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On 12/2/2021 at 11:23 PM, EllaWycliffe said:
I know there's been a massive retcon but really? Bell going to Conrad about his hand tremor?
IKR? I was half expecting Conrad to say something to the effect of "I told you so--why didn't you stop performing surgeries and just be a celebrity TV doctor a few years ago when you were known as Dr. HODAD?" I guess having Bell go to Conrad now is to show Bell's total change from arrogance to humility. And, of course, everyone knows that Conrad is the world's best diagnostician--even Bell knew that back in the first season when he was so annoyed with Conrad.
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On 11/24/2021 at 6:08 PM, izabella said:On 11/23/2021 at 9:29 PM, preeya said:
From that last scene, it looks as if Billie wants to get into the Conrad dating scene.
Yes, yes she does. I've been expecting this ever since Billie came back.
And I've been dreading it ever since Nic died, if not sooner. When they started talking about him dating again in this episode, I said to my husband "Oh no, they are definitely going to make them a couple soon." I'm sure there will be a couple of episodes of Conrad dating Marion and other random women before he "realizes" that Billie is the one because they both loved Nic. I'm not sure why I dislike her so much.
On 11/24/2021 at 12:03 AM, statsgirl said:Nice to see Veronica Cartwright and Richard Kline (Three's Company) again as the old ACLU lawyers.
Thank you! It was driving me and my husband crazy trying to figure out why she was so familiar. She's been in so many things and has a distinctive face and voice.
On 11/24/2021 at 12:47 AM, Snazzy Daisy said:I don’t get it why the nurses were going gaga over Conrad. He isn’t the hottest man in Chastain…🙄
Same here. He's not my type, but what bothered me more is the way it made the nurses look like unprofessional ditzes who would use a child to try to get a man.
On 4/5/2024 at 9:50 PM, mythoughtis said:This episode was hard for my spouse to watch. We are in our sixties and I have been taking care of my elderly parents for several years. Even with them in assisted living, there’s a lot for me to do. I saw myself. My spouse saw his own future in the husband -not the Parkinson’s, but the reliance on his wife due to his ailments. He saw what my future as a full time caregiver would be. He didn’t like it.
I'm glad they addressed this issue, but it was also hard for my husband and I to watch, because we are in our 70s. We did not have to take care of our parents, and so far we are both healthy enough that we don't need any caregiving. But we know that we are approaching the age when things are likely to happen that will require one of us to take care of the other at least temporarily, and that at some point one of us might need to go into a nursing facility (both of his parents did, his father because of Parkinson's and his mother because of stroke). It's a scary prospect, and honestly I would rather die than go into a nursing facility.
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Watching this in Netflix in 2024, I've gone from being addicted to the show to feeling like I'm done with it after this episode. I was OK with the time jump--which was actually only 3 years according to an ET interview with a showrunner/producer as shown in the link below, not 4 or 5 as I originally thought and other posters mention in this thread.
https://www.etonline.com/the-resident-producer-breaks-down-the-timely-twist-exclusive-173953
But I hated the manufactured rivalry between Austin and Bell, and I hated even more the choice of Billie for chief of surgery--there is simply no way that is credible. I understand that the main cast does not have more surgeons to choose from, but if they didn't want to bring in a new cast member, they could have delayed or even omitted that plot for now.
I also did not like the twin plot, partly because it's cliche and partly because the actress is not compelling and neither of her twin characters is interesting. I didn't think the twins were really played by twins because it seemed obvious that their faces were never shown together on the screen (one was facing the camera while the other showed the back of her hair and body), except for one brief moment in the van that could have been a camera trick or even a double.
Last but not least, I don't like the big Conrad/Nic romance being replaced by the kind of boring (to me) relationship between Devon and Leela. I'm sure the shower sex scene was intended to make this couple more interesting, but it didn't work for me because it just reminded me of the Conrad/Nic shower sex scene.
I'll probably watch a couple more episodes to see if it improves, but the show is no longer bingeable for me.
