Doc (US) (2025) s02e02 Episode Script

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(NARRATOR): Previously, on Doc
Dr. Larsen was in a car accident.
She has no recollection
of the last eight years.
(GRUNTING) (GUNSHOT)
Dr. Larsen. She's the reason we're here.
If I'd had my memories,
none of this would've happened.
My home is the house where Michael lives
with his new wife and baby.
Half of me is trapped in that time.
And the other half wants a man
that I don't even remember.
I get that you want Jake
and to be the doctor you were.
I had a memory. I need all of it back.
Put me in the tank.
(LIGHT MUSIC)
When the bough breaks ♪
- How far along?
- Oh, I'm not sure.
Oh, your OB should be able to tell you.
- Yeah, I don't have one.
- (PHONE BUZZING)
(PHONE CLICKS)
(GROANS SOFTLY)
You all right?
(SIGHS)
I've been having stomach pains.
Some of my sisters
said I should get it checked out
so I'm on my way to Westside Hospital.
(PHONE BUZZING)
(PHONE CLICKS)
Seems like someone's really
trying to get a hold of you.
I think not everyone wanted me to leave.
And where are you from?
Uh, I'm really not supposed to say.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(GINA): Anything?
Nothing. Let me out.
(LID WHIRRING)
Listen, one memory means
more are possible.
But that one took months.
So maybe try to be patient?
It's just an issue of me
remembering who I am
so I have a prayer of somehow
being whole. No biggie.
It's been a rough 24 hours.
Why don't you go home
and get some rest?
(LIGHT PLAYFUL MUSIC)
(GASPS)
(GIGGLING)
Oh, you! Joan!
When did you get back?
- Oh! Yesterday.
- Oh!
Jet lag's killing me.
I-I thought you had two more weeks.
Five months was enough of Burma.
You know, even I'd probably
stay home from work
the day after being held hostage.
No, you wouldn't. (LAUGHING)
Anyway, I'm not working. I was
just too tired to make it out the door.
Well, you look fantastic.
Can't even tell you were in a car wreck.
Have to be inside
my head for that. Look.
So I guess you're not
jockeying for the old job
- just yet?
- Are you kidding?
I'm an intern now.
Come, there's some infants
I want you to meet.
Allow me to introduce
my students: David, Ava, Sam.
So you're the legendary Dr. Amy Larsen?
- You know who I am?
- Best pupil she's ever had.
And the gold standard
we should all aspire to.
Though, sadly, we will never measure up.
All that time you were
looking at your phones,
you were actually listening to me.
(JOAN CHUCKLES)
(MUFFLED CHATTER)
Okay, onward, my motley crew.
(SIGHS)
You're working today?
Um, yeah, I just figured
it'd be good for morale.
What about you?
I just wanna see TJ.
Then I'm going home to crash.
Well, um, I guess
I'll see you tomorrow, then.
(SOFT MUSIC)
(STEADY BEEPING)
(HICCUPS)
I can't take it anymore.
I've tried everything.
Uh, sugar, vinegar, holding my breath,
pulling my tongue,
even digital rectal massage.
- Is that a thing?
- (HICCUPS)
advancements of modern
medicine, sadly hiccups
still mystify most practitioners,
forcing us to rely on
silly home remedies.
Which is why I am compelled to introduce
these wannabes and myself.
Hi, I'm Dr. Ridley.
I'll take a cure from anyone.
Well, thankfully,
Dr. Ridley's not just anyone.
She's an instructor
of medicine and surgery
with privileges here at Westside.
So, apparently this poor soul
has had hiccups for 11 days.
- (HICCUPS)
- And right on cue. Thank you.
Still a long way from
the world record. 68 years.
- Uh, not helpful.
- Even worse, irrelevant. Sam?
Family history of hiccups?
There's absolutely no genetic
conditions that cause this.
- (HICCUPS)
- The scans show anything?
All negative. No stroke or MS.
Hardly inspiring, David. Wow me, Ava.
Adam, any chance you recall the
events leading up to the hiccups?
Yeah. It was a Sunday
and I have a routine.
(HICCUPS)
Woke up. Denver omelette.
Went to the gym.
So no one's gonna ask about the tattoos?
Are they medically relevant?
You can't know unless you ask.
And anyone with that
- many tattoos wants you to ask.
- (HICCUPS)
- Oh, so, what's your story?
- I am an artist.
- Mm.
- Uh, about three years ago,
I lost my studio in a fire.
