Grey’s Anatmony executive producer Shonda Rhimes, has hinted that actress Kate walsh may return to the show during the next season, if the storyline is right.

Kate left Grey’s to star in spin off show, Private Practice but Rhimes hinted that her character Addison Montgomery could be making yet another return visit to the show.

Rhimes told people.com:

“I don’t know if it’s going to work with the story, and we don’t want her to come back for a visit if it doesn’t feel important, something only Addison can do,” Shonda told Entertainment Weekly. “But the idea is on the table.”