Doc is giving Amy (Molly Parker) a blast from her previous she will’t fairly absolutely bear in mind in Season 2, with the introduction of Felicity Huffman as Joan, her mentor who’s coming in because the hospital’s new chief starting with the second episode, airing on September 30.
As a result of automotive accident that took eight years of reminiscences from her, there are features about Joan and their previous that Amy can’t bear in mind. Nevertheless, because the premiere (which aired on September 14 and reruns on September 23) exhibits, she’s beginning to have reminiscence flashes. And Joan is available in along with her personal historical past and baggage.
“Joan has a secret that’s about [herself]. We are going to get to know what that’s in Episode 3 and be questioning when Amy will bear in mind or determine it out,” govt producer Barbie Kligman tells TV Insider. She says that’s just like the Dixon storyline of Season 1 — Richard (Scott Wolf) hid the occasions that led to a affected person’s demise from Amy after she couldn’t bear in mind she’d been wanting into it — by way of it enjoying out “extra long run.”
A second storyline involving Joan entails her “half in an enormous resolution Amy made,” Kligman previews. “That we find out about in [Episode] 2 after we introduce Joan. We get the introduction to Joan, we see Michael [Omar Metwally] form of understand that’s who he ought to rent for chief, and he does. And on the similar time, we get to see some flashbacks of Amy and Michael proper earlier than the tip, and Michael and Joan, and Amy and Joan. So it’s very nice, the best way all of it ties collectively and provides you some perception as a result of it’s exhausting to inform what Joan’s intentions are on the planet, and also you form of go away individuals guessing.”
So can Joan be trusted? That’s actually in query. Nevertheless, the EP provides, “Joan loves Amy. Joan was Amy’s mentor. Joan has at all times believed in Amy. However Joan can also be human along with her personal points.”
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