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Okay, so I just finished this episode and I found it a bit mixed. First off, Mandy Patinkin looks nothing like the younger actor playing the dad. That is just confusing casting. Second, what the hell was with the "yeah he's dead" plan? Did Dr. Mom hold a funeral for the dad? Did she claim life insurance? Is he legally dead? Third, I was so expecting the dad to say at the end that he had a new family after he got stable and one of his kids needs help and only Wolf can help. Fourth, Wolf needs a better motorcycle helmet. I was worried the entire time he was driving with that thing that doesn't cover his face. Also, he needed to not stand up Dr. Neurosurgeon. Fifth (and finally), with the interns...they are a mixed bag. They got better as the season went on, but I would personally rank them like this: One whose apartment building collapsed Anxious intern Mirror touch Former football player I hope this show gets renewed, but if it doesn't - it had an okay ending outside of the couple threads left dangling.

So I just watched this episode and... yeahhh... that was definitely something. They couldn't even hire some extras to walk around the hospital moaning to make it feel like it was urgent? It felt less busy than a regular episode - they should've cut the lonely patient so we could learn about a patient instead of just "oh hey this woman is trapped under rubble and I need to cut into her skull so maybe she'll say yes to a double amputation" and then the next time we see her she's getting wheeled into an ambulance Very uneven episode of a show I want to like - it's a pretty good medical show for a network. Definitely better than New Amsterdam or The Good Doctor, it's not making me angry.

For half a second I was like, "Oh hey, young adult cancer representation!" then "oh god, it's just "Cancer" - the nebulous evil Cancer, not putting a name to it, just letting people conjure their mental image of it. If the cancer was aggressive, he probably got chemo - he sure has no chemo brain or long term side effects, unlike most people. This should be a pile of fun."

The show has only used air pistols since the Rust shooting - so no blanks anymore. Yuuup, everyone in my house was yelling "CONFLICT OF INTEREST! CONFLICT OF INTEREST!"

She probably would've had moonface after months on prednisone - since it sounds like she started taking it 4-5 months prior? I think the timeline was the gunshot was 6 months prior and she went back to work after a month of rehab. I'm guessing it was a high dose, too - she probably would've done 50-60 mg. That takes around 30 days to wean off of (one time I was on a taper plan of 24 days - but my doctors closely monitored me on that "quick" taper) I get if her not wanting to prescribe herself an opioid with her stolen pad... but why not a strong NSAID? That would've been a much smarter and safer choice than a steroid - also, they probably would've seen neutropenia on the CBC (which probably would've led them to test for bone marrow disorders due to the WBC being 2.5x normal, but yeah). I do hope this gets renewed, it's a nice watch.

TVRatingsGuide has it at certain to be cancelled So we'll see which is right.

well that says that, it's getting cancelled

The seriousness with which that line was delivered made me laugh so hard. It has to be one of the worst lines on TV this season.

hm, it's not letting me quote your post - but this definitely could've been a good two-parter to fully explore the issues at hand. Although they might've thought it too early to have a two-parter. I know they needed to have drama with the guy running the trial, but still - they could've done it some other way.

Ahh, okay. I am in favor of medical aid in dying (with strict guidelines, however - I think things should be allowed to be stated ahead of time for progressive disorders like dementia/Alzheimers). However in this episode, it wasn't MAID - it was just the patient choosing to withdraw the medical support he was receiving. Similar to if someone decided to check out AMA. I have never been asked to fill out a POLST...which you think I would've, given that I have cancer. I have been given those pamphlets on a living will and medical POA - but always asked if I wanted one first. One time I was given one before a blood transfusion...and I noted multiple spelling/grammar errors and gave it back to the nurse to see if she could give it to whatever department authors them 😆

Question: are you considering things such as cancer and dementia in the disabled person category? If not, then there are cases where it has been considered okay - such as when Terry Pratchett discussed his support of medical aid in dying. However, it does tend to be romanticized with cancer due to inspiration porn.

I was just about to look up who directed the episode! I liked the direction a lot - and it was totally different from the rest of the series so far. Also, you need to watch Psych to see more of James Roday Rodriguez!

ugh, I hope not

Yeah they skipped over a lot of it and just went "neurosyphilis" I was half expecting them to bring up the Tuskegee Study when they mentioned the neurosyphilis

The medication was to help with a low sex drive. However, I think most of those medications are for pre-menopausal women (from what I have heard from women in the young adult cancer community who are in chemo induced menopause, those medications can not be used once you hit menopause)