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Previously on Doc, Dr. Larson was in a car accident.

There's no recollection of the last eight years.

Dr. Larson, she's the reason we're here. If I'd had my memories, none of this

would have happened. My home is the house where Michael lives with his new

and baby. Half of me is trapped in that time, and the other half wants a man

that I don't even remember.

I get you want Jake, and to be the doctor you were. I had a memory. I need

of it back. Put me in the tank.

How far along?

Oh, I'm not sure.

Oh, your OB should be able to tell you.

Yeah. I don't have one.

You all right?

I've been having stomach pains.

Some of my sisters said I should get it checked out, so I'm on my way to

Westside Hospital.

It seems like someone's really trying to get a hold of you.

I think not everyone wanted me to leave.

And where are you from?

I'm really not supposed to say.

Anything?

Nothing. Let me out.

Listen, one memory means more than possible, but that one took months, so

you've got to be patient.

It's just an issue of me remembering how I am. I have a prayer of somehow being

whole.

No biggie.

It's been a rough 24 hours. Why don't you go home and get some rest?

Did you get back?

Yesterday.

Jen Legg's killing me. I thought you had two more weeks. Five months is enough

of Burma. You know, even I'd probably stay home from work the day after being

held hostage.

No, you wouldn't.

Anyway, I'm not working. I'm just too tired to make it out the door. Well, you

look fantastic.

You can't even tell you're in a car wreck. You have to be inside my head for

that. Look.

So I guess you're not jockeying for the old job just yet?

Are you kidding?

I'm an intern now.

Come. There's some infants I want you to meet.

Allow me to introduce my students.

David, Ava, Sam.

So you're the legendary Dr. Amy Larson. You know who I am.

That's the people she's ever had. And the gold standard we should all aspire

So sadly, we will never measure up.

All that time you were looking at your phones, you were actually listening to

me.

Okay.

Onward, my motley crew.

You're working today?

Um, yeah, I just figured it'd be good for morale. What about you?

I just wanted to see TJ.

Then I'm going on the crash.

Well, um, I guess I'll see you tomorrow, then.

I can't take it anymore.

I've tried everything.

Sugar, vinegar, holding my breath, pulling my tongue, even digital rectal

massage. Is that a thing?

Modern medicine, sadly, hiccups still mystify most practitioners, forcing us

rely on silly home remedies, which is why I am compelled to introduce these

wannabes and myself. Hi, I'm Dr. Ridley. I'll take a cure from anyone, Mom.

Thankfully, Dr. Ridley's not just anyone. She's an instructor of medicine

surgery with privileges here at Westside. So apparently this poor soul

hiccups for 11 days. Right on cue. Thank you.

Still a long way from the world record.

68 years.

Not helpful. Even worse.

Irrelevant. Sam?

Family history of hiccups? There's absolutely no genetic conditions that

this. Can she do anything?

All negative, no stroke, or MS.

Hardly inspiring, David. Wow me, Ava.

Adam, any chance you recall the events leading up to the hiccups?

Yeah. It was Sunday, and I have a routine.

Woke up, had an omelet, went to the gym.

So no one's going to ask about the tattoos?

Are they medically relevant?

You can't know unless you ask, and anyone with that many tattoos wants you

ask. So what's your story? I am an artist.

About three years ago, I lost my studio in a fire, along with all my work.

So I started to use my body as a canvas.

Now I can never lose my art.

Trust my mind. Let's see what we can do about that. Dr. Maitre, try Vakafan. For

hiccups? It's like a sledgehammer.

Sounds he's overrated.

Hey there.

I was looking for you.

Why aren't you home?

I'm heading there now. I just, we...

We didn't get a chance to talk last night. No, we didn't.

This is big for you, Michael, and I wanted to say congrats.

Thank you, Amy.

How's it, baby?

Good. Good.

Does he have a name yet? Still working on it.

I'd better get back.

Yeah. I'm so glad you're okay.

Dr. Larson?

Sorry, I just... Can you come take a look at my patient?

All the OBs are busy, and there's something weird.

Megan, this is Dr. Larson.

Nice to meet you.

Um, so what's going on?

She's presenting with abdominal pain, soreness, and nausea.

The ER gave her meds to ease the pain.

