History Recap / TheInternsS11E2

Polina returns to continue her internship... which is a problem, considering that she and Bykov are in a ''very'' uneasy relationship since her departure. Gleb and Phil tries to persuade her to leave before anything bad could happen, only for Bykov to appear first. Bykov fails to even say anything, and just quietly leaves, then calls Gleb to ask him to kill or at least kick Polina (and when refused, tries to ask Phil). He then goes to Kupitman; Kupitman, when he realises ''why'' Bykov consumes glass after glass of his cognac, calls Kisegach, who orders him to keep (now not only violent, but also drunk) Bykov inside, while she would deal with Polina. Meanwhile, Lyuba meets Polina for the first time and leads her away before Bykov can do anything to her; once they starts talking, Polina reveals some backstory behind her conflict with Bykov. She fell in love and started planning her wedding, but it came at odds with her work, as she had no time to organise everything while off-duty. Bykov eventually grew too angry at her, and ruined the scheme which Polina had prepared for the wedding (she spent two days making it!), making Polina snap on him and tell him to go screw himself; the rest is history. At the same time, Bykov reveals to Kupitman ''his'' take on this story; it's nearly identical, but Polina's screwups were much worse than she remembers, despite Bykov actually perceiving her as one of his most perspective pupils, and her leaving like this was akin to betrayal. Now nearly-wasted and burning with wrath Bykov tries to leave, but Kupitman suggests to find Polina together.

Sophia's patient is Romani, and his relative asks Sophia whether he (and other relatives) can visit him in his ward. Sophia considers him being fine enough, while Alexei suggests to stay on guard: Romani don't exactly have a good reputation... Sophia, however, dismisses it as his prejudice. When the relatives finally arrives, they acts very friendly towards Sophia (perhaps a bit ''too'' friendly), but Alexei still suspects that they would try something. Then Alexei's own patient, who lies in the same ward, suspect that Sophia's patient is hiding something. When Sophia leaves with the patient, Alexei decides to look by himself, and sees two expensive smartphones and two wristwatches. He immediately jumps into conclusion that those were stolen, and takes them away. But when he calls them to Sophia, she calls him a moron. The patient shows up and not only confirms that those belongs to him, but also explains why he needs two phones and two watches: one phone is his, another is for work, and is provided by the company; as for watches, many of his clients are from Vladivostok, which is in different time zone. Alexei then tries to ask about the jewellery, ignoring Sophia asking him to shut up, to which the patient reveals that one was a gift from his mother, while two others he just bought by himself: he likes gold. Why hiding under mattress? He was asked by Sophia, as he was gonna attend X-Ray, and it was attempt to prevent stealing, as ''he'' distrusted other people -- and Alexei just proved that he was justified.

* TheBusCameBack: Polina returns after her [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome sudden and unexplained disappearance]] between seasons 9 and 10, to finish her internship. However, she wouldn't actually resume it just yet.

* HeelRealisation: When Bykov reminds Polina how they ''really'' departed ([[TheFriendNobodyLikes costing her all her friends]]), she realises that she really was at fault here, and that she'd lost her job and her friends only because of her own stupidity. And this was AllForNothing anyway since she is now divorced; "love of her life" turned out to be... worthless. Bykov (who actually calmed down by that point) actually accepts her apologies and allows her back.
* HistoryRepeats: Why Bykov is so quick to accept Polina back when she apologises, despite everything what happened before? Because her case reminds Bykov about what happened to ''himself'', back when his marriage with Alisa's mother fell apart; he reacted in the same way, due to everything going terribly, but was still accepted back by his boss -- Kisegach. Now, Polina is on Bykov's place, the only that thing changed is the order of things (she conflicted with Bykov first, and lost her marriage second).

* JerkassHasAPoint: While Bykov was [[KickTheDog unnecessarily harsh]] with Polina when he destroyed that scheme (he could have stated his point without doing this), his argument isn't exactly wrong: Polina ''is'' irresponsible, since she put her own interests above her duties -- which were to help people who can't help themselves. And this is if we only take into account ''Polina's'' take on these events! Bykov only adds ''even more'' of Polina's SkewedPriorities into the mix, with the most egregious example being when she ignored ''dying'' patient in favour to "wedding dance's repetition", with only Bykov preventing patient's death. Still wonder why Bykov wants nothing to do with her ever again? What made this particularly personal for him what Bykov actually perceived her as one of his mot perspective pupils, meaning that this harsh parting was akin to betrayal for him. And ''then'' we learn that she managed to insult ''everyone else'' besides Bykov (which he actually omitted from them back then, considering that they don't need to hear all this).

