Those who called time-of-death on Grey’s Anatomy’s “Schmico” may have been a bit hasty. Alex Landi revealed on Instagram that he is reprising his role of Schmitt’s ex, Dr. Nico Kim, in Season 20 of the long-running ABC drama.
You’ll recall that back in Season 18, Levi pulled the plug on his relationship with on-again/off-again love interest Nico after his flouting of “the Webber Method” cost a patient his life and sent him spiraling into a pit of despair. Schmitt even vowed that he wouldn’t be returning to work at Grey Sloan. (We all know how that turned out.)
Subsequently, Levi tried to explain to Nico that when his significant other had paid him a visit, he’d been in terrible pain. When the shoe had been on the other foot, Schmitt added, he’d continued to show up for Nico.
“I guess that’s the difference between me and you,” Nico said. And that was that. He ended up taking a job with the Seattle Mariners and scrubbing out of Grey Sloan. (Rewatch the fraught scene below.)
Whether Landi’s Grey’s Anatomy comeback means that Nico and Levi will try, try again remains to be seen. His post, which you can see below, is but a photo of himself in scrubs with a caption that reads simply “Season 20.”
