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    Doc’s Latest Reveal Adds Depth to Amy’s Cold Bedside Manner and It Makes Perfect Sense

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    Doc’s Latest Reveal Adds Depth to Amy’s Cold Bedside Manner and It Makes Perfect Sense


    The start of Doc had us somewhat believing that Dr. Amy Larsen’s change in personality was linked to the grieving process after losing her son.

    We couldn’t have been more wrong, and Doc Season 2 has already brought up an interesting and believable reasoning behind her sudden personality change.

    After all, one doesn’t go from being a kind-hearted doctor to a ruthless one in the blink of an eye for no reason, and grief isn’t the sole reason for that change.

    Doc’s Latest Reveal Adds Depth to Amy’s Cold Bedside Manner and It Makes Perfect Sense
    (John Medland/FOX)

    There is always a deeper, hidden meaning, and the Doc Season 2 premiere effectively explained that.

    Amy Argues Against a Heart Transplant

    The Doc Season 2 premiere brought us a patient storyline that no parent ever wants to go through.

    A dad is struggling with the potential loss of his daughter, but there’s a glimmer of hope as she is at the top of the list for a heart transplant.

    However, there’s a concern about a shadow on the MRI, which opens the can of worms for the episode.

    The dad didn’t want Amy in the room from the beginning, blaming her for his daughter not getting a heart transplant years earlier, and now he is even angrier when it turns out that there’s a chance his daughter won’t get the heart she’s waited so long for.

    (Courtesy of FOX)

    Amy has to do everything she can to protect herself, other patients, and the hospital staff when the dad takes drastic steps and holds the hospital hostage to get his daughter the heart transplant, but this story doesn’t play out the way that you would expect.

    Amy’s Motivation is Rooted in Wanting to Give a Parent Time

    As we worked through the series of flashbacks from the previous time the heart transplant came up, we saw how Amy argued with the cardiologist about the potential transplant.

    He was sure that the heart transplant would work, but Amy continued to state that it wasn’t a good idea, and this decision seemed to be a personal one.

    We learned in the premiere that this happened just shortly after she lost her own son due to heart issues, and it was easy to believe that she was putting herself in the father’s shoes for the wrong reasons.

    (FOX/Screenshot)

    Yet, she wasn’t.

    Amy was doing a good thing after realizing something terrible.

    It wouldn’t matter if this patient got the heart transplant; she wasn’t going to survive.

    With that in mind, Amy thought as both a mom and a doctor, as not only was she offering kindness to the father, but she was also ensuring that someone who could benefit from the heart transplant would receive it.

    (Courtesy of FOX)

    Amy wanted to ensure the father had time to say goodbye to his daughter and make some memories together while they had that time.

    It was something Amy didn’t get with her son, since he was taken away so quickly from her, and it makes what seems like a cold bedside manner all the more meaningful and kind.

    She saw something that nobody else did, and nobody else could have thought of the loss in the way that Amy did.

    While I believe that, in most cases, the personal and professional worlds should remain separate, there are times when the lines need to be blurred, and this is one of those instances.

    (Courtesy of FOX)

    Amy’s Cold Bedside Manner Is Protective

    Doc needs to continue with this to help humanize the cold bedside manner that Amy has developed.

    In her grief, she started to see patients and their families in a different way, and that naturally would have led to a colder bedside manner.

    She wanted to ensure that people who needed medical help received it, but at the same time, she wanted to make sure families had the time together that they could spend.

    (John Medland/FOX)

    Sure, it can seem cold-hearted when you’re telling a patient that there’s nothing you can do for them, but it allows families time rather than the risks of dying on the table or never waking up from surgery.

    Of course, there will be a selfish element to her coldness, as she attempts to protect herself, but there is also a kindness to it that needs to be explored.

    Doc Season 2 is doing a powerful thing, preventing Amy from becoming a villain in the story, which she could do, as she starts to regain her memories.

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