Shaun encounters a young patient who looks similar to his deceased brother, Steve.
- Death of a Child: The Littlest Cancer Patient Shaun bonds with. Shaun looks for an unlikely case of misdiagnosis that might provide the boy with a chance to live, but he turns out to be wrong. The boy is revealed to have figured his terminal state despite being sheltered by his parents and to have accepted it already.
- Identical Stranger: Shaun's plotline involves him treating a boy with terminal cancer who looks identical to his brother, Steve.
- Inexplicably Identical Individuals: The Patient of the Week is physically identical to Shaun's late brother.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Shaun gets hit with this. Sometimes, the Patient of The Week doesn't turn out to have a rare, yet drama-friendly disease that allows them to be saved from what would otherwise be a death sentence. Sometimes, the simplest explanation really is the right one, even if it's fatal and there's nothing you can do about it.
