Following Christian
Episode 3x1, A Tale of Two Cities - Flashback 4Jack talks to a nurse over a patient and sees his father in the hallway talking to other doctors. Christian's phone rings and Jack's full attention is on his father. He doesn't answer the nurse's questions.
Christian laughs and talks and Jack looks angry.
He follows his father to a hotel and sees him go into a room. He follows him into the room and Christian looks surprised to see him. "Give me your cell phone," Jack says.
"Look where you are," Christian says.
It's a support group meeting. Christian says this is not the time. The moderator says, "You must be Jack. Why don't you grab a chair and join us."
Jack looks around. "You know me?"
"Yes. Your father's told us all about you."
"What'd you tell them about me, Dad? That your son never really had it, not like the old man. I didn't have the will to make it work? My life, my job, my marriage. What'd you tell them about my marriage, Dad?" He looks at the moderator. "You know how he manages his marriage? A bottle of scotch every night before dinner."
"Your father has been sober 50 days, now," she says. "We're very proud of that."
Jack laughs. "Wow, Dad. I wonder what helped you turn that corner. You think it was a new lady friend--"
"I will not let you talk to me like that," Christian says.
"I will not let you sleep with my wife!"
"Jack, I'm your father. Jack, please, just let it go."
Jail
Episode 3x1, A Tale of Two Cities - Flashback 5Sarah bails Jack out of jail. He asks how she knew and she says his dad told her. She says, "I called you a cab, so, bye."
She cries as she leaves. He follows her out and sees a man by her car. "Is that him?"
Sarah says it's not going to change anything and Jack says he just wants to know.
"It doesn't matter who he is. It just matters who you're not. Jack, your father, when he called me to help you, he was so drunk I could hardly understand him. Look at the bright side, now you have something to fix." She walks away with the man.
Call It
Episode 1x11, All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues - Flashback 1Jack is in the OR frantically trying to save a woman. The chief, Jack's dad, comes in and says, "Call it." Jack continues working. "It's over, Jack."
Jack strips off his mask and snaps, "You call it."
Episode 1x11, All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues - Flashback 2
Jack looks down at the woman he was unable to save. Christian is upset that Jack took over his surgery. Jack says he had to because one of the nurses came and got him because Christian's hands were shaky and he cut an artery. "How many drinks did you have at lunch, Dad?" Jack asks.
Sign the Papers
Episode 1x11, All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues - Flashback 3Jack's father encourages his son to sign off on the death report. Jack refuses to sign, insisting that his father's impairment was what caused the woman's death. Jack's father begs his son not to contradict the report or he could lose his license.
Christian tells Jack that he's been hard on him to make him the best surgeon in the city. Christian promises that it will never happen again and Jack signs the papers.
Medical Review Board
Episode 1x11, All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues - Flashback 4Jack sees his father talking to an angry man. A nurse explains that he's the dead woman's husband and he's threatening to sue. Another look reveals the man crying and Jack's dad rubbing his shoulder.
Episode 1x11, All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues - Flashback 5
At the medical review board, Jack's father speaks of the surgery. Jack is having a hard time listening to the lies. They ask if Christian was aware that the woman was pregnant, and he answers, "Absolutely."
Based on Jack's reaction, it's clear that Jack hadn't known the woman was pregnant. Jack can't take it anymore and he speaks out against his father, telling the board that he'd been operating under the influence and he'd severed the patient's artery. Christian stares in shocked silence at his son.
