Julia McNamara (S02E12)

After taking too many painkillers and drinking alcohol, Julia has fallen through a glass door, severely damaging her face. At first, Sean refuses to operate on her, still bitter that she recently went to a rival plastic surgeon and got breast implants. But knowing that he is the most skilled doctor in town and finally allowing himself a modicum of sympathy for his emotionally disintegrating wife, Sean relents. He and Christian repair Julia's facial injuries and, as she requests, remove the breast implants. While under anesthesia, Julia dreams that irritating but uncompromising life coach Ava (Famke Janssen) is showing her an alternate universe in which Julia did not leave Christian after their one night of lovemaking during college. Instead of choosing Sean, sacrificing her medical career for children and living with crushing regret, the alternate Julia has married Christian and partnered with him in a very successful surgical practice. On the surface, she has everything she ever wanted. As Julia observes the disconcerting path she could have taken in life and the effect it would have had on those around her--including Matt, Liz, Erica (Vanessa Redgrave), Kimber (Kelly Carlson) and, most importantly, Sean and Christian--she makes astonishing discoveries about herself and her inevitable destiny. And at the end of the vision, she must make an agonizing choice on her real-life future. (Warner Bros. UK)