The February 18 episode of Doc goes to be the hardest one but for Dr. Sonya Maitra (Anya Banerjee) — and the individual she has to depend on is none apart from Dr. Amy Larsen (Molly Parker), with whom she has a sophisticated historical past.
“Secrets and techniques and Lies” sees Sonya wrestle with treating the person, Ravi (Ritesh Rajan), who raped her, and TV Insider has an unique sneak peek of her making a surprising determination about his remedy. Banerjee tells us “it’s so tough” for Sonya to each attempt to be a health care provider to her rapist and likewise belief another person who has damage her previously (Amy).
“For the reason that starting of the season, viewers have seen how a lot Sonya dislikes Amy, however on this episode, we really get a bit little bit of perception as to why. We acquired a flashback from earlier than the place Amy tells Sonya to contemplate that not all people’s meant to be a health care provider, however on this episode, we see that not solely was Sonya a struggling med pupil on the time, she’s additionally simply been the sufferer of date rape,” Banerjee says. “So though Sonya may’ve revered Amy again when she was a pupil and doubtless would’ve taken a jab like that in her stride at some other time, that timing is simply so horrible that it utterly adjustments the best way that Sonya sees Amy. And so after all she will’t come to Amy for assist throughout all of this and has to only attempt to soldier via, however as everyone knows, repressing issues and burying issues doesn’t work, and it form of blows up in her face a bit bit — or so much, I ought to say.”
In our clip, Ravi insists he didn’t rape her and taunts her. Watch the total video above — which does embody flashes to the evening of the assault — to see how she reacts.
“Sonya is totally dissociated [in that moment], which lots of victims of trauma do, and he or she form of simply acts from this place of combat or flight,” Banerjee explains. “And I needed to, as an actor, simply let my physique cleared the path in that second.”
What comes subsequent? “Someone’s acquired to choose up the items, proper?” she teases. Amy’s the subsequent one to enter the hospital room. “With this shock affected person and the entire drama that goes down, Amy now has to assist Sonya. In order that’s fascinating, to observe that hierarchy flip forwards and backwards all through the season [pre- and post-accident], however particularly on this second.”
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Doc, Tuesdays, 9/8c, Fox
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