Spoiler warning: This article contains spoilers for Doc Season 3, Episode 2.

I knew I didn’t trust Ben Grant. I KNOW we are only two episodes into the season. I know I keep saying this. But every time this man opens his mouth, I trust him a little less. And now Amy is remembering him. Not everything. Not yet. But enough.

Episode 2 gave us a whole lot more about whatever happened between Amy and Ben during those missing years, while also throwing one seriously messed-up family into Westside after a car accident involving a deer, an antler through somebody’s chest and apparently every possible thing that could go wrong afterward. So basically a normal day on Doc.

This Poor Family Went Through Hell

The accident happens after the teenage son, who had just gotten his license, hits a deer that comes through the windshield. He wakes up after briefly losing consciousness and realizes everybody else in the car is still out. Nobody finds them for hours. Michael spends a lot of the episode looking out for this kid, but Amy is the one who gets him calm enough to finally explain what actually happened during the crash. While he is telling her, Amy flashes back to her own accident.

That was just the beginning of a whole lot of memories coming back during this episode. Meanwhile, this family cannot catch one freaking break. Dad has an antler through his chest. Mom wakes up and doesn’t recognize her son. The daughter ends up needing surgery. The son starts thinking he killed his parents and is terrified he is going to end up in foster care.

Michael eventually has one of my favorite moments of the episode when he takes the son to see his father. This kid has spent the entire day believing he caused everything that happened to his family, and Michael reminds him that he got himself out of that car, found help and saved their lives. I loved that.

Amy and Ben Had a Whole Thing

Amy starts getting these little flashes of Ben throughout the episode. First we see them at some kind of medical Q&A where they are going back and forth about surgery versus medicine. Amy is being Amy and basically busts his balls about Harvard not teaching him how to read the footnotes.

Then Ben starts flirting. Then Amy starts flirting. Then they go for drinks. Ben talks about how his marriage ended because they basically grew apart. Amy makes it very clear she is not getting into her marriage, which honestly feels very Amy. Then we get more memories. Kissing in the elevator. Hooking up. Okay. So this was not some random doctor she met at a conference once. They had a relationship. Which makes what Ben does later even more irritating.

Ben Grant, You Are a Liar

Present-day Amy and Ben spend most of the episode butting heads, and the medicine-versus-surgery thing from the past follows them straight into the present. Amy sees a medical problem that could kill their patient if Ben keeps operating. Ben sees bleeding that could kill the man if he stops. Neither one of them is completely wrong, and eventually they figure out a way to make both sides work.

After everything is over, Ben tells Amy he needed a rock star in that OR and wasn’t sure she was still the doctor he knew before. Now he knows. Amy basically tells him, well, now you know. Then Ben tells her that if she were really all the way back, she would still be chief of medicine. Amy tells him this is starting to feel personal.

And this man actually says something along the lines of, how could it be personal? We barely know each other. Sir. WE JUST WATCHED YOU KISSING HER IN AN ELEVATOR.

Amy thankfully tells him she gets little flashes of memory, especially when she is emotional. Suddenly Ben starts backtracking. Now he almost texted her. Now he didn’t know how to tell her. Now they had a “dalliance.” It happened on and off about four years ago, mostly long distance and mostly around conferences. Amy asks if it was serious. He says no. She asks how it ended. He says it just faded out. No hard feelings.

I do not believe him. Especially because Amy gets another memory of Ben talking about their last night in New York, including that whole “should’ve texted” exchange. That still does not sound like two people who simply faded out with no hard feelings.

The biggest problem for Ben is simple: he remembers everything. Amy doesn’t. Right now, he can tell her whatever version of their history he wants. But Amy is remembering more. That is going to become a problem for him.

Can We Give Coleman Some Credit?

Ben gets a lot of credit for saving the father, and yes, obviously he deserves some of it. But Coleman deserves more credit than he got. This man had an antler through his chest and nobody exactly had a manual sitting around titled So Your Patient Has Been Impaled by a Deer.