My doula wasn't worried, but I just want to make sure my baby's okay.

So you don't have a doctor?

Where I live, it's a tight -knit community, kind of off the grid.

We don't believe in traditional medicine.

I know what you're thinking, but... Our only concern is that you and your baby

get what you need. We do.

Moms -to -be are given the priority.

I get the best food, longest showers, warmest blankets.

Um, I'd love to take a look, so I'm going to do another ultrasound.

So, um, no one came with you?

No.

My baby's dad left a few months ago. He doesn't live with us anymore.

It's okay.

I'm really lucky.

My kid will be raised by 20 people instead of just two.

Um, this shouldn't take long.

Oh, sorry.

I need help.

Why are you still here?

I was sleeping, but I got pulled into a consult.

Okay, patient is presenting as seven months pregnant, rounded belly,

breast changes, sensation of fetal movement, came in with abdominal pain,

worried about the baby.

And what did the ultrasound show?

A concerning mass. We need a CT and a biopsy right away.

So why do you need me?

Because of what it didn't show.

There's no baby in her uterus.

Blood work shows that there never was.

What are you doing here?

I just... I can't right now. Just give me a minute.

Did you start my patient on furosemide?

Yeah, her O2 sets were dropped. She has chronic kidney failure.

I checked her labs. She looked like she could handle a gentle diarrhea.

She's already had an 8th inhibitor. You just doubled down on renal risk.

Which is why I started her on vasopressin. That raised her blood

didn't address her heart failure or low ejection fraction.

So what did she need, Dr. Clark?

Do you have any idea what you're doing?

An endotrope.

Now I have to explain to her daughter why she has a tube jammed down her

when she was turning a corner this morning.

Lucy, 70ETT, atonement and sucks, stat.

This is the big leagues, Brian. If you're going to bring your double A

least you can do is consult me when you're covering one of my patients.

Well, we can't all be as brilliant as you. No, that's why you call me.

I assume you can handle the intubation?

So what did you tell her?

Nothing. I don't know how long she's been living in this sect or cult or

whatever it is, or what she knows about medicine.

Okay, good.

Cthulhu's basis has to be handled very delicately.

The safest path forward is to treat Megan as if she's really pregnant.

Lie to her.

Yes.

And throw full disclosure out the window. Do no harm has to come first.

sure that enabling a delusion qualifies as do no harm.

This is a delusion so powerful her body's compensated for it. Telling her

truth now could have her bolt before you can even biopsy the mask.

But won't feeding a delusion this deep make breaking it even harder?

Yes. And when that time comes, I'll help her confront it.

But because you're the one lying to her, you'll have to rip off the band -aid.

What's wrong?

I think I'm having a delayed reaction to the tank.

You're having memories?

I mean, they're not like the memories that I had when I was with Alex. They're

just weird flashes without any context.

Like a piece of cake, a glass of wine, flowers.

I think I'm in a restaurant, but I have no idea with who or why it matters.

If you're triggered by your environment, it's probably good you stay here today.

Maybe you'll get a hit that gives you some clarity.

How about Sean?

Are you a shot?

No, he doesn't like that one either.

He's rolled out all my names so far.

Ryan, Archie, Sutton. No, I wasn't going to name my son Sutton.

How about Simon?

I like that.

Hey, new parents.

Congrats. Can I steal him a moment?

I assume you mean Michael?

So, when are you taking your paternity leave? I figured in a month or two when

the baby nurse leaves.

Sooner is better.

Like today.

Is this about what happened with Eunos?

You put our accreditation at risk and you left me and the board unprepared to

deal with the fallout. I'm sorry. You did what you could under impossible

circumstances. That's what I've told everyone.

Because you've been here seven months?

And I'm the one who hired you. I will take the heat if we need to make a

You can't be serious.

Take your paternity leave now. Let the smoke clear. And by the time you get

back, the board will have moved on to a different target.

What about a new chief?

I'd like that to be my hire. You can wait.

And if I find someone, I'll give you a chance at betting them.

Now go be with your family.

Hey there.

Hey.

My mom's still here?

Where else would I be?

Hi, baby.

You feeling okay?

Yeah.

You didn't tell Liz any family secrets, did you? Well, actually, she told me all

about your obsessions with Uncrustable.

Hey, TJ.