* NeverMyFault: Even Polina's own version of the events makes it blatantly clear why Bykov got so angry at her. Yet the only thing she noticed is that Bykov finally snapped and ruined the scheme on which she worked instead of her patients. Somehow, the other people sees her in the right, at least until Bykov reveals ''how'' Polina really departed.

* OpenMouthInsertFoot: At the first opportunity, Polina adds Lyuba in her "collection" of people she pissed off on the first meeting, by asking (in a rather familiar way) "where is Ritka", to which Lyuba reacts negatively.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Just when it seems that Polina may finally win everyone's support and stay here despite Bykov's hatred to her, Bykov reveals that she insulted ''everyone'' when departed, which quickly kills everyone's interest in supporting her. In order, she insulted Bykov himself (by stating that it was his fault that his first marriage failed), Kisegach (by calling Bykov's current marriage "shitty"), Gleb (by calling him a loser who [[ReallyGetsAround can't develop a stable relationship, and thus keeps changing girls]], Rita (who's in her opinion [[OldMaid has low chance to start successful relationship]]; this one also hurt Lyuba by proxy, who has similar problems, not to mention that Rita is one of her close friends), Phil (by bringing up the [[AmbiguouslyGay topic of his orientation]] out of the blue, despite him ''not'' being gay was established before she even joined the internship) and Kupitman (by bringing up [[YoungerThanTheyLook him being old-looking]] and his inability to develop a stable relationship). Only then Polina realises that it was ''her'' who was in the wrong.

** Alexei's patient (who is just as prejudiced) starts suspecting that the Romani hides something under mattress. When the guy leaves with Sophia, Alexei decides to check himself -- and notices several golden neck-chains, two expensive smartphones, and two wristwatches. He immediately jumps into the conclusion that it must be stolen, and takes it away. Sophia calls him a moron. Then their actual owner appears and not only confirms that they belong to him but also justifies why he needs them. Alexei's attempts to find weak points in the patient's story, despite Sophia outright telling him to just shut up already, [[DiggingYourselfDeeper only makes Alexei look even more like a fool]].
* SkewedPriorities: Polina reveals to Lyuba that the whole mess started when she found a new love and decided to marry him -- and became so obsessed with preparations, it started interfering with her actual work (in one case, she ignored Bykov with a wheelchair-bonded patient in favour to phone-talk). Ultimately, Bykov snapped at her, and ruined the scheme of guests placing for planned wedding which she just finished, replying to the objections with "you would never be neither a good doctor nor a good wife -- because you are irresponsible!". This was the last straw, and Polina quit -- [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt all but ensuring that Bykov would never accept her back]]. The kicker? This is how things look when told ''by Polina herself''; Bykov only adds more such cases, without removing or altering anything else.

* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: When Bykov didn't react well to Polina quitting internship and started yelling on her, Polina exploded herself and told him to go screw himself. Bykov ordered to not even mention Polina within his earshot ever again]].

Polina returned to continue her internship... which is a problem, considering she and Bykov are in a ''very'' uneasy relationship since then. Gleb and Phil tried to persuade her to leave before anything bad could happen, only for Bykov to appear first. Bykov failed to even say anything, and just quietly left, then called Gleb to ask him to kill or at least kick Polina (and when refused, tried to ask Phil).

Sophia's patient is Romani, and his relative asked Sophia whether he (and other relatives) can visit him. Sophia considers him fine enough, while Alexei suggests being on the guard: Romani doesn't exactly have a good reputation... Sophia, however, dismissed it as his prejudice.

When Kupitman realized ''why'' Bykov started consuming glass after glass of his cognac, he called Kisegach, who ordered him to keep (now not only violent but also drunk) Bykov inside, while she would deal with Polina. Meanwhile, Lyuba meets Polina for the first time and led her away before Bykov can do anything to her.

Sophia's patient's relatives finally appeared, and are very friendly (maybe [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace even a bit too much]]). But Alexei still thinks it wouldn't end well. There's must be ''something'' wrong with them...

