I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I thought this week’s episode of Night Shift was quite an improvement and dare I say, somewhat enjoyable? Then again, after hitting rock bottom in recent weeks, the show couldn’t have gotten any worse, right? What am I saying? Of course it could have. The geniuses of GH are behind this show after all.
This week, the show was told in a flashback format. It opened up with Robin looking on in fear as Patrick and a few other random nurses tried to resuscitate a patient. The camera work was sort of cheesy, but compared to the freakin’ cheese fest that was last week’s ending montage, I’m willing to let it slide. Throughout the episode, doctors and nurses were brought into Ford’s office to speak with an attorney about the events of the evening. By the way, would an attorney really rush to the hospital at that time of night? To hear Dr. Ford tell it, GH is falling apart so I very much doubt they would have enough money for a high-priced lawyer.
The night revolved around Stacey, the HIV pregnant woman, and Robin’s connection to her. It was nice to see Dr. Scorpio whose presence seems to have been missing recently. Stacey came in complaining of abdominal pain and asked for Dr. Lee and Dr. Scorpio. Regina stands there all calm and pleasantly sayis she’ll page them while Stacey writhes in pain in front of her. Why the hell didn’t she get her a damn wheelchair or something? Isn’t helping the patient like Nursing 101? Once Stacey manages to get to Dr. Lee, Kelly informs her that she has had a placental abruption and they’ll need to perform a C-section to which Stacey asks if Kelly can do that. Hee! Apparently word has gotten around town that Lorenzo Alcazar delivered more babies than Kelly.
In case you weren’t already questioning Dr. Lee’s skills as a doctor, maybe this scene will help you out. After giving Stacey the 411, she leaves her alone, grabs Leyla and tells her to wheel her to surgery. #1 was it really alright to leave a sick woman who did not appear to be hooked up to anything , alone? #2 was it really a good idea to ask a student nurse to wheel a patient to surgery? Apparently not because within a matter of minutes, Leyla ditched her patient in the elevator, after telling Spinelli and Jason where to take her, so she could go and help another patient. Shortly thereafter, said elevator broke down and therein lied the evening’s predicament. Note to self - if for some reason you decide to risk your health by putting your life in the hands of GH doctors, take the stairs.
When Robin finds out about Stacey she is completely panic stricken and starts freaking out at people. The first person she gets mad at (understandably) is Leyla. Dr. Scorpio asks why she left her alone to which the nurse responds that Stacey’s with “Mr. Morgan and the Jackal” as if that’s supposed to mean she’s safe. I seriously had to laugh at that. Robin threatened to get Leyla kicked out of the nursing program, which was a little harsh, but if Leyla thinks a brain damaged janitor and a stoner hacker qualify as medical professionals, she deserves it.
Turns out the patient only Leyla could save because she speaks their language (FYI - Dr. Julien could have been paged to speak with them) needed surgery courtesy of Dr. Drake. He asks Robin to assist and she declines because she has to wait for Stacey. Patrick’s upset that she won’t help save this man and after Epiphany points out Robin’s refusal to help a patient, Dr. Scorpio heads to the ER to assist her sweetie. It was cool to see Robin in surgeon doctor mode, but the looks between her and Patrick over their surgical masks were intense. Could someone please lock them in a room so the could just talk things out already?
After surgery Robin overhears Jolene gushing about Jason (how is the Jason fan club not full by now?) and her co-worker comments that the only way he’ll help Stacey is by giving her last rights which of course upsets Robin who rushes off to wait for Stacey. Dr. Lee has a team waiting beside the elevator and Robin snaps at Dr. Archer (this poor guy has zero luck with women) to which everyone else jumps on Robin and tells her to calm down and she apologizes. Here’s my problem: Why must Robin always be made to look like the bad guy for overreacting and why is she always the one to apologize? If GH writers are going to make characters apologize, they should spread it around a little. If they need some inspiration, I’ve got a whole list of people who need to start asking for forgiveness.
Patrick is waiting with Robin until he gets paged to perform surgery on a man with head trauma from a motorcycle accident. I’m guessing this has something to do with Jolene’s secret. Earlier, in the what the hell moment of the show, Regina explained to Jolene the reason she gave Stan attitude (so over the top by the way) for being rude to Epiphany is because she had an abortion and he didn‘t seem to care what his mother sacrificed for him. At the end of this awkward bonding moment, Regina asked Jolene what her deepest darkest secret was, cut to Jolene staring sadly at the head trauma guy.
Speaking of Stan, after going his usual rounds with his mother, he headed to the basement to help Touissant try and fix the elevator. During this time, we discovered that neither one knew what they were doing and that someone broke the elevator on purpose. There had better be some cool explanation for all these freaky accidents, but I’m sure there won’t be. I’ve decided it’s less disappointing to watch if I keep my expectations low.
While everyone outside of the elevator was freaking out, Spinelli and Jason were doing a great job of freaking out inside of it. I understand that Jason could talk to Stacey about her condition because apparently it was the same one Sam and Elizabeth had (can they not come up with some other pregnancy complication), but must Jason always be the hero?
The actress playing Stacey did a great job of conveying her character’s pain and fear, but I must say I was relieved when she passed out because her screaming was getting on my nerves. After deciding they were stuck and need to help Stacey, Jason asks Spinelli to Google how to perform a C-section. Wow. So that explains how all the GH staff can work there without completely medical school. Apparently they just Google everything. How quaint.
Spinelli is continuing to freak out as he attempts to read the instructions, but thinks the point is moot because they don’t have a scalpel. Silly boy. With a flick of the wrist, Jason pulls a knife out of his pocket. Duh Spinelli. It’s part of the standard hitman’s tool belt. Jason tries to find something to sanitize the blade with and Spinelli whips out a lighter which he says he uses for smores. This definitely deserved a hee because smores is Spinelli code for pot. So Jason performs the C-section while montage music plays and delivers a baby girl who surprise, surprise, isn’t breathing.
And that’s where it ends. No, I am not kidding. The episode ended with a “to be continued” screen. Are you freaking kidding me??!! I thought the whole point of Night Shift was each episode was only one night long. If GH execs wanted to break the rules, why couldn’t they have addressed Maxie flat lining at the end of last week’s episode? For all I know she’s dead and haunting the supply closets of the hospital.
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