Doc debuted early within the 2025 TV schedule after which instantly broke a rankings document for Fox with that first episode. With the story of Dr. Amy Larsen’s misplaced recollections (and the love triangle she did not even know she was in) simply getting extra difficult, followers had been seemingly relieved that the community did not wait till after the finale to resume the medical drama for Season 2. I spoke with actor Jon Ecker, who performs Chief Resident Dr. Jake Heller, forward of the finale on March 18 about what’s on the best way.
If it looks as if Season 1 is ending proper after it started, that might be as a result of Doc solely acquired an order for ten episodes the primary time round. That can change for the following batch, because the renewal got here with 22 extra episodes. Ecker weighed in on getting the renewal forward of the finale, saying:
It has been very thrilling, and we’re all tremendous excited to get again collectively quickly and work and have much more episodes to movie, which we’re very enthusiastic about.
Is it any surprise that the solid is “excited to get again collectively quickly” contemplating how a lot time has handed since they wrapped filming? Jon Ecker shared that they completed the primary season again in July of 2024, almost half a yr earlier than the primary episode would air on Fox and develop into out there streaming with a Hulu subscription. The actor mirrored on getting that excellent news after such an extended wait:
Oh, it was superb. I do not know the right way to describe it. We needed to wait a very long time, which I are inclined to at all times need to do, particularly after first seasons, and particularly with some streamers, you wait what looks as if an eternity, and you may barely bear in mind your character’s names by the point you get round to doing interviews. So to lastly air and folks to answer it and get an early pickup is simply… I imply, it is a tough enterprise that we’re in, and it is gotten even rougher after COVID and the strikes. I simply can’t clarify how grateful I’m that it is carried out so nicely. Particularly after doing just a few reveals that solely went one season, it feels even nicer.
Tv within the first couple years after the WGA writers strike and SAG-AFTRA actors strike may have been a tricky panorama for a medical drama when there are already heavy hitters within the style like Chicago Med on NBC and Gray’s Anatomy on ABC, however Doc clearly carved out an viewers rapidly. Ecker went on to share his response to getting that episode rely bump from 10 to 22:
That was very shocking, simply because I’ve by no means carried out that many episodes, so I do not even know what that appears like or seems like, however I’m simply very grateful.
At this level, after all, there isn’t any assure that everyone from Season 1 will probably be again in the identical capability, or how a lot could have modified on the hospital by the top of the finale on March 18. As you might have guessed after the penultimate episode was referred to as “What Goes Up…” on March 11, the final episode of Season 1 known as “…Should Come Down,” with all people referred to as upon to pitch in after a mass casualty occasion.
And there may be catastrophe for private storylines to associate with the mass casualty occasion, after Amy (Molly Parker) and Michael (Omar Metwally) shared a passionate kiss regardless of him being married to a different girl and Jake having fun with restarting the connection that was minimize brief by her amnesia. That is not even accounting for the way one thing certainly has to present ultimately with Dr. Miller (Scott Wolf) and the dying he is been making an attempt to cover all season!
So, how excessive are the stakes for this final episode of the 2024-2025 TV season? I requested Jon Ecker that very query, and he previewed:
They’re fairly excessive for lots of people. There’s a whole lot of stuff happening. Clearly you have got the entire love triangle between me and Amy and Michael, so what is going on to occur there? After which additionally the entire scenario – and we discover out if it will get resolved – with Richard and the Dixon case. There’s only a lot happening that simply all will hopefully get wrapped up in Episode 10, however I am certain, being that we’re rolling into 22 extra episodes, there’s gonna be some free ends there that also gotta get resolved.
Ecker after all did not drop all of the spoilers earlier than the Season 1 finale may even air, however I feel there are many causes to get enthusiastic about what Doc has in retailer for the final episode earlier than the break. Try the promo under for a bit extra of a tease:
Watch On
Tune in to Fox on Tuesday, March 18 at 9 p.m. ET for the Season 1 finale of Doc, which has been the community’s first medical drama since The Resident wrapped in 2023. Fox has but to announce what Doc will probably be paired with when it returns for Season 2; I might like to see the collection airing back-to-back with Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk’s Homicide in a Small City, however we’ll simply have to attend for the information.