Grey’s Anatomy Season 21 Made It Clear That Teddy & Owen’s Breakup Is Inevitable

Teddy & Owen’s Break-Up Has Been A Long Time Coming

Teddy Becoming Chief Made Her & Owen’s Marriage Less Of A Priority

Teddy and Owen’s relationship problems aren’t new to Grey’s Anatomy season 21. While season 18 began happily with their wedding, Owen’s choice to provide life-ending drugs to veterans illegally inevitably put a strain on their marriage, even prompting them to go on the run as a family in season 18’s finale. The consequences of Owen’s choices were felt throughout Grey’s Anatomy season 19, as Teddy continued to blame him for the strain on their finances and not thinking about their family before acting. Teddy collapsing in the Grey’s Anatomy season 19 finale only complicated things even more in season 20.

The aftermath of Teddy’s health crisis highlighted how Owen and Teddy fell into a habit of not prioritizing their relationship, as focused as they were on their careers and their family, even more so as Teddy worked through returning to work as chief and a surgeon. Owen and Teddy now opening up to other people instead of each other thus worsened their already persisting problems in season 21, making their breakup an inevitable part of Grey’s Anatomy season 21’s future based on their relationship’s journey over the past three seasons.