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Grey's Chief Is Not Quite McReady for Romance

When it comes to available bachelors, Seattle Grace Hospital has a slew that classify as swoonworthy. Newly added to the list is "the chief," played by James Pickens Jr. "Obviously, he’s scared to death of getting in the dating pool," Pickens tells TV Guide of his character, Dr. Richard Webber on Grey's Anatomy. "With McDreamy and McSteamy trying to egg him on, it doesn’t bode well for him." Pickens doesn’t see reconciliation on the horizon between the chief and his wife, Adele, played by Loretta Devine. "At this moment, he’s pretty much in limbo as far as his marital status is concerned." Instead, Pickens says Webber is going through a grieving process that encompasses both Adele and deceased lover Ellis Grey. Those emotions have spilled over into decisions he’s made involving hospital staff, particu

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When it comes to available bachelors, Seattle Grace Hospital has a slew that classify as swoonworthy. Newly added to the list is "the chief," played by James Pickens Jr.

"Obviously, he’s scared to death of getting in the dating pool," Pickens tells TV Guide of his character, Dr. Richard Webber on Grey's Anatomy. "With McDreamy and McSteamy trying to egg him on, it doesn’t bode well for him."

Pickens doesn’t see reconciliation on the horizon between the chief and his wife, Adele, played by Loretta Devine. "At this moment, he’s pretty much in limbo as far as his marital status is concerned." Instead, Pickens says Webber is going through a grieving process that encompasses both Adele and deceased lover Ellis Grey. Those emotions have spilled over into decisions he’s made involving hospital staff, particularly Dr. Miranda Bailey. "He’s so utterly human and he fights letting his humanness get in the way of decisions that he makes, sometimes to his detriment," says Pickens. "At the end of the day, he always feels that the decision he makes is the right one."

This Thursday kicks off the first of two-part episodes that hold changes in store for the chief. Is love in the cards for Seattle Grace’s patriarch? Pickens’ lips are sealed. While the show is on hiatus due to the writers' strike, though, his attentions are focused on his real-life wife. Laughs Pickens, "I’ve got a long honey-do list."

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