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Season One Episode Two – Try, Try Again . . .

This episode starts with a woman at a bar with a man; looks like a blind date. She starts to feel bad and excuses herself. She is having memories from her past, gets upset and falls the the floor.

Amy is reviewing her old patient files to reconnect with her past. She has a new roommate, the woman she met at the restaurant. Jake comes to examine the roommate while Amy shares her thoughts on the woman’s condition. After Jake leaves, Amy goes for a walk and finds Michael, asking about her practice plans. She mentions a board meeting she wants to attend, but Michael tells her she can’t go.

Richard is walkinga round new interns and Amy sees him. Richard gets a call and excuses himself. He is very frustrated with the woman on the phone. The woman mentions she was in court so I’m assuming it’s his lawyer. Why would he need a lawyer. Then the woman tells him to call her when he gets the autopsy results. Oh. This has to be about the Dixon patient that died. He looks really worried.

Sonya is still trying to get Jake to talk to her. She is feeling guilty for reporting Amy about her conduct. Jake states that all the doctors should stick together. I’m sure he does not trust her now; I’m thinking they were friends. There is something about Sonya too I can’t put my finger on.

Amy is in her room talking to the patient trying to figure out what is wrong with her. Sonya comes in with a wheelchair to take Amy for her FMRI. On the way out the door, Sonya advices Amy not to confuse the patient with her advice. Really Sonya. Who do you think you are.

Gina shows Amy different pictures from her past trying to get a real sense of how much she remembers. After the scan, Amy tells Gina that Michael is refusing to help her and she wants Gina to talk to him. Gina advises Amy to wait to see what her results would be. Amy gets mad at Gina.

Flash back. Six years ago. Gina comes in Amy’s bedroom try to get her out of bed. Gina cons her with junk food and Amy’s choice in a movie. It works. Amy goes back to work but angry at the world.

Amy sees Richard in the hallway since her accident and gives him a hug. It’s very awkward. Katie comes from out of Amy’s room and Amy stops her. Amy ask if they can sit and catch up. Katie acts nervous and gets up to leave. Amy ask Katie what happened between them the two of them. Katie gets upset and leaves.

Jake is back in the room talking to the patient about her condition. Amy is giving her advice and Jake looks annoyed. Jake advices the patient not to seek a second opinion as he looks Amy’s way.

The board is meeting and ask for an update on Amy’s progress. Micheal says she is moving along greatly. Amy then walks in the room to plead her case. Members of the board are annoyed that Amy just shows up without being invited. Amy says she can relearn all the new procedures she doesn’t remember. Max, the COO, says they will have to discuss further.

Amy gets back to her room and sees a young woman sitting next to the patient. The young woman says she is Grace, Simone’s daughter. Grace ask Amy what is wrong with Simone. Amy tells her that Simone has lupus. Amy explains the disease to Grace. Simone wakes up and sees Grace and is very happy to see her. Simone starts to have an attack. Amy gets ups to help Simone and calls for a doctor. A nurse comes in and Amy starts giving her test to order. Jake comes in and tells Amy to get away form Simone.

Flashback. Amy is resting one of the staff rooms and Gina comes in to tell her to go home. Amy says she is doing what Gina asked her to do, come back to see patients. Gina tells Amy it’s going to take time for her to heal.

Richard comes into the office where Jake is and ask how Simone is doing. Jake give him an update. Richard then states that he heard Amy was giving orders to the nurses. Jake says it was just a rumor; she was trying to help. Someone comes in to tell Richard the the Dixon autopsy results were back. Richard looks concerns as he leaves the office.

Richard goes to get the autopsy results and the doctor has discrepancies with some the medicine she found. Richard goes on to explain that the family pushed for them.

Jake is checking Simone when Amy walks in. Simone is not doing well. Grace is very upset and tells Jake he needs to do more. Jake promises Grace he will not stop until he figures out what is wrong with Simone. Jake walks out of the room and Amy follows him. Amy wants to express her opinion on what she thinks is wrong with Simone. Grace overhears them talking. Jake puts in a new order.

