Drama about three doctors returning to post-pandemic frontline medicine after maternity leave.Drama about three doctors returning to post-pandemic frontline medicine after maternity leave.Drama about three doctors returning to post-pandemic frontline medicine after maternity leave.
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Wow! FINALLY A QUALITY SERIES I LOOK FORWARD TO!! Spectacular series! Ticks all the boxes, drama, humor, heartfelt personal attachment, family issues, relatability, realistic parenting, juggling every day life etc. Etc. Just a wonderful series! Thank you to the creators! Really thank you! We need WAYY MORE like this!!
Wow! FINALLY A QUALITY SERIES I LOOK FORWARD TO!! Spectacular series! Ticks all the boxes, drama, humor, heartfelt personal attachment, family issues, relatability, realistic parenting, juggling every day life etc. Etc. Just a wonderful series! Thank you to the creators! Love it.
Wow! FINALLY A QUALITY SERIES I LOOK FORWARD TO!! Spectacular series! Ticks all the boxes, drama, humor, heartfelt personal attachment, family issues, relatability, realistic parenting, juggling every day life etc. Etc. Just a wonderful series! Thank you to the creators! Love it.
I knew it wouldn't last. It was too smart, it was about smart women living a real life. It is about smart women working for men because the system makes that so. Real life stuff. I thought the network would do better than it does in the US. Sadly, it does not.
To stay on the air, I can only assume that it needed more misogyny, more women stabbing each other in the back instead of being friends and looking out for each other, more trite, probably more sex. Funnily enough, though, I don't watch that kind of "stuff", so either way I lose to network execs not paying attention to their customers - again.
To stay on the air, I can only assume that it needed more misogyny, more women stabbing each other in the back instead of being friends and looking out for each other, more trite, probably more sex. Funnily enough, though, I don't watch that kind of "stuff", so either way I lose to network execs not paying attention to their customers - again.
I've waited years for a series to be this well done. It made me feel every emotion a human can feel and even the story lines I could never relate to or understand on a personal level had me watching with emotion. As my tagline reads ER & Call the Midwife had a baby because this series is set inside a hospital and you do get to see a baby being born, maybe more than one but it includes other medical areas so you're not sat there for a straight hour watching deliveries, it also does so well peeping into the characters personal lives. I'm hoping to see a several year series out of this one because I've waited years for a drama this good.
I started out intending to watch just the first episode and ended up watching them all because it was so compelling! All 3 of the female leads were excellent in this brilliantly written series, but it was altogether a strong cast. Having worked in a hospital for some years, I found it to be very true to life and believable, giving true insight into the pressures the NHS staff are under. Well done to all concerned and I really hope there will be another series because we need to see more drama like this.
It's always a good sign when you don't want a series to come to an end and this was one of those series!
It's always a good sign when you don't want a series to come to an end and this was one of those series!
I can understand the points about bad acting here - the parts were cast brilliantly. Yes, it's not groundbreaking and it might not be absolutely true to life but there are certainly elements that are relatable. The storylines are shocking and hard hitting. I can't see anything else they could add here - except a longer series as some parts did feel quite rushed and some stories could have potentially had more detail added to them. That's more to the shows credit, than it's demise though. All in all, this is a great show and I do hope they bring it back for another series (or many more in the future).
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- TriviaExternal shots of the hospital are on location in St Helens, Merseyside at the old Pilkington's grade 2 listed head office building on Prescot Road.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Jeremy Vine: Episode #6.15 (2023)
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