Because the game prioritizes patient routes when determining your route, it first checks if you've spent at least two session with each of them (or you get fired), and if there's any one you've spent five sessions with (because that's the one whose route you're getting). If you still haven't gotten fired and don't have a route, the game checks the conditions for Dr. Sharpe's route, which is an equal amount of sessions spent with each patient during week 1 (3 each, including their introduction on Monday) and getting a good "score" during the job interview (so if he says "It has been a pleasure" at the end before dismissing you). You know you're on his route if he asks to follow you outside after the Friday event - then all you have to say is "I don't mind" and you're good. Hopefully that helped, I might put together a "How to get on each route" walkthrough to spare people the frustration of getting stuck on week 1 (instead of getting stuck later on, when the stakes are higher >:) ).
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it's my fault I haven't worded it properly. Treating everyone equally results in the game closing since I haven't connected with anyone, but that's the only way to get onto Sharpe's route. After the walk, we have the game end and say 'you failed to reach enough affection with a patient', and the game ends.
But it doesn't cut off of where 'the content for Sharpe's route ends here'. So how do I maintain being on Sharpe's route without it being a game-end?
Or is there no content for Sharpe after week 3