This season picks up six months after where the previous one left off. The residency program, which had been shut down due to staffing shortages at the hospital, is now open. And Owen and Teddy, who had previously run away to avoid medical malpractice scandal, are back at work. Meantine, Bailey, who had left her job last season due to stress, returns to reopen her clinic so that she can provide care to patients seeking abortions. She winds up getting doxxed as a result.