Along with all my work.
So, I started to use my body
as a canvas.
Now I can never lose my art (HICCUPS)
Just my mind.
Let's see what we can do about that.
Dr. Maitra, try baclofen.
For hiccups? That's like a sledgehammer.
Subtlety is overrated.
(HICCUPS)
Hey, there. I was looking for you.
- Why aren't you home?
- I'm heading there now.
I just, we we didn't get
a chance to talk last night.
No, we didn't.
This is big for you, Michael,
and I wanted to say congrats.
Thank you, Amy.
How's the baby?
(EXHALES) Good. Good.
- Does he have a name yet?
- Still working on it.
I'd, uh, I'd better get back.
Yeah.
I'm so glad you're okay.
(SOFT MUSIC)
(MUFFLED CHATTER)
Dr. Larsen?
Sorry, I just can you come
take a look at my patient?
All the OBs are busy,
and there's something weird.
Sure.
Megan, this is Dr. Larsen.
Nice to meet you.
Um, so what's going on?
She's presenting
with abdominal pain, soreness,
and nausea. The ER
gave her meds for the pain.
My doula wasn't worried,
but I just wanna make sure
my baby's okay.
So, you don't have a doctor?
Where I live,
it's a tight-knit community.
Kinda off the grid. We don't
believe in traditional medicine.
I know what you're thinking, but, uh
Our only concern is that you
and your baby get what you need.
We do. Moms-to-be
are given the priority.
I get the best food,
longest showers, warmest blankets.
Um, I'd love to take a look.
So I'm gonna do another ultrasound.
So, um, no one came with you?
No. My baby's dad left a few months ago.
Doesn't live with us anymore.
It's okay. I'm really lucky.
My kid'll be raised by 20 people
instead of just two.
Uh, this shouldn't take long.
Oh, it's cold. Sorry.
(MEDICAL MACHINE BEEPING)
(AMY): I need help.
Why are you still here?
I was leaving but I got pulled
into a consult.
Okay, patient is presenting
as seven months pregnant.
Rounded belly,
pronounced breast changes,
sensation of fetal movement.
Came in with abdominal pain.
Worried about the baby.
And what did the ultrasound show?
A concerning mass.
We need a CT and a biopsy right away.
So why do you need me?
Because of what it didn't show.
There's no baby in her uterus.
And bloodwork shows
that there never was.
What are you doing here?
- Uh, I just
- I can't right now.
Just give me a minute.
Did you start my patient on furosemide?
Yeah. Her O2 stats were dropping.
She has chronic kidney failure.
I checked her labs. She looked like
she could handle a gentle diuresis.
She's already on an ACE inhibitor.
You just doubled down on renal risk.
Which is why I started her on VasoPress.
That raised her blood
pressure but didn't address
her heart failure
or low ejection fraction.
So what did she need, Dr. Clark?
Do you have any idea what you're doing?
An inotrope.
Now I have to explain to her daughter
why she has a tube jammed
down her trachea
when she was turning a corner
this morning.
Lucy! 70-ETT etomidate and sucks. Stat.
This is the big leagues, Brian.
If you're gonna bring your Double-A
game, the least you could do
is consult me when you're
covering one of my patients.
Well, we can't all be
as brilliant as you.
No. That's why you call me.
I assume you can handle the intubation?
- So what did you tell her?
- Nothing.
I don't know how long
she's been living in this sect
or cult or whatever it is,
or what she knows about medicine.
Okay, good. 'Cause pseudocyesis
has to be handled very delicately.
The safest path forward
is to treat Megan
as if she's really pregnant.
- Lie to her.
- Yes.
And throw full disclosure
out the window?
"Do no harm" has to come first.
I'm not sure that enabling a delusion
qualifies as "Do no harm."
This is a delusion so powerful
her body's compensated for it.
Telling her the truth now
could have her bolt
before you can even biopsy the mass.
But won't feeding a delusion
this deep make breaking it even harder?
Yes. And when that time comes,
I'll help her confront it.
But because you're the one lying to her,
you'll have to rip off the Band-Aid.
(EERIE MUSIC)
(MUFFLED CHATTER)
What's wrong?
I think I'm having a delayed
reaction to the tank.
You're having memories?
I mean, not like the memories
that I had when I was with Alex.
They're just weird flashes
without any context.
Like, a piece of cake.
A glass of wine. Flowers.
