


#11 - Imperfect Serenity
Michael and Victoria visit her family on the Isle of Wight. As their relationship deepens, Michael navigates the choppy waters of familial acceptance.

#12 - Crossing the Rubicon
Michael finally earns his way across Gower Street and begins seeing patients. He also crosses into untouched lands elsewhere.

#13 - Isaac
Michael experiences a crushing loss that brings the challenges of making it through medical school into stark detail.

#14 - Blood and Roses
Michael is exhilarated when he is assigned to clerk the patient of a prominent surgeon. His efforts to impress, however, don't quite go according to plan.

#15 - A Stitch in Time
Michael encounters two mentor possibilities and participates in a surgery for the first time.

#16 - Mentorship
Michael encounters a much-needed mentor and father figure while learning a great deal about the true practice of healing.

#17 - The Hardened Hart
In the second half of his stint as Locum House Officer, Michael learns the hard way that some surgeons harm rather than heal.

#18 - Choices
During his obstetrical rotation, Michael is surrounded by the outcomes of choices his patients made. When a former love re-appears, he must make a choice as well.

#19 - This Fragile Life
Michael crashes headlong into the undeniable fragility of life itself as he finishes his obstetrical rotation.