Polina revealed to Lyuba some backstory for her conflict with Bykov. Turns out, she fell in love and started planning her wedding -- which came at odds with her work, because she can't find time to deal with it while off-duty. Bykov was less than amused by this and ultimately snapped at her, ruining scheme Polina prepared for her wedding, on which she wasted two days. She snapped too, and told Bykov to go screw himself; the rest is history. Meanwhile, Bykov revealed ''his'' take on this story; it was not much different, and the only thing that changed is the severity of Polina's screwups. What's worse, Bykov actually perceived her as one of his more prospective pupils, meaning what this was akin of betrayal for him. When already near-wasted (and still as violent as before) Bykov tried to leave, Kupitman suggested finding Polina together, clearly wanting to make sure Bykov would not do anything terrible.

Alexei's patient (who lies in the same ward as Sophia's Romani patient) suspects what something must be wrong with the guy, too: it seems he's hiding something. When Romani left with Sophia, Alexei decided to check himself -- and noticed two expensive smartphones and two wristwatches. He immediately jumped into conclusion what it ''must be'' stolen, and took it away. He showed them to Sophia, who called him a moron. Then patient showed up and not only confirmed what they belong to him, but also justified why he has two phones (one is his personal, while another was provided by the company he works in, he uses it for duties), and why he has two watches, with mismatching time (he often deals with people in Vladivostok, which is in completely different time zone, so he needs two watches to not adjust the time manually). When Alexei asked about jewelry (ignoring Sophia's request to just shut up and stopping embarrassing himself), he revealed what the first golden chain was a gift from his mother, while two others he bought himself (he just likes gold, and sees nothing to be ashamed of). When asked why he hid it under the mattress, the patient pointed out what it was requested by Sophia: he attained X-Ray; and the mattress was (futile) attempt to prevent stealing, because ''he'' mistrusts other people -- and as Alexei showed up, he was justified.

Lyuba (and Rita who arrived to heard out this story, too, since she was Polina's friend back then) actually sided with Polina, considering Bykov being too harsh in kicking her out not long before her wedding. At that time Kisegach arrived and at first ordered Polina to get out and never return, but when learned more details, sided with Polina, since she was only familiar with Bykov's version. But when they confronted Bykov (and literally everyone, including Kupitman, sided with Polina), Bykov revealed ''third'' part of this story, which previously was unknown to anyone but Bykov and Polina themselves: what she managed to insult literally everyone before leaving back then. After this, Polina lost any and all support she had. Only then Polina realized what she was in the wrong, and apologized before Bykov -- and also revealed what marriage was short-living anyway, meaning it was all for nothing. Bykov reluctantly gave her a second chance. As he revealed to Kisegach, Polina's case reminds him about himself, back when his marriage to Alisa's mother fell apart, and Kisegach accepted him back even after he acted like a total jerk out of frustration.

* AllForNothing: Polina sacrificed the place in an internship for marriage. Then marriage fell apart because they turn out to be incompatible.
* BerserkButton: After Polina leaved internship, on ''[[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt very]]'' uneasy terms, even mentioning her name became taboo near Bykov. And [[CrossingTheBurntBridge then Polina returned]]...

