7.144 minSeason 2 • Episode 22
LatestIn an effort to save a crashing Richard from a deadly virus, Amy gets infected with it. Michael and the team work tirelessly to help her and the other patients, but their experimental treatments fail, and Amy becomes critically ill.
Dr. Amy Larsen must navigate an unfamiliar world after a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to continue practicing medicine, despite having lost nearly a decade of knowledge and experience.
Acting
Molly Parker sells every disoriented moment
Writing
Memory gaps as narrative device, actually smart
Production
Minnesota winter = perfect isolation metaphor
Creator
Barbie Kligman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the Italian series 'Doc — Nelle tue mani,' which ran four seasons. Kligman moved the setting from Milan to Minneapolis for that signature American medical drama gloom.
The show quietly critiques 'strong female protagonist' tropes by letting Amy be genuinely incompetent at her job for multiple episodes — rare vulnerability in medical drama leads.
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