Coleman starts calling around to other hospitals and doctors who had dealt with similar cases, finds out how they handled it and helps come up with an actual plan to get the antlers out. Then he assists in the surgery. For someone who is still an intern? Give Coleman his damn props. Because Ben did not figure that out by himself.

Amy and Kyle Made Me Happy

Amy does not exactly make things easy for Kyle during this episode. She keeps sending him away and does not really let him get involved. Then at one point he comes back because he actually has something useful to say. Amy starts with a quick, “Not now, Kyle.” Then she stops. Listens. Lets him stay. And later she goes back and apologizes to him.

That is the Amy growth I like seeing. She still has that old Amy sharpness in her. We actually see flashes of it throughout the episode. But this version of Amy can recognize when she handled something badly and go back and fix it. Old Amy probably would have kept walking.

Dr. Maitra Is Becoming Old Amy 2.0

Ruth is with Dr. Maitra during this episode, and I like Ruth. She is obviously still learning, but she is promising. She gets emotionally involved with what is happening to the patients, and she and Maitra have a conversation about learning how to compartmentalize that. Ruth tells her she will get better at it.

Maitra is cold. Let me be clear. She is absolutely cold. She is just not quite as cold as old Amy. Which makes it hilarious when the interns start giving Ruth props later for finding the embolism and basically surviving Dr. Maitra. We have officially come full circle. Amy used to be the doctor everybody had to survive. Now apparently it is Maitra.

Jake and Rachel Are Back Together and I Am Sad

I cannot even be mad at Jake. Rachel is his ex-wife. She is the mother of his child. If they can put their family back together and genuinely make it work, that is a beautiful thing. I get it. I do. I am still sad. Amy and Jake had something real.

So when Amy walks up to Jake and Dr. Douglas, tells them they did good work, and Jake gives her that kind of cold “yeah, you too”? Ouch.

Then Douglas mentions Jake being back with Rachel and Maitra overhears. Of course she does. Jake tells her he was not supposed to hear that, and Maitra basically points out that people are going to find out eventually and Amy does not deserve to be blindsided. THANK YOU. Because Maitra is right.

Then we see Jake at Rachel’s house. He picks up his daughter. Jake and Rachel kiss. And yes. It is cute. Very cute. I can think they are cute and still want Amy and Jake back together. Leave me alone.

What the Hell Was That Conversation With Max?

This is the other thing I am watching now. Max starts talking to Michael about Amy already going toe-to-toe with their new chief of surgery and warns him about giving Amy too much leeway because apparently he has done that before. Then he says if Michael wants to fire her, they will back him. What? Where did THAT come from?

Michael tells him he is not firing Amy without cause, but if she gives him cause, he will be the first one showing her the door. Personally, I think Michael was pacifying Max. At least right now. Because we just watched Michael work with Amy all day. He trusted her medical judgment. He checked on her. They solved problems together.

Nothing about Michael’s behavior toward Amy in this episode made me think he suddenly wants her gone. But somebody is already talking about firing her. Two episodes into the season. And Ben just happens to be the new chief of surgery. Remember that little preseason prediction I made about Ben possibly going after Amy professionally? Yeah. I remember too.

Amy Is Going to Remember

This is really what I keep coming back to. Ben can call what they had a dalliance. He can say it wasn’t serious. He can say it just faded away. He can pretend they barely knew each other. He can tell Amy anything he wants right now. But Amy’s memories are coming back.

She remembered their professional sparring. She remembered the flirting, the drinks, kissing him and being with him. And now she is already remembering pieces that do not quite match the nice clean version Ben is giving her.

Something happened. I still think something happened between these two that Ben does not want Amy remembering. And I think she is going to remember anyway. So yes, Ben Grant. I am still watching you.

And Doc? One week is too freaking long. Give me Episode 3.