Episode
A Gifted Man: In Case of Discomfort
Overview
While interviewing doctors to run the clinic, Michael helps a man who passed out, but refuses care due to lack of insurance. Meanwhile, as Michael evaluates a woman, he notices lesions on her brain that require immediate surgery, even as he doesn't know the exact diagnosis.
Details
- Series
- A Gifted Man
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2011-10-07
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
In Case of Discomfort is Episode 3 in Season 1 of A Gifted Man. It aired on 2011-10-07. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 2: In Case of All Hell Breaking Loose
Michael works double duty trying to save a pregnant personal friend he recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and a little boy with sickle cell disease.
Episode 4: In Case of Separation Anxiety
Michael hires a new director for the clinic. Will she be able to run things?
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Pilot
After the ghost of Michael's ex-wife visits him from the afterlife and asks him to help continue running her low income clinic, he finds himself rushing back and forth between taking care of his own patients at Holt Neuro and her less fortunate patients at the clinic.
Episode 5: In Case of Loss of Control
Michael must decide if it is worth risking his practice to save a patient's life. Meanwhile, he courts Evan "E-Mo" Morris, a neuropsychiatrist to join his practice after E-Mo determines a patient's diagnosis by reading her body language.
Episode 6: In Case of Memory Loss
While at the clinic, Michael runs into a former football star that he performed successful surgery on years ago, and is now a shell of his former self, living on the streets. At Holt Neuro, Michael examines a patient who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Episode 7: In Case of Exposure
When Michael finds out a patient with a malignant brain tumor committed a horrible crime, he struggles with whether to save the man's life. Meanwhile, a female firefighter who appears to be disoriented is brought to Holt Neuro for evaluation.
Episode 8: In Case of Missed Communication
In this holiday episode, the staff at Clinica Sonando celebrates Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, Michael must save the life of Rita’s son. who is injured in a motorcycle accident after returning for a Thanksgiving reunion with his family.
Episode 9: In Case of Abnormal Rhythm
Michael and Kate are forced to work together to try and save a patient with a deadly virus. Meanwhile, at Holt Neuro, as Michael treats a nervous bride-to-be who is experiencing headaches, he notices her mother is exhibiting symptoms of a serious condition.
Episode 10: In Case of a Bolt From the Blue
While tending to patients at the clinic during a blizzard, Michael shows signs of a severe condition that requires immediate surgery.
Episode 11: In Case of (Re)Birth
Michael and E-Mo clash over a patient's treatment; a teenager abandons her baby at the clinic after giving birth.
Episode 12: In Case of Blind Spots
Michael saves a man from drowning and learns his identity is a mystery. Meanwhile, Kate discovers a girl she mentors has serious issues that she has failed to notice.
Episode 13: In Case of Complications
A distraught woman takes the Clinica staff hostage after Michael testifies for a former patient who he believed suffered uncontrollable urges due to a brain tumor.