We see three potential patients right off the bat. One is a Mexican Idol, Sofia Ortega, who comes down with a sudden case of tone deafness. At the same time, an old saxman playing on the streets of New York- Wade- gets hand tremors. Also, it's Frankie Faison, who probably should have saved his money from The Wire. He looks terrible. Then, a husband- Mark- storms out of a car while fighting with his wife over music and gets struck by lightning. Heehee. Maybe tonight's episode is about music. Gee, I wonder if Catherine's jazz man father will make an appearance.
Catherine and her new sub-intern Mackenzie are doing a music study- obv. Mackenzie rattles off the parts of the brain that respond to different elements of music, and Catherine gleefully reminds her that she's the Marco Polo of the brain and impossibly awesome stuff is what she does so DEAL WITH IT.
Dr. Mahmoud is in with Wade, who's sipping a pint of gin when she comes in. The Cube is a cool place when it comes to what they allow. Catherine pokes her head in, Mahmoud explains that his tremors are the result of his drinking, and Catherine knows better. Mahmoud deals with being improbably scooped, but then wants in on the music study. She proves she belongs by busting out a ridiculously amazing operatic singing voice. Because NO ONE ON THIS SHOW IS LESS THAN AWESOME AT ALL THINGS ALL THE TIME. Except human interaction. They all blow at that. Witness:
"It's official, we have zero in common. I'm tone deaf." -Catherine
"That's sad. No doubt the resulting envy was the subconscious motivation for your music study." -Mahmoud.
How about just "That was awesome. I'd love to have you in the study." "Thank you." Nope. Instead we get "Let's make this about me." "Ok. I hate you." because this show's version of banter is really just a manual for how to be an asshole. Catherine orders a test for Sofia, and Mackenzie reads off the first two paragraphs of said test's Wikipedia page. Why would a flailing show bring in a new character who says and does nothing entertaining? Just asking. She ends by beaming "I'm thinking tumor!" Yeah, she fits right in. Bickman describes Ali Wong as "an older, female you" when speaking to Leo, which isn't even close. Leo asks again for a letter of recommendation after his work in last week's episode, but no. Bickman says Leo's lack of hypermemory and lack of people skills make him a bad fit as a surgeon (Surgeons? People skills? Shrug.) but if Leo aces his next test, he'll reconsider. Then Catherine shows up in Bickman's office doing the sex kitten thing.
"Brace yourself I have feelings for you."
No comma inserted, because the line was delivered in a somewhat hilarious rushed deadpan. Still makes no sense. Bickman tells her that's cool, because they can have the feels and still not commit, and hell, why not bang both him and Will. Catherine's disgusted, because apparently it's fine to do it but it's not fine to say you're fine with doing it. She goes to see Esme, who's in the middle of a piano lesson... with Catherine's dad, Hunter. Reagan has gone from abominable ice monster to voice of reason as she encourages Catherine to go say hi. She doesn't. I've watched this show twice and I still missed the moment where Reagan stopped hating Catherine. I guess all positive plot developments happen off camera on this show. That's cool, this was the first and the last of those anyway.
Ali Wong shows off Sofia's scans, which show a worm in her brain. Ok, that's just fucking gross. One of The Cube's janitors, Babu, has a song stuck in his head and is hallucinating dancers to go along with it, so that gets him into the study. Mark is no longer tone deaf after the lightning strike. In fact, he loves music and is now a master violinist. I've heard of this before; it's called "Bad TV show does something stupid because nobody's going to notice" syndrome. Well, I noticed. They spend a few minutes re-explaining what happened in very tiny words, so even people who thought it was cool at first will understand it well enough to realize it's stupid. Hunter is waiting for Catherine in her office and they say horrible things to each other for a while. Hostage Redgrave gives Catherine a chance to be dumb some more: "I don't think people change." Also a bunch of contradictory I don't care/ I care nonsense.
Leo tries to fix Babu by replacing the Indian song with Yankee Doodle. It gets in Bickman's head as he takes out Sofia's worm. Then Bickman tells Wade that he needs brain surgery and they'll have to wake him up in the middle to see if it's working. Wade has a grudge against doctors, so he walks out. Catherine does another 180 and calls Hunter to try to talk Wade into getting the surgery. They were familiar with each other, as they were both amazing jazz superstars back in the day, and Hunter says he'll jam with him- as long as they do it in the OR. Yeah, that's a deal anyone would agree to. I mean, he's HUNTER BLACK. They patch the sound from the OR through The Cube. Mark starts jamming, Sofia starts singing runs, and the Yankee Doodles that replaced the Indian dancing girls leave Babu alone. Because jazz is the best medicine. It's exactly like that scene in The Simpsons where Lisa jams with Bleeding Gums Murphy in the hospital, except this time it's not supposed to be funny. Still is, though.
