Overview

• The new season premieres Tuesday at 9/8c on Fox following the show’s rare 22-episode order.
• A hostage crisis in the premiere sparks Amy Larsen’s season-long push to recover lost memories as weekly medical cases continue and romance takes a backseat.
• Felicity Huffman debuts as Joan Ridley, the incoming chief of internal medicine and Amy’s former mentor, replacing the fired Dr. Richard Miller.
• Ridley is portrayed as intensely results-driven while privately managing a nerve condition that could lead to cancer.
• New intern Hannah arrives with her own secrets and intersects with Amy’s mysterious memory flashes, as the season explores treatments like TMS and sensory-deprivation and tackles ethical dilemmas such as aiding a domestic violence victim.