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On 4/27/2024 at 8:30 PM, shapeshifter said:
Didn't Carol seem a little over-the-top ditzy when she came to the costume party before she died? Would it be believable to fanwank that she had the beginning of Alzheimer's when she died, so she's literally not the same person we met in the previous season?
I did notice that she seemed a bit ditzy at the costume party, but it seemed more like "yenta" behavior (Yiddish word, I think, for someone is a gossip or busybody) than like possible dementia. I'm not sure if her behavior at the party was inconsistent with what we saw when she was first introduced--I'd have to rewatch that episode.
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On 10/20/2021 at 5:42 PM, dbklmt said:
It's a 3 year time jump. Details here...https://tvline.com/2021/10/19/the-resident-recap-season-5-episode-5-time-jump-explained/
Thanks for this helpful information. The problem I have is that it felt like more of a 5-year jump based on the verbal skills as well as the appearance of the child. The way Gigi talked and looked seemed more like my 7-year-old granddaughter and her 7-year-old cousins.
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On 10/14/2021 at 10:50 PM, jewel21 said:
Transcript from the episode:
QuoteSo, Trevor, what do you know about your birth father? Trevor: All she told me about my biological father was that he was three years older than her, teenage ladies' man, football stud. Mm. So, two careless high school kids, huh?
Thanks for this quote. But even if this is what Billie told Trevor, can he not do basic math? If the father was 3 years older and they were both in high school (which we know is not true, but let's go with this for now), Billie could not have been more than 15 when she gave birth. So why does Trevor think he has the right to accuse her of abandonment? How many 15-year-olds are psychologically and financially equipped to become parents?
I keep wishing that Billie would just tell Trevor the truth, including the fact that keeping him was not an option for a 13-year-old. He is old enough to deal with the truth and to put the blame where it belongs, on the rapist.
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44 minutes ago, iMonrey said:
I think she's just too dippy/spacey to be believable in a romance subplot. Half the time she doesn't even know what's going on. Last week she didn't even remember who Pete was! She's kind of a one-joke character. I really didn't miss her while she was gone, frankly.
Totally agree. I figured that she would probably forget Thor's confession and the throuple idea by the end of the episode or by the next one.
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Since I'm catching up with this show on Netflix, I just watched the last episode of Season 4 a couple of days ago. So I'm wondering why there was no follow-up on the last scene from that episode, where Billie came home to find her stalker son in her apartment demanding to know why she doesn't want contact. Even though I don't care at all about her character (and am annoyed that she is now a main character based on the opening credits), that's kind of a big plot point to just forget about. Maybe they will address it in a later episode, or maybe they figure the audience will assume it was resolved during the time jump.
I'm also a bit annoyed with Conrad and Nic as a couple being replaced with Devon and his GF (like others here, I can't remember her name). I don't mind her character, but as a couple they just don't seem as interesting. Maybe it's because we saw that Conrad and Nic had a complicated history that made us (or at least me) want them to have a happy ending. Devon's romance seems more boring, and I still don't totally forgive him for his involvement with Julian and leaving his bride on their wedding day.
One thing I'm very happy about is that Cain is gone--not just because I hated his character, but because his personality makeover (courtesy of Rose?) and miraculous recovery as a surgeon was not believable.
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On 5/16/2021 at 9:15 PM, SuzieQ said:
Love this show, but Bell is operating as a top notch surgeon again. What happened to his tremors and almost killing people? Was that resolved and I missed it?
Nope, the writers just decided to forget about it and hoped that the viewers wouldn't notice. It still drives me crazy that this has not been addressed.
On 5/17/2021 at 12:44 AM, Welp said:I’m wondering why they recast Denise Dowse as AJ’s mother?
I had the same question so looked at IMDB and found out that Dowse died. Presumably they had to replace her quickly and did not attempt to make the replacement even superficially resemble Dowse by giving her the same distinctive hairstyle. I understand the problem but it takes me out of the story to see AJ's mom look so different.
