'Bull' Season 4 Episode 7 Review: The legal procedural stirs hearts with an emotional rollercoaster in 'Doctor Killer'
This article contains spoilers for 'Bull' Season 4 Episode 7 'Doctor Killer'
What happens when you see an episode that's heartbreaking, yet uplifting at the same time? In a moving episode called 'Doctor Killer' lies a valuable lesson in parenting skills.
This time Chunk Palmer (Christopher Jackson) gets a fair share of the spotlight and delivers a heartwarming performance as a dad going through his own turmoil.
'Killer Doctor' deals with a woman named Lily diagnosed with cancer who has very little time as it is rapidly spreading to her brain. Attempting to help her is Dr. Weber who wants to try a new medicine which is in the first phase of clinical trials.
With 12 weeks to live, her brother, Jonathan, and son request the doctor to try it and out and while Lily eventually dies, it is revealed that the drugs were never tested on humans — a revelation that Weber admits is true.
Bull (Michael Weatherly), later, sees Jonathan walking into his office and admitting to killing the doctor. After taking the case, the team views surveillance footage from the cameras and sees Jonathan and his nephew, Andrew on camera.
They, in turn, arrive at the conclusion that it was Andrew who was the murderer. Meanwhile, Andrew turns himself in and when Bull and Benny (Freddy Rodriguez) go down to the precinct to represent him, he reveals he turned himself in to take the blame.
It is here where Chunk shines in his role as a doting father as he prepares Andrew for court. The team eventually find out that Weber and the pharmaceutical company were paid to find a patient with cancer to try the drug on.
He was given a hefty sum and two years. While his suggestion to use the untested drug was disapproved by 17 patients, the episode ends with Andrew being acquitted.
'Doctor Killer' is an emotional roller-coaster. If this was an episode meant to bring out the tissues, it does an awfully good job at it.
Chunk has had his share of grief for the last few episodes and its a great story arc on how he moves ahead by consoling his daughter. In the end, he admits that he's still proud of her.
For 'Bull' aficionados, 'Doctor Killer' will surely be something to smile about.