#Eric Dane returns as Mark Sloan!

We knew entering tonight’s Grey’s Anatomy season 17 episode that Chyler Leigh was returning as Lexie Grey. Yet, we didn’t know about Eric Dane. The longtime series regular was beloved as Mark Sloan, but we never knew if we’d get a chance to see him back on the show again.

Luckily, tonight’s new episode offered us an answer — and surprise! Mark did turn up. In Meredith’s beach world, it does make a whole lot of sense that the character would end up with Lexie. The two loved each other, and one of the things we always wanted was a more pleasant form of closure for the two … even if it was in some sort of pretend afterlife.

Kudos to the producers for finding a way to keep the Mark secret over the past few days, especially since so much conversation was out there when it comes to Lexie.

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