How are you feeling?

Good.

Better when I can get out of here.

What do you think, Doc? A couple days?

Mind if I have a look?

Nice job with the wound closure.

You are healing well, but I'm afraid you need to lower your expectations about

how soon you're getting back to normal.

Your muscle was badly torn up by the bullet. You're lucky we could save the

You can probably go home in about a week, but you're going to need a lot of

rehab to get your strength back.

How long are we talking?

Maybe six months before you can walk normally again.

About a year before you can run or play sports.

I'll check on you later, but if you need to get up, call someone.

If he knew you like I do, no way it would take that long.

Sure.

Gotta go, but Dad will be by later. He should still get some rest.

I'm okay.

How you doing?

I got snacks.

I'm good.

I mean, after yesterday.

Been through much worse.

Besides, I'm not the one who got hit in the head.

You get your CT yet?

Yep, all good.

Gonna take two Tylenol and calm myself in the morning.

Uh, listen, about the other day, I... No, I told you, we're good.

Anyway, doesn't matter.

Amy and me, we're not together anymore, so... Oh, I'm sorry.

No, you're not, but thank you for trying.

Well, I am sorry you're hurting, but yeah, you deserve better.

Appreciate it.

This cam will give us a clear picture of what's causing your discomfort.

This is Dr. Walker.

She'll assist.

A few questions before we get started.

When did you know you were pregnant?

Well, I missed my period.

Just thought it was late.

A few weeks after that, I guess, so five months ago.

And when did the pain start?

Three, four weeks ago.

Did your baby have a growth spurt around that time?

Yeah, that's when I really started showing.

Do you have any family we can contact?

No. I was raised in foster care.

Moved around a lot.

I have a brother, but we got separated when I was 11.

Haven't spoken since.

Okay. I'll get you into the scan.

Oh, good.

I'm not too late.

Anne? Um, sorry, who are you? I am Megan's family, and you may not do a CT

on her.

We don't take orders from you.

It's bad for the baby.

It is? No, it's an acceptable level of radiation, given our concerns and what

need to look for. You need to come home now.

Okay, I will. Megan.

I'm sorry, Mr. Rand. I just had to make sure the baby's okay.

We'll take care of you both. You can't trust these people. She can, and she

clearly knows that, or she wouldn't have traveled four hours to get here.

Megan, I can't put radiation in my baby. Then we can do an MRI which doesn't use

radiation. Her pain will only get worse if she leaves here without treatment.

Fine.

But where she goes, I go.

Big mistake there?

He's a good doctor. I'm just tired of running circles around everyone.

Well, I was in the neighborhood. Thought I'd say hello and show you these.

Tchaikovsky's Fifth.

Box right above the string section.

I wish I could go.

I'm having dinner with Joan.

Can't you reschedule?

Oh, she's only here for two weeks before she goes to Thailand.

Katie, I'll go with you.

We need a night out.

For us.

It's three o 'clock.

Next time, plan it beforehand.

Look, I need to get back to work. I will see you at home.

Well, well. Look who's back.

Oh, congratulations, Dad.

Thank you.

It's very nice of you to come up here to say that.

Oh, that's not why I came up.

There's the Joan we know and love.

I understand you're in the unenviable position of trying to find a new chief

internal medicine.

So a friend asked me to put in a good word, Mick Facatelli. Oh, I'll have my

assistant set up a meeting. No, I wouldn't do that to you. He's awful.

But who else are you looking at?

Well, Tori Davis has great credentials.

She does.

Unfortunately, she's a serial sexual harasser. Ah.

I mean... Max also mentioned Joseph Liu.

Oh, he'd be great.

But I'm pretty sure he died three months ago.

Well, not ideal then.

Um, a word of advice.

Don't hire anyone who's asking for it.

And I just want to say congrats and hi.

You're sure this won't hurt the baby?

The MRI is not harmful.

Our goal is to heal people, not hurt them. I know you don't understand the

we live, but I will be just as much a mother to that baby as Megan. I'm sure

it'll be wonderful for her to have that support.

When she came to us, she was quite lost.

Everyone can see what this baby has done for her. Oh, for God's sake, there's no

baby.

What are you talking about? You brainwashed her into needing it to feel

And now, here we are.

