bailey and Catherine were having a serious meeting. As viewers — and Meredith — later found out, Bailey and Catherine were alerted by the hospital’s insurance company that someone (Meredith) had committed fraud to help a patient without insurance receive medical care. When DeLuca realized what was going on, he took the blame for it and said Meredith had no idea what he had done. So he got cut from the program and could be heading to jail, as he was last seen on his way to report himself to the police. Meredith, on the other hand, couldn’t really do anything to protect him because she was in a hyperbaric chamber with Alex, tending to his patient, Gus. (Meredith went to find Alex after arriving at the hospital with Jo.) Meanwhile, Teddy admitted that she loves Owen, but he doesn’t know it yet. She actually told Amelia, who was at Owen’s house babysitting Leo. Teddy went there to confess her feelings to Owen, but since he wasn’t there, she spilled her guts to Amelia instead. And after just a matter of minutes, her water broke, so she’s now in labor. And speaking of Owen, he may not make it to the baby’s birth because in the last seconds of the episode, he, Levi and a patient (Gus’ blood donor) got into a really bad car accident. Want more drama? New episodes of Grey’s Anatomy air Thursdays at 8pm on ABC!<doc-sep>
Heading out in handcuffs. After Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) risked her career to save a patient without insurance, DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) could be the one who faces the consequences on the Thursday, May 9, episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Although she and Richard (James Pickens Jr.) tried to cook up a plan that would keep her from getting caught, apparently, it was all for nothing. Bailey (Chandra Wilson) and Catherine (Debbie Allen) spent most of the day tied up in a serious meeting, and no one knew why — at least, not until DeLuca was called in to answer questions. Then, all was revealed: They knew that Meredith had submitted her daughter’s name to pay for her patient’s surgery. “It has come to light that Dr. Meredith Grey submitted her own daughter’s name to pay for Gabriella’s surgery and care, which is both fraud and a felony,” Catherine said, telling DeLuca he’d need to answer her questions very specifically. But when DeLuca and Catherine went to find Meredith, the way she found out about the investigation was pretty surprising. DeLuca had actually taken the fall for her completely. “Your patient, Gabby Rivera — I lied to you. She didn’t have insurance, and she shouldn’t have been admitted, but I wanted her to get the surgery very badly, so I didn’t tell anybody, so I put another name down on the paperwork. Your daughter’s name, Ellis.” He made it clear in his confession that he was doing this because Meredith’s kids needed him, but he also knew that he was confessing to a felony, and this could lead to major jail time. Jo Finally Opens Up In the meantime, Meredith is staying with Jo (Camilla Luddington) while she tries to overcome the trauma she’s suffering after meeting her birth mother for the first time. Meredith’s trying to deal with the fact that DeLuca has told her that he loves her, and Jo is still refusing to get out of bed. Meredith tried to convince Jo that because of her own pain dealing with her parents and Derek’s death, she could understand Jo’s pain too, and that pushed Jo to finally tell her why she was upset. “Was your mother raped by your father? Is that why you exist? Do you look like a rapist? Do you wear his face?” Jo said. “Okay then. I don’t think you do get this, so please go home.” She didn’t go home, though… and since that broke the ice, Jo ended up telling Meredith everything from the beginning, starting from her childhood in foster care. And after hearing her out, Meredith told her that she isn’t her past — she’s overcome it all, and she should keep going. “You have an enormous will, and an enormous heart, and an enormous capacity for survival,” Meredith said. “You’ve taken all this darkness and used it to help people who are walking through the same. You lined that hallway with women to help that woman who was hurting badly just hurt a little bit less. You’ve taken your darkest experiences that life gave you and you turned it around and turned it into light. And if the woman who gave birth to you doesn’t want to see that, then that’s on her.” Jo admitted that while she didn’t want to stop living, she didn’t exactly want to live, either, so Meredith promised to get her the help she needed, starting with a shower. Then, they went to the hospital so they could talk to Bailey and Alex to catch them up on what’s going on with Jo and to acquire a more permanent leave of absence while she gets her mental health in order. Teddy Goes Into Labor As Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) was trying to figure out her own feelings for Link (Chris Carmack), Teddy showed up at Owen’s house as she was babysitting Leo and made a huge confession: She’s in love with Owen, even though she’s still with Koracick (Gregg Germann). “I love Owen, and it’s scary, and we hurt each other and it is not easy,” she said. “But I don’t want safe. I don’t want to raise my daughter just to feel safe.