Grey’s Anatomy: 10 Things Fans Love About Owen (According To Reddit)

The character of Owen Hunt in the hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy has accumulated tremendously polarizing opinions over the years. After starting out as a handsome former war surgeon who immediately caught the hardcore Cristina Yang’s eye, Owen’s development is believed to have gone haywire somewhere down the line.

However, not everybody hates Owen Hunt and many astute fans on Reddit take the time to point out the great things about the character. Characters in Grey’s are after all far from perfect making them that much more relatable.

10 A Man Desperate For A Family Is Rare

Owen’s arc in recent years has shown him desperately wanting a baby and a family. He has even legally adopted baby Leo and appears elated to be a father to little Alison.

Now, most fans had never forgotten Owen’s behavior towards Cristina during their romance who chose not to go through with her pregnancy, a choice she was heavily entitled to. His attitude was seen as toxic, but here are fans who feel that rather than seeing it as sexist, his desire for a family should be seen as part of who he is. He did, this fan reminds, hold Cristina’s hand as the latter went through her abortion, but like the latter, he too should have been allowed the space to have some feelings about the whole thing. A man so ready for a family is hard to find on popular television.

9 Owen Wasn’t The Only One Who Cheated

The Grey’s universe is full of cheating partners, and deceitful spouses or potential partners. Much of the drama on the show is derived from the ups and downs in human relationships.

As this Redditor points out, every character on the show is prone to making mistakes and is heavily flawed. Beloved characters like Arizona had cheated on their partners but not received nearly as much hate as Owen did, or does, for the time he cheated on Cristina.

8 Owen Stands Out In Many Ways

Owen might have a complicated life when it comes to his personal relationships, but that should not take away from the many roles he plays or has played remarkably well.

For instance, he was a good Chief of Surgery, is an innovative surgeon who never gives up, and definitely a good mentor with zero bias. For all his other flaws, he still did full justice to these hats he wore, and this fan clearly loves that.

7 A Skilled Surgeon With Less Ego Than Others

Another fan also loves the fact that Owen is a skilled trauma surgeon but seems to have little ego about it.

Characters like Derek Shepherd have received flak from fans for being egotistic and even suffering from God complex. But Owen, who is quite as good a doctor, never flaunted himself quite so much.

6 A Good Friend & Mentor

Owen is a good friend and his relationship with April Kepner was a beloved part of his storyline, opines this Grey’s fan. Owen was shown to take April under his wings and mentor her into becoming an excellent trauma surgeon.

The apparently fragile April even went from being meek and docile to developing leadership qualities and changing drastically as a person once she came back from Jordan where she had been an army doctor with Owen. The latter’s arc in all this was definitely appreciable.

5 Relatable & Multi-dimensional Character

Owen is seen by this Redditor as an easily relatable character, with a layered, multidimensional personality.

He was also low-key, always maintaining a low profile even when he had been Chief, especially given how other Chiefs, whether Richard, Derek, or Bailey, had their share of drama.

4 Empathetic & Caring Doctor

Another fan is happy to share their love for the character. The Redditor feels that Owen is a caring, empathetic doctor and treated his patients as people first.

Owen’s storyline with young Ethan is noted here. Fans will recall how sweet Ethan Dawson had come to the hospital following his parents’ accident, and Owen instantly developed a beautiful friendship with him. He felt a deep connection with him, and would almost certainly have adopted him had he been left an orphan by the tragic accident.

3 One Of The Best Characters On The Show

Grey’s has had a barrage of characters during its record-breaking run, some adored, some not so much. This fan states out and out that Owen is one of the best characters on the entire show.

This is definitely an all-out acknowledgment of love for a dashing character that seems to have lost its way a bit in recent years.

2 Love The Attractive, Tough Guy Vibe

Owen Hunt was most certainly an attractive young-ish man when he first came to Seattle Grace and joined the hospital as its Chief of Trauma.

This fan reminds everyone what a wonderfully attractive person he was. When he was introduced as Yang’s potential love interest, he was portrayed as a risk-taker, who could make use of whatever little resources he had access to save his patients’ lives, a trick he picked up from serving as an army doctor. His tough-guy image is being adored here by this fan.

1 Owen Has Grown

This Redditor finally draws attention to one of the primary storylines involving Owen at the initial stages of the character’s introduction and his relationship with Cristina, i.e his PTSD and how he dealt or did not deal with it.

The fan takes a sensitive approach reminding everyone that this was a realistic arc and Owen being self-destructive made sense with his traumatic past. The character has also grown over the years and has been depicted well by actor Kevin McKidd who plays the role.

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