Did anyone else feel like the writers for this episode were a little too "inspired" by Masters of Sex? I'm finally catching up on Season 2 so it's fresh in my mind, but I couldn't help but think that the Geena Davis storyline (still don't know the character's name) was practically identical to the Dr. DePaul storyline in MoS... tough-on-the-surface female doctor is dying of terminal brain cancer and is trying to pass on her life's work to her protege, who is also helping to cover up the illness from the rest of the hospital. Just struck me as a little too similar! (And also not as well-executed). Combine that with Nicholas D'Agosto (Ethan Haas on MoS) popping up earlier in the season and it's all a little too coincidental!
I can't really connect with Davis's character and I kind of don't understand her point--it almost feels like they edited out some crucial backstory, because I have zero sense of who she is, and she's such a limited presence on screen in general that it makes it really difficult to figure her out. The cancer thing helps explain her intensity, but there's no humanity there, and I don't get why she's so mean to Arizona (or what she's like outside of that relationship. I feel like the only other character we've seen her interact with in a semi-normal way was Amelia, a few episodes ago. Just wish they were portraying her in a more interesting/three-dimensional way, especially given that Davis is clearly capable of handling much stronger material!
Overall, this episode was a huge letdown from last week's, which was the first in a long time that actually held my interest. I don't care about any of the characters anymore, although I did like that there was actually some real MerDer interaction, for once. I HATE Maggie and wish they'd stop stuffing this storyline down our throats!
