S01.E05: He Ain't Heavy

[AnimeMania]

Amy and Sonya endeavor to help a teen in need of a bone marrow transplant and his younger brother whose own health issues jeopardize disability to donate. Jake deals with a fainting bride and her worried groom. Michael (Omar Metwally) struggles with a secret he’s been keeping.

Premiere Date: February 4, 2025    FOX    9pm

[txhorns79]

Amy should have been suspended or fired for ignoring a patient DNR.  It's assault when you perform life saving care on someone who has specifically told you that isn't what they want.  I know the show tried to sell it as being fine by having the patient be glad that his express wishes were ignored, but give me a break. 

I may have just missed this in a prior episode, but I didn't realize the husband and his new wife were still living in he and Amy's marital home.  That's just a wow from me, if only because the baggage from the son's death and break up of the marriage would be a lot for the new wife to take in and essentially live in a quasi-memorial to it all.   

[l star]

More Michael flashbacks. I don’t care enough about him to want flashbacks. He was nervous about a new baby; he came around. That could have been handled in a sentence during his scene with Gina. At least he finally told Amy the truth. I still don’t have any interest in Nora or her ‘you’re not like her’ opinion. 

Boyfriend is dreaming. He still sees a future with her which isn’t a bad thing, but he needs to recognize how distant that is now. Hopefully that wedding conversation was a wake up call. I am actually in favor of him telling her though. The downside to telling her is he’s probably going to get crushed. There’s a big upside though- she gains someone else in her corner besides Gina. She needs another friend and evidence that someone did like and care for the old her might help her. 

Gina was smart to bring up the trouble Amy could get in if people find out about her and Jake. Surely he still intends to keep it all quiet, but he seemed to think they could get together and tell everyone now and it would be fine. Again, he’s dreaming.

My opinion on Sonya didn’t improve. Amy was just as biased, but Sonya just seems so much less professional with it. I hate that she got the ‘you were right’ edit at the end. 

Miller wants to force her to take medicine?! What an invasion. I don’t blame her for saying hell no. Besides, I think she’d have done what she did before the accident too. Saving that kid was not an example of impulsivity. He’s just an asshole. 

Edited Wednesday at 05:25 AM by l star

[Madding crowd]

It bothers me that Sonya introduces her to patients as Amy. Even first year interns are introduced to patients as Doctors. Plus it probably seems confusing to patients. I understand she didn’t do the right thing regarding the DNR, but in someone so young they should have had him evaluated by a psychologist or at least a meeting with a social worker before just accepting he is fine with dying.
I’m wondering if Amy can get any legal help against being threatened by people in the hospital. It seems like she is constantly told she will be fired if she doesn’t do what other people expect. Her skills are still intact even if she may need to catch up on any new medications or studies.

[MsJamieDornan]

1 hour ago, Madding crowd said:

I’m wondering if Amy can get any legal help against being threatened by people in the hospital.

She keeps doing things she's not supposed to, they have every right to threaten her.

[Madding crowd]

I don’t agree. Outside of the DNR, most of the time she has been threatened over things Dr. Miller is trying to set her up on to fail. She is asked her opinion and then Sonya or Miller try to turn it around when she is proven right. 

[topanga]

15 hours ago, txhorns79 said:

Amy should have been suspended or fired for ignoring a patient DNR.  It's assault when you perform life saving care on someone who has specifically told you that isn't what they want.  I know the show tried to sell it as being fine by having the patient be glad that his express wishes were ignored, but give me a break. 

We didn't see the entire scene play out, but there are supposed to be various methods of confirmation that a person is DNR. A bracelet, a note on the chart, a sign above the bed, etc. Amy was right not to take one person's word for it (unless it was her superior) and to continue CPR until she had that confirmation. It's implied that she continued even when the order was verified, but we didn't see that part. 

 

The married couple: are we supposed to assume that the adrenal tumor was the reason for all seven years of the bride's cold feet about getting married? She seemed happy at the end, but was it really what she wanted to do? I'm not convinced, but I'm open to others' thoughts. 

 

[l star]

I also wondered about the married couple. I thought it was going to turn out that he was overbearing, and she couldn’t deal. 

12 hours ago, Madding crowd said:

It bothers me that Sonya introduces her to patients as Amy. Even first year interns are introduced to patients as Doctors. Plus it probably seems confusing to patients. I understand she didn’t do the right thing regarding the DNR, but in someone so young they should have had him evaluated by a psychologist or at least a meeting with a social worker before just accepting he is fine with dying.

I’m wondering if Amy can get any legal help against being threatened by people in the hospital. It seems like she is constantly told she will be fired if she doesn’t do what other people expect. Her skills are still intact even if she may need to catch up on any new medications or studies.

It bothers me too. She was an attending eight years ago, not an intern. She’s a qualified doctor and should be treated as such. Michael calls her doctor so I think it’s just another way for Miller to minimize and mess with her. 

I wondered about a psych or social worker consult too. Michael said he should have had one before he changed treatment plans so surely one would be needed for a DNR. He was just a scared teenager acting out on Sonya’s encouragement. I can’t see an eval clearing him for such a drastic action.

I get why she got in trouble this time even though the show oversimplified it. Still the threats are old. I wish they would back off and let her do her job without trying to twist everything. I don’t think she deserves all the heat. 

Speaking of heat, Sonya had nerve calling out Michael for special treatment, but she’s being fed that by Miller. I’m ready for someone to get tired of dealing with his bullshit.