In episode 7, JD learns that he’s not invited to Turk’s barbecue. Turk explains to JD that Carla wants to have the barbecue with Elliot and Wes, and that she is going through menopause. Turk then tasks Dashana with delivering bad news to a family, whose relative died during surgery, which she is unsuccessful with. We also learn about Asher and Amari’s secret kissing, and later on Carla reveals to Elliot that she doesn’t think Wes is very interesting.
Asher then brings Amara behind a curtain and tells her that he has told his dad about her, after less than a week. This doesn’t sit very well with Amara, who walks away from him. Elliot gives a pep talk to Blake, who is dealing with a patient with psychosis (she believes she’s Mariah Carey), and Carla finds out that JD cut her workload to two patients, to try and help. Carla is not very happy with this, so she confronts JD about it.
Amara tells Asher that while she’s having fun with him, they may not be on the same page, and that she wants to keep their relationship casual, and that she’s missed out on a lot as an adult. Later on, Dashana gets a second chance to console family members, but she is still unsuccessful, which leads to a lesson from Turk. Carla apologizes to Elliot, who says she doesn’t care about anyone’s opinion on Wes, and seems to forgive her. It seems forgiven, until Carla says some things about Wes that aggravate Elliot, who storms off.
Asher reveals to Sam that he does understand Amara, because he moved to America to take care of his sick father when he was 16, and missed out on being young. Blake entertains his patient, Dashana agrees to let Amara move in with her, Carla reveals why she didn’t invite JD to the barbecue, and finally, JD and some interns deal with an interesting case.
So far, this episode was the least insufferable to sit through. There are still big problems with the pacing of the show. It doesn’t let scenes really breathe and still gives off the vibe of a TikTok quick clip compilation. There still isn’t much excitement to watch, or continue, and that dread feeling is still kind of there. One other problem to mention is JD’s narration at times. For example, some of the jokes in this episode feel like they could have been better if the narration weren’t in it and just let the scene play out.
Rating: 6.5/10