SPOILER ALERT: Don’t learn in case you have not but watched “New Moon,” the Could 17 episode of “The Resident.”
Not solely did the Fox medical drama “The Resident” get renewed for a sixth season this week, a face from the previous returned for emotional new scenes in on Tuesday’s season finale.
Nicolette “Nic” Nevin (Emily VanCamp) returned to the present to star in a a number of flashback scenes with Conrad Hawkins (Matt Czuchry). The season started together with her surprising demise, leaving Conrad widowed and in cost of their younger little one collectively. Previous to VanCamp’s departure, the place her character died after a mind damage in a automotive crash, she was a lead on the hit present.
The flashbacks all come from an evening the couple had out shortly after the beginning of Gigi, from anxiously greeting the babysitter at first of the episode to hitting the dance ground on the bar, pointing to moments the place Nic innocently accused Conrad of getting crushes or flirting all through the night.
When Conrad confided to Winston (Stephen Wallem) about his grief and flashbacks, the latter urged him to take heed to the messages: “Possibly you shouldn’t struggle these reminiscences. Possibly they’re attempting to inform you one thing. The previous by no means goes away. In case you don’t deny it, you possibly can be taught from it.”
Tellingly, a 3rd flashback got here as Conrad was comforting potential love curiosity Cade (Kaley Ronayne) after she delivered the information to her father, Dr. Ian Sullivan (Andrew McCarthy), that he had pancreatic most cancers. Daydreaming throughout his embrace with Cade, Conrad reassured Nic, after she misinterpreted a second on the bar the place he equally comforted the spouse of a sick affected person. “You don’t have anything to be nervous about,” he stated.Y “You’re the one lady I’ve liked because the first second I noticed you, and I can’t think about life with out you.”
A quick fourth flashback confirmed the couple returning residence to Gigi.
The episode’s finish reduce to the engagement social gathering for Randolph Bell (Bruce Greenwood) and Kitt Voss (Jane Leeves).
At one desk, Cade and Dr. Billie Sutton (Jessica Lucas) mentioned how they had been each simply mates with Conrad, with Billie slyly including a “…thus far” on the finish. Shady!
At one other desk, Conrad, misplaced in his ideas and remembering dancing and enjoying pool with Nic on the bar, seemed unhappy. However regardless of moping, Dr. Devon (Manish Dayal) urged him to chop free, saying, “Possibly it’s time to make new reminiscences.”
After one other flashback the place Conrad and Nic mentioned what would occur if considered one of them died and who would handle Gigi, with each encouraging the discover love after the opposite has handed, Conrad took a sip of his drink and walked as much as Cade and Billie on the bar — just for the scene to chop and go away us in the darkish till subsequent season. How merciless to depart us on such a cliffhanger, “The Resident”!
Watch a featurette concerning the new scenes beneath:
This season finale is INTENSE. 💥
Get ready and be part of us for #TheResident TOMORROW at 8/7c on @FOXTV. pic.twitter.com/50Y1LHMucs
— The Resident (@ResidentFOX) May 16, 2022