Mon, Sep 26, 2011
Doctor-in-training Erica is dismayed to learn that her first patient is someone that she knows: her soon to be ex-brother-in-law, Josh MacIntosh, a man she neither understands or likes. Despite she realizing that Josh needs help, Erica hates him even more after Samantha's vitriolic verbal attacks about their bitter divorce proceedings. To help Erica help Josh, Dr. Tom sends her back to the incident when she first realized that she hated him, which was a trip in 1998 by Erica, Sam, Josh and Jenny to Fort Lauderdale to visit Erica and Sam's grandmother. Erica tries to use this trip revisited as her opportunity to make a real connection with Josh. But Erica learns that she not only has to make a connection, but in the process truly understand what Josh is all about as a person, which may end up backfiring in her face. A reminder of another past incident between Erica and Josh may be able to provide Erica that much needed perspective.
Mon, Oct 3, 2011
Julianne and Erica have a somewhat uncomfortable time at Frank Galvin's funeral in the fact of running into some of their old nemeses, most specifically Thomas Friedkin. Julianne is also expecting a visit from her sister Georgie, a brilliant academic, who wants to pitch a book by her friend, local professor Michel Streith. Both these events place Julianne on edge, more so than usual, her frustrations which she takes out on 50/50's new assistant, Rachel. Julianne and Erica have differing opinions about Rachel, who Erica likes, despite her quirky nerdiness, which includes being somewhat psychic whenever she gets nervous, which is all the time. All these situations in combination make Erica incredulous to the announcement by Dr. Tom of her next patient: Julianne. Erica believes that strong, confident and results-oriented Julianne does not require therapy, and that Julianne's gruff demeanor only comes out when those around her don't know how to deal with her properly, much like Rachel doesn't know at this time. To test Erica's theory, Dr. Tom sends Erica back to her first day at River Rock working under Julianne. Erica believes since she now knows Julianne as a person, she can make a better impression this second time around than she did the first. But an incident shows Erica what truly makes Julianne the person that she is. Meanwhile, a confession by Rachel makes Erica contemplate her own future.
Mon, Oct 10, 2011
Beyond the shock of the news, everyone seems happy about Samantha being pregnant with Lenin's baby - everyone except for Barb. Barb believes Samantha is being irresponsible yet again. Erica is surprised by her mother's reaction, but she will have to understand that reaction after Dr. Tom tells her that her mother is her next patient. Erica thinks she knows why Barb is feeling the way she is, but Dr. Tom sends Erica back to 1969 and seventeen year old Barb's senior year in high school to get a true picture of what is bothering Barb in present day. What Erica finds out about seventeen year old Barb is something that she will have to process as it affects her personally. But she also has to figure out how to provide Barb with some guidance without divulging Barb's secret past. News of the baby brings up the baby issue between Erica and Adam for the first time as it relates to their future. And Dr. Tom runs into an old flame named Amanda Mathieson. As Tom buries himself in his work and contemplates not reconnecting with Amanda, Dr. Naadiah tries to convince him that Amanda has probably come back into his life for a reason important to him.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011
Scott Galvin's reign at River Rock brings an entirely different corporate mentality, where everything is driven by his testosterone laden sense. The men have to be dudes, and the projects they will be working on reflect Scott's own interests. Even the name of the company has been re-branded to The Rock. As hard as he tries for the sake of keeping his job, Brent just doesn't fit into this new corporate image. Erica's advice of pitching an idea that brings his own sensibilities into the testosterone world of The Rock gets Brent fired. After the fact, Erica realizes that her advice was just a tired old cliché. That's when she learns that Brent is her next patient. To understand what is happening to Brent, Dr. Tom sends Erica back to high school and her dealings with a Québecois exchange student named J.C. Paget, who stayed with the Stranges for her two week exchange and who just didn't fit in. To get J.C. off her back, Erica at the time told J.C. just to be herself, which made J.C.'s life even worse for those two weeks. This time around, Erica vows to help J.C. fit in. Erica learns that she can change J.C.'s outer appearance, but in doing so she may expose J.C. to situations with which she isn't equipped to deal. As it applies to Brent, he has to decide if he should beg for his job back which ends up being a bit more cutthroat than he imagined, or find something else more to his own sensibilities. Erica also has to decide how to apply what she learned to her own issues with Adam, who wants to buy a motorcycle against her wishes, and he who refuses to take salsa lessons with her.
