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The Resident: Season 2

23 episodes Premiered Sep 24, 2018 Updated Sep 25, 2026

The Resident Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 23 episodes. The series focuses on the lives and duties of staff members at fictional Chastain Park Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, maintaining generally a critical eye into current issues of medical practice and tensions in the healthcare industry. The narrative follows a tough, brilliant senior resident guiding an idealistic young doctor. The show f

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Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ The series centers on the lives and duties of staff members at fictional Chastain Park Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • ⚡ The narrative takes a critical eye into current issues of medical practice and tensions within the healthcare industry.
  • ⚡ A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor.
  • ⚡ The television series is created by Amy Holden Jones, Hayley Schore, and Roshan Sethi, with a main cast including Matt Czuchry, Manish Dayal, and Bruce Greenwood.
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Season overview

The Resident Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 23 episodes. The series focuses on the lives and duties of staff members at fictional Chastain Park Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, maintaining generally a critical eye into current issues of medical practice and tensions in the healthcare industry. The narrative follows a tough, brilliant senior resident guiding an idealistic young doctor. The show features creators Amy Holden Jones, Hayley Schore, and Roshan Sethi, alongside cast members Matt Czuchry, Manish Dayal, and Bruce Greenwood. Set within the medical drama genre, the series explores the professional and personal challenges faced by the medical personnel operating within the healthcare system at Chastain Park Memorial Hospital.

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Season 2 Episodes

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S2·E1 Mytharc

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Sep 24, 2018 · 43 min

A blackout at Chastain Memorial Hospital requires the staff to treat their patients without the help of any technology. Bell orders the staff to stop accepting new patients and tra

S2·E2 Core

The Prince & The Pauper

Oct 1, 2018 · 44 min

Bell grows frustrated when Marshall Winthrop, Conrad's dad and new chairman of the board, requests Conrad's input in his discussions about the hospital's expenses. As Conrad and Ni

S2·E3 Core

Three Words

Oct 8, 2018 · 44 min

Nic and Conrad contemplate their past when they team up to diagnose a happy husband and wife who are both admitted to the hospital with mysterious symptoms. Bell and Marshall butt

S2·E4 Core

About Time

Oct 15, 2018 · 44 min

Chastain is flooded with concert goers when a stampede at a music festival grounds leaves many in need of doctors. As Conrad and Nic race to help Josh Robinson, a professional adve

S2·E5 Core

The Germ

Oct 22, 2018 · 43 min

When Bell makes the executive call to utilize Julian Booth's medical devices, rather than the hospital's usual products, Kit and AJ must stop their momentary feuding in order to te

S2·E6 Core

Nightmares

Oct 29, 2018 · 44 min

Halloween at Chastain proves to be just as spooky as ever when Conrad is tasked with diagnosing a young woman admitted to the hospital with extreme night terrors. Meanwhile, Devon

S2·E7 Core

Trial & Error

Nov 5, 2018 · 44 min

When patients from the hospital's prescription drug trial start suffering life threatening side effects, Nic fears that her sister Jessie may be in danger. As a result, she and Con

S2·E8 Core

Heart in a Box

Nov 19, 2018 · 44 min

Conrad goes head-to-head with Bell after he recommends one of Julian's risky medical devices to Zoey, who's already lost one son and is back in the hospital with the other. Nic fea

S2·E9 Core

The Dance

Nov 26, 2018 · 44 min

Devon's doubts about his relationship reach a peak as his friends and family gather for his big wedding day. As Chastain's leading medical device company, Quovadis, continues to su

S2·E10 Mytharc

After the Fall

Jan 14, 2019 · 44 min

Lane Hunter's victims and their families become outraged when she is released from prison. Bell, although responsible for posting Lane's bail and getting her released, continues to

S2·E11 Core

Operator Error

Jan 21, 2019 · 44 min

When a medical device fails on a former Chastain employee, an investigation is opened up, which pits Dr. AJ Austin against Quovadis. As Mina and Bell work to get to the bottom of w

S2·E12 Core

Fear Finds a Way

Jan 28, 2019 · 44 min

When a nasty flu season turns out to be masking a terribly infectious disease, Chastain must race to quarantine and diagnose infected patients. Mina finds herself testing Quovadis

S2·E13 Core

Virtually Impossible

Feb 4, 2019 · 44 min

Conrad, Kit, Mina and the Raptor work to save the life of a med student in need of a triple-organ transplant, drawing Bell back to the OR for one of the Chastain's riskiest surgeri

S2·E14 Core

Stupid Things in the Name of Sex

Feb 11, 2019 · 44 min

When Conrad's attempt to surprise Nic with a lavish Valentine's Day dinner is foiled, he gives the reservation away to someone who could really use it. Mina and Devon distract them

S2·E15 Core

Queens

Feb 18, 2019 · 44 min

Bell's confidence in Quovadis continues to waver when the poster child for one of its medical devices, Henry Barnett, is rushed back into the ER, experiencing seizure-like symptoms

S2·E16 Core

Adverse Events

Mar 4, 2019 · 44 min

The surgeons are determined to shut down Quovadis after Henry Barnett almost loses his life due to a device malfunction. As Mina and Devon set out to find the truth, Bell, AJ and C

S2·E17 Core

Betrayal

Mar 18, 2019 · 43 min

The surgeons work together to save the life of the Raptor's old mentor, Abe, who is their only inside source to Quovadis. Unfortunately, when Nic and Conrad take on a patient needi

S2·E18 Core

Emergency Contact

Mar 25, 2019 · 44 min

Chastain picks up the pieces after the fall out with the corrupt medical device company Quovadis, leaving Marshall ready to charter new territory in the medical field, and Devon to

S2·E19 Core

Snowed In

Apr 1, 2019 · 44 min

When Atlanta is struck by a severe snowstorm, Mina must perform a big surgery - without the help of The Raptor - to save the life of a young father, while Kit and Bell get stuck ba

S2·E20 Core

If Not Now, When?

Apr 15, 2019 · 44 min

Devon grows concerned when a mother's complaints go unaddressed after her delivery, and pushes Bell to take drastic measures. Conrad is faced with breaking the news to Nic regardin

S2·E21 Core

Stuck as Foretold

Apr 22, 2019 · 44 min

When the hospital has a severe blood shortage, Conrad must try every avenue to save a patient's life. Nic receives devastating news and is left worrying about her sister's health,

S2·E22 Mytharc

Broker and Broker

Apr 29, 2019 · 44 min

Bell hopes that a lottery winner who was admitted to hospital could serve as a way to solve Chastain's financial struggles; Nic is irate with Alec for suggesting she meet an organ

S2·E23 Mytharc

The Unbefriended

May 6, 2019 · 44 min

In an effort to save Chastain, Bell considers selling the hospital to a conglomerate, but Kit tries to make him see that the negatives will outweigh the positives. With Conrad's he

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