Grey’s Anatomy season 16 episode 11 preview: The father of Amelia’s baby is…

Even Amelia isn’t 100 percent sure who the father of her baby is, and it’s creating the exact kind of drama it intended to.

After years of facing hardship and heartbreak on Grey’s Anatomy (and before that, Private Practice), Amelia finally found hope in the form of a surprise pregnancy.

Even though fans hoped the situation would progress without complications — it’s hard not to love Link, after all — if you’ve watched Grey’s for a while, you know smooth sailing always takes a back seat to drama.

So far, Amelia’s pregnancy seems to be going smoothly… unless you count the fact that Link might not be the father. Even worse still, Owen might hold that title instead.

The good news is, Amelia doesn’t seem to have any desire to drag this drama out — the same way she thankfully didn’t wait to tell Link about the baby in the first place. In this week’s upcoming episode, it appears she’s actually going to speak up.

At least, that’s what the brief preview leads us to believe. Watch it below:

She doesn’t say he definitely “isn’t” the father — because at this point, even she isn’t sure. She says he might not be. Which technically means he still could be. Which means the entire fandoms’ worries and subtle threats to quit the show if Owen turns out to be the father… are going exactly according to the showrunner’s plan.

There is still a chance Link really is the father after all, and this is just a curveball that’s supposed to add more romantic drama to the season.

Will the episode — even the season — end up with Teddy and Owen getting their happily ever after, while Amelia and Link commit to each other for good — for real? Maybe not. Grey’s never keeps even fan-favorite couples truly happy for long.

But there are still months’ worth of episodes to finish out what may or may not be the final season. Anything could happen. A major pregnancy complication could arise. Something could happen to Link. Owen could completely fail as a partner (again). Teddy could cheat on Owen with Tom (fingers crossed this doesn’t happen, but it could).

One thing’s for sure (judging by YouTube comments alone): Fans do not want Owen to be the father. The Owen/Teddy/Amelia love triangle (is it a love square if you include Tom?) isn’t juicy and exciting anymore. It’s gone on a little too long. Which means this is the season it might finally resolve, in some way or another, for good.

Creating drama inside and outside the show in this regard is hardly accidental, of course. They could have easily kept Amelia and Link on their own happy-parents-to-be island for the rest of the season without this hiccup. But anything for the drama, right?

Judging by the fight Owen and Teddy are probably about to have, it’s likely safe to assume there aren’t going to be many happy couples left by the time this week’s episode airs its final moments.

Grey’s Anatomy returns this Thursday at 9 p.m. after an all-new episode of Station 19.