The Resident EP Teases 'Complicated' Reveal Of Conrad's New Romance — Plus, Kit And Bell Wedding Scoop!

After a downright cruel cliffhanger in its Season 5 finale, The Resident's Season 6 debut will reveal who Conrad has pursued romantically — just not right away.

"I wanted the fans to spend the premiere uncertain which one he had chosen, because [Cade and Billie] both appear in it, and the attitude is equally warm toward both of them," series co-creator Amy Holden Jones tells TVLine ahead of the show's Sept. 20 return (Fox, 8/7c). "But the second episode is when you really see much more of how that relationship is working. You simply find out which one it is in the premiere."

With The Resident's fanbase firmly divided between Conrad/Cade and Conrad/Billie 'shippers, Jones understands the possibility that "no one's going to be completely satisfied initially" with Conrad's decision. But "by the second episode, I think, they will come to understand his choice and support it," she theorizes. "Where it leads is part of the story of the season, and a big part of his story, and Billie's and Cade's."

In fact, even though Jones remains mum on the details of Conrad's love life, she does hint that perhaps the woman Conrad is with in the season premiere might not be the woman he's with by season's end.

"I think people tend to forget that in the early seasons of the show, Conrad and Nic weren't together. They had a past relationship which Nic felt no longer worked, and Conrad was pursuing her. So coming to a solution of, 'This is the answer for the rest of Conrad's life' isn't necessarily something that's going to happen in a single episode," she divulges. "That doesn't mean he won't have made a choice. But deciding whether or not he made the right choice, and if it's going to work, is more complicated than that."

Jones also spoke with us about Kit and Bell's upcoming nuptials, as well as what's in store for the rest of Chastain's staff this season. Keep scrolling for her intel, then hit the comments with your thoughts!

Kit and Bell's trip to the altar has been a long time coming for the fan-favorite couple, and Jones promises a "spectacular episode" for their wedding that will double as The Resident's 100th installment. "It has to be different from [weddings] we've seen before, and it has to be age-appropriate and right for people who have been married before," she teases. "Things go down at weddings for other characters also, and that will happen."

But the wedding detail that Jones was most excited to plan? The fashion. "All I can tell you is picking everybody's outfits was great fun," she reveals with a laugh. "We have a marvelous costume department who winnowed the choices, but I did get to participate, and let me just say the flower girl dresses are pretty great, too."

As teased by the full Season 6 trailer, Padma's pregnancy with twins will become complicated early on in the new episodes, and Jones says the situation will remain "complex" and "quite fraught" for Padma and sperm donor Raptor throughout the season.

"It's a chance to show a story with donor sperm and open adoptions, to see how people can adjust to that and work with it," the EP remarks. "There have got to be issues with who has the say, who has the power, and they're complicated... There's some postpartum issues for Padma, and that's another fantastic medical story to tell. And how does Raptor cope with them? How does a full-time surgeon who loves his work, who didn't plan originally to be a father — like all surgeons, how do they cope with parenthood?"

Even in fatherhood, though, Jones assures us that "we don't want to lose the edge of who [Raptor] is" — and she won't say who with, Padma or otherwise, but "I believe there's potential for love in Raptor's life that we may discover this season also," Jones adds.

Having reconciled in the Season 5 finale, Devon and Leela will now face what Jones calls "the real real" when it comes to potentially starting a family — the same topic that initially ended their relationship.

"They'll get some upfront exposure to what it's like to have babies, particularly twins" after Padma gives birth, Jones says. "Without telling you what will happen, it can be surprising how that affects you. Does it change your mind and make you want them, or does it solidify your desire to never have them because you see how it changes life? There are many people now choosing not to have children, so they could still be among that group."

After appearing in the final episodes of The Resident's fifth season, Andrew McCarthy is now a series regular as Ian Sullivan, a renowned pediatric surgeon who is also Cade's father. But now that Ian is working full-time at Chastain, his struggles with addiction — which were alluded to in his initial debut — will become a major problem for Ian, Cade and the hospital in general, Jones shares.

"Kit and the hospital have a dilemma when they have a doctor like Ian," she says. "He brings people into Chastain, but we're also going to witness him doing miraculous things and saving lives. When you have an asset like this who is so important for the health of the community and children... what does a hospital do — and what does a family do — when you realize that he has a problem that actually could ultimately endanger himself, but also endanger patients?"

Jones adds that Ian's arc will be particularly emotional for his daughter: "The journey of the family member who wants to save their other family member is a really excruciating one and a heartrending one, and also can be a hopeful one," she tells us. "Who you can save and who you can't is one of the themes of the season, because you can't ultimately save everyone, in a hospital or in life. How far do you go to save them? What can you do? And generally at Chastain, our doctors go to the very end to save people."