That is not possible. She is obviously pregnant. No.

Megan's suffering from a complex delusion that causes her body to mimic

effects of pregnancy.

It's rare.

So you're manipulating her. No more than you people are.

And we'd better talk outside.

You all think your way is so much better. I'm not debating this.

What matters is Megan. Do you care about her? Of course I do. Well, she has a

tumor. If we don't treat it, she could die. That landing?

Now, since you know what a CT is, I'm pretty sure you've heard of a psychotic

break.

That's where she's headed if we destroy her fantasy right now. We need to treat

her physically first. And if I decide to take her someplace else to do that?

You're right. We don't know you or what's going on where you're from, but

whatever it is, I have DCYF, state police, and the FBI on speed dial. So if

even think about trying to move her or breathe one word of this to Megan,

have an army of blue windbreakers knocking down your doors. I'm assuming

not what you want.

I need to make a call.

18 inches long, head circumference.

30 centimeters.

You're doing great, little buddy.

Assuming the lab tests come back normal, you can take him home today.

Does he look jaundiced to you?

It's fate.

Fairly common.

Yeah, billy light, maybe.

Just to be safe.

It'll resolve itself in a few hours.

Right.

I do think it would be a good idea to get an echo.

His cardiac auscultation is completely normal. That would really be

Please.

TJ! Oh my God, are you okay?

I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine. You're not.

You've got blood in the drain. If you had to go to the bathroom, why didn't

call me? I can do it myself.

You heard Dr. Agassi. You can't. Don't tell me what I can't do, okay?

Now, the MRI shows that you have a tumor in your abdomen.

Oh no, that's really bad. We can't know for sure until we perform a biopsy. What

does that mean?

We're going to take a needle and put it into your abdomen. No, I don't want to

do anything if it's going to hurt the baby.

I want to talk to Anne. Okay, you are going to be a mother.

You need to make decisions for yourself.

Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I know that you're just scared.

When I was pregnant with my son, they had to do something similar.

called an amniocentesis. The idea of the needle going into my stomach that close

to his little body, I was terrified.

But you know what? He was fine.

And 16 years later, we have amazing technology and even better doctors.

You have nothing to be afraid of.

Is it true you can see the sex from the ultrasound?

Did you see?

Usually, but because of the way the baby was positioned, I couldn't.

That's okay.

The name I picked works either way.

Jordan.

It's a beautiful name.

Okay.

You can do the biopsy.

I do trust you.

Okay.

Hey, we're doing the biopsy now.

I talked to my contact in social services to see about trying to track

brother. Oh, I can't imagine that's going to be easy.

Where is the dead mother?

Last I saw in the waiting area.

I'm pretty sure that the biopsy is going to show a stromal tumor.

Oh, that's why you asked about the baby's growth spurt. If I'm right, it

the pregnancy hormones she's producing as a result of the delusion are feeding

the tumor.

They're accelerating its growth. The longer that Megan thinks she's pregnant,

the worse this is going to get.

You're in luck.

I spoke to my people and Megan is all yours now.

What? Are you kidding? You're going to abandon her?

There's no place for her with us anymore.

You have a nice day.

Sorry.

Amy, can I have a word?

Sure.

TJ's having some problems.

He's giving the nurses a hard time, which is... Obviously not like him.

No one he respects more than you, so... Yeah, of course. I'll talk to him.

Appreciate it. Thank you. Hey, because of everything that happened, I didn't

a chance to apologize. What I said to you the other day... Let me just stop

there, okay?

I will always be grateful for what you did for me with Rafi.

But you were right.

We're not friends.

You said that in an awful way because you were acting out about something

on in your life.

Just... like you did for all those years after your son died.

And everything that happened yesterday, all of us being held at gunpoint.

Do you realize you almost got Jake and TJ killed because of the things you

didn't remember?

This whole experiment of you being back, us all catering to your needs, it was

misguided and narcissistic to begin with, but now we know it puts people in

danger.

I'm going to say what no one else will.

You don't belong here.

Lucy, do you know where TJ is?

Oh, he opened up his incision. He took him to the procedure room. He should be

back in an hour or so.

Okay, thanks.

You're still here.

I ended up with another patient.

Where are your students?

I put them on Scott.

They're probably collecting stool samples right about now.

