If you don’t quite know how to say how you feel about Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane’s Feb. 19 death, ABC’s long-running medical drama did — and it did so perfectly in an emotional tribute that aired at the end of the Feb. 26 episode.

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Grey‘s — currently in its 22nd season — updated one of its most iconic music syncs by pairing a cover of Snow Patrol‘s Billboard Hot 100 No. 5 hit “Chasing Cars” done by Tommee Profitt and Fleurie for a montage of Mark “McSteamy” Sloan’s memorable moments from the Emmy-winning drama. The 1:06-minute clip kicks off with the plastic surgeon’s humorous introduction as one of the “dirty mistresses” of the show (complete with a shirtless scene, of course) and the head of the “plastics posse” before revealing the heart underneath the abs as the melancholy track plays.

It wraps with several emotional scenes featuring Sloan, including his advice from the hospital bed, “If you love someone, you tell them … even if you’re scared that it’ll burn your life down to the ground.” The video ends with a scene from Dane’s surprise appearance on Grey’s Anatomy in season 17 in 2021, when Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) was in a coma, and Sloan and late love Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh) appear to her to tell her it’s not yet her time to die.

“In loving memory of Eric Dane,” the show’s social media posts captioned the tribute.

Dane — who died at age 53 after revealing his ALS diagnosis in April 2025 — made his debut on the Shonda Rhimes show during season two in 2006. His character passed away at the beginning of season nine in 2012, wrapping up the previous season’s cliffhanger in which a plane carrying the staff of the Seattle hospital crashed, killing Sloan’s beloved Lexie and leaving the plastic surgeon with injuries that proved to be fatal.

Snow Patrol’s “Chasing Cars” was initially synched on the show during the season two finale, when Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Denny Duquette died after a seemingly successful heart transplant. The usage of the song off 2006’s Eyes Open helped the Irish band find success in the U.S. “Chasing Cars” has since been used several times on Grey’s Anatomy to soundtrack emotional moments.

Watch Grey’s Anatomy‘s tribute to Eric Dane soundtracked by “Chasing Cars” below:

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In loving memory of Eric Dane. ❤️

♬ original sound – Grey’s Anatomy ABC

Grey’s Anatomy airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on ABC, and streams on Hulu.