Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4287993-20150424171702/@comment-4547258-20150424215821

I'm upset about his departure, truthfully. Aside from that he was one of my favorites, I am less than enthusiastic about how it was executed (no pun intended :p).

I'm not sure if Patrick wanted for Derek to be killed off, but I certainly didn't, let alone did I want him to be killed that way. I like that in his last day of, uh, life, he saved someone else's. However, the other elements weren't favorable.

He didn't get to die with the ones he loved; he died in a whole other state, far from them. Meredith was there for when they cut the cord, but she wasn't there during his final moments of consciousness. In contrast, Mark was there for when Lexie died; Callie, Derek and Jackson were there for when Mark died; the whole team was there for when George died, even for when Denny died.

And I don't think that he had to die in some spectacular way, of course, but I don't know... it really rubs me the wrong way that he could have lived, had he not been in the hands of inexperienced doctors. It was all just malpractice. But that's Shonda for you, I guess.

Regardless, I wish Patrick the best of luck in everything he does!