Catherine brings Will to Josh's for a family dinner with Hunter, and Will gives Esme a weekend job at his restaurant in his two minutes of screen time. A conveniently placed Hotel Mirabella pen and an offhand Esme comment makes Will realize Catherine slept with Bickman. His facial expression remains unchanged. Then Catherine goes outside and tries to hug a thunderstorm or something. The end. I swear, this eventually goes somewhere. I think. I dunno, I forget.
Catherine and her new sub-intern Mackenzie are doing a music study- obv. Mackenzie rattles off the parts of the brain that respond to different elements of music, and Catherine gleefully reminds her that she's the Marco Polo of the brain and impossibly awesome stuff is what she does so DEAL WITH IT.
Dr. Mahmoud is in with Wade, who's sipping a pint of gin when she comes in. The Cube is a cool place when it comes to what they allow. Catherine pokes her head in, Mahmoud explains that his tremors are the result of his drinking, and Catherine knows better. Mahmoud deals with being improbably scooped, but then wants in on the music study. She proves she belongs by busting out a ridiculously amazing operatic singing voice. Because NO ONE ON THIS SHOW IS LESS THAN AWESOME AT ALL THINGS ALL THE TIME. Except human interaction. They all blow at that. Witness:
"It's official, we have zero in common. I'm tone deaf." -Catherine
"That's sad. No doubt the resulting envy was the subconscious motivation for your music study." -Mahmoud.
How about just "That was awesome. I'd love to have you in the study." "Thank you." Nope. Instead we get "Let's make this about me." "Ok. I hate you." because this show's version of banter is really just a manual for how to be an asshole. Catherine orders a test for Sofia, and Mackenzie reads off the first two paragraphs of said test's Wikipedia page. Why would a flailing show bring in a new character who says and does nothing entertaining? Just asking. She ends by beaming "I'm thinking tumor!" Yeah, she fits right in. Bickman describes Ali Wong as "an older, female you" when speaking to Leo, which isn't even close. Leo asks again for a letter of recommendation after his work in last week's episode, but no. Bickman says Leo's lack of hypermemory and lack of people skills make him a bad fit as a surgeon (Surgeons? People skills? Shrug.) but if Leo aces his next test, he'll reconsider. Then Catherine shows up in Bickman's office doing the sex kitten thing.
"Brace yourself I have feelings for you."
No comma inserted, because the line was delivered in a somewhat hilarious rushed deadpan. Still makes no sense. Bickman tells her that's cool, because they can have the feels and still not commit, and hell, why not bang both him and Will. Catherine's disgusted, because apparently it's fine to do it but it's not fine to say you're fine with doing it. She goes to see Esme, who's in the middle of a piano lesson... with Catherine's dad, Hunter. Reagan has gone from abominable ice monster to voice of reason as she encourages Catherine to go say hi. She doesn't. I've watched this show twice and I still missed the moment where Reagan stopped hating Catherine. I guess all positive plot developments happen off camera on this show. That's cool, this was the first and the last of those anyway.
Ali Wong shows off Sofia's scans, which show a worm in her brain. Ok, that's just fucking gross. One of The Cube's janitors, Babu, has a song stuck in his head and is hallucinating dancers to go along with it, so that gets him into the study. Mark is no longer tone deaf after the lightning strike. In fact, he loves music and is now a master violinist. I've heard of this before; it's called "Bad TV show does something stupid because nobody's going to notice" syndrome. Well, I noticed. They spend a few minutes re-explaining what happened in very tiny words, so even people who thought it was cool at first will understand it well enough to realize it's stupid. Hunter is waiting for Catherine in her office and they say horrible things to each other for a while. Hostage Redgrave gives Catherine a chance to be dumb some more: "I don't think people change." Also a bunch of contradictory I don't care/ I care nonsense.
Leo tries to fix Babu by replacing the Indian song with Yankee Doodle. It gets in Bickman's head as he takes out Sofia's worm. Then Bickman tells Wade that he needs brain surgery and they'll have to wake him up in the middle to see if it's working. Wade has a grudge against doctors, so he walks out. Catherine does another 180 and calls Hunter to try to talk Wade into getting the surgery. They were familiar with each other, as they were both amazing jazz superstars back in the day, and Hunter says he'll jam with him- as long as they do it in the OR. Yeah, that's a deal anyone would agree to. I mean, he's HUNTER BLACK. They patch the sound from the OR through The Cube. Mark starts jamming, Sofia starts singing runs, and the Yankee Doodles that replaced the Indian dancing girls leave Babu alone. Because jazz is the best medicine. It's exactly like that scene in The Simpsons where Lisa jams with Bleeding Gums Murphy in the hospital, except this time it's not supposed to be funny. Still is, though.
Catherine brings Will to Josh's for a family dinner with Hunter, and Will gives Esme a weekend job at his restaurant in his two minutes of screen time. A conveniently placed Hotel Mirabella pen and an offhand Esme comment makes Will realize Catherine slept with Bickman. His facial expression remains unchanged. Then Catherine goes outside and tries to hug a thunderstorm or something. The end. I swear, this eventually goes somewhere. I think. I dunno, I forget.
