Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26836114-20150730032342/@comment-5278765-20170806053120

Katherine took a break to do a movie (I think?) and have family time because she'd just adopted a child. She was supposed to be back for few episodes at the end of season six, but she didn't show back up on set when she was scheduled to. That's why she was credited until Suicide is Painless, because she was meant to come back, but she didn't, so I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked was her last episode.

Sometimes people just leave. They leave and they never look back and they cut ties with everyone they knew in the before.

Yeah, she's happy to return now, long after biting the hands that fed her, insulting Shonda Rhimes personally, and leaving abruptly? If I were Shonda Rhimes, I wouldn't want to see her again either. I'd wish her well and keep her far away from any of my shows. And we haven't gotten that many updates on departed characters. Stephanie just left, so nothing on her, obviously. Burke was mentioned here and there, but the only update we got on him (until his final appearance in season ten) was when he won the Harper Avery. No update on Erica. Until the ten of season thirteen, no update on Teddy. We have no new information about Shane. We have gotten a bit about Cristina, but everyone has to admit, she's different from the others who have left. We didn't get anything about Leah until she came back (though she seems to be gone again, with not a word spoken). And even though Callie shares a child with someone still on the show, we haven't heard anything about her.