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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looks like Mel’s sister has a urinary tract infection. But they didn’t show her anymore later in the episode.[/quote]

I think they might have been forshadowing sexual assault. [/quote]

I might just quit the show if that happens. Too often writers use SA as a cheap trick to crank up the drama. Mel has been one of the best characters, destroy her and they destroy the show.

I still see nothing wrong with Whitaker being in a relationship with the widow of a patient. He has no professional relationship with her. [/quote]

A doctor definitely has a professional relationship with the widow of a patient who died while under his care. And Robby explains how Whitaker's involvement with her is based on his feelings of empathy (and likely guilt) over this woman's husband's death. That's not healthy for Whitaker, who is a brand new doctor and needs to be developing the kind of professional distance that will enable him to provide good, empathetic care while also keeping some separation with his patients.

You also really get the sense in the conversation with Robby that Robby has violated that specific professional distance in his own career (we know of two cases where that is true -- him treating his mentor during Covid, and him treating his stepson's GF last season, both of whom died) and Robby is now clearly in a state of mental crisis. Obviously Whitaker's situation is not nearly as dramatic or dire as that, but it does serve as a cautionary tale. Medical professionals, especially working in life or death specialties (emergency medicine, many kinds of surgery, oncology, etc.), generally do best when they can have a private life that is separate and protected from the challenges of their job. Mentally and emotionally, they need that escape. Think of Princess going home at the end of the day and watching Love Island. You can't take work like they do home with you. And that is exactly what Whitaker is doing. It's risky.[/quote]

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