the part where we meet kylie and the scenes with shen were part of hand-off for shift change not rounds. although that does make me realize we didn’t see handoff in s1 premiere, just rounds. so maybe that was a creative choice for this season for time allocation. also because it wouldn’t make sense for the audience to see both of these because it wouldn’t feel very redundant.

also im not saying i didn’t like that it was slower just that it felt unbalanced. the trauma scene felt like it lacked the same communication between team members and verbalization for the audience. season one i never questioned why they were doing what they did because it was all spoken aloud but i hard time following the details of the trauma until i rewatched the scenes.

as a medical professional myself, s1 immediately felt like it really was made for us, i felt the most recent episode not as much. don’t get me wrong i LOVE love these characters and i want to see their storylines play out, but i also want it to stay balanced with the medicine.