I think I'm in a restaurant,
but I have no idea
with who or why it matters.
If they're triggered
by your environment,
it's probably good you stay here today.
Maybe you'll get a hit
that gives you some clarity.
(BABY COOING)
How about Sean?
Are you a Sean?
No, he doesn't like that one, either.
Oh. He's ruled out all my names so far.
Ryan. Archie. Sutton.
Well, I wasn't gonna name my son Sutton.
(CHUCKLES)
- (BABY COOING)
- How about
Simon?
For my dad?
- (KNOCKING)
- Hey, new parents!
Congrats! Can I steal him a moment?
I assume you mean Michael?
So, when are you taking
your paternity leave?
Oh, I figured in a month or two
when the baby-nurse leaves.
Sooner is better. Like today.
This about what happened with UNOS?
You put our accreditation at risk
and you left me and the Board
unprepared to deal with the fallout.
- I'm sorry.
- You did what you could
under impossible circumstances,
that's what I've told everyone.
Because you've been here seven months,
and I'm the one who hired you,
I will take the heat
- if we need to make a change.
- You can't be serious.
Take your paternity leave now,
let the smoke clear.
And by the time you get back,
the Board will have moved
onto a different target.
What about a new chief?
I'd like that to be my hire.
It can wait. And if I find someone,
I'll give you a chance at vetting them.
Now go be with your family.
(TJ GROANING SOFTLY)
- Hey, there.
- Hey.
My mom still here?
Where else would I be?
Hi, baby.
- You feelin' okay?
- Yeah.
You didn't tell Liz
any family secret, did you?
Well, actually, she told me
all about your obsessions
- with Uncrustables.
- (CHUCKLES)
- (BANGING ON DOOR)
- Hey, TJ, how you feeling?
Good. Better when I can get outta here.
Whaddya think, Doc? Couple days?
Mind if I have a look?
Ooh. Nice job with the wound closure.
You are healing well,
but I'm afraid you need
to lower your expectations
about how soon you're getting
back to normal.
Your muscle was badly
torn up by the bullet.
You're lucky we could save the leg.
You can probably go home
in about a week.
But you're gonna need a lot of rehab
to get your strength back.
How long we talking?
Maybe six months before
you can walk normally again.
About a year before you can
run or play sports.
I'll check on you later.
But if you need to get up, call someone.
If he knew you like I do,
no way it will take that long.
Sure.
Gotta go, but Dad will be by later.
He should still get some rest.
I'm okay.
(CHUCKLES)
(SOFT MUSIC)
How you doing?
Uh, I've got snacks. I'm good.
I mean after yesterday.
Been through much worse.
Besides, I'm not the one
who got hit in the head.
- You get your CT yet?
- Yup, all good.
Gonna take two Tylenol
and call myself in the morning.
(CHUCKLES)
Uh, listen, about the other day, I
No, I told you, we're good.
Anyway, it doesn't matter.
Amy and me, we're not
together anymore, so
Oh, well, I'm sorry.
No, you're not.
But thank you for trying.
Well, I am sorry you're hurting.
But, yeah, you deserve better.
Appreciate it.
The scan will give us a clearer picture
of what's causing your discomfort.
This is Dr. Walker. Um, she'll assist.
Few questions before we get started.
When'd you know you were pregnant?
Well, I missed my period,
just thought it was late.
Few weeks after that, I guess.
So, five months ago?
And when did the pain start?
Three, four weeks ago?
Did your baby have
a growth spurt around that time?
Yeah. That's when
I really started showing.
Do you have any family we can contact?
No. Uh, I was raised in foster care.
Moved around a lot. I have a brother,
but we got separated when I was 11.
Haven't spoken since.
Okay, let's get you into the scan
Oh, good! I'm not too late.
- Ann?
- Um, sorry who are you?
I am Megan's family,
and you may not do a CT scan on her.
We don't take orders from you.
- It's bad for the baby.
- It is?
No, it's an acceptable
level of radiation,
given our concerns
and what we need to look for.
- You need to come home now
- Okay, I will.
- Megan!
- I'm sorry, Sister Ann.
I just had to make sure the baby's okay.
We'll take care of you both.
You can't trust these people
She can! And she clearly knows that
or she wouldn't have traveled
four hours to get here.
Megan?
I can't put radiation in my baby.
Then we can do an MRI,
which doesn't use radiation.
Her pain will only get worse
if she leaves here without treatment.
Fine. But where she goes, I go.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(SIGHS)
Big mistake there?
