The party is ending and Lim is unable to reach Glassman in the elevator. A man dressed as a hospital staff gets on the elevator with them and Andrews notices he is bleeding but he doesn’t think much of the man’s explanation. As they get off the elevator, the man is accosted by the hospital’s security guard, there is a struggle and the man stabs the security guard and grabs his gun. Andrews immediately puts the hospital on lockdown.
Asher and Reznick rush to Ezra’s aid as they see the pain becoming more intense. They find out that he has been having a miscarriage and is in a lot of pain. Reznick is devastated that she was left behind at the party and Asher tries to comfort her.
Shaun gets a message from Glassman informing them there is an active shooter in the hospital and that Lim and Villanueva could be hurt on the 5th floor. Shaun decides to go to Lim and Lea and Allen follow him. They find Lim and Villanueva passed out from their injuries. Seeing Lim in that state triggers Shaun to remember how his brother died. The three of them immediately start medical intervention.
Andrews and Glassman arrive as well and they start helping Shaun and Allen to treat Lim and Villanueva. They stabilize them enough to get them to the OR. In the OR, they have a shortage of staff because of the lockdown, and Lea is forced to be a circulating nurse.
Shaun, Glassman, and Allen start operating on Lim with Lea helping them as a nurse. Lim suffered a grade 4 liver laceration as well as other injuries. Glassman and Shaun have different opinions on how to treat her injuries. Glassman wants to remove half her liver which will decrease her life expectancy by ten years. Shaun wants to use a different technique but if it goes south she will need a major transfusion which will be hard to do given the lockdown and the hospital is currently low on blood. As they discuss, Glassman is called into the other OR to help Andrews with Villanueva’s case. Before he goes, he orders Shaun to proceed by cutting out half of Lim’s liver. ..
Shaun’s technique was the best viable option. Shaun decides to ignore Glassman’s order and proceed with his technique. Glassman is angry when he comes back and finds that Shaun ignored his order. There is a slight complication but they are able to complete the surgery successfully.
Meanwhile, Asher and Reznick get Ezra to a room, but realize his bowel is perforated. Asher decides to go look for supplies in case they will need to do emergency surgery in the room. He runs into the shooter who is Villanueva’s former lover. He is taken as a hostage and finds himself caught between flying bullets as the man exchanges fire with SWAT. ..
Ezra is taken to the OR where Reznick and Asher are video calling to guide him through the surgery. However, it becomes complicated when the gunman decides to let Ezra go and keep Asher hostage.
Asher and the gunman start talking about their fathers. Asher tries to get through to the gunman, but in the end, the gunman disarms his gun and heads out of the room. He is not surrendering, he aims his gun at SWAT and they shoot him. ..
As the doctors debate whether to give the gunman a bypass machine or not, Lim begins to experience complications. The doctors are faced with a difficult decision: should they save Lim or the gunman? Andrews and Glassman decide to give the gunman a bypass machine, but Shaun disagrees. He thinks they should save Lim first. However, Andrews says that they can do her surgery without a bypass machine but it will be harder. ..
The surgery is harder, a complication arises and Shaun has a panic attack as Lim goes into heart failure. He starts remembering his brother’s accident and Lea escorts him out of the surgery room. They need Shaun to be able to place the device on Lim’s heart. During his panic attack, Shaun has visions of his brother congratulating him on his wedding day and asking him to save Lim. He is able to focus and using his expertise the team saves Lim.
After surviving a near-death experience, Reznick decides to pass on the job offer in New York but Park tells her that is a mistake. He can’t look past the fact that she had initially chosen her career over their relationship. Lim wakes up from her second surgery and she is paralyzed.
The Episode Review
This episode was 41 minutes of intense scenes as an active gunman takes hostages in a hospital. It is not lost on us that this has been the reality for so many, especially in America where gun attacks are rampant. ..
Although it was not in the ideal circumstances, Shaun was able to get some closure on his brother’s death. Unfortunately, this is how their wedding day ended. It was hard on everyone but I loved how Shaun checked in with Lea in the end. It must have been tough on her because this was supposed to be their first night as a married couple.
After Park and Reznick’s relationship ended, many people are wondering if she will choose to stay in New York or move on. ..