On 5/17/2021 at 1:50 AM, bros402 said:The Billie story was... unrealistic - Georgia has closed adoption - records can only be unsealed with a court order. It takes a *lot* to get a court order in states like that - I have a friend who only got her records mostly unsealed because she has terminal cancer and needed to try to find biological family to warn them about the risk of breast cancer.
Even if the kid managed to find her name....how would he get her cell phone number?I assumed that he did a DNA test and found her through matches who were her relatives. And there are websites that will give you people's addresses and phone numbers for a fee.
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On 4/3/2024 at 10:37 PM, mythoughtis said:
The doctors at Chastain seem to have all day to spend with a patient. In real life, an admitted patient is lucky to see their doctor for 5 minutes a day.
When my husband recently had gallbladder surgery, his surgeon literally just stuck his head in the door for less than 5 minutes the next day to ask how my husband felt and to say he would be discharged that day. And no other doctor checked on him, though the nurses did. I'm sure my husband's experience is closer to the norm than what we see on this show.
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On 2/3/2021 at 2:26 PM, Avabelle said:
Did they recast Devons mother?
I don't think so, but she looked different because of the way she was wearing her hair, I think.
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On 4/21/2021 at 2:29 PM, yourmomiseasy said:
Isn't Devon supervising that intern? There seemed to be a major power imbalance and him dating her would be super inappropriate. I'm tired of TV shows glorifying this type of behavior.
I think in the episode where she was introduced she was supposed to be a surgical intern and was making the rounds with AJ as the supervisor, and she also assisted in a surgery with him. (I may not be remembering this accurately.) But it still seems inappropriate for her to date Devon because of the power imbalance and the likelihood that he will be supervising her in some situations.
On 4/3/2024 at 5:14 PM, mythoughtis said:Is it just me or is the woman playing AJ’s adoptive mother a different actress than the one playing her originally?
Not just you! The actress playing the mother in this episode does not look anything like the one who originally played her. The original was Denise Dowse and had a very distinctive look with close-cropped blondish hair; I looked her up and she died in August 2022. So they had to replace her, but it was jarring to see someone who did not look anything like her. The new actress playing the mother is Summer Selby.
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On 3/13/2021 at 7:31 PM, statsgirl said:
I'm interested to see how the show navigates a resident with dyslexia. They should have let her do her exams orally, the way many European medical schools run their exams.
Although I was impressed with how hard she prepares, to compensate for dyslexia, wouldn't dyslexia be a potentially serious obstacle for a doctor? If she has trouble with reading comprehension, what happens in an emergency or high-pressure situation when she has to read a medical record or lab results?
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On 3/4/2021 at 1:01 PM, MoreCoffeePlease said:
I'm so glad Devon's patient survived! That really would have sucked for him (and for her). Loved him bringing in the dancers.
That was touching but I didn't understand why Devon couldn't let her go to the recital that was scheduled for the night she came to the ER. I know he said that the surgery should be done while she wasn't in sickle crisis, but couldn't the surgery have been scheduled for the next morning rather that immediately after coming to the ER? I admit that I don't know much about sickle cell (though I know a lot more after watching this episode), but I would think that the chances of her going into crisis overnight were not great if she was stable in the ER and could get pain meds for that night.
On 3/9/2021 at 10:32 AM, needschocolate said:Do we know how long Bell and the mom were together?
I thought in a previous episode Bell said it was 8 years, from when Jake was age 4 to age 12. So I can understand Jake coming to see Bell as his father and then feeling abandoned. And it's the kind of feeling that can fester over the years. Bell could tell him the truth now about Jake's mother not letting him see or have contact with Jake, but Jake might not believe him.
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This was my favorite episode this season, and I think it's partly because Sam and Jay were not involved much. Although I like Sam and Jay as characters, their interactions with the ghosts can be a bit repetitive. But having the ghosts interacting mostly with each other was fun, and the writing seemed better than usual.
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On 1/13/2021 at 5:47 PM, Lovecat said:
That was really well done. There will be life after COVID, but it will never be the same.
