The Resident Review: Stupid Things in the Name of Sex (Season 2 Episode 14)
It’s Valentine’s Day on The Resident Season 2 Episode 14, “Stupid Things in the Name of Sex,” but love is not in the air.
Aside from Gertie, who is dead most of the episode, and Otto, who isn’t in his right mind, all of the patients are a nightmare.
Seriously, this episode confirms that I was never meant to be a doctor. There was a time right before I started college when Grey’s Anatomy was in Season 2 and I wanted to be a surgeon just to prove that I could do it. But, I’m meant to write about fake doctors and perhaps create them, not be a real one.
I understand how aneurysms work. I know that they are time bombs that can erupt at any moment. But I would not rush to tell Nora that she might share the genetic condition that killed Gertie. I would tell her, and quickly, but I would probably keep my power assist wheels on regular speed, not high-speed.
Thankfully, I didn’t hypothetically or actually take the Hippocratic oath.
I would save Nora’s life. I would also treat Chet’s injuries. But I would not give Chet as much attention as Kitt Voss does.
I like the twist that The Resident gives the car sex storyline. It’s not kids sneaking around having sex and trying to hide it. We don’t have to see the cliché scene where doctors find embarrassed kids and get them “unstuck.” We just meet Chet with the car door attached to his arm in the ER.
But he is disgustingly arrogant and thinks he’s more attractive than he is. He’s just not pleasant in any way. So, I would fix his arm after both rounds of his sexcapades. But I would not spend as much time as Dr. Voss does try to explain to him that Bella is not a love match or a sex match for him.
They deserve each other, they’re both so unpleasant that they might just be a match. If Chet were going to crash and burn, I’d let him do it on his own.
Just because the patients in this episode don’t warm my heart, it doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy watching it. Jane Leeves improves every episode she is on. Her status on the show is confusing to me. She’s a series regular, and that doesn’t mean she has to be on every episode. But I feel her absence when Kit isn’t on screen, and the show doesn’t use her as much as they should.
So, I despise Chet, but I like the story. I also despise Nora, but the story keeps me intrigued. I am invested from the moment we meet Gertie up until her autopsy (which really belongs on a Halloween episode if you ask me.)
As much as I enjoyed the episode, it is definitely filler. However, that gave two characters I don’t usually pay much attention to the chance to shine.
Irving Feldman is on the show for comic relief, and until this episode, The Resident has never tried to suggest otherwise.
He seems like a nice guy, but the show has never given viewers the chance to care about him one way or another. We’re always meant to laugh at his and Jessica’s relationship.
So, I am downright amazed that he rejects Jessica. I hate candy hearts and their messages. But, if you are going to reject a woman and her custom messages on candy hearts, at least be sure she knows that you only want casual sex from the beginning.
Seriously, women get a lot of grief for being too “needy” or wanting to label relationships. But, any partner that doesn’t want a label should make that clear from the start.
Jessica is well within her rights to expect that Irving would walk down the hall and into an on-call room with her. I’m more invested in both Irving and Jessica as characters now that I’ve seen that their relationship is more than fluff.
Jessica Miesel gets one of her biggest scenes of the series yet. I love the vulnerability that is added to the character in just one scene. With just one line, really.
When she says, “You know, no one thought you were any great prize either, Irving. But I did,” I want to scream “Yas, girl, you tell him,” at my screen.
It’s a small but powerful moment where a woman is honest and stands up for herself. I love that she walks out that door.
But I don’t mind that Irving makes it up to her, even though purposefully shutting down elevators is dangerous. I like a sweet, fluffy couple just fine. Just give me a bit of depth every so often.
And, I recognize that men can be insecure too. So, I am sensitive to the reasons Irving says he is scared to make the relationship public.
The main ships don’t really make progress, which is what makes this a filler episode for me. But I think the fact that I still enjoyed the journey the episode takes us on is a testament to the quality of the show.
Doctor’s Notes
- I just don’t care if Mina says yes or no to Micah’s proposal. Both ways, we know how the story ends. AJ’s road to Mina is officially starting to drag.
- The fact that Conrad doesn’t get to say “I Love you” back to Nic has to be a bad omen.
- Wine glasses do make anything taste better.
- I love any episode where we don’t have to hear too much about Quovadis or Julian.
- I really do think that obsessing over Julian as if she’s the love of his life is ruining Devon’s character.
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The Resident airs Mondays at 8/7c on FOX.
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Esme Mazzeo
Esme Mazzeo is a lifestyle and entertainment journalist from Long Island. When she's not writing for work, she's writing for fun, or searching for something to satisfy her sweet tooth. She thinks rainy days are the best kind of days. Certified night owl.