: Adam handles a high-stakes case of shoulder dystocia, a complication where the baby's body becomes stuck after the head is delivered . He successfully saves the baby by making the difficult decision to break the mother's pelvic bone with her consent .
The episode picks up immediately after the gut-punch of Episode 6. Adam (played with breathtaking fragility by Ben Whishaw) is still reeling from the formal complaint filed by the wealthy, entitled patient who accused him of rudeness. Meanwhile, his brilliant but overwhelmed colleague, Shruti (Ambika Mod), is drowning in the logistics of her foundation year while secretly suffering from postpartum depression and crippling imposter syndrome.