Doctor with an old woman in emotional episode (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'emotional episode' is the definition.
(eg episode of a TV drama)
'doctor with an old woman' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'Dr' (abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'an' becomes 'a'.
'old woman' becomes 'ma' (both can mean someone's mother).
'dr'+'a'+'ma'='DRAMA'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Play (as a genre)" , "Hamlet, say" , "theatre production" , "show of histrionics" , "Literary play" .)