Episode
Good Sam: Butt of the Joke
Overview
When Dr. Sam Griffith refuses to concede her role as chief, her father, Griff, orchestrates a costly surprise; Sam's mother turns to her new spouse for help navigating the battle between her daughter and ex-husband.
Details
- Series
- Good Sam
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2022-01-19
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Butt of the Joke is Episode 3 in Season 1 of Good Sam. It aired on 2022-01-19. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 2: Natural Order
Dr. Griffith fights to keep her new leadership role as chief of surgery when her father takes his case for reinstatement to the hospital board; Dr. Caleb Tucker forms an unexpected connection to a patient battling a mystery condition.
Episode 4: Attachments
Dr. Sam Griffith is shocked to discover why a hospital donor is so loyal to her father; Griff offers to mentor his daughter and assure her succession - if he returns to his role as chief.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Pilot
When Sam’s former boss wakes up months later demanding to resume his duties, she is tasked with supervising this egotistical expert with a scalpel who never acknowledged her stellar talent. Complicating matters, the caustic and arrogant Griff also happens to be her father.
Episode 5: Wake Up
When a gunshot victim is rushed to the ER, the incident triggers flashbacks to the aftermath of Griff’s own shooting, and reveals new details of how the people in his life were affected during the six months he was in a coma.
Episode 6: Truce
Secrets revealed at a major fundraising gala for the hospital threaten to end a tenuous truce between Dr. Sam Griffith and her father; cardiothoracic resident Dr. Lex Trulie makes a decision that could alter her career trajectory.
Episode 7: Chronic Insult
Dr. Sam Griffith deals with the fallout following her actions at the hospital fundraising gala; Griff returns to the operating room for the first time since his shooting to perform a bypass surgery; Malcolm's estranged mother arrives in town.
Episode 8: Keep Talking
When Amy Taylor is admitted to the hospital accompanied by her sister, Gretchen, with signs of premature heart disease, Dr. Sam Griffith discovers a deeper medical mystery; Griff anxiously awaits the results of his MRI.
Episode 9: A Light in the Storm
A devastating storm leads to an overflow of patients and limited resources; Dr. Sam Griffith and her team are forced to make impossible choices about their patients; Dr. Rob Griffith connects with a young patient admitted with a rare heart condition.
Episode 10: I Thought I Lost You
In the aftermath of a devastating storm, Dr. Sam Griffith and her father, Griff, come together to support her injured mother, Vivian. Also, Dr. Lex Trulie and Dr. Joey Costa each make pivotal decisions about their futures.
Episode 11: Family/Business
Griff completes his proctorship and prepares to make his official return to surgery; hospital board chairwoman Tina Kingsley makes a stunning announcement; the surgical team prepares for a high-stakes lung transplant.
Episode 12: The Griffith Technique
As Sam, Griff and Vivian face the fallout from Griff's bombshell confession to the hospital board, the surgical team preps for a rare high-profile surgery that could take Sam's career to the next level; Lex confronts Griff.
Episode 13: To Whom It May Concern
The battle between Sam and Griff takes a shocking turn that will irrevocably change their family dynamic and the future of the hospital.