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I Signed My Divorce Papers on the Operating Table Episode 1

Episode 1 · 25 episodes · Lily Carter, Ethan Cole, Serena Wells

Episode 1 recap

Lily Carter is bleeding in bed during labor and begs Ethan Cole to stay. Ethan tells her to hold it in and walks away to attend to Serena Wells. Lily faces a difficult labor alone while hospital staff call Ethan nine times to get surgical consent. He disconnects each call. After cradling Serena's baby, Ethan checks on Lily. The nurse says Lily was transferred ten hours earlier.

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Episode 1 scene by scene

  1. 00:00: Ethan Abandons Lily in Labor

    Lily Carter lies bleeding in her hospital bed as labor begins. She pleads with Ethan Cole to remain by her side. Ethan refuses, telling her she can hold it in, and walks out the door to see Serena Wells.

  2. 00:32: Unanswered Emergency Calls

    Lily Carter undergoes a painful and complicated delivery inside the operating room. The nurses try to reach Ethan Cole nine separate times to obtain his signature for surgery. Ethan rejects every incoming call without answering.

  3. 00:50: Ethan Celebrates Serena's Child

    Serena Wells finishes giving birth safely in the hospital. Ethan Cole waits in the hallway outside the delivery room. He takes Serena's newborn infant into his arms and holds the child with great affection and care.

  4. 00:57: Confrontation at the Nurses' Station

    Ethan Cole walks over to the nurses' station to ask about Lily Carter. The Nurse explains that staff attempted to call him ten hours ago. She states that Lily's parents already moved Lily to another facility.

  5. 01:23: The Empty Hospital Room

    Ethan Cole hurries into the hospital room where Lily Carter was staying earlier. He finds the bed unoccupied and the entire room cleared out. Ethan stops in his tracks and stands completely motionless in disbelief.

Key lines from episode 1

“Sweetheart, how could you possibly be due now? Even if you were, you could hold it in.”

Ethan Cole · said to Lily when she begs him to stay during her labor

“That was ten hours ago. Your wife was transferred to another hospital by her parents long ago.”

Nurse · said to Ethan when he asks for Lily at the desk

“Sweetheart, how could you possibly be due now? Even if you were, you could hold it in.”

Ethan Cole · said dismissively to Lily before leaving to visit Serena Wells

How episode 1 ends

Ethan Cole rushes back to Lily Carter's hospital room only to discover that she is gone. The bed is stripped bare, leaving him frozen in silence. After ignoring his wife for ten hours to support Serena Wells, will Ethan be able to track down Lily and their child, or have her parents cut him out of her life permanently?