Since my husband and I are watching this show for the first time on Netflix in 2024, we are seeing it from the perspective of life after COVID, or at least after the worst of the pandemic. Although people are still getting it (my husband and I both got it in late January this year after being exposed at the place where we volunteer, and this was his third time and my second since 2020), it's manageable for most people and life is mostly pre-Covid normal. Even so, there is the sense that life has changed as a result of the pandemic, not least because of the deep divisions it led to between those who needed/wanted to be safe and those who put their individual "rights" and distrust of public health officials above the welfare of others. The scene in the show of people applauding the doctors and nurses was moving but also sad because later in the pandemic there were many who expressed hatred of medical professionals on social media, even threatening them.
Other scenes of the show were sad reminders of the terrible situation in the beginning when most people didn't know what this was and, even when it was known, medical professionals didn't have the PPE needed to stay safe and the public had a hard time getting the right kind of masks (I remember seeing instructions on how to make cloth masks, and we had several, though I doubt they were very protective). Worst of all, there were no effective treatments in the beginning and many patients had to be isolated, hooked up to a ventilator, and die alone. The episode did a good job of showing examples of the reality back then without overdramatizing.
On a lighter note, I was very happy to see Nic and Conrad get married, and I loved the wedding ceremony.
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On 3/4/2020 at 3:49 PM, vibeology said:
I'm glad is was an accidental poisoning. I thought the step-mom was too obvious so I was worried it was Conner Trinneer trying to keep his daughter close at home.
The possibility of the father doing Munchausen by Proxy occurred to me.
On another note, as Star Trek fans my husband and I get a kick out of all the former ST actors showing up as guest stars in this series.
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On 11/10/2019 at 5:32 AM, WinJet0819 said:
His spiel about "When patients come to us, they need to know we will keep their medical information private, good or bad" is painting way too broad a picture. It's one thing if a girl won't tell her parents she's pregnant or picked up and STD and doesn't want the doctor to tell. It's completely different when a patient poses a potential deadly risk to others.
I bolded the last sentence because I kept yelling "Tarasoff" at the screen. Although the Tarasoff case is mainly applicable in psychiatry, the decision of the court "that the need for therapists to protect the public was more important that protecting client-therapist confidentiality" should, IMO, be applied to other medical professionals. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/media-spotlight/201407/revisiting-tarasoff
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@Neptune, thanks for the link about the Library of Congress hosting the cast and it being a homecoming for the actors who play Pete and Jay because they went to high school in Rockville, MD. I have lived in Rockville since 1988 and rarely boast about it since it is ordinary suburb (if people in other countries or other parts of the US ask where me or my husband where we are from, we usually say "Washington, DC"). But it is exciting to know that two actors in a show I love came from here. Utkarsh is the same age as my daughter so they were in high school at the same time (Richie was a freshman when Utkarsh was a senior so there was an overlap there also). My daughter did not go to the same high school, but the schools were geographically close and she was friends with some people from the school Utkarsh and Richie attended.
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On 5/6/2019 at 10:44 PM, Jlina said:
I would have a very hard time asking my parent to risk death for an almost dead drug addict. Even my sister. They could offer....but railroading them and shutting them down when they have something "important" to tell me.
Agree 100%. I was estranged from my mother for most of my adult life (similar to Nic and her father, though I am much older than Nic), and I would never expect her to donate an organ to me or my sibling. I did have a loving relationship with my father, but I wouldn't demand that he donate if the organ was going to a drug addict who has barely finished her latest attempt at getting clean and doing rehab, and who likely would have a hard time complying with the lifelong post-transplant requirements and likely would relapse again if she survived the operation.
I must be dense, but I didn't get it when Bell said he saw himself in the patient who couldn't speak. What part of himself did he see in this patient?
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On 5/1/2019 at 9:34 PM, Court said:On 4/29/2019 at 10:36 AM, SnarkySheep said:
Am I crazy, or did they indeed have Austin with a different backstory not long ago?? I could swear he initially told Mina his birth parents were junkies who neglected him, so that when his adoptive parents took him at age five, they literally saved his life. And now they were med students??
