In the latest episode of Doc Season 2, the doctors deal with new and intriguing cases while also dealing with personal issues. For Joan, her health is deteriorating, while Amy is getting glimpses of her past, which is unraveling the troubled history.
Elsewhere, Sonya stumbles into a new case that proves her worth to the Chief of Medicine. Furthermore, a new intern joins the mix, which brings back more memories from Amy's past.
Here's what happened in Episode 4 of Doc Season 2.
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Doc Season 2 Episode 4 recap: Seth lies to the doctors
The beginning of Episode 4 of Doc Season 2 introduces a college student, Seth, who tries to get intimate with his girlfriend but loses his eyesight. When taken to the hospital, due to the presence of his mother, he lies to the doctors about what he was doing and tells them he was busy studying. However, the doctors are aware that there's more to what he was saying.
Elsewhere, Joan gets herself checked for platelet count and is informed about her rapidly deteriorating health. Her doctor tells her that she doesn't have much time before leukemia attacks her, and asks if she has any children who could look after her. However, Joan's son, Ethan, has not called her for a long time and seems not to have a good relationship with her.
Doc Season 2 Episode 4 recap: The case of the two proxies
Other than Jake and Amy, Sonya also gets a new case of a man named Matt in Episode 4 of Doc Season 2. Matt is suffering from a tumor and needs to be in treatment. Sonya proposes two types of treatment: either go for radiation therapy, which will give around 10 years, or the risky surgery, which will completely cure his tumor.
Matt's partner, Nathan, decides that they should go for the surgery. However, Sonya learns that Matt's medical proxy is his ex-husband, Grant. When Grant is called, he decides to go for the safer option, radiation therapy, due to which Nathan and he start to argue.
Joan calls Michael to solve the issue. Michael decides to talk to them individually. After talking to them, Michael learns that it's Nathan wants best for Matt. Therefore, they decided to go for surgery as Nathan had suggested.
Joan praises Sonya for handling the case perfectly, and also tells her that she might be the perfect candidate to take the post of Chief of Resident after Jake.
Doc Season 2 Episode 4 recap: A new intern and Amy's memories
In Episode 4 of Doc Season 2, a new intern named Hannah Clark joins the hospital. She is revealed to be the daughter of Ryan Clark, who used to work in the hospital and has been haunting Amy's new glimpses of her past. While they work on Seth's case, they discover that Seth's condition was due to the overuse of Viagra, prompting him to finally tell the doctors the truth.
Furthermore, Amy also tries to help her best friend, Gina, who has been living in guilt after her previous patient. While Amy knew Gina's wife did not like her, she still talked to her so that the duo could join together to help Gina out of her remorse.
On the other hand, Amy also suffers from flashbacks from her past, which affect her life, and is unable to continue Seth's surgery due to the headaches. She later meets Micahel to ask him about the Christmas flashbacks she was experiencing. However, he is unable to help her with the memories. In flashback scenes, it is revealed that Hannah's father, Dr. Ryan, was going through some trouble.
Amy, who was the Chief of Medicine at the time, notices that Ryan was going out of the premises during an ongoing surgery and confronts him. She asks him to get some time off from his duties and take care of his mental health, but he starts to become more aggressive with her. He later resigns from the job.
At the end of the episode of Doc Season 2, Amy and Ryan appear to have eye contact while outside, which hints at a more important role of Ryan in Amy's twisty past.
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