Amy is back in the room and is talking to Grace who states she has not seen her mom in four years. Grace is now worried that Simone will never meet her son. Amy tries to tell her everything will be okay.

Michael walks in the room and calls Amy out in the hallway. Micheal goes on to tell Amy that the board has decided against her coming back to work anytime soon. Amy is shocked. Amy’s HR complaints and her reputation is not good. Michael also ask Amy to give Katie some space and time.

Flashback. Sonya and Richard are walking down the hall with Amy. Sonya is tryin to get her patient records together so she can explain what she would do. Amy gets annoyed with Sonya and ask her if she wanted to be there and if should be a doctor. Sonya walks away and Richard tells Amy she can’t speak to people like that.

Gina is doing testing on Amy and Richard looks on. Richard is very concerned. Amy gets back to her room and sees Simone gone. Amy goes to ask the nurses where Simone went and she is told they moved her to ICU. Amy goes to look for her but sees Jake first and he gives Amy an update. Jake doesn’t think Simone will make it through the night.

Richard reprimands Jake for not following orders after listening to Amy. Sonya watches as Richard mentions that the daughter saw him talking to Amy. He warns that if Simone dies, the daughter will sue for malpractice, which could lead to Jake facing a hearing and possible suspension or termination.

Gina comes in to tell Amy she has been release and can go home. Gina offers to take her home. They get to Amy’s apartment and Amy says it looks like a showroom. Gina gives her a tour of the apartment. Amy ask if Katie lived there and Gina says she lives full time with Michael. Amy ask why and Gina says they were fighting all the time and the three of them decided it would be best if Katie went to live with Micheal. Amy thanked Gina for bringing her home. Gina gives Amy a new phone she purchased for her.

Flashback of any coming home and going staight upsets without saying a word to Michael and Katie. Michael promises Katie things would get better.

Katie is home looking through an old photo album. Amy is at her apartment looking through her old photo album but there are not any current photos in the album. Gina calls to check on Amy to see how she is making out. Amy sounds depressed and Gina tells her not to shut down or put on a mask.

The word mask makes Amy think about Simone. Amy goes back to the hospital to look for Jake to tell him her theory. Jake says Grace refuses to talk to them. Somehow, they convince Grace to let Simone have the surgery. The surgery was a success and they wake for Simone to wake up.

Amy goes to Michael’s office and apologized to him for pushing him to let her become a doctor again. Amy states that someone will hire her. Michael then tells Amy he is married now. Amy states she hopes she appreciates what she has. Then Michael gets on the phone to call Max. Michael informs Max that Amy is protected under the disability act. Michael also states the Amy could sue if she wanted to. Max states he will take it to the board.

Richard is talking to Jake when Amy comes down the stairs. Richard walks away. Amy thanks Jake for helping her off the floor the other day and says that Jake does not hate her like everyone else. Jake takes Amy to Simone’s room where they look in. Simone is holding her grandson as Grace and her husband looks on.

Amy calls Katie and wants to apologize for anything she has said or done to her. Amy says she will always be there for her. To me, Katie seems like a brat. Now she could have reasons for acting this way and I guess we will found out later. Right now, she is not one of my favorite people.

Amy is going through a lot in the few days she had her accident. What I can say is that she is cool as a cucumber. She is not lashing out at anyone but seeing where she fits in. Not all people would be that calm. Not sure I would be as calm as her. How are you feeling about the entire situation? Would you be calm?

Season One Episode One – If at First You Don’t Succeed . . .

I came across this show on Netflix after moving past it several times. I’m glad I decided to take a chance and watch it.

Amy Larson is Chief of Internal Medicine at Westside Hospital. Amy doesn’t seem to be the most liked person at the hospital but everyone says she is the best. Amy seems to be very strict and want her doctors to know how to treat patients. What’s wrong with that.

