25 Shondaland Love Triangles, Ranked

Ellen Pompeo as Meredith, Kate Walsh as Addison and Patrick Dempsey as Derek on 'Grey's Anatomy'; Tony Goldwyn as Fitz, Kerry Washington as Olivia, and Scott Foley as Jake on 'Scandal'; Charithra Chandran as Edwina, Simone Ashley as Kate, and Jonathan Bailey as Anthony on 'Bridgerton'
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Shonda Rhimes didn’t invent the love triangle, but she did perfect it. From Grey Sloan Memorial to the halls of Scandal‘s White House to the corseted drama of Bridgerton to the firehouse on Station 19, no one does a devastatingly messy romantic entanglement quite like Shondaland.

These triangles (and, occasionally, squares) leave us breathless, arguing in group chats, and asking ourselves the big questions. Questions like: Should he have married the sister? Is that throuple…kind of working? Why does everyone cheat on their spouse with a coworker? And what is it about Addison Montgomery?