He's a good doctor.
I'm just tired of running circles
around everyone.
Well, I was in the neighborhood,
thought I'd say hello
and show you these.
Tchaikovsky's Fifth.
Box right above the strings section.
I wish I could go.
I'm having dinner with Joan.
Can't you reschedule?
Oh, she's only here for two weeks
- before she goes to Thailand.
- Amy
Katie will go with you.
We need a night out. For us.
It's three o'clock.
Next time, plan it beforehand.
Look, I need to get back to work.
I will see you at home.
Well, well. Look who's back.
Oh, congratulations, Dad!
Thank you. It's very nice of you
- to come up here to say that.
- That's not why I came up.
There's the Joan we know and love.
I understand you're in
the unenviable position
of trying to find a new
Chief of Internal Medicine.
So, a friend asked me
to put in a good word.
- Mick Fascitelli?
- Oh, I'll have my assistant
- set up a meeting
- Oh, God, no.
I wouldn't do that to you. He's awful.
(LAUGHING)
But who else are you looking at?
Well, uh, Tori Davis
has great credentials.
She does. Unfortunately,
she's a serial sexual harasser.
- Ah.
- I mean
Max also mentioned Joseph Liu?
Oh, he'd be great.
But I'm pretty sure
he died three months ago.
Well, not ideal, then.
Um A word of advice.
Don't hire anyone who's asking for it.
And I just wanna say, congrats and hi.
You're sure this won't hurt the baby?
The MRI is not harmful.
Our goal is to heal people,
not hurt them.
I know you don't understand
the way we live,
but I will be just as much
a mother to that baby as Megan.
I'm sure it'll be wonderful
for her to have that support.
When she came to us, she was quite lost,
but everyone can see
what this baby has done for her.
Oh, for God's sake, there's no baby!
What are you talking about?
You brainwashed her
into needing it to feel special.
And now here we are.
That is not possible!
She is obviously pregnant!
No. Megan's suffering
from a complex delusion
that causes her body to mimic
the effects of pregnancy.
- It's rare
- So you're manipulating her?
No more than you people are.
Ann, we'd better talk outside.
You all think your way
is so much better, but
I'm not debating this.
What matters is Megan.
- Do you care about her?
- Of course I do.
Well, she has a tumor.
If we don't treat it,
she could die. That landing?
Now, since you know
what a CT is, I'm pretty sure
you've heard of a psychotic break?
That's where she's headed if we
destroy her fantasy right now.
We need to treat her physically first.
And if I decide to take her
someplace else to do that?
You're right. We don't know you,
or what's going on, where you're from.
But whatever it is,
I have DCYF, state police,
and the FBI on speed dial.
So if you even think
about trying to move her,
or breathe one word of this to Megan,
you'll have an army of blue windbreakers
knocking down your doors.
I'm assuming that's not what you want.
I need to make a call.
Eighteen inches long.
Head circumference, 30 centimeters.
You're doing great, little buddy.
Assuming the lab tests come back normal,
you can take him home today.
(BABY COOING)
Does he look jaundiced to you?
It's faint. Fairly common.
Yeah. Bili light, maybe?
Just to be safe?
It'll resolve itself in a few hours.
Right.
I do think it would be
a good idea to get an echo.
His cardiac auscultation
is completely normal,
that would really be unnecessary.
Please.
(WOMAN OVER PA SYSTEM):
Paging Dr. Barrett to ICU.
Paging Dr. Barrett to ICU.
(SOFT MUSIC)
Ah!
(GROANING IN PAIN)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
TJ! Oh my God. Are you okay?
- I'm fine! I'm fine. I'm fine.
- You're not.
You've got blood in the drain.
If you had to go to the bathroom,
why didn't you call me?
- I can do it myself.
- You heard Dr. Agassi.
- You can't!
- Don't tell me
what I can't do, okay?
Now, the MRI shows that you have a tumor
- in your abdomen.
- Oh no. That's, that's really bad.
We can't know for sure
until we perform a biopsy.
Well, what does that mean?
We're gonna take a needle
and put it into your abdomen
No, I don't wanna do anything
if it's gonna hurt the baby.
- I wanna talk to Ann.
- Okay, you are gonna be a mother.
You need to make decisions for yourself.
(SNIFFLING)
Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
I'm sorry. Um
I'm sorry. I know
that you're just scared.
Um
When I was pregnant with my son,
they had to do something similar
called an amniocentesis.
