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* NewMeat: Casey starts Chapter 1 on their first day on the job fresh from medical school.

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* NewMeat: Casey starts Chapter 1 the series on their first day on the job fresh from medical school.
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* FirstGirlWins: She can be this as the first (and so far only) female love interest that's met by Casey.

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* FirstGirlWins: She can be this as the first (and so far only) female love interest that's met by Casey.Casey, so it's more like Only Girl Wins.
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* [[spoiler:YouAreInCommandNow: He succeeds Dr. Banerji as Chief of Medicine at the end of the series.]]

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* [[spoiler:YouAreInCommandNow: He YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:He succeeds Dr. Banerji as Chief of Medicine at the end of the series.]]
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Although Landry avoids any outright punishment in Book 1, it is also made very clear that he would not have been welcome to stay at Edenbrook. Casey has the opportunity to take revenge on him in book 2 at the baseball game. [[spoiler: If you didn’t choose the diamond option to prepare for the game, you actually ''must'' hit him on the final play of the game or Edenbrook will lose.]]
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* WorkingWithTheEx: In Chapter 4, Casey can overhear that him and Dr. Harper Emery have been closer. If they go on a Premium scene to recover Dolores’ stuffed frog, he explains that they used to be in a RelationshipRevolvingDoor, before breaking up for good.

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* WorkingWithTheEx: In Chapter 4, Casey can overhear that him and Dr. Harper Emery have been closer. If they go on a Premium scene to recover Dolores’ stuffed frog, he explains that they used to be in a RelationshipRevolvingDoor, before breaking up for good. Yet in Book 3, he invites Harper to join the diagnostics team to replace June Hirata.



* WorkingWithTheEx: In Chapter 4, Casey can overhear that she and Dr. Ramsey have been closer. If they go on a Premium scene to recover Dolores’ stuffed frog, he explains to Casey that they used to be in a RelationshipRevolvingDoor, before breaking up for good.

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* WorkingWithTheEx: In Chapter 4, Casey can overhear that she and Dr. Ramsey have been closer. If they go on a Premium scene to recover Dolores’ stuffed frog, he explains to Casey that they used to be in a RelationshipRevolvingDoor, before breaking up for good.
good. Yet in Book 3, he invites Harper to join the diagnostics team to replace June Hirata.

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Ill Girl has been cut per TRS decision. Examples are moved to Delicate And Sickly when appropriate.


* IllGirl: She suffers from lung cancer, and goes through two surgeries.



* IllGirl: Willow has Hepatitis C and has no insurance to afford the treatments.

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* IllGirl: Willow has Hepatitis C and has no insurance to afford the treatments.
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* DevelopersDesiredDate: Due to him being Casey's boss.

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* DevelopersDesiredDate: Due to him being Casey's boss. Besides, the title actually refers to him ''opening'' his ''heart'' to Casey, which is the main focus of the story.
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* DevelopersDesiredDate: Due to being Casey's boss.

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* DevelopersDesiredDate: Due to him being Casey's boss.
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* DevelopersDesiredDate: Due to being Casey's boss.
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* {{Deuteragonist}}: Aside from being Casey's main love interest, he is the second most prominent character, most of his past has been discussed in the story, and he gets more character development as the story progresses. In Book 2 Chapter 11, he becomes one of the playable characters along with Bryce, since Casey is being put in quarantine.

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* {{Deuteragonist}}: Aside from being Casey's boss and [[DevelopersDesiredDate main love interest, interest]], he is the second most prominent character, most of his past has been discussed in the story, and he gets more character development as the story progresses. In Book 2 Chapter 11, he becomes one of the playable characters along with Bryce, since Casey is being put in quarantine.

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* LoveInterest: One of Casey's potential love interests.




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* [[spoiler:YouAreInCommandNow: He succeeds Dr. Banerji as Chief of Medicine at the end of the series.]]
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** [[spoiler: Suffers another one in Book 2 Chapter 16 when she learns Tobias only hired her at Mass Kenmore to try and convince her aunt to come there, shattering her self esteem and making her wonder if people only see her as her aunt's niece.]]
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: although Landry is willingly invited to live in the apartment with the other main interns at the beginning of book one, it will very quickly be apparent that he does not fit in. He is introverted to the point of being withdrawn, and no amount of interaction with him will make him become more friendly. He also has no premium interactions available, hinting that he won’t stick around. This becomes HarsherInHindsight during the victory celebration at Donahue’s if he is the last person you choose to speak to. [[spoiler:He is surrounded by people very noisily celebrating your victory with everyone pointedly ignoring him, and he leaves before you can speak to him, completely dejected.]]

