Doc Season 2 Episode 9 recap: Amy faces a hacker's revenge as Jake makes his choice

A still from the show (Image via Apple TV)
A still from the show (Image via Apple TV)

Doc Season 2 Episode 9 starts with a funeral that changes everything. Amy swallows her pills before leaving home, which keeps her memories locked away. Jake stands all by himself beside his father's casket. He takes one last look before they close it forever. His phone buzzes with a text from Amy. She writes

"I'm here if you need me."

Little did anyone know that this funeral would tear lives apart. The series flashes back to 2020, when Jake was in a happy marriage with Rachel. Life seemed perfect for them. Rachel drops Jake off at the hospital for his shift. He wants to ask Amy for a letter of recommendation. Johns Hopkins is waiting for him in Boston.

But Fate took a different turn. Jake overhears Amy on the phone talking about a terrifying new virus. She is worried about COVID coming to America. Jake treats a traveling patient that same day. The woman can not taste her food anymore. She can not smell anything either. Jake's instincts kick in quickly, and this can turn into her first COVID case. Amy checks the patient herself and agrees with Jake. But the hospital residents laugh at them and refuse to listen to an intern.


The funeral brings drama in Doc Season 2 Episode 9

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The hospital staff arrives to help Jake. Sonya and TJ arrive together, and Hannah walks in with the nurses. Nora and Michael come as a couple. Amy arrives with Gina by her side. Jake steps up to give his speech.

His voice cracks when he talks about his father. He mentions losing his mother when he was young. His dad lost his best friend that day.


Tension rises at the reception in Doc Season 2 Episode 9

The group goes to Rachel's home after the burial, and Amy finds Jake in the crowd. She asks how he is holding up. Hannah watches them from across the room. Jake apologizes to Amy for calling her the other night. Amy promises to always be his friend.

Hannah calls her brother Charlie and asks suspicious questions about Amy and Jake. Charlie wants to know if they are sleeping together, and Hannah needs to find out the truth fast.

Rachel approaches Amy, and Jake's sister, Allie, joins their conversation. Hannah sits with TJ and Sonya. She starts digging for gossip before Jake's divorce. Sonya accidentally confirms Amy and Jake's date.

Allie drops a bomb about Rachel and Jake. They dated way back in college, broke up, and got back together very soon. Jake always came back to Rachel. Amy's heart sinks with each word.


The revenge plot unfolds

Charlie sounds excited on the phone.

"I sent something to Nora and Jake,"

His plan is already in motion. Nora's phone rings with a new email from Amy's account. She opens an audio file, and her face goes pale as she listens. She runs away from Michael without any explanation.

Michael plays the audio, and Amy looks confused, saying in her defense that she did not send anything, and her phone was hacked. Gina and Amy listen to the leaked audio together. Amy's voice talks about kissing Michael in an elevator.

Amy's mind starts rushing, and someone sent a fake email to Joan before. Someone messed with her medication and is hunting her down.


Jake's big decision in Doc Season 2 Episode 9

The flashbacks in Doc Season 2 Episode 9 give viewers a clearer glimpse. Jake and Amy fight to save their COVID patient, Shawna. Jake promises they won't let her die, and Amy warns him not to make promises he cannot keep. They fabricated their own COVID test from scratch.

Shawna finally improves after days of struggle, and Amy hands Jake his recommendation letter. But something moves inside him, and he walks through the hospital doing rounds. He looks at Amy across the room, and this is where he belongs. Jake removes the letter.


Everything explodes in Doc Season 2 Episode 9

Rachel corners Jake at the reception and asks if he was having an affair with Amy. Jake refuses to fight on his father's funeral day. Allie tells him their dad just wanted him to be happy.

Michael drives home late that night, and a letter sits on the corner. Nora left him. She moved back to her mother's home. Jake received an email about the security breach. Hannah yells at Charlie for destroying a funeral, but Charlie does not care.


Love Wins in Doc Season 2 Episode 9

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Jake listens to Amy's leaked audio and starts walking away from her building. But then he stops and turns around. He knocks on Amy's door and tells Jake that someone was trying to destroy him.

However, Jake claims that he does not care about the recording. But part of her will always care about Michael. Jake asks if she still wants to be with him because he is tired of waiting. He no longer cares about hospital politics. Amy kisses him instantly, expressing her feelings.

Charlie sits in his dark apartment, recording himself using special software. The voice simulator makes him sound exactly like Amy. The fake voices say that she is the one who killed their father. Everything at the funeral starts with a shock in Doc Season 2 Episode 9.

Doc Season 2 Episode 9 ends with love blooming while revenge plots explode in shocking ways.

Edited by Zainab Shaikh