The essential episodes of Doc
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Doc — each pick states its reason.
- 01
If at First You Don't Succeed...
When Chief of Internal Medicine Dr. Amy Larsen suffers a catastrophic brain injury, her life is turned upside down.
- 02
While at the hospital recovering, Amy can't help but insert herself into her roommate's case; all the other doctors and nurses have to adjust to the once formidable chief now being the patient.
- 03
Amy, allowed to return to work under very strict guidelines, teams up with TJ to treat a patient suffering from mysterious liver problems; Sonya and Jake help an elderly couple navigate the final chapter of their love story.
- 04
Amy must confront who she became after the tragedy struck her family seven years ago; Sonya and TJ disagree on how to handle a sick Marine; Amy and Jake make a life-changing discovery about an Alzheimer's patient.
- 05
Sonya wrestles with treating a guy from her past and must rely on Amy to help her; Richard deals with a family situation; Jake and TJ debate the moral implications of a diagnosis.
- 06
Amy and Richard reconnect while treating a patient whose diagnosis is not at all what it seems; love becomes the forefront in everyone's mind.
- 07
Amy, finally allowed to practice medicine again without supervision, struggles to diagnosed her most complicated patient yet -- TJ's dad; a single mom is reluctant to stay in the hospital; Richard tries to contain the truth about Dixon.
- 08
Amid the chaos of a mass casualty event, Gina deals with a devastating revelation and Amy is forced to confront her demons.
- 09
Amy treats a chaplain who helps her reconcile with the past; Michael is under investigation for his actions during the hostage crisis; TJ returns to work and treats a prisoner; Hannah's brother shows up with a plan.
- 10
The search for Amy's hacker intensifies when the hospital finally brings in the FBI. Hannah, devastated by the death of her patient, works with Amy to treat a sick older man whose daughter believes has been poisoned. Meanwhile, Sonya and TJ examine middle school kids for scoliosis, and discover a child with a different ailment and a home situation that may've caused it to get much worse.
- 11
When Amy and Michael take Katie on a road trip to her college orientation, they pass a familiar campsite and decide to stop and hike the trail. The journey quickly becomes harrowing when they discover an injured man whose life hangs in the balance. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, with no cell service, it's up to the three of them to somehow save him.
- 12
On her last day at Westside, Joan chooses an unlikely successor, crowns a Chief Resident and imparts some final wisdom to the next generation. Gina steps in to help TJ's patient, a foster child suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Amy and Jake's tension intensifies while treating a pregnant teen caught between her divorced parents.
- 13
On Michael's first day as Chief of Internal Medicine, Joan arrives at the hospital as a patient in dire straits. Amy, determined to save her, clashes repeatedly with Richard over Joan's treatment plan. Meanwhile, Gina makes a nearly impossible medical decision for a young patient and Liz fights for her allegations against Richard to be taken seriously.
- 14
A mysterious, fast-acting and extremely deadly virus triggers an emergency lockdown on the 6th floor of Westside Hospital.
- 15
In an effort to save a crashing Richard from a deadly virus, Amy gets infected with it. Michael and the team work tirelessly to help her and the other patients, but their experimental treatments fail, and Amy becomes critically ill.
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