It was never actually resolved, they just knew they had to ignore it. Now that Georgia is dead it's harder for the two of them to put it
aside but it's also why it was/is necessary for now. Max and Alice are both grieving and trying to learn how to enjoy the things they used to love without
their spouses. There's already enough guilt and being with Helen would only make him more guilty because it's not like his feelings for her developed
after Georgia's death. And he also cares too much about Helen to be with her while grieving. He doesn't need to worry about that with Alice because they're both in the
same place, craving intimacy without something too serious.
Panthaki left because Helen wanted to stay at the hospital to help Max and the hospital. I don't blame him for being jealous but I wouldn't go as far as saying
that he seemed like a really good guy. He was childish storming off like he did. If you take out her feelings for Max, Helen was just doing what she loved most,
being a doctor. She shouldn't have to put that aside for him. She couldn't even put that aside for Max, why do it for him?
Do you mean how is Helen/Castro's manipulation/lying/falsifying the trials any less unethical? It's not, Castro only gets to save face because only she, Helen
and Max know about what she did. It would be even worse if the board knew because the hospital would lose it's funding. Helen/Max isn't just covering it up because Castro saved Max, she's covering it up because her treatment works, and if her career ends she own't be able to further her research. So she's giving her an opportunity to do it again the right way without falsifying the trials.
If Max had been at the safe injection site and Helen got him clean he still would not have been sober so both he and Helen would have probably been fired.
