The Surgeon

The day after confronting Anne, Paula searches her office for a legal loophole to validate her subpoena, but finds nothing. Despite seeing fear in Anne’s eyes, Paula admits that she has no probable cause beyond intuition. She laments that Anne will escape justice and that Derreck will never leave his wealthy wife, whose mother funds his mayoral campaign. In frustration, Paula hurls a law handbook across the room. Her assistant, Marie, informs her that their boss, Mitch Hobbs, needs to see her immediately.

In Hobbs’s office, Paula learns that she’s suspended and under investigation for abuse of her role. Hobbs reveals that he knows she has been sleeping with Derreck on government time and has questioned hospital employees without proper procedure. Paula realizes that her investigator, Adam, must have betrayed her. Hobbs berates her for appearing with Derreck at a press conference and accuses her of acting out of jealousy. When Paula falsely claims that Derreck told her about the crime during pillow talk, Hobbs dismisses it as hearsay.

Hobbs orders Paula to account for all her time out of the office for the past year and warns that she’ll be fired if she’s found guilty. Desperate, Paula begs for two more days to prove that Anne is a murderer.