Thursday, April 5, 2018 (S56E4): Dirty Doctor

Kiki leaves Bensch a message to meet her at Kelly’s so they can “talk about what happened last night.”  When he gets there, she tells him she is turning down the shadow program, and going to the board from there to tell the committee to pick a new candidate; Bensch protests for her not to.  He tells her that he really thought she had been giving him “signals” but he understands now that he “misread them” and they are good.  He tells her it’s a special program and she really shouldn’t turn it down.  She says she knows how special it is, adding that she wouldn’t want him to think she owes him anything and wouldn’t want any special favors, if she did take the position.  He holds his hands up and swears he won’t touch her again; he says they have a “good rapport” anyway and he wants to keep it that way.  Kiki looks disgusted and says she has to go; she gets up from the table and leaves.

Drew leaves Oscar and Kim to go to the hospital; Julian stops by.  Kim is happy to see him, but seems more distant.  He asks her why, and she admits that she never really got over Drew; she says he doesn’t even remember being in love with her though, so there’s no hope for anything there.  Oscar stands outside the door listening.  Julian tells Kim that he would like to continue where they left off last night; she says nothing needs to change.

Franco lets Kevin hypnotize him, but he doesn’t go very far under at first; he resists and nothing comes to him.  Kevin tries again, taking him “deeper” talking him down by counting and telling him to go way under so he feels no emotion, only memory.  It works at first, but then, when Kevin tells Franco to wake up, Franco sees Jim Harvey instead of Kevin.  He jumps backward onto the floor, screaming, “no, no… no, no.”  Kevin finally gets him back under control and counts him up again, making certain he is awake, before leaving him in his office to go check on Betsy.

Drew went to talk to Betsy, for his and Franco’s sake; he says he has to know what happened and thinks she might tell him.  He thanks Betsy for taking him in as a child, and for trying to protect him when she gave him away; she is happy to see him.  But right when he is asking about Jim Harvey, Jim steps into the doorway wearing a doctor’s coat.  Betsy screams and passes out.  Elizabeth brings Jake to the hospital; he’s excited when he sees Drew and hugs him.  But when he sees Franco, he runs into his arms and holds onto him; he tells him he misses him, and wants him to come home.  Franco says he wants that too, but explains that he isn’t feeling well lately and he needs to “get better first.”  He says, he hopes that they will welcome him back when he is ready; Jake says, “for sure.”  Elizabeth just smiles; Franco tells her, he misses her, as he hugs Jake again.

They leave; as they stop to put things in Jake’s backpack before getting into the car, Jim stands in the parking garage, lurking.  He looks at them and smiles, as if he’s just found his ride.