Couple of episodes in, this docu-medical-procedural shows what it actually is: real-tv. Which of course isn't especially truthful but just deals with the trash.
Often soapy, rarely authentic, presents mildly uninteresting characters whose standings span from politically correctness to downplayed autocelebration. From stoic workaholicism to "inspiring" progressive views and good will to hippie/theological attitudes. Exactly what is expected to cater to its target audience (families, mostly women, >40yo).
The most interesting parts are those few in which we see these physicians not act in front of the cameras. I.e. when they explain (gild the pill? lie? an act in the non-act?) to their terminally ill patients that the surgery went "well" or that there's yet another new promising experimental procedure they should be trying. Or when they lose their temper, deal with the bureaucracy, the repetitive/exhausting shifts or anything truly unexpected.
Unfortunately the production shows these more as an accident than as the unheroic substance of these people's lifes.
Don't get tricked into thinking that since it's effortless to watch, then it's a good thing: it's like another "Big Brother"; you feel like you're among real people... and you're actually wasting your time.
Often soapy, rarely authentic, presents mildly uninteresting characters whose standings span from politically correctness to downplayed autocelebration. From stoic workaholicism to "inspiring" progressive views and good will to hippie/theological attitudes. Exactly what is expected to cater to its target audience (families, mostly women, >40yo).
The most interesting parts are those few in which we see these physicians not act in front of the cameras. I.e. when they explain (gild the pill? lie? an act in the non-act?) to their terminally ill patients that the surgery went "well" or that there's yet another new promising experimental procedure they should be trying. Or when they lose their temper, deal with the bureaucracy, the repetitive/exhausting shifts or anything truly unexpected.
Unfortunately the production shows these more as an accident than as the unheroic substance of these people's lifes.
Don't get tricked into thinking that since it's effortless to watch, then it's a good thing: it's like another "Big Brother"; you feel like you're among real people... and you're actually wasting your time.