As I turned on the television Thursday evening at 8 o’clock, a barrage of feelings filled me: stress, because I hadn’t studied for the math test the next day. Hunger, because I wanted to eat some dessert. And, oh yeah: super intense anticipation for the Grey’s Anatomy season premiere!

Back during the tear jerker season 8 finale, the Greys episode writers had cruelly left us with an oh-so evil cliffhanger. As the scene of the devastating plane crash and the death of Lexie Grey came to a close with season 8, fans were biting their fingers in suspense, waiting for the verdict on the lives of their favorite characters.

Senior Kelly Hu adds “The season 8 finale was literally the most dramatic thing I’ve lived through.”

Some solace was found through the Season 9 promo, which teased us with glimpses of someone being wheeled into a hospital, and begged the question: Who is still alive?

Yeah, things escalated quickly at Seattle Grace. It seems that the show picked up after Christina left for Mayo, while Alex was poised to leave for Hopkins. However, it looks like Alex Karev will stay at Seattle Grace, which is a relief- I was wondering how they were going to cycle back and forth between three different hospitals on the show.