May 12, 2016 8:30am PT by Lesley Goldberg
'Grey's Anatomy': What's Keeping Jo and Alex From Getting Married?
Camilla Luddington and Ellen Pompeo talk with THR about the couple's future on the Shondaland drama.Will Alex (Justin Chambers) and Jo (Camilla Luddington) finally have a successful marriage proposal on ABC's Grey's Anatomy?
That's among the biggest burning questions heading into Thursday's penultimate episode of the Shondaland medical drama's 12th season.
The promo for the hour — perhaps fittingly titled "At Last" — advertises that the episode will feature not one but two "jaw-dropping proposals" (as well as one "shocking hookup"). Given Alex and Jo's multiple efforts to get engaged as well as the fact that the engagement ring is still in their possession, could the couple finally get engaged?
"It's been a long time since Alex has asked Jo and it's lingering in the air," Luddington tells THR. "She has the ring in the drawer so I don't think it's ridiculous to take it out of the equation that she may finally have to give him an answer. The first time he proposed, she was wondering if it was because of his dad and where that angle was coming from. The second time, she didn't know that proposal was coming and she was arriving to break up with him. Going off those two proposals, there's a lot going on. It's a super complicated situation and we haven't even started to scratch the surface of it all."