With Covid upending every aspect of viewers’ lives, some TV shows – from the obvious medical dramas to sitcoms – have woven the pandemic into their latest seasons’ storylines, but a handful have avoided it altogether. In the opening scenes of the latest season of long-running hospital drama Grey’s Anatomy, Meredith Grey enjoys a quiet moment alone on a beach. She suddenly emerges from the dream, exhausted, in full PPE, in a frantic emergency room.
