For the last 2 seasons of Doctor Who, we’ve seen Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) have an episode entirely her own. Season 1 featured “73 Yards” and now season 2 has “Lucky Day.”

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“Lucky Day” takes us back to Ruby’s world as she meets Conrad Clark (Jonah Hauer-King). Conrad is charming, sweet, and remembers meeting the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) as a young boy on New Year’s Eve. But not everything is as it seems for Ruby’s dive back into the dating world.

The episode itself is a great look at the world’s trust of UNIT, misinformation, and conspiracy theories but what I really loved was the focus on Ruby’s life outside of the Doctor. Much like “73 Yards,” Gatwa is briefly in the episode in glimpses with Ruby from the past or when he met Conrad as a child but otherwise, it is Ruby’s episode.

Right now on the show, the Doctor’s companion is Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) who was featured briefly in season 1. But Ruby took a break from traveling with the Doctor at the end of Season 1 and this episode was our first trip back to check in on her. And to see Ruby trying to move on and find her own love and happiness was both great and heartbreaking.

Ruby’s family is still there for her and supportive and she says multiple times throughout the episode how the Doctor is her best friend. What is special about “Lucky Day” though is to see how Ruby is still connected with UNIT and the world that the Doctor introduced her to. Kate Lethbridge-Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) is there when Ruby calls.