A new pregnant patient comes and suffering from a infections she thinks. Amy is called in by Dr. Jake Heller and Dr. Sonya Maitra is also there. Amy comes in to exam the patient who knows what is wrong with her. Amy tells the patient to let the doctors figure out what is wrong with her. The husband of the patient states that Amy has poor bedside manners. Amy continues to exam the patient and orders labs.

Amy sees Dr. Richard Milier in the hallway. Amy ask Richard about a patient that died in Richard’s care and questions him about the procedures he performed. Richard gets very defensive and Amy wants him to tell her what really happened. Richard does not say much and Amy says she ordered an autopsy report.

Amy comes across Dr. TJ Coleman at the nurses station and reprimands him for giving his patient and the family false hope when he knows that person is sick. TJ says he would go take care of it.

Back in the pregnant patient’s room, Jake and Sonya are checking her vitals and she goes into shock and has a seizure. Jake goes to tell Amy what happened and that she is stable now. Jake confirms that more test had been ordered and it would take an hour to get the results. Jake and Amy go to the parking deck and get into her car and start messing around. Jake gets a call that the labs are back and they leave the car. Before leaving Jake lets Amy know he loves her and she responds back at she loves him. Wow! I didn’t see that coming. They don’t look like they are good match at all.

Amy is still trying to figure out what is wrong with the pregnant patient. Amy goes to the nurses station to schedule more test but Nurse Julie is leaving and does not want to take the orders. Amy gets angry with her. Dr. Gina Walker comes in to save the situation and distracts Amy.

Down the hall comes Dr. Michael Hamda. Gina sees him and walks the other way leaving Amy to talk to him. Michael gets on Amy about all the bad customer surveys Amy has been getting and that she needs to do better. Amy says she doesn’t care about the surveys and that she is a good doctor. Michael tells Amy it matters and tells her to go home and get some rest.

Amy is in her car going home. It’s raining very hard as she is singing to music. Amy gets a text on her phone and gets distracted only for a few minutes. Amy looks back and sees is that she is about to hit a truck head on and swerves her car. Her car flips over and Amy hits her head on the window.

Amy goes into emergency surgery. When she wakes up, she didn’t remember she was in a car accident. Amy ask how her family is. Gina tells her they are fine. Amy thinks they were in the car with her, but Gina tells her she was in the car alone. Amy does not believe her and starts hyperventilating. She is given medicine to calm her down. Gina is concerned and takes Amy down to get an MRI. Gina is asking Amy questions and the answers are not from the current year. Gina then realizes Amy has a gap in her memory.

Gina goes to tell Michael about Amy’s condition. Jake watches with concern, and Gina asks him to join the other staff for a meeting. Michael informs Richard that he has been chosen as Interim Chief. Richard suppresses his excitement in front of Michael, but we can tell he is thrilled. There’s something about Richard that makes me uneasy. What is he hiding?

Gina give Amy an update on her condition. and that she has lost eight years of her memory. Amy ask to see her family. Gina brings Michael in first. Amy looks at him with love and hugs him. Michael looks concerned. Amy senses something is wrong and Micheal tells her they have been divorced for four years. Then her daughter, Katie comes in. The last memory Amy has of Katie was when she was nine years old. Amy is amazed at how beautiful Katie is. Next, Amy ask for her son, Danny. They all look sad at Amy and tell her that Danny had died seven years ago. Amy is devastated. So Micheal was Amy’s husband and works at the same hospital as her. I bet that is interesting.

Michael calls a meeting with the staff to give them an update on Amy. Michael explains that Amy has lost eigth years of her life and will be recovering for a while. Michael announces that Richard will be the Interim Chief. Everyone is in shock, especially Jake. Jake knows that Amy will not remember the relationship they had. Maybe that’s a good thing. So far, I don’t like him for her.

