Written by John Edward Betancourt ST. DENIS MEDICAL -- "You Gotta Have a Plan" Episode 109 -- Pictured: (l-r) Wendi Mclendon Covey as Joyce, Steve Little as Sanderson, Allison Tolman as Alex -- (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)
Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 109 of ‘St. Denis Medical’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
If there is one aspect of life that people in hospitals face often, it would have to be… death. Simply because their job entails saving lives, and sadly… not everyone can be saved. So, they are indeed surrounded by the end far more often than any of us will ever be, and that’s often left us wondering how those professionals handle that, and oddly enough… St. Denis Medical on NBC is a series that continues to answer that question for us. After all, the series premiere of the show took the time to showcase how it impacts hospital workers because, they do indeed have feelings, and this week’s episode opted to go even deeper than that. For ‘You Gotta Have a Plan’ saw the team reeling from an ugly impending death. Ugly in the sense that the man’s family was just battling it out over what was to happen to the estate while just letting loose old skeletons and buried emotions and that was… tough for everyone to see. Because one would think that the end of a family member would be somber and reflective, over combative and filled with fury and well… that chaos brought about some fascinating lessons. Such as how folks that are surrounded by so much death, learn how to handle it properly and know what will make those final moments worthwhile, and how seeing so much of it, helps them to think ahead. All of which was expressed through two plotlines. One of which, involved that salty family. For Serena and Matt were put on end-of-life watch. Which entailed keeping an eye on the patient to ensure that a proper time of death was recorded, and this was… a disaster. Since Matt had his face caved in along the way because all this family did was fight and point fingers and just make the final moments of their family member chaos. Which was why Matt made sure to defend Serena, when they turned on her, and point out, that this wasn’t how they needed to spend their last minutes with a dying loved one. They needed to be celebrating that life and everything it stood for. A fine lesson that sunk in at the end, and one Matt and Serena uncovered through seeing so much death. As for thinking ahead, well that was handled by Joyce. Who was fighting with her honey again, and he was supposed to be the forthcoming executor of her estate, and seeing that patient begin to expire, pushed her to find someone new to be her executor, and quickly. So that everyone in her life that mattered had nothing to worry about when her time came, and Alex volunteered for that and regretted it. For she quickly learned that helping Joyce with such matters was an outright nightmare. One that she tried to pawn off on Dr. Ron. A move that led to an epic back and forth of ‘hot potato’ with the paperwork in question. But thankfully, both were absolved of any trouble since Joyce finally reconciled with her boo thing, and he took over as planned. But clearly, thinking ahead was inspired by the death that Joyce witnessed at work on a daily basis. All of which informed us, that medical professionals can learn and grow from the sadness they see surrounding them, which made for a poignant and yes, supremely funny tale. Because the insults being thrown about by that family were the stuff of legend. Not to mention, being together for a time seemed to light a spark between Serena and Matt. Plus, even Dr. Bruce’s ability to accept that death is part of the journey through his own freakout added to the heart and comedy of this episode. And of course, it was just amazing to watch Ron and Alex battle out who would get the dishonor of dealing with Joyce’s anal-retentive mindset. Which helped to reinforce the majesty of this show, since it can teach us a lot and make us smile at the same time, and now that we’ve reached the end of this lesson, it will be interesting to see what other ones lie ahead in the weeks to come. Until next time. Watch ‘St. Denis Medical’
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