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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: although Although Landry is willingly invited to live in the apartment with the other main interns at the beginning of book one, it will very quickly be become apparent that he does not fit in. He is introverted to the point of being withdrawn, and no amount of interaction with him will make him become more friendly. He also has no premium interactions available, hinting that he won’t stick around. This becomes HarsherInHindsight during the victory celebration at Donahue’s if he is the last person you choose to speak to. [[spoiler:He is surrounded by people very noisily celebrating your victory with everyone pointedly ignoring him, and he leaves before you can speak to him, completely dejected.]]
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: although Landry is willingly invited to live in the apartment with the other main interns at the beginning of book one, it will very quickly be apparent that he does not fit in. He is introverted to the point of being withdrawn, and no amount of interaction with him will make him become more friendly. He also has no premium interactions available, hinting that he won’t stick around. This becomes HarsherInHindsight during the victory celebration at Donahue’s if he is the last person you choose to speak to. [[spoiler:He is surrounded by people very noisily celebrating your victory with everyone pointedly ignoring him, and he leaves before you can speak to him, completely dejected.]]
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* HeroicBsod: During book 3, he botches a surgery on one of his attendings, seriously shaking his confidence for half the book, it takes Casey and a patient who’s a friend to finally pull him out.
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* AmicableExes: With Dr. Ramsey. Although they argue, he is never as overtly rude or pushy as he is with nearly everyone else, and it is clear he has great respect for her. In Book 3, they are so friendly that it makes Casey slightly nervous.
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* BaldWomen: Chapter 11 has Casey run into her with a freshly-shaved head as she starts chemotherapy treatments for her cancer.

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* BaldWomen: BaldnessMeansSickness: Chapter 11 has Casey run into her with a freshly-shaved head as she starts chemotherapy treatments for her cancer.

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* BadassBeard: After the two month TimeSkip, Ethan returns with a more prominent beard, with Elijah noting that it looks cool. Casey can either tell Ethan to keep it or shave it in a premium scene. He will shave it regardless without the premium scene.


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* TimePassageBeard: After the two month TimeSkip, Ethan returns with a more prominent beard, with Elijah noting that it looks cool. Casey can either tell Ethan to keep it or shave it in a premium scene. He will shave it regardless without the premium scene.
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* PutOnABus: She's absent in Books 2 and 3.
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* SacrificialLamb [[spoiler:He is the second member of the staff to die from the murder attempt on Senator Farrugia. Before his dead, he gave permission to use his body to find a cure for the poison.]]

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* SacrificialLamb [[spoiler:He is the second member of the staff to die from the murder attempt on Senator Farrugia. Before his dead, death, he gave permission to use his body to find a cure for the poison.]]
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* TwinSwitch: According to Ethan in a Premium scene, Zaid gave his approval to Baz transferring to Edenbrook, but it might have been Baz in disguise. It is never confirmed if it is true. Much later, he manages to get in Mass Kenmore by impersonating Zaid.

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* TwinSwitch: According to Ethan in a Premium scene, Zaid gave his approval to Baz transferring to Edenbrook, but it might have been Baz in disguise. It disguise, [[spoiler:which is never confirmed if it is true. in Book 2 Chapter 19.]] Much later, he manages to get in Mass Kenmore by impersonating Zaid.

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: He harasses a girl at the bar during his introduction scene. According to Aurora, Harper also despises him.



* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Sienna's friends make it very clear that they can't stand him and think she's better off with someone else.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: He uses his influence to get himself a new kidney, which implies that he basically stole the turn from another patient who was waiting for the organ who knows how long. By the end of the book, the team discover that his new kidney caused him to overproduce Immunoglobulin A, to which his wife is violently allergic to, meaning that he managed to live a longer life with his wife, but to never touch her again for the rest of their lives.

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* BigBad: Of Book 3. With Edenbrooke under his control, he makes it his mission to direct all research into finding a cure for his wife, all the other patients be damned. When Ethan tries to resist, Bloom does everything in his power to get Ethan out of his way, even slamming him with a malpractice suit to get him fired from Edenbrook once and for all.



* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She stops appearing after Book 1 ends.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She stops appearing after Book 1 ends.1. Unlike several other characters who are written out of the series between Books 2 and 3, she's never even mentioned after the end of Book 1, with even ''Landry'' (who was {{Unperson}}ed by the gang for what he did to Casey) getting at least one more appearance/mention.



* PutOnABus: After his crimes are exposed, Nash is written out of the series, but not before throwing one last SpannerInTheWorks by preventing the merger of Edenbrook and Mass Kenmore from happening.



* SatelliteLoveInterest: To Rafael. Sora has no characterization beyond being Rafael's partner, preventing any romantic interactions between Casey and Rafael. After Sora breaks up with Rafael, they stop appearing for the rest of the book.

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* SatelliteLoveInterest: To Rafael. Sora has no characterization beyond being Rafael's partner, preventing any romantic interactions between Casey and Rafael. After Sora breaks up with Rafael, they stop appearing for the rest of the book.series.



* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Whether you talk to him or not after the hearing, he's transferring to Mass Kenmore.]]

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* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Whether you talk to him or not after the hearing, he's transferring to Mass Kenmore. He is seen again in the softball game between Edenbrooke and Mass Kenmore in Book 2, Chapter 8, before disappearing for the rest of the series.]]
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* DemotedToExtra: In Book 2, she's an important character, with her even having a character arc in which her actions could affect the hospital. She only appears in one or two chapters in Book 3, and is only mentioned briefly in a couple of others.


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* PutOnABus: She transfers to Solomon Kenmore near the end of Book 2, and is completely absent in Book 3.
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* RealityEnsues: Instead of having a ConvenientComa, Stephanie at first has trouble with her speech and use of her legs when she wakes up. She is being told that she will need a lot of physical rehab before returning to the real world.

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* RealityEnsues: ImprobablyQuickComaRecovery: Averted. Instead of having a ConvenientComa, Stephanie at first has trouble with her speech and use of her legs when she wakes up. She is being told that she will need a lot of physical rehab before returning to the real world.
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I don't think Smug Snake fits Aurora's personality.


* SmugSnake: She comes across as very smug and overconfident, preferring patient cases she finds "interesting". Her overconfidence gets the better of her in Chapter 14, when she nearly suffers from a nervous breakdown after seeing three subway accident patients with severe injuries.

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A paramedic at Edenbrook Hospital

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A paramedic at Edenbrook Hospital
Hospital. In Book 3 he changes careers and becomes a physical therapist.



* TheMedic: He works as a paramedic.

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* TheMedic: He works as a paramedic. He later switches to physical therapist.



* HoneyTrap: In Book 2 Chapter 9, Casey finds out that June had been sleeping with Tobias Carrick to get information out of him.In her own words "Screwing him doesn't mean she wouldn't screw ''with'' him."

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* HoneyTrap: In Book 2 Chapter 9, Casey finds out that June had been sleeping with Tobias Carrick to get information out of him. In her own words "Screwing him doesn't mean she wouldn't screw ''with'' him."



* PutOnABus: By the end of Book 2, Kyra decides to move away to start a new life. She is completely absent in Book 3.




!!Dr. Tobias Carrick
Head doctor at Mass Kenmore Hospital and an old rival of Ethan Ramsey. He eventually is recruited to join Bloom's Edenbrook as the new member of the diagnostics team.
* CompetitionFreak: Whenever the issue involves Ethan Ramsey, even a "friendly" game of baseball between the two hospitals.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his extremely competitive nature and rivalry with Ethan, he's still willing to put their differences aside to work on a cure for the toxin in Book 2, Chapter 11. If Casey thanks him, [[WhenHeSmiles he gives a genuine smile]].
* PungeonMaster: In Book 3, he wants to crack some beet puns after they solve the case of a patient who was peeing red because she was eating a lot of beets. Casey can opt to follow his lead and have a HurricaneOfPuns.
* TheRival: To Ethan. They have become bitter rivals after their friendship deteriorated.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Before becoming enemies, he and Ethan were inseparable. According to Ethan, his competitive nature and ambition overtook the good qualities he had. In Book 3 they finally solve their differences and rekindle their friendship.



* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She stops appearing after Book 1 ends.



* CompetitionFreak: Whenever the issue involves Ethan Ramsey, even a "friendly" game of baseball between the two hospitals.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his extremely competitive nature and rivalry with Ethan, he's still willing to [[spoiler: put their differences aside to work on a cure for the toxin in Book 2, Chapter 11]]. If Casey thanks him, [[WhenHeSmiles he gives a genuine smile]].
* TheRival: To Ethan. They have become bitter rivals after their friendship deteriorated.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Before becoming enemies, he and Ethan were inseparable. According to Ethan, his competitive nature and ambition overtook the good qualities he had.

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* CompetitionFreak: Whenever the issue involves Ethan Ramsey, even a "friendly" game of baseball between the two hospitals.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his extremely competitive nature and rivalry with Ethan, he's still willing to [[spoiler: put their differences aside to work on a cure for the toxin in Book 2, Chapter 11]]. If Casey thanks him, [[WhenHeSmiles he gives a genuine smile]].
* TheRival: To Ethan. They have become bitter rivals after their friendship deteriorated.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Before becoming enemies, he and Ethan were inseparable. According to Ethan, his competitive nature and ambition overtook the good qualities he had.
-->See ''Edenbrook Hospital Staff''
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Since he algo got poisoned by his maitoxin, his last moments alive were extremely painful and agonizing, which let Ethan have more information on his symptoms. Ethan can either help him with the pain or just let him suffer.]]

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Since he algo also got poisoned by his maitoxin, maitotoxin, his last moments alive were extremely painful and agonizing, which let Ethan have more information on his symptoms. Ethan can either help him with the pain or just let him suffer.]]

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