Please tell me I'm not hallucinating...
I vaguely recall this scene and I think that was his vision of them. Or maybe he had shitty foster parents?
I vaguely recall this scene also and think he said that his adoptive parents were good parents, but he seemed to assume the worst about his bio parents. That was presumably before he found actual information on his bio parents.
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On 4/23/2019 at 8:42 AM, Mellowyellow said:
What really disturbed me was that the people in this episode (and the true story in real life) seemed fairly well off and could afford proper hospital and medical care. It's giving my imagination all kinds of scope to wonder (and dread) what the level of care is like for those who are not even in this income bracket.
Both the fictional story and the true story were tragic, but in the fictional story I kept asking why there was only one OB on the maternity ward of a supposedly good and well-funded hospital. And that OB would be unavailable for other complications or births while in surgery. Shouldn't there have been another OB on duty or on call, or at least an OB resident who could help? It seemed unrealistic, but maybe it is realistic and that's part of the reason why the US has such a poor record of maternal mortality.
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On 3/20/2019 at 7:07 AM, alexvillage said:
Speaking of it, AJ entering the mansion of a white man and no neighbor called the police to arrest the "big black man" that they thought had a gun? Right...
I said that to my husband as soon as AJ opened the door. And we both were expecting that if the police came to the house they would shoot him, assuming he was at best breaking in and at worst the person who shot Abe (once they found Abe).
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On 3/5/2019 at 10:12 AM, Rap541 said:
As someone who had gall problems, on the one hand the actual pain from the gall stone attack was far worse than the surgery. But... I had pretty good insurance and there was about a two month gap from when the doctor said "Yeah, we solve this problem by removing the vice president of organs" and the actual surgery and the time between wasn't a lengthy montage of me screaming in pain. I did get the admonishment to not eat a high fat diet while waiting but trust me, you back away from the bacon a little when you worry that eating it will make you feel like your right side is exploding. My point? Unless you're running a fever, it's not considered emergency surgery even if you have insurance so I didn't see this as some sort of unrealistic or awful display of how the uninsured get screwed.
Your experience with gallstones and gall bladder surgery is probably more common, but my husband recently had a very different experience. We were on vacation in Hawaii and both got Covid. I recovered in about a week but he still had a fever (not very high, and assumed to be due to Covid). Since he is 76 and has a heart condition (controlled by meds), he went to Urgent Care to be sure it wasn't serious. They did some tests and found that his gallbladder was in terrible condition, and they said he had to have emergency surgery that couldn't wait until we got home (on the East Coast) a few days later. The doctors were amazed that he had not been in terrible pain., especially after the surgery when the surgeon said the gallbladder was the worst he'd seen and was partially necrotic.
S05.E10: Unknown Origin
in The Resident
I can believe that someone would have no social media presence, but it's pretty hard these days (I am watching the show in 2024, which is not much different in that sense from 2021) to have a life with no digital footprint at all. You have to provide basic information to get an apartment or a job, especially for a medical professional, and that information goes into various databases. If this new doctor was working at Atlanta General under the name she gave to Chastain (and apparently she was since Kit called AG to check her out and heard praise), at a minimum there should be a digital record of her with that name as an employee of AG. She also claims to be double board-certified, which should be verifiable by checking the databases of those boards or at least calling the boards. Once Pravesh was getting 0 results in his first couple of searches, he should have checked her board certifications.
I'm sure there are some medical professional impostors, but she did seem to have the skills she claimed to have. I doubt she could be in WITSEC working as a doctor in the same field as she worked before WITSEC, because she might be easy to trace--and based on my vast knowledge of WITSEC (LOL--based on what I've seen on TV), you have to change your type of job as well as your location. I do think she is likely fleeing abuse or maybe even a cult. Changing her name because she is transgender would be an interesting plot, but I agree with the poster above that the writers probably wouldn't go there.