When Grey's Anatomy spinoff Station 19 aired its series finale six months ago, co-stars Danielle Savre and Stefania Spampinato were no readier to say goodbye to Maya and Carina than "Marina" shippers were. (And we weren't ready at all.) "There was so much more story to tell with [them]," Savre tells Entertainment Weekly.
Such as? The challenges Maya would have faced in raising a family at the same time as she's fighting fires. "We knew when we did those flash-forwards that Maya carried one of their children," Savre notes. So "it would have been nice to see how she was able to be pregnant and still be a firefighter.
"That's something even real firefighters struggle with," she adds, "because how do you balance work and motherhood? I would have loved to have seen Maya [tackle] that."
Spampinato goes back even further for storyline inspiration. "Carina came into [Grey's Anatomy] with this study about female sexuality, and I would love to see her almost come full circle with that and teach sex education to younger adults," she says. "To still feel like [she's] contributing to society in a different way, geared to young adults since she now has kids.
"Also, they say relationships after seven years go through a little struggle," she continues. "I would have loved to see the seventh year of their relationship and see how they pulled through that."