* TheBusCameBack: Polina returned after her [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome sudden and unexplained disappearance]] between seasons 9 and 10, to finish her internship. It would take her until the ''next'' season to actually start working here again, however.
* CrossingTheBurntBridge: We finally learn details about Polina's disappearance from the hospital, and why no one ever talked about her. Turns out, she decided to leave by herself... which enraged Bykov to no end, causing heated conflict between two and resulting in Polina [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt telling him to go and screw himself]]. Now, Polina is enthusiastic about re-joining internship; other characters, not so much. However, despite everything, she managed to win Bykov's forgiveness... right after losing everyone else's sympathy.
* HeelRealisation: When Bykov reminded Polina how they ''really'' departed ([[TheFriendNobodyLikes costing her all her friends]]), she realized what she really was at fault here, and lost her job and her friends only because of her own stupidity. And this was AllForNothing anyway since she is now divorced; "love of her life" turns out to be... worthless. Bykov (who by this time finally calmed down) actually accepted her apologies and allowed her back.
* JerkassBall: Alexei is normally one of the nicer interns, but in this episode, it's him who showed prejudice against Romani. Every time he tried to invoke RoguishRomani, Sophia called him a bigot and moron, and even (jokingly) asked about his grandpa: with Lyosha having views like this, who knows, maybe he fought for nazis? It's important for her since she is Jewish, you know. Alexei also ''instantly'' jumped into version what his wristwatch was stolen by the gypsy patient -- while Sophia revealed he just misplaced it.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While Bykov was [[KickTheDog unnecessarily harsh]] with Polina when he destroyed that scheme (he could have stated his point without doing this), his argument isn't exactly wrong: Polina ''is'' irresponsible, since she put her own interests above her duties -- which were to help people who can't help themselves. And this is if we only take into account ''Polina's'' take on these events! Bykov only added ''even more'' of Polina's SkewedPriorities into the mix, with the most egregious example being when she ignored ''dying'' patient in favor to "wedding dance's repetition", with only Bykov preventing patient's death. Still wonder why Bykov wants nothing to do with her ever again? What made this particularly personal for him what Bykov actually perceived her as one of his actually prospective pupils, meaning what this harsh parting was akin to betrayal for him. And ''then'' we learn what she managed to insult ''everyone else'' besides Bykov (which he actually omitted from them back then considering they don't need to hear all this).
* MathematiciansAnswer: When asked how many people plan to visit Sophia's patient, that Romani guy answered only what it would be "more than ten, less than twenty".
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Why Bykov was so quick to accept Polina back when she apologizes, despite everything that happened before? Because her case reminded Bykov about what happened to ''himself'', back when his marriage with Alisa's mother fell apart; he reacted in the same way, due to everything going terribly, but was still accepted back by his boss -- Kisegach. Now, Polina is on Bykov's place, the only thing changed is the order of things (she conflicted with Bykov first, and lost her marriage second).
* OhCrap: Pretty much everyone's reaction to Polina returning, considering [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt how her departure from internship went]], and [[BerserkButton how Bykov reacted to it]].
** Gleb tried to quietly lead her away from the hospital before Bykov notices her and explodes again.

** Kupitman at first reacted badly to Bykov entering without warning and starting drinking his cognac, but when he realized ''why'' he acts this way, he told him to ''continue'' doing this (if it means staying here), and called Kisegach, who panicked and ordered Kupitman by any means necessary keep Bykov in Kupitman's office, while she would deal with Polina.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: At the first opportunity, Polina added Lyuba in her "collection" of people she pissed off at the first meeting, by asking (in a rather familiar way) "where is Ritka", to which Lyuba reacted negatively.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Just when it seemed what Polina may finally win everyone's support and stay here despite Bykov's hatred to her, Bykov revealed what she insulted ''everyone'' when departed, which quickly killed everyone's interest in supporting her. In order, she insulted Bykov himself (by stating what it was his fault he first marriage failed), Kisegach (by calling Bykov's current marriage "shitty"), Gleb (by calling him a loser who [[ReallyGetsAround can't develop a stable relationship, and thus keeps changing girls]], Rita (who in her opinion [[OldMaid has low chance to start successful relationship]]; this one also hurt Lyuba by proxy, who has similar problems, not to mention what Rita is one of her close friends), Phil (by bringing up the [[AmbiguouslyGay topic of his orientation]] out of the blue, despite him ''not'' being gay was established before she even joined the internship) and Kupitman (by bringing up [[YoungerThanTheyLook his old-looking]] and inability to develop a stable relationship). Only then Polina realized what it was ''her'' who was in the wrong.
* RoguishRomani: The main focus of Sophia and Alexei's plot is that Alexei stubbornly believes what all Romani are thieves, while Sophia thinks he is a bigot. In the end, Sophia turns out to be right:

