Decoding the tangled stories in the Grey’s Anatomy Season 23 premiere is a sweet treat for fans. The highly anticipated return of the long-running medical procedural featured the opening of a new Olympic VIP floor at Grey Sloan, a surge of critically injured patients after a plane collision, the arrival of James Wolk's new Chief of Surgery and a mysterious pregnancy storyline for Simone.Amid the many storylines set to fuel Grey’s Anatomy Season 23, Wolk’s Seth Norton made the biggest impact on Meredith. The time jump revealed Grey Sloan Memorial's finished VIP floor, a privately funded wing dedicated to wealthy patients, which did not sit right with Meredith and many staff members. The medical suite was funded by Seth Norton, the CEO of Olympic Regent Health, who also became the hospital's new Chief of Surgery, as the premiere concluded.Speaking to Deadline, EP/showrunner Meg Marinis teased that James Wolk's Seth's arrival will create conflict in the hospital:"He’s going to be the source of this conflict between this new floor and the rest of the hospital, and how our other characters play off of that."Seth Norton-funded VIP floor created problems for Meredith in the Grey’s Anatomy Season 23 premiere View this post on Instagram Instagram PostNaturally, Meredith and the doctors were against the Olympic floor at Grey Sloan Memorial in the Grey’s Anatomy Season 23 premiere, which opened on the same day the hospital received a string of patients following a plane collision. The addition of the VIP floor and Seth's involvement immediately set up a major conflict for Meredith and the doctors.But things took a turn in Grey’s Anatomy Season 23 Episode 1 when Meredith was forced to leave her 17-year-old foster care boy, Charlie, who arrived with a hernia, to perform an urgent surgery on a VIP patient on the Olympic floor. While Meredith was helpless against the hospital's protocol, Charlie's condition worsened while his doctor was away, leading the patient to demand a different doctor. While Meredith eventually operated on Charlie, discovered a potential cancer and assured him that she would get him fair treatment, this looked like the beginning of a long battle for the hospital staff.By the end of Grey’s Anatomy Season 23 Episode 1, Seth Norton's VIP-funded floor was not only a part of Grey Sloan Memorial but he was revealed as the hospital's new Chief of Surgery, replacing Teddy (Kim Raver). Seth's permanent spot at Grey Sloan prompted Meredith to deliver a chilling warning to Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) about the hospital's future:"This will implode."What does Seth Norton's involvement in Grey’s Anatomy Season 23 mean for Meredith and the others?Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey in Season 23 (Image via Instagram/@greysabc)The Grey’s Anatomy Season 23 premiere aptly utilized the time jump from the Season 22 finale to introduce the VIP floor, which will create friction between Seth and seasoned doctors at Grey Sloan. In addition to Seth's involvement with the Olympic floor, he was announced as the new Chief of Surgery, meaning he will directly work with Dr. Webber, the attending general surgeon at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. While Webber is an attending, the hospital staff still respects him as a Chief, which might create problems after Seth's arrival.In addition to Meredith, Marinis teased that Dr. Webber and the hospital will have to adjust to Seth's arrival in Grey's Anatomy Season 23:"He was introduced as someone for the whole hospital, not necessarily just to play off of Meredith...In particular, we’ll see Richard and how he feels about working side by side with someone who doesn’t really know… That’s the craziest thing, we haven’t had a chief like this who isn’t part of the hospital to begin with, so he’s essentially a stranger to a lot of our people, and he may not see the interpersonal dynamics that everybody else has."Season 23 of Grey's Anatomy will air weekly episodes every Thursday on ABC. You can also stream the episodes on Hulu a day later.For the latest scoops on your favorite TV shows and movies, follow SoapCentral.