Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24386552-20141121030433/@comment-24386552-20141122163757

I just thought of something. I found the indirect causes of Merder's disintegrating relationship. Owen and Cristina. Owen was the one who pushed for the president to call Derek and that is what got him in that whole situation when he was supposed to step back and let Meredith work on her stuff. Then at the end of the season Cristina's last words to Meredith was about that whole situation in simple terms. "He's not the sun, you are. Don't let what he wants eclipse what you need." That caused Meredith to fight but at the same time their marriage kept suffering. Owen and Cristina had good intentions. Owen wanted to help advance Derek's career, and Cristina was trying prevent Meredith from becoming like her (Back when she was willing to do anything for Burke at the cost of herself) but they both ended up accidentally screwing MerDer in a weird and undesirable situation.