How are you doing?

Yeah, okay.

All things considered.

Yeah, I saw Michael down in OB.

That must be hard for you.

You have no choice.

You okay?

I just had a memory from the missing years, and you were in it. You're

me. We were at a restaurant, and there was chocolate cake and scotch, of

and you said to me, you have no choice.

Do you remember that? Do you know when that might have been or what we were

talking about?

It sounds like me, but we've had a lot of dinners and you've made a lot of

choices in the last eight years.

Yeah, right.

I'll think on it.

Okay. Dinner this weekend?

Yeah, yeah. I'd love that. Okay.

Clear four -chamber view.

Proper valve function.

He's a strong, healthy boy.

Time to take him home.

Shh. It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay.

He's perfect.

Yeah.

I was worried.

But he's healthy, right?

I'm afraid to go home.

Not because I think he's sick.

He's not replacing Danny.

Trust me, you have enough room in your heart for them both.

Michael? Hey.

I have a patient on this floor and I... Congrats, he's beautiful.

We missed you.

I can't believe that worked.

Neither can I.

How long's it been?

Last one was, what, seven minutes ago.

And how's the headache?

It's finally going away. Chest pain, too.

I'm so excited, I don't know what to do first.

This has been the worst 11 days of my life.

Well, luckily it's over. Get up!

Reject the epinephrine.

Tumor's big.

I got it.

Okay.

She's in V -fib. Clear the field. I need to shock the patient.

She doesn't make sense. She's got no cardiac history.

It's not V -fib.

She's having myoclonic tetany.

No, no, stop, stop. Wait. It's not cardiac. It's a hormonal storm caused by

tumor. Two milligrams of IV lorazepam. Are you sure? Do it.

Tenny stopped.

We got normal sinus rhythm again.

I got it all.

And she's sleeping now.

Good.

It's almost over.

Not for Megan.

For her, the hell is just about to start.

Hey, Jordan Collier is here to see you.

Megan's brother.

Jordan was her name for the baby.

Tried to find her for years.

She's been living off the grid on a farm.

There isn't much information on the group, but it has all the hallmarks of a

cult.

Well, I was 12 when we got separated. I guess we both changed a lot.

She told us she was in foster care, but not much more than that.

Mom died in childbirth with her.

Dad emotionally checked out.

Then he really checked out.

For a while, we lived on our own, surviving on whatever we could scrape

together.

Until DCYF came and separated you. And everything good was gone.

Well, I'm glad you're here now.

In light of my failure at intervention, I started thinking.

Your case must be structural.

Eleven days ago at the gym, did you work shoulders?

Yeah, yeah, I did shrugs.

Okay.

Raise your right arm.

Something's supposed to happen. You're going to know when you feel it. Now your

left.

There's tingling in my fingers.

Congratulations, you have a lipoma.

Right at the nexus of the brachial plexus and the phrenic nerve.

Why is she congratulating me?

Because this time, she can fix you.

Megan, there's something we need to tell you.

This is your ultrasound from this morning.

There's no baby there.

There was never a baby.

No, no, look at me. I'm pregnant.

I know, it's hard to process, but you have a condition where your body... No,

you're lying.

You took my baby. Get Anne. Where's Anne?

Anne went back to the commune. What? No, no, she would never leave us. Well, she

left because there's no baby. No, no, no. You took my baby.

Where's my baby?

being a very good patient.

Were you?

I inserted myself into Jake's case from my bedside, almost killed the patient,

and I crashed a board meeting with a bandage on my head demanding to come

to work, so not so much.

I think I was out that day.

Shame I missed it.

Do me a favor, okay?

Don't punish the people who are trying to take care of you.

That is one thing that I am not going to do over.

I need to know if you still love her.

Nora. It'll break my heart.

But it'll be a thousand times worse if you deny it because you feel guilty.

I love you.

And I'm not going anywhere.

You did something to the baby during the surgery. I know it. Then why would we

do that?

Why would we take your baby from you?

Maybe because you thought I wouldn't take good care of it.

There is another possibility to consider.

Maybe after a lifetime of being ignored, you finally felt seen.

You have a choice now.

You can cling to that belief and spiral further from the life you deserve.

Or you can take the harder path, accept what's real, grieve it, and start to

heal.

