Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24979796-20140616134840/@comment-4287993-20140616145803

Maybe she wasn't in the hospital anymore when Owen heard about the crash. He fired her effective, immediately, meaning she had nothing to do at the hospital anymore but to pack her stuff and walk out of the building. Owen went to administrative duties again after firing her, only hearing about the crash some time (could be hours) later, so by that time Teddy probably already left and so she didn't knew about it. I can imagine that as Chief of Surgery, getting to his wounded personnel and getting them back home would prioritize over calling his friend about what happened. He may have called Teddy off screen, but that's something we'll never know. If he did, it probably was like weeks later because he constantly had to watch over Cristina.

She's not dead, so yes, she could come back. Maybe she will after some more things have changed at the hospital, so that she wouldn't think about Henry wherever she comes in the hospital building. Or she could come back once she managed to give his death a place. Anyway, behind the scenes, it probably depends on whether or not Kim Raver is willing to come back, as she left after season 8 on her own request. We all know Shonda is very willing to let people that she has maintained a good relationship with (so not Katie Heigl) come back to the show, so if Kim asks for it, Teddy probably will come back.

My personal experience is that everyone seems to have forgotten about her after her departure, which I hate (especially because of the George/Izzie/Mark reference about every 5 episodes). I'm not counting the reference in Do You Know?, because that wasn't even in the real timeline.