See what the returning actor had to say about his appearance.

Warning: This post contains spoilers about the Dec. 3 episode ofGrey’s Anatomy.

Grey’s Anatomyhas done it again.

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But this time, her visit led her to another familiar face.

When she turned to a nearby lifeguard tower, she found… GEORGE O’MALLEY (T.R.

(And at one point, he was in love with her.)

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(No, we’re not counting that time they used old footage of him.)

As the episode continued, George and Meredith got to catch up.

He told her that her kids were “great.”

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How does he know?

“I check in sometimes,” he said.

Destroying all of us, he told her, “I would’ve stayed if I could’ve.”

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(He loved it.)

As she told him, “You changed my life, George.”

Knight took to Instagram to say, “George O’Malley will always claim my heart.”

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See his post, as well as some photos from the episode, below:

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