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'Grey's Anatomy' Season 11 Cast Spoilers: Actor Patrick Dempsey Leaving the Show?

Only one more episode to go before the cast and crew of "Grey's Anatomy," which airs every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, temporarily pack up for their annual winter break.

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The show's Season 11, Episode 7 entitled "Risk" will be shown on Thursday, Nov. 20. It will be the last episode for the year.

The title may actually be appropriate not only for the episode's storyline but also for the course of action that someone in the cast is planning to do.

Actor Patrick Dempsey, who plays Dr. Derick McDreamy on "Grey's Anatomy," is poised to take a risk by leaving the long-running primetime medical drama series on ABC. The TV show has done much to make the actor a much-loved household name.

Dempsey made it clear during a recent interview with the Portland Press Herald that he will really be leaving the show "very soon."

Dempsey's declaration has sent shockwaves to his fans.

As of the moment, there has been no information yet as to what Shonda Rimes, "Grey's Anatomy" showrunner, will do with Dempsey's character in preparation for his departure.

Fans have expressed hopes that his character won't be killed, so as not to prevent a possible guest appearance, or even a comeback, sometime in the future. Things like those have been known to happen in other TV series, anyway.

Dempsey is still under contract with ABC to play Dr. McDreamy until Season 12 of the show.