** When Sophia's patient's relatives finally appear, Alexei has an ImagineSpot about gypsy tabor stealing everything they could find, ranging from money from pockets to fish from an aquarium, hospital's drug supply and even ''patient from a gurney''. He asks Sophia to check her pockets to see whether they robbed her, and it turns out they silently ''put some money in''; when Alexei tried to claim what money must be fake, Sophia accuses him of being paranoid.
** Alexei's patient (who is just as prejudiced) starts suspecting that the Romani hides something under mattress. When the guy leaves with Sophia, Alexei decides to check himself -- and notices several golden neck-chains, two expensive smartphones, and two wristwatches. He immediately jumps into the conclusion of what it must be stolen and takes it away. Sophia calls him a moron. Then their actual owner appears and not only confirms what they belong to him but also justifies why he needs them. Alexei's attempts to find weak points in the patient's story, despite Sophia outright telling him to just shut up already, [[DiggingYourselfDeeper only makes Alexei look even more like a fool]].
* SkewedPriorities: Polina revealed to Lyuba what whole mess started when she found a new love and decided to marry him -- and became so obsessed with preparations, it started interfering with her actual work (in one case she ignored Bykov with a wheelchair-bonded patient in favor to phone-talk). Ultimately, Bykov snapped at her, and ruined just finished scheme of guests placing for planned wedding, replying to the objections with "you would never be neither a good doctor nor a good wife -- because you are irresponsible!". This was the last straw, and Polina quit -- [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt all but ensuring Bykov would never accept her back]]. The kicker? This is how things look when told ''by Polina herself''; Bykov only added more such cases, without removing or altering anything else.
* StunnedSilence: Phil is so shocked by Polina having the audacity to return, it took him some time to even say anything.

* NotSoDifferent: Why Bykov was so quick to accept Polina back when she apologizes, despite everything that happened before? Because her case reminded Bykov about what happened to ''himself'', back when his marriage with Alisa's mother fell apart; he reacted in the same way, due to everything going terribly, but was still accepted back by his boss -- Kisegach. Now, Polina is on Bykov's place, the only thing changed is the order of things (she conflicted with Bykov first, and lost her marriage second).

* RoguishRomani: Main focus of Sophia and Alexei's plot; in short, Alexei stubbornly believes what all Romani are thieves, while Sophia thinks he is a bigot. In the end, Sophia turns out to be right:
** When Romani guy asked Sophia whether he and his relatives may visit Sophia's patient, Alexei warned her to be careful around this guy, or he may try to rob her, because, you know, they all are thugs! She dismissed it as his prejudice.
** When Sophia's patient's relatives finally appeared, Alexei had an ImagineSpot about gypsy tabor stealing everything they could find, ranging from money from pockets to fish from an aquarium, hospital's drug supply and even ''patient from a gurney''. He asked Sophia to check her pockets to see whether they robbed her... and it turns out they silently ''put some money in''; when Alexei tried to claim what money must be fake, Sophia accused him of being paranoid.
** Then Alexei's patient (who is just as prejudiced) started suspecting what said Romani hides something under mattress. When the guy left with Sophia, Alexei decided to check himself -- and noticed several golden neck-chains, two expensive smartphones, and two wristwatches. He immediately jumped into conclusion what it ''must be'' stolen, and took it away. Sophia called him a moron. Then their actual owner appeared and not only confirmed what they belong to him but also justified why he needs them. Alexei's attempts to find weak points in the patient's story, despite Sophia outright telling him to just shut up already, [[DiggingYourselfDeeper only made Alexei look even more like a fool]].

Polina returned to continue her internship... which is a problem, considering she and Bykov are in ''very'' uneasy relationship since then. Gleb and Phil tried to persuade her to leave before anything bad could happen, only for Bykov to appear first. Bykov failed to even say anything, and just quietly leaved, then called Gleb to ask him to kill or at least kick Polina (and when refused, tried to ask Phil).

Sophia's patient is Romani, and his relative asked Sophia wether he (and other relatives) can visit him. Sophia considers him fine enough, while Alexei suggests to be on the guard: Romani have not exactly good reputation... Sophia, however, dismissed it as his prejudice.

When Kupitman realised ''why'' Bykov started consuming glass after glass of his cognac, he called Kisegach, who ordered him to keep (now not only violent, but also drunk) Bykov inside, while she would deal with Polina. Meanwhile, Lyuba meet Polina for a first time and led her away before Bykov can do anything to her.

Polina revealed to Lyuba some backstory for her conflict with Bykov. Turns out, she fell in love and started planning her wedding -- which came at odds with her work, because she can't find time to deal with it while off-duty. Bykov was less than amused by this, and ultimately snapped at her, ruining scheme Polina prepared for her wedding, on which she wasted two days. She snapped too, and told Bykov to go screw himself; the rest is history. Meanwhile, Bykov revealed ''his'' take on this story; it was not much different, and only thing what changed is severity of Polina's screwups. What's worse, Bykov actually perceived her as one of his more perspective pupils, meaning what this was akin of betrayal for him. When already near-wasted (and still as violent as before) Bykov tried to leave, Kupitman suggested to find Polina together, clearly wanting to make sure Bykov would not do anything terrible.

