It was announced late yesterday that Isaiah Washington would not be returning to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ next season.  Today, it seems that he’s none too pleased with what happened.  In his press release, his spokesman, Howard Bragman said, “If they wanted to fire him, why didn’t they fire him when [the incident] happened?”

While his comments about costar T.R. Knight’s sexuality are unjustifiable, Washington’s anger is totally justified.  He did the meetings, he did the counseling, he did the PSA…he worked hard to make it right.  If ABC really wanted to make a statement, he should have been fired when the incident occurred, or fired if he was unwilling to set things straight.   But to string him along all season long, only to drop him now…that’s just not right.  Honestly, it sounds like something that ABC wanted to keep in their back pocket when contract negotiations came up, but that’s all just speculation.

Now I’m looking forward to see how the show deals with Dr. Burke’s sudden departure.