Beautifully written, Caroline. I'm not a "first person as narrator" fan but it works really well here. (Perhaps because Sam was a minor character?)
There are things a doctor sees, and there are things a father sees,
You've rehabilitated Sam Lane.
Not to mention filled in that B plot hole in the episode - Sam had to have figured it out by the end: Lois's behaviour made it so obvious. Why I wonder was she so careless - maybe a sequel to explain that??
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