This week’s episode starts off in the room of four coma patients. Suddenly, three of them flatline as the fourth wakes up after a year in the coma. This certainly got my attention and Carolyn’s. She takes on this case to try to discover if this coma patient, Jane (whom has no memory of who she is), has experienced any life after death moments or if there was any corresponding reason to why the other three people died when she woke up.
Carolyn, Zed, and Janel met with Jane to learn more about what happened when she woke up from the coma. Quickly the team realize that she doesn’t remember who she is, but she still has some memories. At first they think that they are her memories but later on it’s revealed that the memories are actually stories she remembers from the other patients’ family visits. In order to learn more about Jane, Carolyn met with Dr. Nash, who had operated on her when she was first brought to the hospital. Dr. Nash was the one that pointed out to Carolyn that the memories that Jane had experienced were most likely from being cognitively aware while she was in a coma. Personally, I was surprised that Carolyn couldn’t have come to this conclusion herself.
Wanting to test this theory, Carolyn gathers the other patients’ family members who visited the room. They have a meeting with Jane to see if she remembered anything else, which of course, she did. She knew most of the family members and remembered some of the things that they said to their loved ones. At first everything that Jane is experiencing can easily be explained until Jane recognizes a young woman related to one of the deceased who never visited the hospital. Jane also knows about a past event that only the young woman and her loved one knew about. This leaves Dr. Tyler and the team wondering if Jane was communicating with the other coma patients before they died.
One of the most interesting and emotional moments of this episode was the storyline of Len discovering that one of his patients was a donor recipient of his son’s lungs. Though this information was supposed to be confidential, Sophie read the email about the young man that had received her brother’s lungs. She ends up spending time with him and feeling like she is close to her brother again. To be honest, I’ve been having a hard time enjoying the scenes with Sophie, but in this episode I felt very sympathetic towards her. She just needs to show her softer side more often instead of the typical TV teenage rebel. When Carolyn learns that’s why Sophie was talking to that young boy she tells her that what she is feeling is normal and that Will will always be with them. It was a great family scene between Len, Carolyn and Sophie.
Elsewhere, we see Dr. Richmond and Turing working together on the new wing of the hospital. During that time Richmond notices that on a few different occasions Ivan was struggling to remember words. For example, he couldn’t remember what a ruler was called. Richmond confronts Turing about this, asking for permission to run some tests. Hopefully we will find out the results in the next episode. This scene was surprising to me as I thought Ivan already knew what was going on medically, he just didn’t tell anyone except for Carolyn. It’s possible that he might be hoping for a different diagnosis, or he’s worried that he is getting worse. I really like Ivan and wonder how long he will be in the show. I’m hoping that that’s why they are exploring more testing, maybe he won’t be terminal after all.
After more investigating by the team it is discovered that Jane’s operation didn’t go as Dr. Nash had led everyone to believe. She actually flatlined during that surgery due to Dr. Nash’s negligence. Once this was uncovered it was brought to light that this wasn’t the only time that Dr. Nash had caused harm to his patients. Shortly after, Dr. Nash was fired and Jane mysteriously slips back into a coma. Did she wake up only to lead Carolyn to the truth about Nash in order to stop him from hurting anyone else? Thats what the team are asking themselves, though Carolyn was once again skeptical about life after death experiences and any other phenomenon that could have occurred.
There were times in this episode that I thought the story was a little more out there than it needed to be. Also, some of the events that occurred weren’t really explained, such as Jane knowing about the explosion. That being said, I still enjoyed the episode, particularly the family moments. What did you think about this episode? Do you feel like they left you wondering how they were going to explain some of the events? And do you think Turing’s diagnosis will change?
About the Author - Alexandra
Alexandra (Ali) is an avid TV, film, and music fan from Canada. She attended film school and was a camera operator for a local sports show. Growing up she watched shows like Due South, Pretender, X-files, Early Edition, and Frasier. Her favourite shows are Bates Motel, The Mentalist, and The Closer. Alexandra will be reviewing Proof and Masters of Sex.
