Doc is officially back, and FOX just dropped the first trailer for Season 2 of its hit medical drama. The new season premieres Tuesday, September 23 at 9/8c, with a special preview that premiered on September 14, and showed even higher stakes inside and outside the halls of Westside Medical.
What’s in the Trailer
The trailer sets the stage for a season filled with tension and transformation. Dr. Amy Larsen (Molly Parker) is still grappling with the aftermath of a car crash that erased eight years of her memory. She admits, “Without my memories, I’m trapped in time. I need my life back.” Determined to reclaim her career and sense of self, Amy is willing to push herself to dangerous lengths—despite warnings that the treatments are making her “emotional, distracted, irrational.”
But her fight to move forward collides with a major change at the hospital. Amy’s former mentor, Dr. Joan Ridley (new series regular Felicity Huffman), has taken over as Chief of Internal Medicine. In the trailer, Joan makes it clear she’s running things differently: “In two months, there will be an official evaluation. Some of you will not survive it.”
The teaser also teases Amy’s complicated personal life—from navigating her ex-husband Dr. Michael Hamda’s (Omar Metwally) new family to reigniting old feelings with Dr. Jake Heller (Jon Ecker), while Dr. Sonya Maitra (Anya Banerjee) is all too ready to step in. As if that weren’t enough, the trailer ends with gunfire in the hospital and a doctor rushing into danger, leaving viewers questioning who will survive.
What to Expect in Season 2
Season 2 expands from last year’s 10 episodes to 22 episodes, promising more medical emergencies and character drama. Alongside Parker, Metwally, Huffman, Ecker, and Banerjee, the ensemble includes Amirah Vann as Amy’s best friend Dr. Gina Walker, Patrick Walker as Dr. TJ Coleman, and Charlotte Fountain-Jardim as Amy and Michael’s daughter Katie. Both Walker and Fountain-Jardim have been promoted to series regulars this season.
Behind the scenes, Doc is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and FOX Entertainment Studios. The series is executive produced by Barbie Kligman and Hank Steinberg (who also serve as showrunners), alongside Erwin Stoff and Judith McCreary. The show is based on the acclaimed Italian drama Doc — Nelle tue mani, created and produced by Lux Vide, a Fremantle Company.
Season 2 Storyline
FOX’s official description teases a season packed with both medical and personal stakes: “Amy will continue to confront hard truths about her missing years, work to repair fractured relationships, and seek to reconcile the person she used to be with the one everyone else has come to know. Determined to get her memory back and piece together who she really is, Amy’s goal is to once again be Chief of Internal Medicine. But her past comes back to haunt her when a desperate father sacrifices everything to secure his daughter’s heart transplant, sparking chaos that leaves a doctor’s life on the line.”
With secrets resurfacing, new leadership clashing with old loyalties, and a shocking hospital shooting teased in the trailer, Season 2 is set to deliver even more of the emotional intensity that made the show FOX’s most-watched debut in over five years.