Guest Stars

Tim Matheson As Dr. Brick Breeland Recurring	JoBeth Williams As Mrs. Hart (Zoe's mother) Recurring
Nancy Travis As Emmeline Hattenbarger (Mrs. H) Recurring	Nicholas Pryor As Dr. Harley Wilkes
Ann Mahoney As Mabel	Bruce Altman As Surgical Chief

Co-Guest Stars

Robin Mullens As Colleen	Moses Gibson As Old Man Jackson
Bethany Geaber As Belle #1

Main Cast

Rachel Bilson As Dr. Zoe Hart	Jaime King As Lemon Breeland
Cress Williams As Lavon Hayes	Wilson Bethel As Wade Kinsella
McKaley Miller As Rose Hattenbarger	Scott Porter As George Tucker

Recap

The episode begins with Zoe giving her introduction to the audience. The scene then flashes back to her graduation day of medical school. It is then shown that a doctor named Harley Wilkes approaches her at the ceremony and tells her that he is from Bluebell Alabama. He then tells her that the place where he is from is a great place for a young doctor like her “to hone her craft”. She though turns his offer down, saying she hopes to become a cardiac surgeon just like her father. She then elaborates how she and her boyfriend were going to do their residency in New York. Things though didn’t turn out as planned, as she was dumped by her boyfriend and also did not get the residency. ..

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• Creator	Leila Gerstein
• Executive Producer	Jason Ensler  |  Leila Gerstein  |  Josh Schwartz  |  Stephanie Savage  |  Len Goldstein
• Producer	Kelly Van Horn
• Associate Producer	Ben Kunde
• Production Designer	Mayling Cheng
• Editor	Jeff Granzow
• Casting	Molly Lopata
• Unit Production Manager	Richard W. Abramitis
• First Assistant Director	Andrew M. Flinn  |  Bryan Cox (2)
• Second Assistant Director	Bryan Cox (2)  |  Jennifer Wilkinson
• Music	Jeremy Adelman
• Director of Photography	Robert Gantz (2)