Pakistan, March 23 -- Shonda Rhimes is reflecting on the early days of Grey's Anatomy. The Shondaland creator-who has gone on to create Scandal, Bridgerton and How to Get Away With Murder under her company-recently detailed how she thought an early on-set incident was nearly the end of the medical drama. In 2006, Isaiah Washington, who portrayed Dr Preston Burke on the ABC series, got into a physical confrontation with costar Patrick Dempsey, which included the use of a homophobic slur toward costar T.R. Knight and ultimately led to Washington's firing. After the incident, Rhimes feared the fallout "was going to kill the show." "I think the thorn was having the bubble of joy burst so early on Grey's," she told The Hollywood Reporter in an i...