Season 2, Episode 13 – Fare Well

Jake surprises Amy by making her breakfast. He says that the hacking nightmare is over and all she has to focus on is becoming the next Chief Resident. 

Joan calls Amy and Sonya into her office and tells them that she needs to assess both of them as Chief Resident candidates. She tells them to critique each other’s work and meet her at the end of the day to review notes. That afternoon, Sonya and Joan are talking about a patient when Joan gets dizzy and almost faints. Sonya notices it. Amy and Sonya wait around to talk to Joan at the end of the day as instructed, but Liz says she left early and doesn’t know why.  

Michael’s parents are in town, so he has to break the news about Nora leaving. They blame Michael for what’s happening with Nora and what happened with Amy, too. Michael says he didn’t make any mistakes with Amy, but clearly they don’t agree. Katie overhears them. When Nora comes over to drop off Simon for a visit, the whole family continues to bicker about Nora and Michael’s relationship in front of Katie. Nora stands up for Katie and says they shouldn’t talk about this in front of her. 

Sonya treats a patient whose pain has never been taken seriously. She calls in Gina for a psych consult. Gina calls out Sonya for being biased. Sonya works to find a real solution to the patient’s problem and ultimately succeeds. Gina and Sonya have nice moment of mutual respect, and Gina says she’ll tell Joan how well Sonya did today.  

Amy treats a patient with a disability. She doesn’t know how to help him and has a cute brainstorming session with Jake about it, during which she gets a memory hit from a case she handled with Sonya five years ago. She tells Jake that she knows how her memory works now. The memory she just had must be important for some reason. She talks to Sonya, who tells her about a specific medication they used in the case five years ago. That is the medication Amy’s patient needs, and it proves successful. 

In flashbacks to five years ago, we see Sonya as a med student shadowing Amy for the first time. Sonya is overly enthusiastic and complementary. Amy isn’t mean, but she’s terse and direct. Sonya meets Jake on the same day. He tells Sonya not to worry about Dr Larsen because she’s tough with everyone. Both Sonya and Jake mention that Amy’s going to be the new Chief soon, so this must be shortly before December 2019. Jake is not looking forward to Amy being Chief. 

Still in flashbacks to five years ago, Amy fights with the hospital board to give Sonya one of their coveted intern positions. Amy says her grit is impressive and can’t be discouraged. She got into Yale and Hopkins but took a financial aid package at U of M. The board agrees, saying that Amy better push Sonya. Amy says she will. Later, Sonya tells Amy how excited she is to start the program, and Amy tells her she has a lot to prove. It’s not mean, but matter-of-fact. 

Sonya’s interest in TJ intensifies while he’s away at a family wedding. She smiles as they text throughout the day. 

Michael meets with a headhunter, who isn’t exactly encouraging about his prospects for a new job after all the drama at Westside. This leads to a conversation between Michael and his father about doing the right thing in life, even when it’s hard. Michael’s father tells him to prove to Nora that he loves her. Michael says he can’t…because he doesn’t love her the way she needs him to. He thought he did, but then Amy came back. Katie overhears this and starts to have a panic attack. 

As Jake and Amy head home to her condo after work, Michael calls saying that Katie needs to come over. Something is clearly wrong. Of course Jake understands that Amy has to go be with Katie, but there are sparks as he tells Amy to keep him posted and they walk away from each other. Next, Michael and Katie walk in. Katie is having a full-blown panic attack and says she feels like she’s dying. Amy realizes that Michael isn’t going anywhere, and they both help Katie manage the panic attack.