The Chimera
Season 6 • Episode 7
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Resident Season 6 Episode 7 “The Chimera.”]
At the start of the season, co-creator Amy Holden Jones teased “potential with someone new” on the subject of Dr. Billie Sutton’s (Jessica Lucas) love life on The Resident transferring ahead after Dr. Conrad Hawkins (Matt Czuchry) and Dr. Cade Sullivan (Kaley Ronayne) received collectively. And in “The Chimera,” it appears like we met that “new” particular person: Ian Anthony Dale’s Dr. James Yamada.
But first, Conrad should take care of the semi-fallout of him and Billie dancing at Dr. Kit Voss (Jane Leeves) and Dr. Randolph Bell’s (Bruce Greenwood) wedding ceremony. As Dr. AJ Austin (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) says to Conrad, he thought he’d find yourself with Billie, then advised himself he was flawed after seeing him with Cade (“We’re having fun, she’s really great,” Dr. Hawkins says), however then noticed that dance… All Conrad says is that Cade wished to be there however needed to work. “Yeah, that explains everything,” AJ remarks.
Things get awkward when Cade appears by Dr. Feldman’s (Tasso Feldman) images and sees Conrad and Billie’s dance. Feldman tries to assist his good friend, telling her he additionally danced with Conrad. “And he looked at you like that?” Cade asks. She later brings it as much as Conrad, noting that the look on his face makes her assume there’s one thing between them. Conrad insists they’re good mates, including, “we share something that’s hard to describe, I guess. It’s a sense of what we’ve lost.”
And she’s not the one one choosing up on that look. Feldman warns Jessica (Jessica Miesel) that if he ever caught her taking a look at Nolan (Michael Hogan) like that, he’d… she interrupts earlier than he can end that risk. Besides, he doesn’t have to be fearful about Nolan. George Clooney in his ER days, nonetheless…
Feldman echoes AJ’s earlier ideas when Conrad asks to see the picture: He, too, thought there is perhaps one thing between him and Billie. “Billie was Nic’s best friend,” Conrad argues. Feldman continues the development of greatest responses to Conrad’s weak excuses with, “which explains what exactly?” As Conrad sees it, “it’s possible for us to care about each other and be friends without…” “Benefits?” the opposite physician suggests.
Off that dialog, Billie admits that she awakened a little bit confused after the dance, and Conrad agrees. But if Conrad’s pleased with Cade — he confirms he’s — then she’s not confused. As he walks away, he turns again to inform her, “I want you to be happy.” And what are you aware? That’s when James makes his entrance, first introducing himself to Conrad, then going over to Billie and alluring her to dinner. She’s hesitant, trying to Conrad. James notices the 2 and asks if there’s another person, however she accepts.
Later, after a profitable, dangerous surgical procedure for Billie and AJ, James suggests drinks earlier than dinner. “Have a good time. You deserve it,” AJ says as they stroll off. He then turns to Conrad to test if he’s cool with them collectively. She can do higher, Conrad says. But each simply need Billie to be blissful. Something tells us this simply implies that issues are about to get very sophisticated for the Billie-Conrad-Cade love triangle.
Elsewhere, Kit and Bell’s personal assembly with Governor Betz (Steven Culp) about him slashing Chastain’s finances takes place in entrance of the press. To put it merely, he’s terrible, calling out Kit’s accent and stressing he’s “Georgia born and bred,” shifting funding from drugs to crime, and calling his plan “tough love.” Bell accuses him of a historical past of Medicare fraud, resulting in the press asking questions. Betz walks out, telling one among his staff to seek out out all the things he can about Bell as a result of he’s going to destroy him.
And that begins with Betz turning a brand new scrub tech on the hospital, Donald, into his spy, underneath the specter of exposing a earlier mess that had been coated up. And so Donald introduces himself to Bell and tries to get Jessica to assist him get in his OR. She easily tells him she will prepare for him to work with Billie as a substitute. But when she’s tied up in one other surgical procedure, Donald leaps on the likelihood to work with Bell. Unfortunately, it’s on a affected person who dies on the desk as a consequence of problems nobody caught.
Bell takes accountability, although Kit says that even when he’d seen the indicators, it in all probability would’ve been too late. The affected person averted American healthcare due to the prices, and that’s what killed her. However, Donald overhears and tells Betz what occurred — and that he thinks it’s sufficient for a lawsuit. Furthermore, he is aware of that Bell has skeletons in his closet, and the governor will take no matter he can get. “Bell, you picked the wrong enemy,” Betz says. But we predict Betz is the one who picked the flawed enemy — as a result of now he’ll be going up towards Kit, and our cash’s on her.
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