Brain Damage

In the “before” timeline, Charlotte reviews the chart for Stanley Leroy, whom she treated for groin fungus and scheduled a follow-up appointment. He thanks her, claiming that she inspired him, and asks her to dinner. She declines, citing professional ethics. After he leaves, she regrets her decision and hurries to the waiting room, but he’s gone. Before she can return to her office, however, a man named Mr. Kyle Barry verbally threatens her, blaming her for his wife’s potentially leaving him. Clark is in the waiting room and comes to Charlotte’s defense, intimidating Mr. Barry until he’s escorted out. In an exam room, Clark comforts Charlotte, who’s shaken. She notices that his cat scratch is infected and writes him a prescription. When he asks for a second date, she agrees.

In the “after” timeline, Charlotte, who now goes by Charly, attends group therapy, struggling with memory loss and left-side neglect. To help, her therapist, Amy, uses a red pen to draw Charly’s attention to text during a memory game. An elderly man interrupts the session by loudly recounting a movie plot. A handsome man, who seems familiar to Charlotte, arrives and introduces himself as her husband, Clark.