EPISODE

8. Who We Are

The Seaside Wellness group stages an intervention for a defensive and volatile Amelia, who has resurfaced after disappearing on a 12-day drug binge with her boyfriend, Ryan. During the intervention, Amelia mercilessly attacks her friends one-by-one, and Addison, in particular, has trouble seeing her sister-in-law in her present condition.

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All of the doctors are surprised and angry when Amelia finally shows up to work after twelve days, acting as if nothing ever happened, and find that she and Ryan are now engaged. The next day when Amelia arrives, she finds that they've planned an intervention for her; Amelia begins lashing out at everyone, and tries to leave multiple times. After requesting oxycodone so she'll stay, they put it to a vote, and majority voted no. After Amelia continues to chant "What do we want? Drugs! When do we want them?

Now!" Addison and Sheldon decide to give her the oxycodone, but only if she would take it in front of everyone. Everyone begins talking to Amelia in an effort to convince her to go to rehab, but Ryan shows up and Addison finds that Amelia gave him her father's watch. Addison begins telling why the watch is significant and Amelia begins screaming at her. Later, Amelia and Ryan decide that they'll go to rehab and get married, but after they finish the drugs they have in the apartment. Jake goes to his late wife Lilly's grave. The next morning, Amelia wakes up to find that Ryan has died from an overdose and decides to go to rehab.

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