After Dr. Derek Shepherd, the love of Meredith Grey's (Ellen Pompeo) life played by Patrick Dempsey on "Grey's Anatomy," died a prolonged death as a result of a car accident in season 11 , Shonda Rhimes' long-running medical drama seemed to feel an inexplicable need to pair Meredith up with a new man as quickly as possible. (Pompeo ultimately weighed in on that impulse; we'll circle back to her extraordinarily, wonderfully blunt reaction.) This came in the form of Dr. Nathan Riggs, a character played by Martin Henderson during the 12th season of "Grey's Anatomy." A military surgeon who works alongside the recently deployed Dr. April Kepner (Sarah Drew) and has long-standing beef with Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital's trauma attending Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd), Nathan is a nice enough guy

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