When do izzie and alex get together

When original cast member Justin Chambers abruptly exited the series midway through season 16, the question was raised about how he would be written out of the show. In the March 5, episode, Grey's stunned viewers when it was revealed Alex had left Seattle to reunite with his former flame, Izzie, and they were happily raising their two young twins on a horse farm in Kansas. Alex shared in a series of heartbreaking letters to his wife, Jo, and closest friends, Meredith included, that he reconnected with Izzie after years without contact in the weeks leading up to the trial to have Meredith's medical license reinstated.

Heigl, who was promoting her upcoming Netflix drama, Firefly Lane , admitted she hasn't watched the episode in question. After being filled in on Alex and Izzie's surprising reunion, she asked, "Wasn't he with someone?

While it appeared Heigl doesn't seem to be percent on board with the way Alex's farewell involved Izzie, she didn't seem too interested in returning to the halls of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital one more time, even amid Patrick Dempsey and T.

Knight 's returns during the current season. Adapted from Kristin Hannah's novel, the series charts the unlikely duo when their friendship starts at 14 years old. For OG Grey's fans, Izzie's impact on Alex is something embedded in our memory, but for those who have recently climbed aboard the Grey's train and aren't completely familiar with the dysfunctional couple's history, this article is for you. Though, since it's been over 10 seasons since we've seen the two together, it also works as a refresher for Grey's Anatomy fans who don't remember exactly what went down between the two surgeons before Izzie left for good in Season 6.

So, let's get in our time machine and break down exactly what happened between Alex and Izzie, and maybe it'll help explain why he would be so drawn to this idyllic life in Kansas.

They had a contentious relationship at first, especially after Alex distributed erotic modeling photos of Izzie that she had posed for in order to pay for med school. However, they eventually became close friends, which the other interns gave her crap for. They tried dating in the early seasons, but Alex screwed it up when he cheated on Izzie with a nurse. That caused a lot of friction between the two and their friend group. However, they managed to get back to a platonic level when Alex needed help studying for his second round of the board exams.

They even started sleeping together until Denny Duquette Jeffrey Dean Morgan returned to the hospital and Izzie officially blew Alex off and fell in love with Denny instead. Discover your new favorite show: Watch This Now! Izzie spent a long time mourning Denny after his death explaining that would require a whole other post , but the sparks began to fly for her and Alex again in Season 5.

However, at the same time, Izzie developed an incredibly terrifying brain tumor. At first, Denny refused because it would end her medical career and he didn't want to steal a heart out of another man's chest but after Izzie broke down crying and begged him, he agreed. As the interns struggled to keep Denny alive, Cristina informed them that Denny's surgeon, Preston Burke , was shot and struggling to survive.

After hearing the news, Izzie panicked, completely at a loss. In the midst of the chaos, Denny proposed to a shocked Izzie. Miranda Bailey walked in on the interns and banned them all from any surgeries until the person who cut the LVAD wire confessed. Meanwhile, Alex invited Dr. Erica Hahn to replace Dr. Burke on Denny's heart transplant surgery. Hahn successfully completed Denny's transplant surgery and when Izzie visited Denny after his transplant she accepted his marriage proposal.

Denny died from a stroke shortly thereafter leaving Izzie devastated and lying next to Denny's body. Alex carried her off the bed and told her that the body wasn't Denny and that Denny loved her and he wouldn't want Izzie to do this to herself.

After a long period of mourning, Izzie moved on but refused Alex's offer of a relationship. When Izzie discovered that George liked Meredith, she encouraged him to tell her. Eventually, he did but after his disastrous sexual encounter with her, he moved out of the house, much to Izzie's disappointment.

Despite several attempts, George refuses to tell Izzie where he is currently living. Eventually, he moved back in and frequently had his new girlfriend, Dr. Callie Torres , over, much to Izzie's dismay. Izzie made it very clear to George that she disapproved of her presence in his life because she considered Callie a freak. After taking multiple jibes, Callie told George it was because Izzie was in love with him.

After Callie disclosed the fact that she was somewhat wealthy and was paying most of their bills herself and didn't mind doing so, a hurt George told Meredith, who told Izzie.

Izzie used this information when making a snide remark about Callie, knowing it would hit a nerve. Infuriated at his indiscretion, Callie kicked George out of their hotel room after voicing her opinion that Izzie "had feelings" for George. Upset and confused, George went to Izzie and Meredith's house with a bottle of bourbon and after getting drunk, Izzie and George slept together. The next day, George had no recollection of their intimacy the previous night and didn't remember until he was having lunch with Callie and her father.

George confronted Izzie about it in a linen closet at the hospital and after they almost kissed, George left in a surge of guilt. Later, Izzie wanted to tell Callie but George insisted that it be kept a secret.

While dealing with the aftermath of her sexual encounter with George, Izzie was visited by the adoptive parents of the child she had given up years before. Hannah, now 11, is sick with leukemia and her donor for a bone marrow transplant had died the previous night. Izzie asked if she could meet Hannah, her parents agreed if Hannah wanted to. Izzie agreed to donate bone marrow to save her daughter's life, causing her emotional grief, Dr.