And just the idea of a needle
going into my stomach,
that close to his little body,
I was terrified.
You know what? He was fine.
And, 16 years later,
we have amazing technology
and even better doctors.
You have nothing to be afraid of.
(BREATHING UNSTEADILY)
Is it true you can see
the sex from the ultrasound?
Did you see?
Usually. Uh, but because of the way
the baby was positioned, I couldn't.
That's okay. Um
The name I picked works either way.
Jordan.
It's a beautiful name.
- (SIGHS)
- Okay, um
You can do the biopsy.
I do trust you.
Okay.
Hey. We're doing the biopsy now.
I talked to my contact
in Social Services
to see about trying
to track down her brother.
Oh, I can't imagine
that's gonna be easy.
Where's the Den Mother?
The last I saw, in the waiting area.
Well, I am pretty sure that the biopsy
is gonna show a stromal tumor.
Oh, that's why you asked about
the baby's "growth spurt."
If I'm right, it means
the pregnancy hormones
she's producing as a result
of the delusion
are feeding the tumor.
They're accelerating its growth.
The longer that Megan
thinks she's pregnant,
the worse this is gonna get.
You're in luck.
I spoke to my people
and Megan is all yours now.
What, are you kidding?
You're gonna abandon her?
There's no place for her
with us anymore.
- You have a nice day.
- (AMY SCOFFS)
Sorry. Amy, can I have a word?
Sure.
TJ's having some problems.
He's giving the nurses a hard time,
which is obviously not like him.
There's no one he respects
more than you, so
Yeah, of course. I'll talk to him.
- Appreciate it. Thanks.
- Hey, um,
with everything that happened,
I didn't get a chance
to apologize. What I said
to you the other day
Oh, let me just stop you there, okay?
I will always be grateful for
what you did for me with Ravi.
But you were right, we're not friends.
You said that in an awful way
'cause you were acting out about
something going on in your life,
just like you did for all those
years after your son died.
And everything that happened yesterday,
all of us being held at gunpoint,
do you realize you almost
got Jake and TJ killed
because of the things
you didn't remember.
This whole experiment of you being back,
us all catering to your needs,
it was misguided
and narcissistic to begin with,
but now we know it puts people
in danger.
So I'm gonna say what no one else will.
You don't belong here.
(SOFT MUSIC)
Lucy, do you know where TJ is?
Oh, he opened up his incision.
They took him to the procedure room.
- Should be back in an hour or so.
- Okay. Thanks.
You're still here.
I ended up with another patient.
Where are your students?
I put 'em on scut.
They're probably collecting
stool samples right about now.
(CHUCKLES)
How are you doing?
Yeah, okay.
- All things considered.
- Hm.
Yeah, I saw Michael down in OB.
That must be hard for you.
(MUFFLED CHATTER)
You have no choice.
You okay?
I just had a memory
from the missing years,
and you were in it.
You're kidding me.
We were at a restaurant,
and there was chocolate cake and scotch,
of course, and you said to me,
"You have no choice."
Do you remember that?
Do you know when that
might have been
or what we were talking about?
It sounds like me,
but we've had a lot of dinners
and you've made a lot of choices
in the last eight years.
- Yeah, right.
- Um, I'll think on it.
- Okay.
- Dinner this weekend?
- Yeah! Yeah. I'd love that.
- Good.
(BABY CRYING)
Clear four-chamber view,
proper valve function.
He's a strong, healthy boy.
Time to take him home.
(BABY FUSSING)
(MICHAEL): Shhh, it's okay.
It's okay. It's okay.
(SOFT MUSIC)
He's perfect.
Yeah, I was worried.
But he's healthy, right?
I'm afraid to go home.
Not because I think he's sick
He's not replacing Danny.
Trust me, you have enough room
in your heart for them both.
- Michael?
- Hey!
I was I have a patient
on this floor and I
Congrats. He's beautiful.
(SOFT TENSE MUSIC)
He missed you.
(SCOFFS)
I can't believe that worked.
Neither can I. How long's it been?
Last one was, what, seven minutes ago?
- And how's the headache?
- It's finally going away.
Chest pain too.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
I'm so excited,
I don't know what to do first.
This has been the worst
11 days of my life.
Well, luckily, it's over.
(HICCUPS)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(EQUIPMENT BEEPING)
Inject the epinephrine.
Tumor's big.
Yeah.
Tighten up.
