Speak Up Saturday

[feurioo]

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Wow, that's quite an endorsement!

[squidgiepdx]

I've worked in hospitals almost my entire work career - and this is the most real-to-life depiction of an emergency room as I've ever seen.

[shadowkat]

100% agree with this. I've been in a lot of inner city hospitals and two emergency rooms in NYC, and yup. They got it down to the curtains.

[shadowkat]

Seconding this endorsement. I thought it was finished, but it has more episodes? Yay. It is by far the best hospital medical drama that I've seen to date. And I've seen most of them - the only one I haven't seen is the British one, which this feels similar to in description.

It reminds me a little of New Amsterdam meets ER in style, except I'd say it's a more realistic version of both. It is by the same producer of ER, John Wells, and stars Noah Wylie (who was the young intern in ER, and is now the Mark Green character in this one - although a far more realistic version of Green).

But note? It's hyper-realism. Each episode is an hour in a 15 hour shift in a hospital emergency room. You don't leave the ER, and it's focused on the medical procedure, not on the personal lives as much - they come into play, but it's mainly focused on the ER. The closest I've seen to it - is the television series ER. It's just a slightly better version of it. Also reminds me a little of The Bear in style and intensity.

[firecat]

Yes, I describe it as ER updated to modern times. And it is a bit like The Bear (whyyy is The Bear billed as a comedy? — a subject for a different post).

I usually enjoy it, but during the week I was grieving more than usual, it was too painful. (I don’t get emotional catharsis for grief by watching TV, generally.)