Watch the classic Season 5 elevator scene here. |With a little help from Richard, Derek is able to propose to Meredith. Watch this Grey’s Anatomy scene from Season 5, Episode 19: Elevator Love Letter to see Derek tell Meredith he wants to spend the rest of his life with her.

Why does Derek throw the ring?

1 Derek throws Meredith’s ring in the forest

The act may come out of a place of his depression, but again, he puts unfair blame on Meredith. Hitting her ring out into the woods is a cruel act and intentionally meant to hurt her.

What episode do Derek and Mer marry?

This is forever.” Meanwhile, Meredith and Derek were legally married in Grey’s Anatomy Season 7 Episode 20.

5) The Perfect Proposal: When Derek decided to ask Meredith to marry him, he chose the perfect place: the hospital elevator, decorated with X-rays from the cases that helped him fall in love with her. “If there’s a crisis, you don’t freeze,” he said.