Alexei's patient (who lies in the same ward as Sophia's Romani patient) suspects what something must be wrong with the guy, too: it seems he's hiding something. When Romani leaved with Sophia, Alexei decided to check himself -- and noticed two expensive smartphones and two wrist watches. He immediately jumped into conclusion what it ''must be'' stolen, and took it away. He showed them to Sophia, who called him a moron. Then patient showed up and not only confirmed what they belongs to him, but also justified why he has two phones (one is his personal, while another was provided by company he works in, he uses it for duties), and why he has two watches, with mismatching time (he often deals with people in Vladivostok, which is in completely different time zone, so he needs two watches to not adjust the time manually). When Alexei asked about jewellery (ignoring Sophia's request to just shut up and stopping embarrassing himself), he revealed what first golden chain was a gift from his mother, while two others he bought himself (he just likes gold, and sees nothing to be ashamed of). When asked why he hid it under mattress, patient pointed out what it was requested by Sophia: he attained X-Ray; and mattress was (futile) attempt to prevent stealing, because ''he'' mistrusts other people -- and as Alexei showed up, he was justified.

Lyuba (and Rita who arrived to heard out this story, too, since she was Polina's friend back then) actually sided with Polina, considering Bykov being too harsh in kicking her out not long before her wedding. At that time Kisegach arrived and at first ordered Polina to get out and never return, but when learned more details, sided with Polina, since she was only familiar with Bykov's version. But when they confronted Bykov (and literally everyone, including Kupitman, sided with Polina), Bykov revealed ''third'' part of this story, which previously was unknown to anyone but Bykov and Polina themselves: what she managed to insult literally everyone before leaving back then. After this, Polina lost any and all support she had. Only then Polina realised what she was in the wrong, and apologised before Bykov -- and also revealed what marriage was short-living anyway, meaning it was all for nothing. Bykov reluctantly gave her second chance. As he revealed to Kisegach, Polina's case reminds him about himself, back when his marriage to Alisa's mother fell apart, and Kisegach accepted him back even after he acted like total jerk out of frustration.

!! This episode provides examples of:
* AllForNothing: Polina sacrificed the place in internship for marriage. Then marriage fell apart, because they turns out to be incompatible.

* HeelRealisation: When Bykov reminded Polina how they ''really'' departed ([[TheFriendNobodyLikes costing her all her friends]]), she realised what she really was at fault here, and lost her job and her friends only because of her own stupidity. And this was AllForNothing anyway, since she is now divorced; "love of her life" turns out to be... worthless. Bykov (who by this time finally calmed down) actually accepted her apologises and allowed her back.
* JerkassBall: Alexei is normally one of the nicer interns, but in this episode it's him who showed prejudice against Romani. Every time he tried to invoke RoguishRomani, Sophia called him a bigot and moron, and even (jokingly) asked about his grandpa: with Lyosha having views like this, who knows, maybe he fought for nazis? It's important for her, since she is jewish, you know. Alexei also ''instantly'' jumped into version what his wrist watch was stolen by gypsy patient -- while Sophia revealed he just misplaced it.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While Bykov was [[KickTheDog unnecessarily harsh]] with Polina when he destroyed that scheme (he could have state his point without doing this), his argument isn't exactly wrong: Polina ''is'' irresponsible, since she put her own interests above her duties -- which were to help people who can't help themselves. And this is if we only take into account ''Polina's'' take on these events! Bykov only added ''even more'' of Polina's SkewedPriorities into the mix, with most egregious example being when she ignored ''dying'' patient in favour to "wedding dance's repetition", with only Bykov preventing patient's death. Still wonder why Bykov wants nothing to do with her ever again? What made this particularly personal for him what Bykov actually perceived her as one of his actually perspective pupils, meaning what this harsh parting was akin to betrayal for him. And ''then'' we learn what she managed to insult ''everyone else'' besides Bykov (which he actually omitted from them back then considering they don't need to hear all this).
* MathematiciansAnswer: When asked how many people plans to visit Sophia's patient, that Romani guy answered only what it would be "more than ten, less than twenty".
* NotSoDifferent: Why Bykov was so quick to accept Polina back when she apologises, despite everything what happened before? Because her case reminded Bykov about what happened to ''himself'', back when his marriage with Alisa's mother fell apart; he reacted in the same way, due to everything going terribly, but was still accepted back by his boss -- Kisegach. Now, Polina is on Bykov's place, only thing changed is order of things (she conflicted with Bykov first, and lost her marriage second).

