The building designs are so decopunk and stylised. Very fashionable.
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Single-mindedness can be a good trait for focus, but not during triage.
The villain becomes smarter, but the story should give more than just their defeat.
Glassman overlaid his emotional bias on the situation misreading the room. And Freddie Highmore is quite good.
Needle breaking off during ad hoc procedure is likely grounds for malpractice. This many adverse events in the life of a hospital would have required retraining for medical procedures from the accumulation.
While likely a clock issue, the script or more likely the editing is lacking here. Patients present to the hospital with symptoms and injuries without background or setup. This prevents this show from being outstanding rather than effective.
That transfer of consent needs to be recorded. Any recriminations afterward could lead to malpractice.
If one has enough medical insurance the treatment can be fantastic. But medical care is so expensive in the US that treatment stories run the gamut of your experience (take an aspirin) to phenomenal.
It is interesting that Shaun has so much leeway in his on duty/on call to take the liberties (i.e. time away from the hospital) that he does.
Medical care in the US is the most expensive on the planet. Several reasons: bloated education costs, bloated salaries, bloated malpractice, and bloated health insurance that only feeds the issue, not mitigates it.
Life approximating art. Blake being accused of indecency and intoxication is somewhat close to MacLachlan being accused of sexual harrassment.
The medical science is both the issue and the drawback here. Separating conjoined twins without without gaming out the scenarios is both ludicrous and insulting to viewers’ intelligence.
Separating conjoined twins would not be left to an ordinary team of surgeons at a second-rate hospital. In fact separating conjoined twins is not always the preferred method, depending on the situation and the quality of the surgical team.
First world issue. In second and third world people never reach a stage of treatment where drugs are more expensive than the lives that develop these maladies.
Main reason came to dislike this show is the artificial suspense because the cast are spying on themselves like a molehunt without the mole.
One of the plot points is Myfanwy reading the letters to herself. But the show downplays and minimizes the effect for the audience by giving us these tidbits in each scene. It feels like we’re consuming hors d’œuvres when we we’re expecting the entrée.
While the auction euphemistically sold EVAs we don’t see their plight. For a show about mutants we see very few scenes where powers are used.
Season 1 was a great setup to introduce the characters. The portrayal of Yennefer’s and Ciri’s stories was a good choice to get a firm grasp of their characters. And Geralt did not disappoint. The choice to keep a chronology to each character’s situation allowed you to see how their narratives intersect eventually and repeatedly (except for Ciri).
Season 2 dove into the training of Ciri, so less monster hunting and more character development.
Of course adapting books into a series involves choices about what to include and what to change. Some might be disappointed by the producers’ eventual selections. I like that it is less salacious and more emotional than the books.
A good thriller. A decent adaptation with great performances by several of the A-list cast, and decent turns by the supporting cast.
Gun running and international travel. Exciting.
Wheels within wheels, and you can’t trust your own side. Usually an interesting premise but here the plotting between various parties and infighting in the team just mangles the narrative and confuses the story. By the end of the season it’s still not clear which side will win, or what the mess in episode 1 was supposed to achieve. Too much grey to sort out the machinations and apply motivations. Dissatisfying.
The protagonist can’t get above the fray and so becomes a victim rather than a hero. The series differs from the book to a large degree through differing plot devices and red herrings.
If the Checquy is a typical example of British Intelligence, God help us all from the dysfunction.
This is not a bad show, but the choice to have Myfanwy run around like a headless chicken while pouting is not advancing the plotline or the drama. Emma Greenwell is a fairly good actress but the material is doing her a disservice. PS: Joely Richardson is acting rings around her.
The tester was reluctant, but warmed as time went. Just like a woman, ja?
The hotel is dressed middle-eastern but the concrete construction in the garage is English. A lot of indoor sets saves location fees and setups.
I stopped watching because the schoolyard antics were effing distracting.
The Asian actor was uncool and very green. I couldn’t buy his characterization.
Often Dr Watson is portrayed as the Everyman who marvels at Holmes’ deductive capability. But in reality he uses his reasoning skills less as counterpoint. I despise the character for that. Watson is smart, he just needs to get out of his shell more.
No, not convincing enough. But the hero must prevail I suppose. If the show could engender treating his PTSD and relationships, it would garner more sympathy for his plight.
For all the drama, it’s the not talking that makes this unrelatable.
It boggles that a cop with diagnosed PTSD would be serving in sensitive profile post such as portrayed. The psych who signed off on this officer should be reviewed for cause. The officer reassigned, handling this job and PTSD is a cocktail ripe for tv.
I can handle hedonism, and debauchery. But apathy and snobbery I despise to the (2x+y)n degree. The show wouldn’t suffer if they were cut out. I ffwd through to the better scenes and thereby waste less time on the idiocy of producers.
TR is too small. CIRT (which is what it’s based on) started as two teams, expanded to 3 in 2010. And covers Melbourne and regional Victoria. Now it’s 24/7 and covers several areas the regular police can’t handle.
Why do they write that cops break protocol for family. The cliche is so tired it’s gone to bed.
Apparently this is how the Victoria CIRT handles a bus hijacking. Trying to roadblock a bus with a car is incredulous, and circling an active scene without setting a perimeter is unreal.
Lawson really cocked it up. A cop who can’t anticipate a criminal’s mind is no use.
Michael is a gullible ass around women, and the abduction is a farce. A little HPEMS would solve both the vehicle chase and the battery powered tool.
Everything about the prisoner escort, the lawyer pickup and the safehouse detail is so sloppy and unreal. This show couldn’t portray tac response in any kind of realistic way even if was appointed to them in small teaspoonful.
As good an engineer George is, he is totally inept at the psychology of AI. The seeds of destruction are in his own hands.
I did anticipate the twist. J3 could never be as realistically developed as portrayed.
Trying to disarm a man by approaching him is worse than stupid. The script might be awful, but it doesn’t mean the character should be. Grrr!
The ‘through story’ motives of characters sometimes distract from the moment. And when a show gets cancelled it never gets solved. This show reinvented itself for S3, but the cost I suspect was still too high for the ratings it was receiving, so it was chopped at the season’s conclusion.
Sex trafficking networks are widespread and insidious. Worse than hydras.
Unreal. Infectious disease, but infection protocols not in place? Should have Qx the entire boat.
Smart cops never approach from front or back of a car, but from the side - more spread to control and less likely to be run over.
The episode was fairly well done. The mix of action, drama, and suspense was good. As in much of TV the editing was swift, cut, cut, cut. But I think the human beats could have been left in a little longer.
A good start to the season, and the CV19 protocols appear to match the period and time. I assume the producers are aiming for as much accuracy to stave off disinformation.