In an interview with TVGuide.com, Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey admitted that the relationship between Derek and Meredith may be reaching the end of its lifeline.

“The next couple of episodes are going to be completely different with what happens with Meredith and Derek,” Dempsey revealed. “I’m looking forward to that change and that movement.”

“I just want the characters to continue to grow and to work things out realistically,” Dempsey says. “Derek and Meredith’s relationship has gone as far as it can go. I don’t think it’s going to go unless she commits to marrying him or goes into therapy and starts working on herself. We’ll have a cliffhanger with this last show and there will be a resolve that seems to be permanent.”