Amy trying to deal with her memory lost tells Gina it may be better she does not remember because of everything she lost including Michael and Danny. Gina reminds her of the successes she had accomplished during those years. Amy ask Gina what happened to Danny. Gina says he as on a school trip and his heart gave out. Amy then ask Gina if that was why she is no longer with Michael. Gina says she needs to ask Michael who can give her the details.

Amy is moved to a patient room the same floor she worked on. Michael is hoping it will trigger her memory. Everyone stares as she passes them in the hallway.

Jake is taking the news hard. Sonya comes outside to check on him. Jake tells Sonya that he and Amy were together. Sonya is shocked and ask why he didn’t tell her. Jack says that no one knew because she is the chief.

Katie and Michael are sitting in the cafeteria. Katie is concerned about Amy and nervous to let her know she no longer lives the her mom. Michael is trying to calm Katie down and says they need to take it one day at a time.

A few of the nurses and doctors are behind the nurses station gossiping about Amy and making jokes. TJ comes in and says they need to be ashamed of themselves. They all look guilty. TJ walks away.

Amy is sad thinking about all the years she can’t remember. And she is grieving the lost of her son, Danny. She falls the the floor crying and Jake hears her. Jake comes in to help her to her bed. Jake is so hurt she cannot remember the relationship they had.

Richard goes to his new office, Amy’s office. Amy’s things are still in there. Richard calls his wife to let her know he made cheif and she sounds so excited for him and says he deserves it.

Jake is still trying to figure out what’s wrong with the pregnant patient, Phylicia. Dr Peter Douglas performed the procedure that Amy had just suggested before she had her accident. There are complications with the procedure because Phylicia’s blood pressure was dropping. Peter wants to stop but Jake tells him to keep going. Phylicia has a seizure and they have to stop the procedure. Peter then blames Jake for not wanting to stop. Sonya gets Phylicia stable again before leaving the room.

Michael comes to see Amy and tells her she should be resting. Amy is just guessing that Michael moved on and she just threw herself into her work. Amy then ask Michael what happened between them. Michael is not ready to talk about it yet.

Micheal is called in to go over what happened with Phylicia. Richard tries to blame Amy for ordering the test that almost killed her. Jake takes up for Amy. Peter comes in the room with the results of the test and it turns out Amy did the right thing ordering the test. Now they have to convince Phylicia to have the surgery she needs; but she refuses because of the earlier incident. Michael goes with Peter to talk to Phylicia and her husband. Phylicia has the surgery and it was a success.

TJ goes to see Amy. Amy is so happy to see him and ask if he works at the hospital now. TJ says he is an intern all because of her. Amy asks if she was rough on him and he smiles. TJ says he would not be where he is now if it wasn’t for her. Okay, there is some history there. Maybe she was his mentor before.

Gina come in Amy’s room and tries to have a pep talk with her. Amy talks to Gina about Michael. Gina tells Amy this is her chance to do things differently and that most people don’t get that chance. Gina seems like a good friend.

Sonya finds Jack and he is mad at her for reporting Amy about how she talked to Phylicia when she first came in. Sonya thinks she did the right thing. Amy is at the nurses station when Phylicia comes by. Phylicia asks what happened to Amy and she says she was in an accident. Phylicia thanks Amy for her help and that she is the reason she is still alive. Amy has no idea what Phylicia is talking about.

Amy goes back to her room to call Michael. She asked him if he can help her continue to be a doctor. Michael says he would try. Michael hangs up the phone looking sad. In walks a pregnant woman who must be his wife. I knew he was hiding something from Amy. He looked so guilty every time he was around Amy. Just tell her Michael. Might as well keep ripping the bandaids off.

This was a great episode and I’m pleased that is moving along at a good pace. Amy just wants her life back and will do everything she can to make that happen. I ain’t made at her. What are you thoughts? What do you think of the first episode?