What To Know
- Ben begins human trials of his artificial heart implant in the November 10 episode of Doc.
- Real-life spouses Dorian and Simone Missick join for a multi-episode storyline as trial patient Sam and his wife, Marie.
Ben’s (Blair Underwood) heart implant trial is officially beginning on Doc with the Tuesday, November 10, episode.
TV Insider has learned exclusively that real-life spouses Dorian and Simone Missick will be playing fictional spouses in a multi-episode storyline as part of it. Dorian plays Sam, a patient with a heart condition who’s taking part in Ben’s trial, and Simone’s Marie, his wife, is by his side through the process. We also have an exclusive sneak peek of the two in “Heroic Measures.”
“I feel like the bionic man, all these wires hanging off of me,” Sam remarks, with Marie chiming in, “He has been making that joke all day.” Douglas (Douglas Nyback) tries to get in on the fun with, “Wait until we get that titanium heart into him, then he’ll really be off to see the wizard,” and Jake (Jon Ecker) calls him out on mixing up his pop culture references.
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He then assures his patient that they’re going to take good care of him. When Sam begins coughing and struggling, Jake listens to his chest and says there’s fluid in his lungs, probably from the flight over. “Nothing to worry about yet,” Jake says, but Marie picks up on the “yet.” Watch the full sneak peek above to see the doctors’ aside.
In this week’s episode, Fox teases, “Revelations about Amy’s (Molly Parker) brain health put her future at Westside in jeopardy. Gina (Amirah Vann) pushes the limits of medicine to revive a patient who seems beyond saving. Meanwhile, Ben begins human trials on his artificial heart implant.”
“It’s a big deal. This clinical trial, what he’s attempting to do, has never been done in the history of medicine. So he’s moving the needle in terms of what can be done with an artificial heart, what to expect of an artificial heart,” Underwood told us at the beginning of the season. “I love that they’ve written this character who’s really trying to break the boundaries of medicine and improve the game.”
Doc, Tuesdays, 9/8c, Fox