[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Doc Season 1 Episode 8 “Man Plans.”] Richard ( Scott Wolf ) may be worried about Amy ( Molly Parker ) remembering that she was investigating him for a patient’s death before the accident that took eight years of her memories, but in the latest episode of Doc , he is very genuine in a scene reminiscent of what their relationship once was (and as we see in flashbacks). It’s in this episode that Richard reveals to Amy what we learned in Episode 7 that explains his recent behavior: His son has been diagnosed with behavioral and schizotypal disorders and is now in a facility.
He hadn’t told her before her accident. According to Wolf, that’s in no way a manipulation. “That’s very telling about where he is in the story at that point, how they’ve kind of started to come back together,” he tells TV Insider.
The two were once close, as seen in flashbacks, and “what is happening with Richard right there is, I think, he misses this Amy and counted on this Amy. She would’ve known every detail if they had never broken apart from who they used to be together. So it feels like a relief in a way to be able to share what’s going on — but not just share it with anybody, share it with this person who maybe, despite all of the craziness and all of the secrets and all of the covering and all of the tension they’ve had over these past eight years, maybe they could be what they were.
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