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Season One Episode Eight – Man Plans

Woman is dancing down the street and goes into a store where she starts flirting with a man. The clerk confronts her and she flashes him. She then runs down the street with items she didn’t pay for her. She trips, falls and hits her head.

Amy is looking through her phone and comes across an e-mail draft she was going to send to Larson about Dixon. Jake comes out of the store; they are talking outside. Michael is at the stop light and sees them kissing. Michael is shocked and can’t believe what he sees.

 Amy asked Nurse Julie if she recognized the name Dixon and she says no.  Amy then asked Julie if she can look into it for her. Nurse Julie then tells Amy Richard is looking for her.  Amy goes to Richard’s office, and Richard wants her to shadow him with patient for the day.

 Amy examines the patient that fell in the street.  Patient is alert and very chipper.  Amy wants to run tests on her to see what if she has a head injury.

 Jake goes to see a patient who collapsed in the mall.  The patient goes on to tell Jake that he has to get out of the hospital because it’s his 10-year high school reunion.   The patient states the love his life will be there at the reunion.  The nurses are very into his story and start gossiping

 Flashback.  Richard and Amy are having lunch.  Amy is waiting on a phone call from Michael about the field trip her son went on.  She gets a call from Michael, and it doesn’t sound like its good news. Amy repeats that she does not understand what Michale is telling her. 

 The patient, Francine, tells Amy and Richards she is not violent and she doesn’t recognize herself lately.  Gina comes in to check her out.  They will do an MRI and Richard wants Amy to call the sister to get some insight on the family.

Jack is doing test on his patient Wes and the nurses are having fun trying to figure out who the mystery woman is.  Wes’s friend Mandy comes in to see him and he ask why she is there and not at work.  Wes collapses again and Jake orders a stress test.  Jake gets a call to Michael’s office.

Amy calls the sister Connie who is very reluctant to come see the patient. Connie gives insights on her father who passed away. Amy is thinking FTD as the diagnosis.

Jake goes to Michael’s office and Michael drills him on his relationship with Amy. Michael tells Jake that this is not helping Amy with the board and getting her license back. Jake leaves.

Flashback.  Richard comes to Amy after she returns from being out for the death  of her son. Amy gets upset with him and walks away. Richard was offering to help her and Amy was taking out her frustrations on him. 

Amy and Richard look at the Francine’s test results. Patient has systems frontal temporal dementia. Amy explains the symptoms to her. There is no cure. Genetic disorder. Francine asked if she would lose her mind. Her sister Connie comes in the room with her kids who are happy to see their Aunt Frannie. 

The nurses continue to gossip about Wes and Mandy. Wes doing testing but he starts to feel tired and almost collapses again.  Wes is stabilized and more test are ordered.

 Flashback.  Richard comes in to see Amy about the conversation they had earlier.  Amy lets him know that she put her name in to be Chief. 

Amy talks to Connie and lets her know that this is not her fault.  Amy does suggest Connie get tested, but Connie doesn’t want to.  Gina has a talk with Francine.

 Jake gets the results back and Wes has a hole in his heart it is treatable surgery will be simple he will have to miss the reunion now

Jake and Amy meet, and Jake tells Amy that Michael knows that they were together and it’s inappropriate for them to be together. Jake agrees with Michael.

 Amy goes to see Michael and tells him how wrong he was to confront Jake. Amy tells him that she and Jake were together before the accident. Michael tells her it could complicate things with the board, but she can do whatever she wants. Amy leaves and Michael is jealous you can tell.

 Flashback. Richard is told that Amy gets this position as Chief.  Richard states that her bedside manners are not good. The current Chief states that Amy can be taught that skill but Richard goes on to say that you can’t be taught to be nice. 

Amy goes to see Richard and asked about Francine.  Richard tells Amy about Lucas and that they had to put him in a facility. Amy tells Richard that what Francine has not not the same as what Lucas has. 

Francine and Connie are catching up when Amy comes in the room.  Amy wants to draw blood from Connie to make sure everything is fine.  Connie agrees to let her do it. 

 Olivia, the classmate, comes to see Wes to check in on him.  Mandy walks in and its very awkward.  Wes is having his procedure soon.  Jake talks to Mandy to let her know that Wes is crazy if he does not see her.

Flashback.  Amy asked Richard about Bill Dickson. Amy thinks he accidentally mixed up the medicines on Dickson. Richard gets defensive. Amy orders an autopsy.

 Amy and Richard get the lab results back on Connie.  They both seem relieved.

 Wes wakes up and the procedure went well.  Olivia is there when he wakes up. Wes tells her about the story Olivia wrote, and she says Mandy wrote the story.  Wes then realizes that Mandy is the one he has been in love with all this time. 

 Connie is about to leave the hospital with Francine.  Amy gives Connie her results and they were negative for the FTD.  Connie is ecstatic and states Francine is going home to live with Connie.  Francine is pleased that she has the support of her sister. 

Wes is leaving the hospital alone when he sees Manny get off the elevator.  The nurses are looking and are happy that the everything ended well.

Richard and Amy have a recap of their day. Richard gives her his recommendation for reinstatement. Amy lets Richard know she is in a relationship with Jake and that she doesn’t want to give it up. Richard says when she is ready, they will make it transparent to HR.

Nurse Julie is finishing her shift. She goes on the computer, and she finds the file on the Dixon.

Amy is home with Katie and Gina having pizza that night. Amy gets her test results. Katie opens the envelope.   Amy passed the boards.  They are both happy for Amy. 

There’s a knock at Amy’s door. It’s Michael. Michael, stating he read Richard’s recommendation to have her reinstated.  Micheal is also glad she told Richard about her relationship with Jake.  Michael says it’s been hard for him and that he missed her and doesn’t want to push them apart. Amy agrees and then goes on to tell him she passed the board. Michael’s happy for her but leaves before he says anything else.

Okay. Micheal needs to let Amy go but he is stuck in the past. He has a whole wife at home who is pregnant. Amy is the one who the one who does not remember anything and is now moving on with her life. Come on Micheal. Get a grip. Let Amy go.

Great episode. Things seem to be falling in place for Amy. I’m still not Team Jake but I need to get over that too.