But you don't have to do it alone.

Jordan will help you.

I make it.

I'm telling you, she humiliated this other doctor in front of a room full of

people. If she's demanding her colleagues rise to her standards, so be

You're not getting me.

I don't even recognize her right now.

I don't know what's going on at home, but as far as her career, she's on the

road to being named chief and finally living up to her potential.

Well, what's going on at home is we're falling apart.

I know you're having dinner with her tonight.

And you want me to mediate.

I can barely get her to show up to a couple of counseling.

And Gina can't get through to her. She trusts you, looks up to you. Can you

try? We're not surviving this.

Of course.

Of course, Michael. I'll do whatever I can.

Thank you.

Hi.

How'd it go?

You tell us.

Okay, we're not waiting all night. They're not coming back, I promise.

Thank you. Just tell me, how bad is the scar on my egg?

I hit the incision in a tattoo at your clavicle.

Can't ruin a man's art.

Didn't think I had it in me, did you?

Hi.

Don't you have a baby to take home?

First, I have a proposition.

Oh.

Okay. I know you don't like to be tied down, but would you maybe consider being

chief of internal medicine at the best hospital in Minneapolis?

Michael. You can have free reign to do it how you like.

Salary's competitive.

Okay, fine. It's a 15 % pay cut. The hours are horrible.

Dr. Coleman was shot yesterday not far from where we're sitting. You know, it's

customary for the CMO to woo the potential chief by telling them how

they'd be as a physician.

We all know how smart and talented I am. And I come with the added bonus of

being your ex -wife's friend and mentor. So maybe despite your new family,

you're still trying to take care of Amy.

Which is lovely.

So you'll do it?

No.

I didn't want to have to appeal to your humanity, but I need you.

And you always go where you're needed.

Just give me a year.

Three years.

Options are mine. No non -compete.

I get complete autonomy.

Hiring, firing, budget, no board reviews for a year. I don't want those

politicos breathing down my neck. Well, I can manage that.

I need you to guarantee me one day a week of dedicated OR time.

I know you love to cut.

And I get to name my successor.

Never gonna happen. Veto power?

Congratulations.

How was Megan?

It'll take some time, but she'll be okay.

Do you think the me from a year ago would have had a problem lying to her

that? No.

That Amy was a master of detachment, would have done whatever it took without

second thought.

Probably easier for me like that.

Maybe.

I still prefer this version.

What did I do to you, Gina?

Let's just say it was death by a thousand cuts.

When you lost Danny, I felt like I lost you.

And when I really needed you, you weren't there for me.

Did we ever talk about it?

What could I say?

Compared to what you were going through, everything else felt trivial.

I'm glad you're telling me now.

And I know that I'm sorry sounds so hollow, but I am so sorry.

I'll do whatever it takes to make this right.

How do you even fix a thousand cuts with a thousand stitches?

How you doing?

I apologize to Liz.

That's good.

You sent Amy to talk to me.

You needed it.

I'm an army ranger.

Asking for help, I don't... Leaning on people isn't a sign of weakness, TJ.

I honestly don't know how I'm going to get through this.

Have a good night.

I have some memories.

Of what?

It doesn't matter.

The point is, now at least I have some hope that maybe I can remember me.

And us.

I know I can't ask you to wait.

But you still want me to.

You were never my security blanket, Jake.

Never. Look, I know you're trying.

But I just don't think you're being honest with yourself.

If there was no Nora and Michael didn't have a baby and he said you should go

home to him and Katie, would you really say no?

Please.

Just stop this.

You look like you could use a drink.

You buying?

Joan? Yeah?

What are you doing?

Right, yeah, okay.

I won't be happy till I leave you alone

again. Till I'm home again and feeling right.

Till I'm home again.

That's brutal.

A couple of counseling isn't helping?

That's a legitimate question.

From the woman who thinks shrinks are all charlatans.

Individual therapy is just paying someone to watch you gaze at your navel

then ask how you feel about it. But with a couple, at least it does force both

parties to communicate.

What's there left to say that hasn't already been said?

I'll tell you.

He's always held you back. But now, when you look at him, all you see is the man

who you think let your son die.

That's bad for you.

What you have to do now is hard but clear.

You have no choice.

You have to leave him.