(WHIRRING)
I got it.
Okay.
(BEEPING RAPIDLY)
She's in V-fib!
Clear the field.
I need to shock the patient
Doesn't make sense.
She's got no cardiac history.
It's not V fib.
She's having myoclonic tetany.
No, no, stop! Stop, wait!
It's not cardiac.
It's a hormonal storm
caused by the tumor.
- Two milligrams IV lorazepam.
- Are you sure?
Do it.
(BEEPING RAPIDLY)
(BEEPING STOPS)
- (AMY EXHALES)
- Tetany stopped.
We got normal sinus rhythm again.
I got it all,
and she's sleeping now.
Good. It's almost over.
Not for Megan.
For her, the hell
is just about to start.
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
(DOOR OPENS)
A Jordan Collier is here to see you.
Megan's brother.
Jordan was her name for the baby.
Tried to find her for years.
She's been living off the grid
on a farm.
There isn't much information
on the group,
but it has all the hallmarks of a cult.
Well, I was 12 when we got separated.
I guess we've both changed a lot.
She told us she was in foster care,
but not much more than that.
Mom died in childbirth with her.
Dad emotionally checked out.
Then he really checked out.
For a while, we lived on our own.
Surviving on whatever
we could scrape together.
Until DCYF came and separated you.
And everything good was gone.
Well, I'm glad you're here now.
(HICCUPS)
In light of my failure at intervention,
I started thinking
your case must be structural.
Eleven days ago at the gym,
did you work shoulders?
Yeah, yeah. I did shrugs.
'Kay. Raise your right arm.
All right. Is something
supposed to happen?
You're gonna know when you feel it.
Now your left.
(HICCUPS)
Ah, there's tingling in my fingers.
Congratulations, you have a lipoma!
Right at the nexus of the brachial
plexus and the phrenic nerve.
Why is she congratulating me?
Because this time, she can fix you.
(SIGHS)
Megan, there's something
we need to tell you.
This is your ultrasound
from this morning.
There's no baby there.
There was never a baby.
No, no. Look at me. I-I'm pregnant.
I know it's hard to process,
but you have a condition
where your body
No, you're lying.
You took my baby! Get Ann! Where's Ann?
Ann, uh, went back to the commune.
What? No! No, she would never leave us!
She left because there's no baby.
No! No! You took my baby!
- Ray!
- Where's my baby?
(OVERLAPPING SHOUTING)
- (SMACKING)
- Ah!
(WHIMPERING)
(MEGAN BREATHING HEAVILY)
I hear you're not being
a very good patient.
Uh, were you?
Um, I inserted myself into Jake's case
from my bedside,
almost killed his patient,
and I crashed a Board meeting
with a bandage on my head,
demanding to come back to work.
So, not so much.
(CHUCKLES)
I think I was out that day.
Shame I missed it.
Do me a favor, okay?
Don't punish the people who
are trying to take care of you.
That is one thing that
I am not gonna do over.
(SOFT MUSIC)
(BABY COOING)
I need to know if you still love her.
Nora
It'll break my heart,
but it'll be a thousand times worse
if you deny it because you feel guilty.
I love you.
And I'm not going anywhere.
You did something to the baby.
During the surgery. I know it.
And why would we do that?
Why would we take your baby from you?
Maybe because you thought
I wouldn't take good care of it.
There is another possibility
to consider.
Maybe, after a lifetime
of being ignored,
you finally felt seen.
You have a choice now.
You can cling to that belief
and spiral further
from the life you deserve.
Or you can take the harder path,
accept what's real,
grieve it, and start to heal.
But you don't have to do it alone.
Jordan'll help you.
Hi, Megs.
(CRYING)
I'm telling you, if she humiliated
this other doctor in front
of a room full of people
If she's demanding her colleagues
rise to her standards, so be it.
You're not getting me.
I don't even recognize her right now.
I don't know what's going on at home,
but as far as her career,
she's on the route to being named chief
and finally living up to her potential.
Well, what's going on at
home is we're falling apart.
I know you're having
dinner with her tonight
And you want me to mediate.
I can barely get her to show
up to couples counseling,
and Gina can't get through to her.
She trusts you, looks up
to you. Can you just try?
We're not surviving this.
Of course. Of course, Michael.
I'll do whatever I can.
Thank you.
- (INHALES DEEPLY)
- Hi.
How'd it go?
You tell us.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Okay, we're not waiting all night.
They're not coming back. I promise.
