Tonight's third to last episode flashed back and forth between early in the day and later in the day of Neela's last day at County. The episode starts and ends with Neela, with a few surprises in between.
- The show opens with Lucien walking Neela out of the ER where she is leaving to catch a flight. He tells Neela that he will miss her and that he expects her to end up back at County at some point in her career. We find out that earlier in the day the two fought about her leaving. "I can't wish you luck because I want you to hate it," he tells her. He says he imagined something better for her, but what he means is that he never expected her to leave. In the end though, they part on good terms.
- In the only non-Neela, but still character-driven plot of the night, Morris and his cop girlfriend fought about her returning to work after being shot a few weeks ago while on the job. He says he wants her to stay home or find a new job for her safety, but she immediately reacts and says he is being anti-feminist. In the end, he realizes that his job, and almost every profession, is dangerous and they make up.
- Frank throws Neela a party as his way to make up for not treating her right her first day, which was six years ago. Haleh then takes Neela to the wall where all past doctors who have either left County or died during the years have their locker nametags hanging. While standing in front of the wall, Neela has flashes from her time at the hospital.
- Neela gets to the airport to find that her flight is delayed because of a storm. While at the bar, Simon shows up. Apparently he did not see her before she left and realized that this may have been his last chance to make things right between them. Neela takes this chance to try to explain to him why she has to take this job away from County. She says she constantly carries an "irrational dread" that she will make a mistake and that she hates how she never takes chances. So for one of the first times she is doing something that truly scares her.
- Brenner tells Neela that he did not come to the airport to tell her to stay and when she then asks him why he did show up, he tells her he just knew he could not let her go without saying goodbye. Right before he leaves he thanks her for helping him realize he was stuck. We then see Simon in a session with a psychiatrist. Maybe he is now getting the help he needs.
- Before Neela gets on the plane, she calls Abby. Neela needs Abby to confirm to her that she is not making a mistake. Abby does and tells Neela to get on the plane. (Side note - it was nice seeing Abby on the show even if it was only for a few seconds.)
- The episode ends with Neela showing up at Ray's (Shane West) place of employment. I'm not sure exactly what this means - did she or didn't she accept her new job? - but at least she finally gets to be with the one person she was always meant to love.
My favorite quote of the night: "The truth is a time bomb, but once it's out it can't hurt you anymore" - Brenner
Only two more episodes. I'm not sure that is enough time to tie up all the loose ends - Sam and Tony, Carter, Banfield and the baby - but I am looking forward to more surprises in the coming weeks. Your opinions, as always, are welcome. Leave me comments.
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