Very unpopular opinion

I quite like alex’s ending.

There’s 3 ways he could have left the show. He could have died, left jo like he did, or jo leaves with him. If you look at it from the perspective that alex has to leave the show one way or another, Jo couldn’t have left with him because they still wanted her on the show. So that leaves either him dying or him leaving jo. After lexie, derek and george dying, cristina is gone, alex is meredith’s rock. If alex died i don’t know how they could write meredith’s character after that. At least though alex is gone, she has the option to go see him, he’s not gone forever. If you think about the situation, alex has kids, izzies kids, we know that he wouldn’t be able to walk away from that because he doesn’t want to be like his dad. I don’t think that this actually ruins his character development but literally just reflects it. In his mind his decision is between his kids and jo. It’s the only way to have him written off the show without him dying.