▁tor ment ed ▁child hood . ▁ ▁He ▁ref uses ▁to ▁fire ▁her ▁and ▁has ▁her ▁working ▁in ▁every ▁case ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁seasons ▁with ▁him . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁the ▁sixth ▁season ▁finale ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁Gr iss om ▁and ▁S ara ▁have ▁worked ▁through ▁whatever ▁issues ▁they ▁had , ▁and ▁are , ▁in ▁fact , ▁a ▁couple , ▁and ▁have ▁been ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁This ▁revel ation ▁caused ▁mixed ▁reviews ▁among ▁critics , ▁some ▁of ▁them ▁see ▁this ▁relationship ▁as ▁C SI ▁" j ump ing ▁the ▁sh ark ," ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁include ▁more ▁drama ▁and ▁rom ance ▁to ▁the ▁show , ▁so ▁as ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁comp ete ▁with ▁the ▁medical ▁drama ▁Grey ' s ▁An atom y , ▁which ▁air s ▁at ▁around ▁the ▁same ▁time . ▁By ▁killing ▁off ▁the ▁sexual ▁t ension ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁characters ▁and ▁making ▁them ▁an ▁item , ▁the ▁production ▁crew ▁were ▁seen ▁to ▁be ▁adding ▁more ▁personal ▁drama ▁to ▁the ▁show , ▁increasing ▁the ▁appeal ▁to ▁some ▁of ▁Grey ' s ▁An atom y ' s ▁younger ▁audience . ▁This ▁has ▁been ▁denied ▁by ▁the ▁writers , ▁Carol ▁M end el so hn ▁even ▁said ▁that ▁she ▁has ▁never ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁see ▁Gr iss om ▁with ▁someone ▁else ▁other ▁than ▁S ara ▁and ▁that ▁this ▁episode ▁was ▁seen ▁by ▁the ▁writers ▁as ▁the ▁right ▁time ▁to ▁reve al ▁the ▁relationship , ▁J or ja ▁Fox ▁and ▁William ▁Peters en ▁have ▁also ▁admitted ▁that