- (SIGHS)
- Thank you.
Just tell me,
how bad is the scar on my ink?
I hid the incision
in a tattoo at your clavicle.
Can't ruin a man's art.
Didn't think I had it in me, did ya?
(EXHALES)
Hi! Don't you have a baby to take home?
First, I have a proposition.
Oh. Okay.
I know you don't like to be tied down,
but would you maybe consider
being Chief of Internal Medicine
at the best hospital in Minneapolis?
- Michael
- You can have free reign
to do it how you like.
Salary's competitive.
Okay, fine. It's a 15% pay cut.
- The hours are horrible.
- (CHUCKLES)
Dr. Coleman was shot yesterday
not far from where we're sitting
You know, it's customary for the CMO
to woo the potential chief
by telling them how right
they'd be for the position.
We all know how smart and talented I am.
And I come with the added bonus
of being your ex-wife's
friend and mentor.
So, maybe, despite your new family,
you're still trying to take care of Amy.
Which is lovely.
- So you'll do it?
- No.
I didn't want to have
to appeal to your humanity,
but I need you.
And you always go where you're needed.
Just give me a year.
Three years. Options are mine.
No non-compete. I get complete autonomy.
Hiring. Firing. Budget.
No Board reviews for a year.
I don't want those politicos
breathing down my neck.
I can manage that.
I need you to guarantee me
one day a week of dedicated O.R. time
- I know you love to cut.
- And I get to name my successor.
- Never gonna happen.
- Veto power?
Congratulations.
(KNOCKING)
How is Megan?
It'll take some time,
but she'll be okay.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
Do you think the me from a year ago
would've had a problem
lying to her like that?
No. That Amy was a master of detachment.
Would've done whatever it took
without a second thought.
Probably easier for me like that.
Maybe.
I still prefer this version.
What did I do to you, Gina?
Let's just say it was death
by a thousand cuts.
When you lost Danny,
I felt like I lost you.
And when I really needed you,
you weren't there for me.
Did we ever talk about it?
What could I say?
Compared to what you were going through,
everything else felt trivial.
I'm glad you're telling me now.
And I know that "I'm sorry"
sounds so hollow.
But I am so sorry.
I'll do whatever it takes
to make this right.
How do you even fix a thousand cuts?
With a thousand stitches.
How you doing?
I apologized to Liz.
That's good.
You sent Amy to talk to me.
You needed it.
I'm an Army Major.
Asking for help, I don't
Leaning on people
isn't a sign of weakness, TJ.
I honestly don't know how
I'm gonna get through this.
Have a good night.
I had some memories.
Of what?
It doesn't matter.
The point is, now at least
I have some hope
that maybe I can remember me.
And us.
I know I can't ask you to wait
But you still want me to.
You were never
my security blanket, Jake.
- Never.
- Look, I know you're trying,
but I just don't think you're
being honest with yourself.
If there was no Nora,
and Michael didn't have a baby,
and he said you should
go home to him and Katie,
would you really say no?
Please, just stop this.
(HOME AGAIN BY CAROLE KING PLAYS)
(APPLAUSE)
Sometimes I wonder if I'm ever
gonna make it home again ♪
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
It's so far and out of sight ♪
I really need someone
to talk to, and nobody else ♪
You look like you could use a drink.
You buying?
Snow is cold, rain is wet ♪
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (LAUGHING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Chills my soul right to the marrow ♪
I won't be happy 'til I see you ♪
Joan?
What are you doing?
'Til I'm home again
and feeling right ♪
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Katie?
(♪♪♪)
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
Snow is cold, rain is wet ♪
Chills my soul right to the marrow ♪
I won't be happy
'til I see you alone again ♪
'Til I'm home again
and feeling right ♪
'Til I'm home again
and feeling right ♪
I wanna be home again
and feeling right ♪♪♪
(PHONE CHIMING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
It's brutal.
Couples counseling isn't helping?
It's a legitimate question.
From the woman who thinks
shrinks are all charlatans.
Mm-mm. Individual therapy
is just paying someone
to watch you gaze at your navel
and then ask how you feel about it.
But with a couple, at least it does
force both parties to communicate.
What's there left to say
that hasn't already been said?
I'll tell you:
He's always held you back.
But, now, when you look
at him, all you see is the man
who you think let your son die.
That's bad for you.
What you have to do now
is hard, but clear.
You have no choice.
You have to leave him.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(THEME MUSIC)