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Hermione Chase wrote: 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. 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; the doctors were there during Mark's final moments of consciousness; 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.

Another thing: we didn't get much Derek in this season and at the start of the season wasn't he fighting with Meredith? I guess I'd like a much smoother departure, but that is what it is.

Regardless, I wish Patrick the best of luck in everything he does! Like Tooniee said, the fact that he was, essentially, killed by inexperienced doctors, opens up the story's plotline. Penny wouldn't even be a main character without this part of it. I suppose it would have been better if Meredith was there, but with MerDer, Shonda must have wanted the death to be more tragic. I mean, they have been the main couple shipped since season one. Besides, the way he left the house that morning, all made up and in their overly happy post-conceiving-ellis mood, that was the goodbye. That was the happiest and best way for them to see eachother for the last time. Not in some hospital bed (although I suppose in this case a hospital wouldn't be the worst place in the world). Also I think Dempsey was probably absent doing his racing events, so they used D.C. as an excuse.