Soap opera plot device (4)

I believe the answer is:

coma

(Other definitions for coma that I've seen before include "Deep sleep" , "long sleep" , "State of deep (often prolonged) unconsciousness" , "State of insensibility" , "Unconscious state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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