Official Synopsis
When Chief of Internal Medicine Dr. Amy Larsen suffers a catastrophic brain injury, her life is turned upside down. Still, determined to once again practice medicine, she charts a new path forward, ready to face whatever obstacles stand in her way in the all-new “If at First You Don’t Succeed…” series premiere episode of Doc.
Timeline
October 2024, days surrounding Amy’s accident (in Season 1, Episode 8, Amy looks at an email sent on October 12, 2024 and tells Jake that was the day before the accident.)
What I'll Remember
Amy rides an exercise bike in her condo before work. She calls the hospital and asks where the Dixon autopsy results are. She asks Dr Franco to call her back.
Sonya and Jake chat at the coffee stand in the hospital lobby. He’s talking to his daughter Mia about her Halloween costume, and we find out that Mia is five years old and Jake is divorced. He says that being annoying and strict comes naturally to Rachel, his ex-wife. Sonya says the same is true for Dr Larsen. We later find out that when Sonya was a med student, Amy told her that she shouldn’t be a doctor. It’s clear that they still don’t work well together, and Sonya has no patience for how Amy treats people.
We see Amy treating patients. Her bedside manner is terrible. Michael confronts her about it, saying he was brought in to change the culture. Amy dares him to fire her. At this point, we don’t know that Michael and Amy were once married.
Amy and Richard used to be close friends, but don’t get along now because she changed after Danny died and then got the Chief role over him. Richard is also pissed because Amy is holding him accountable for accidentally killing a patient (Bill Dixon), which he denies doing. Richard says that Amy’s behavior is under review by the hospital, and that’s why she’s trying to blame him for Bill Dixon’s death.
Right after her accident, Gina questions Amy while she’s in a FMRI machine to see how her brain is functioning. Amy says that Danny is seven and Katie is nine. She says she’s an attending physician and that Barack Obama is the President. Gina looks concerned that all of these statements are wrong.
Gina calls everyone into the IMO and explains to the entire team that Amy can’t remember the last eight years and that her memory loss starts around mid-2016.
On the day of the accident, Jake and Amy sneak away to make out in the back of her car. Jake tells Amy he loves her for the first time. She says, “I love you, too.”
Shortly after the accident, Jake tells Sonya that he and Amy were together for five months.
Richard mentions to Michael that they haven’t worked together long. Richard has been at Westside for a long time, so we know that Michael hasn’t been at his job for long. Michael is now the CMO of the hospital.
Gina and Amy talk about being in med school together.
While talking to Michael, Katie says she doesn’t live with Amy anymore.
We see several flashbacks of Amy, Michael, Katie, and Danny at a cabin that they seemingly own. When Amy wakes up from her surgery, the drive from the cabin is the last thing she remembers.
Amy finds out that Danny died of a heart condition that was less benign than everyone thought. Michael tells Amy that they lost Danny seven years ago and got divorced four years ago. At this point, we aren’t sure if this is when the divorce was finalized or when they separated. Based on information revealed in Season 1, Episode 2, we can infer that four years ago is when their divorce was finalized. Since the accident happens in October 2024, let’s assume they got divorced in mid-late 2020.
TJ comes to visit Amy after her accident. Amy remembers him from before the accident, so we know they have some history that predates him working at Westside. TJ says that Amy is the reason he became a doctor.
Michael says to Jake, “She trained you the last four years.” In Season 2, Episode 9, we find out that Amy became Chief at Westside in late 2019 (a few months before early March 2020). However, Jake was at Westside before that because he was there “five years ago” when Sonya arrived at the hospital (referencing Season 2, Episode 13).
Amy gets out of her hospital bed in the middle of the night and is so upset that she ends crying up on the floor. Jake comes in and gets her back into bed, which brings flashbacks in his bed of him and Amy in bed. Of course Amy has no idea who Jake is.
At the end of the episode, Amy calls Michael. He’s at home. She asks him to help her become a doctor again because it’s the only thing she has left. Michael says he’ll try. In the background, we see Michael’s wife who is clearly pregnant.
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