Grey's Anatomy sneak peek shows Kate Walsh's grand return as Addison Montgomery

Grey's Anatomy sneak peek shows Kate Walsh's grand return as Addison Montgomery
Grey's Anatomy sneak peek shows Kate Walsh's grand return as Addison Montgomery

A new sneak peek for Grey's Anatomy shows Kate Walsh's grand return as Dr. Addison Montgomery after 10 seasons away.

On earlier seasons Kate, 53, played one corner of a love triangle with Drs. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and Derek 'McDreamy' Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey).

Now with their love rivalry in the rearview Addison is seen in crisis mode during a surgery, in need of help and demanding: 'Get me Meredith Grey.'

Back in action: A new sneak peek for Grey's Anatomy shows Kate Walsh's grand return as Dr. Addison Montgomery after 10 seasons away

Back in action: A new sneak peek for Grey's Anatomy shows Kate Walsh's grand return as Dr. Addison Montgomery after 10 seasons away

Throwback: She is pictured on season three with Ellen Pompeo's character Dr. Meredith Grey; the two were in a love triangle over Dr. Derek 'McDreamy' Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey)

Throwback: She is pictured on season three with Ellen Pompeo's character Dr. Meredith Grey; the two were in a love triangle over Dr. Derek 'McDreamy' Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey)

The sneak peek begins with her reentering Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in Seattle where the bulk of the program takes place.

Other staff members are thunderstruck to see her return with one of them even snapping a picture of her while staring mouth agape.

'I'm Dr. Addison Montgomery,' she announces tartly, 'and you must be the group that's been screwing up the program.'

Shortly thereafter she is seen in the midst of a transplant surgery - only to be interrupted with news of an emergency.

When in doubt: Now with their love rivalry in the rearview Addison is seen in crisis mode during a surgery, in need of help and demanding: 'Get me Meredith Grey'

When in doubt: Now with their love rivalry in the rearview Addison is seen in crisis mode during a surgery, in need of help and demanding: 'Get me Meredith Grey'

There she is: The sneak peek begins with her reentering Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in Seattle where the bulk of the program takes place

There she is: The sneak peek begins with her reentering Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in Seattle where the bulk of the program takes place

Gobsmacked: Other staff members are thunderstruck to see her return with one of them even snapping a picture of her while staring mouth agape

Gobsmacked: Other staff members are thunderstruck to see her return with one of them even snapping a picture of her while staring mouth agape

Not having it: 'I'm Dr. Addison Montgomery,' she announces tartly, 'and you must be the group that's been screwing up the program'

Not having it: 'I'm Dr. Addison Montgomery,' she announces tartly, 'and you must be the group that's been screwing up the program'

Apparently the hospital's air conditioning is on the fritz, and although Addison insists she 'can handle a little heat' the problem is more complicated than that.

'The HVAC system controls the air filtration system at the hospital,' says attending

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