** Kupitman at first reacted badly to Bykov entering without warning and starting drinking his cognac, but when he realised ''why'' he acts this way, he told him to ''continue'' doing this (if it means staying here), and called Kisegach, who panicked and ordered Kupitman by any means necessary keep Bykov in Kupitman's office, while she would deal with Polina.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: At first opportunity, Polina added Lyuba in her "collection" of people she pissed off at first meeting, by asking (in rather familiar way) "where is Ritka", to which Lyuba reacted negatively.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Just when it seemed what Polina may finally win everyone's support and stay here despite Bykov's hatred to her, Bykov revealed what she insulted ''everyone'' when departed, which quickly killed everyone's interest in supporting her. In order, she insulted Bykov himself (by stating what it was his fault he first marriage failed), Kisegach (by calling Bykov's current marriage "shitty"), Gleb (by calling him a loser who [[ReallyGetsAround can't develop stable relationship, and thus keeps changing girls]], Rita (who in her opinion [[OldMaid has low chance to start successful relationship]]; this one also hurt Lyuba by proxy, who has similar problems, not to mention what Rita is one of her close friends), Phil (by bringing up the [[AmbiguouslyGay topic of his orientation]] out of the blue, despite him ''not'' being gay was established before she even joined the internship) and Kupitman (by bringing up [[YoungerThanTheyLook his old-looking]] and inability to develop stable relationship). Only then Polina realised what it was ''her'' who was in the wrong.
* RoguishRomani: Main focus of Sophia and Alexei's plot; in short, Alexei stubbornly believes what all Romani are thieves, while Sophia thinks he is bigot. In the end, Sophia turns out to be right.
** When Romani guy asked Sophia wether he and his relatives may visit Sophia's patient, Alexei warned her to be careful around this guy, or he may try to rob her, because, you know, they all are thugs! She dismissed it as his prejudice.
** When Sophia's patient's relatives finally appeared, Alexei had an ImagineSpot about gypsy tabor stealing everything they could find, ranging from money from pockets to fish from aquarium, hospital's drug supply and even ''patient from a gurney''. He asked Sophia to check her pockets to see wether they robbed her... and it turns out they silently ''put some money in''; when Alexei tried to claim what money must be fake, Sophia accused him of being paranoidal.
** Then Alexei's patient (who is just as prejudiced) started suspecting what said Romani hides something under mattress. When guy leaved with Sophia, Alexei decided to check himself -- and noticed several golden neck-chains, two expensive smartphones and two wrist watches. He immediately jumped into conclusion what it ''must be'' stolen, and took it away. Sophia called him a moron. Then their actual owner appeared and not only confirmed what they belong to him, but also justified why he needs them. Alexei's attempts to find weak points in patient's story, despite Sophia outright telling him to just shut up already, [[DiggingYourselfDeeper only made Alexei look even more like a fool]].
* SkewedPriorities: Polina revealed to Lyuba what whole mess started when she found a new love and decided to marry him -- and became so obsessed with preparations, it started interfering with her actual work (in one case she ignored Bykov with wheelchair-bonded patient in favour to phone-talk). Ultimately, Bykov snapped at her, and ruined just finished scheme of guests placing for planned wedding, replying to he objections with "you would never be neither a good doctor, nor a good wife -- because you are irresponsible!". This was the last straw, and Polina quit -- [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt all but ensuring Bykov would never accept her back]]. The kicker? This is how things looks when told ''by Polina herself''; Bykov only added more such cases, without removing or altering anything else.
* StunnedSilence: Phil is so shocked by Polina having audacity to return, it took him some time to even say anything.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: When Bykov didn't react well to Polina quitting internship, and started yelling on her, Polina exploded herself and told him to go screw himself. Bykov ordered to not even mention Polina within his earshot ever again]].