Warning! SPOILERS for Grey’s Anatomy season 19, episode 10 ahead.Maggie and Winston’s relationship struggles have been going on since  Grey’s Anatomy season 18, but the news of Kelly McCreary’s exit after nine seasons on the medical drama only foreshadows more heartbreak for the two surgeons. Despite being one of the dreamiest Grey’s Anatomy relationships in season 17, precisely because of how romantic and spur-of-the-moment Maggie and Winston’s connection was, the couple’s relationship went sideways more often than not since their marriage. Grey’s Anatomy season 19 has the relationship so strained that Maggie and Winston are seen more often avoiding each other than trying to reconcile their differences.

While Maggie originally moved to Seattle to get to know her long-lost half-sister Meredith, she eventually built a life and a career in Seattle and at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. However, with Meredith and her kids moving to Boston for Zola’s new school, Maggie’s only reason for staying in Seattle is Winston. Kelly McCreary’s announcement of her Grey’s Anatomy exit as Maggie makes one sad ending for Winston and Maggie more probable, especially if her farewell episode is set to air on April 13 and considering the dire straits Grey’s Anatomy season 19 showed Maggie and Winston’s relationship is in.