Bailey helped Izzie keep her daughter a secret from the other interns and helped her during the beginning of the bone marrow harvest. Hannah's parents informed Izzie that Hannah was tired and maybe Izzie could meet Hannah when she was better. Despite this, Izzie still agreed to donate bone marrow. George noticed Izzie crying earlier and went to find her.

He stayed with her for the rest of the harvest, setting aside other emotions. In the recovery room, Izzie confides in George that she has a daughter and says she needs their friendship to survive even though the sex wasn't tragic like the encounter with him and Meredith. George was still conflicted with his feelings for Izzie and his guilt in betraying Callie, he left Izzie crying in the room, only to return once he realized Izzie needed help as a friend.

George came with Izzie when she saw her daughter for the first time, noting that Hannah had Izzie's eyes and mouth. Following this, Izzie and George pretended that everything was fine, and continued to spend time together as friends. As Callie became more suspicious, she confronted Izzie and begged her to relinquish George which prompted Izzie to guiltily withdraw from him.

She and George both realized they couldn't pretend their sexual encounter never happened, especially because their feelings for each other keep getting in the way. The combination of all these factors leads George to decide to transfer to Mercy West.

After George received a letter telling him he'd been accepted to Mercy West Medical Center , pending the results of the intern exam, Izzie tried to convince him not to leave by saying she had no romantic feelings towards him.

Izzie later admitted to George that she was in love with him, leaving him speechless. George later admitted he loved Izzie too, despite his strange reaction to her when she confessed her love to him. Their relationship was soon discovered by George's wife, Callie and the two got a divorce. After some time, George and Izzie realized that their relationship was not working as they had very little chemistry.

They broke up but continued to have a close friendship. When Izzie was diagnosed with cancer, her mother Robbie visited the hospital, unaware of how bad the cancer was. Before she left, she said to Izzie that she always knew she was too good for the trailer park. Izzie said she loved her mother, but they work better at a distance. Her grandmother had a tumor on her thyroid and eventually died of thyroid cancer. She bonded fastest with George. After a rough start with Alex, she became friends with him too.

Izzie bonded well with Alison , who was similar to Izzie. They had similar cancer, age, and treatment plans. On discovering Alison decided against surgery for her brain metastases and discovering the IL-2 therapy was working, Izzie was torn between having surgery or not.

She tried to get the opinion of Alex, Cristina, Meredith, and George. Cristina and Meredith did not agree with the surgery. With IL-2 therapy, after three months, the mets were gone.

Alex said their life together was at stake and eventually urged for the surgery, however. She attended University of Washington School of Medicine. At the beginning of her internship, Izzie struggled with others' assumptions of her as an incompetent doctor, due to the fact that she used to be a lingerie model. Izzie was a reasonably good doctor but when she cut Denny Duquette's LVAD wire, she was going to be suspended but instead quit. Alex Karev later convinced Bailey to talk to Izzie and make her come back which Bailey succeeded in doing.

Bailey convinced the Chief to let her return but with a strict probation which doesn't allow her to have contact with patients and an inferiority to her fellow interns. Izzie became dissatisfied with the limited amount of medical work she could do and frequently tried to push the boundaries of her probation.

She even donated most of her money from Denny Duquette's check to a free clinic where she and Bailey often worked. During an emergency involving a ferry accident, Izzie saved a man's life by drilling burr holes into his skull with an ordinary drill in the field. This prompted an impressed chief to take her off probation and allow her to finish the rest of the procedure by drilling more burr holes but this time with a real high-speed surgical drill. After using a tactic of assigning Izzie to a patient that would inevitably die, Izzie left obstetrics.

Izzie decided to try going into cardiothoracic surgery but was met by a determined Cristina , who was also trying to make a career in the same department. She eventually decided that she was not suited for the specialty and stopped pursuing it. After Bailey realized she had too many things to look after, she handed over the keys of the clinic to Izzie, giving it to her.

When her interns and the others started to dislike being doctors since they were banned from surgery, Izzie set up a competition, won by Lexie. When she realized that Denny appearing was because she was sick, the set up a competition to diagnose patient X.

When she discovered that she had cancer and other people started to learn, she finally admitted herself as a patient, she just designed Meredith and Derek's wedding and was quizzed on medical trivia by Bailey. She quickly got back on her feet and continued working as a surgeon, although some thought it was too soon and after concerns from Owen Hunt, Derek Shepherd and Alex, Izzie was fired during the merger with Mercy West, although the chief used the standard speech and claimed it was due to budget cutbacks.

After this Izzie left a note in Alex's cubby and left him. She relocated to Baldwin City, Kansas and became a surgical oncologist. A more complete gallery with pictures of Izzie Stevens can be found here. Grey's Anatomy Universe Wiki Explore. Community and Help. Nerdfightergirl Tooniee. The Shows. Grey's Anatomy Music Episodes. Music Episodes.