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
By opening up a part of her own personal life to him, Dr. Naadiah is trying to show Dr. Tom that he can be a good therapist and still maintain a healthy personal life. She is trying to get him to return the several telephone calls from his former fiancée, Amanda, to see why she has come back into his life. Telephoning Amanda and forgiving her for walking out on their engagement to marry another man may be two different things. Dr. Naadiah sends Tom back to his and Amanda's engagement party, where he believed that Amanda was looking for an excuse to leave him so that she could marry who would eventually be her husband, Paul. The party isn't quite as he remembers. A current day visit with his own father may show Tom what he needs to do to make himself more fulfilled in his personal life. Meanwhile, Kai has returned from the future to deal with a regret. During what may be an extended return, Kai makes a special effort to get in touch with Erica. Because of Erica and Kai's history, a jealous Adam doesn't like that Erica wants to spend time with him. Erica thinks that Adam may change his mind if he gets a chance to hang out with Kai himself as a buddy.
Mon, Oct 31, 2011
In the next phase of her doctor training, Erica, for twenty-four hours, receives the power of initiating time travel. As a doctor-in-training, her current temporary powers only allow her to travel within that same day. Dr. Tom warns her that with power comes much responsibility. Erica, like a kid in a candy shop, wants to tell the whole world what she can now do. But she comes to the realization that she can fix some mistakes that she feels she's already made that day. One has to do with Julianne and Brent, who are moving into new territory in their relationship. They pitched a book idea that Erica dismissed in its entirety. But the more important regret has to do with Adam, with who she had the latest in what seems to be a continual string of fights. The nature of their fights seem to take on the same issues: Adam feels that Erica is trying to control his life - much like he is her patient - while Adam, in a state of anger and wanting to cool off, walks out in the middle of the fight. Another source of their fights is Kai, who Adam does not want her to see anymore. As Erica tries to redo that latest fight so as to diffuse the situation the second time around, she finds that in trying to fix what she did, she is also controlling the destiny of others. She also finds that the problems that she and Adam are facing may be more deep seated than what a little time travel can fix.
Mon, Nov 7, 2011
Despite still feeling the emotional pain of the situation, Erica is trying to move on with her life after Adam breaking up with her. She is trying to make herself feel better by wearing pretty but somewhat provocative clothes. Her friends believe her outward appearance matches how she is feeling inside. Coincidentally, she runs into Ethan, who is also a recent dumpee, this time by yet another strong, risk taking woman, much in the same vein of Claire and Erica herself. Erica sees that Ethan is always falling for the wrong type of woman, one who wants different things in life than he does. Erica believes that Ethan needs a female version of himself - sweet, quiet and socially conservative, someone exactly like a friend of hers from graduate school. So Dr. Tom sends Erica back to her graduate school days to play matchmaker for Ethan. This experience shows Erica what Ethan really needs in his current life. Meanwhile, Brent and Julianne have to decide how best to move on from their innocent or not so innocent kiss. And Dr. Tom wants Erica to discuss how she is really feeling about her break-up with Adam, which she doesn't want to do.
