Doctors perform CPR on comatose Elena while Sophie weeps outside the resuscitation room. Adrian Knox calls in specialists, authorizes ECMO, and guarantees to cover all medical expenses. Elena stabilizes an hour later, allowing Sophie to see her. Celeste Ward bursts into the room and accuses the child of running a scam. Adrian proposes a paternity test, and Sophie offers a strand of hair. Celeste then corners Dr. Owen in the stairwell with a bribe.
Doctors perform chest compressions on Elena in the resuscitation room. Sophie weeps in the hallway as Dr. Owen asks for financial clearance for ECMO and neurosurgery. Adrian calls his contacts, guarantees payment for every expense, and denies Elena is his family.
00:35: Elena Stabilizes in the ICU
An hour passes outside ICU-3 before Dr. Owen returns to speak with Sophie. He tells the young girl that the requested medical team arrived just in time. Elena is now stable, and Dr. Owen permits Sophie to enter the room.
00:49: A Paternity Test Proposed
Celeste enters Elena's room and threatens to report Sophie to the police for extortion. Sophie weeps and pleads with them. Adrian suggests running a paternity test to settle the matter, and Sophie plucks a strand of her own hair for him.
01:36: Bribing the Doctor
Celeste meets Dr. Owen secretly inside the hospital stairwell. She hands the physician an envelope stuffed with cash. In exchange for the money, she demands that he falsify the pending paternity test so Adrian is not matched to Sophie.
Key Lines from Episode 3
“Mom, please don't leave me!”
“Get ECMO here immediately. Bring in neurosurgery and ICU specialist. I'll cover all expenses.”
“It's not too late to do a paternity test.”
“I want a result showing no biological match. This should be enough to keep you quiet.”
How Episode 3 Ends
Celeste slips an envelope of cash to Dr. Owen in the empty stairwell. She demands a fabricated medical report proving Adrian shares no biological connection to Sophie. The episode closes on this corrupt transaction. Will Dr. Owen take the bribe and betray his patient, or will Adrian receive the true results of the DNA test?