“The Night Shift” 1.06 Kevin Would Never Have Let This Happen
by snicks | July 2, 2014
Previously, on The Night Shift …
It’s been a busy week on this site for NBC’s The Night Shift. First we learned of Brendan Fehr‘s tone deaf comments about playing gay, then we posted our interview with the always smart and endearing Luke Macfarlane.
Luke finally made his flesh & blood debut on the show last night, but it was not a happy reunion for Captain Rick and Doc Drew. Let’s take a look at the drama.
Rick is on his way home, traveling through the Texas landscape on a bus accompanied by his subordinates, including the sweet, unassuming PFC Wilson, who talks to his mom on the phone about “cake and spaghetti.” (the show missed an easy heartstring opportunity by not having him call it “psghetti”).
Rick is talking to Drew, promising that he brought back a case of “Atomic Palm Grip-It.” Calm down, people. I checked, and it’s not what you think.
Rick complains about the apples in the army, and Drew tells them there a dozen waiting for him in his kitchen. This is a sweet and natural scene, until Drew is interrupted with hospital business, and he brusquely barks into the phone, “Yeah, so if you could have those windows fixed this week, that’s be great.” Rick rolls his eyes and says “I love you, too.” Oh Drew.
Drew is excited about being able to see Rick tonight, and he has a nice scene with BFF Krista where he can barely contain his giddiness, but it all comes crashing down when they learn that a bus carrying good-looking soldiers has been in an accident, and Drew’s worst fears are realized when Rick is among the severely injured.
Knowing he still has to keep their relationship secret, he confides in T.C. (who he has already come out to), and T.C. promises to give Rick extra attention (we can always tell how high on the dedication meter T.C. is by his neck veins, and right now he’s at Full Bulge!)
When Drew gets all flustered, T.C. orders him out of the room, and gets to work … but it doesn’t look good. A groggy Rick eventually comes to and has a very awkward moment with Drew in front of the other soldiers.
Rick: “Drew, what are you doing here?”Drew is ready to become a heap on the floor, but T.C. covers by laughing and saying “I may have given him too many meds.” Smooth.
Drew: “Uh … I work here. Ric and I went through basic together. I’m an ER doctor at San Antonio Memorial. Anyway, you were in a bus accident on Highway 1-90.”
Rick: “I was going to make you an omelot after work.”
After the soldiers exit, Drew explains to Rick what’s happened, and they’re going to do everything they can to save his leg. They have another sweet scene about Rick’s grey hairs, and we see that Luke smile that we’ve missed for a few years.
After Rick passes out, Drew has a medium-sized meltdown in a storage room, where he tells BFF Krista that he wishes he could talk to Rick the way he wants to, but there are too many prying eyes around, and he doesn’t want to outed, and be known as the “Gay Doctor.”
Things go from bad to worse when Doctor Dimples informs Rick that they have no choice but to amputate his leg. Drew tried to keep Rick calm, but Rick goes all “What do you mean I have to attend another Walker family dinner?”
Still in denial, Rick goes after Drew in front of Dr. Landry, basically outing him, and accusing him of being scared. But then something tragic and totally expected happens to shake him to the core.
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PFC Wilson dies. But at least now he can have all the cake and psghetti he wants in heaven. Rick finally accepts his fate, and agrees to the surgery. But when he reaches out for Drew’s hand …
Oh Drew.
Rick is about to be wheeled into the OR, and he’s clearly terrified, but Drew is still refusing to be by his side. Thankfully, BFF Krista takes him down a peg, telling him that if he doesn’t stand by Rick in his time of need, he never has the right to talk about being “tough” again. This finally gets through to him, and something remarkable happens ..
That’s it! Drew is out in the hospital now, like it or not. There are only two more episodes left, and Luke is not scheduled for another appearance, so I guess we’ll have to imagine his recovery. But the show was renewed by NBC yesterday for a 14-epsiode second season, so hopefully we’ll see him when the show comes back.
As for Drew, it’s unclear whether his coming out will be addressed in the final two episodes (next week promises a “shooter in the ER” story), but we’ll see where he goes from here.
Will you be sticking around now that Luke has had his moment?
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