Overview

• Felicity Huffman debuts as Dr. Joan Ridley, a former mentor now installed as Westside Hospital’s chief of internal medicine.
• Ridley signals a hard reset by announcing a looming performance evaluation as she aims to elevate the hospital’s standards.
• A newly resurfaced memory unsettles Amy Larsen and complicates how she views her past relationship with her mentor.
• Amy pursues aggressive memory-recovery efforts, including sensory-deprivation therapy, which Ridley questions on clinical grounds.
• Joan’s appointment comes with broad operational autonomy, sharpening the institutional power dynamics driving Season 2.