After surviving a near-deadly car accident, Chief of Internal Medicine Dr. Amy Larsen (Molly Parker) loses eight years of her memories. In Season 1 of the gripping medical drama Doc, Amy wakes up in her place of work, Minneapolis’s fictional Westside Hospital, and is confronted with some harsh realities: Her husband, Dr. Michael Hamda (Omar Metwally), is now her ex; her teenage daughter, Katie (Charlotte Fountain-Jardim), resents her; and her young son, Danny (Taj Levey), is dead. During those eight years, Amy became cold and closed off, resulting in the decline of her bedside manner. After her accident, Amy is allowed to keep consulting at the hospital, but has to pass her boards again in order to continue practicing medicine. Despite these complications, Amy’s life isn’t all bad: After she and Michael divorced, she built a budding, somewhat scandalous romantic relationship with the handsome chief resident, Dr. Jake Heller (Jon-Michael Ecker). 

In Season 2 of Doc, now streaming on Netflix, Amy is still rebuilding her life. But mere months after the crash, she’s learning that the road to recovery isn’t simple, and with every new challenge comes a new roadblock she struggles to remember. Read on to learn more about the hospital drama’s sophomore season.

Who’s in the cast of Doc Season 2?

• Molly Parker (1922) as Dr. Amy Larsen, former Chief of Internal Medicine
• Omar Metwally (The Affair) as Dr. Michael Hamda, Chief Medical Officer and Amy’s ex-husband 
• Jon-Michael Ecker (Firefly Lane) as Dr. Jake Heller, Chief Resident
• Amirah Vann (A Jazzman’s Blues) as Dr. Gina Walker, a neuropsychiatrist and Amy’s best friend
• Charlotte Fountain-Jardim (Natty Knocks) as Katie Hamda, Amy and Michael’s daughter
• Anya Banerjee (The Blacklist) as Dr. Sonya Maitra, a third-year resident
• Patrick Walker (Lessons in Chemistry) as Dr. Theodore “TJ” Coleman, a first-year resident and former combat medic
• Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) as Dr. Joan Ridley, Amy’s mentor
• Sarah Allen (On the Road) as Nora Hamda, Michael’s wife

What happens in Doc Season 2?

Four months after Dr. Amy Larsen’s (Parker) life-altering car accident, every medical mystery and interpersonal issue drives home just how important it is for her to remember the past eight years. Amy has regained her medical license, but is struggling with how to be an effective doctor, partner, and mother when she can’t recall the lessons she’s learned. Much to her relief, Amy has started repairing her relationship with her daughter, Katie (Fountain-Jardim). But she can’t seem to let her ex-husband, Michael (Metwally), go. Even with Michael having seemingly moved on with his new wife, Nora (Allen), Amy is struggling with the memories she does have. Because, in Amy’s mind, it wasn’t that long ago that she and Michael were in love, and her fledgling romance with Jake (Ecker) is suffering for it. After seeing Amy and Michael share an intimate moment — one that Amy insists was a misunderstanding — Jake, heartbroken, insists that he can’t be with Amy.

Romantic troubles aside, Amy is dedicated to her recovery. Her best friend, neuropsychiatrist Dr. Gina Walker (Vann), is on the case, and insists that Amy just has to be patient. Luckily, Dr. Joan Ridley (Huffman), Amy’s mentor, has started rounds at Westside. When Michael offers Joan the Chief of Internal Medicine position, Amy is initially thrilled to have her steadfast, good-humored advisor back in her corner. But with every new memory Amy recovers, she grows more unsure of where her loyalties lie. She’ll have to figure out who she can trust — and whether she can rely on herself — in order to reclaim her life and career.

Is Doc based on a true story?

Doc is based on the Italian series Doc – Nelle tue mani, which is inspired by the real-life case of Dr. Pierdante Piccioni, who lost 12 years of memories in a car crash.