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Mon, Nov 14, 2011
Beyond Rachel knowing, Julianne isn't yet ready to tell the world, let alone Erica, that she and Brent are a couple. Although Brent respects Julianne's wishes, he doesn't much like it. Erica also isn't ready to tell the world that she and Kai are now dating. Their relationship faces its own challenges with Kai being officially from the future. Being as such, Kai has certain knowledge about what will happen in Erica's life. Although he knows he isn't supposed to tell her anything about the future, the temptation to pass along monumental news may be too difficult to keep. This news does affect the way Erica deals with her present, especially with regard to an offer by Scott Galvin which Erica would have dismissed had she not known the news. However, a visit from an unexpected person from her future may shed some light on what the future may hold for her and what that means for her present. Dr. Tom, on the other hand, isn't allowed to divulge the nature of his work to Amanda, which may place a wedge between the two as him hiding parts of his life from her was the reason for them breaking up on their first go around. Meanwhile, Sam is overdue and will do anything to go into labor. As such, she makes a special request of Lenin, who isn't sure if he can accommodate Sam's request.
Mon, Nov 28, 2011
It's the day of Dave and Ivan's wedding, and Erica, seeing two people in love, is reflective of her recent relationships. That reflection is also due in part to having Kai be her date to the wedding, yet seeing Adam there, not only for the first time since their break-up but with another woman as his date. She is lamenting the fact of always seeming to pick the wrong men, as even her relationship with Kai she eventually realizes can't last since they don't belong to the same point in time. Kai may be a little slower in coming to this realization as evidenced by a question he asks Erica. So when Erica lists to Dr. Tom the qualities of who she sees as her perfect man, Dr. Tom sends her to an alternate universe where she is in a relationship with exactly the man she described. Meanwhile, Brent is getting to the breaking point of his relationship with Julianne if only because of her reluctance to tell Erica of their relationship. And Dr. Tom, settling into his relationship with Amanda, contemplates his future as a therapist.
Mon, Dec 5, 2011
It's Erica's thirty-fifth birthday. She and Adam are back together, although they still disagree on certain issues, such as personal boundaries. Regardless, she's generally in a happy place in her life. She even gets a present from an unexpected source. The one negative issue in her life on this day starts when she catches Julianne and Brent locked in a romantic kiss at the office, which is her introduction to the fact of them being a couple. Instead of feeling happy for them, especially Julianne who she knows has been unhappy romantically of late, Erica feels that their romance is inappropriate for the office, especially as she feels as if the two will always side with each other against her in workplace decisions. To give her some perspective on the issue, Dr. Tom sends her back to Purim 1992, to revisit a regret and to have her deceased paternal grandfather - "Zayde" - as her next patient. Zayde visited from Montréal every year for Purim, his favorite holiday. But Zayde was stuck in a time and generational warp, and he treated then sixteen year old Erica and her siblings still like infants. Originally Erica ditched that Purim to hang out with her friends, but now regrets that since Zayde passed away a few months later. In sticking around for Purim this time around, Erica not only tries to help Zayde and in the process learn her own lessons about the Julianne and Brent situation, but she also reexamines a friendship lost. Meanwhile, Dr. Tom thinks he's made a decision about retirement, until Dr. Naadiah fills him in on the full implications of his decision.
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Mon, Dec 12, 2011
Julianne and Brent hit a possible obstacle in their relationship, namely Brent's dog Duchess and how well, or more precisely how badly the two females get along. Meanwhile, Erica is beginning to have a series of scattered visions which is giving her massive headaches. Dr. Tom informs her that the visions are a sign that she is now a full fledged therapist, the visions, which will become clearer as time goes on, identifying who her potential patient will be. Erica is unprepared for this news, and feels she will need Dr. Tom's guidance now more than ever in navigating through her early days. That is why Erica is even more unprepared for Dr. Tom's other news: that he has decided to retire, the implication of which is that he must sever all his therapy relationships forever, including with Dr. Naadiah and his patients. Erica is devastated by this news, and as such Dr. Tom contemplates delaying his retirement until Erica feels she is ready to live all facets of her life without him. To show Erica what Dr. Tom's delay means, Dr. Naadiah reunites Erica with someone from her past in his present situation.