C‘It was a lot of expectation around Pulsethe medical series produced by Netflix and available from today 4th April in its magnificent and useless 10 episodes. At the center of the story are scandalous relationships between doctors and specializing, an accusation of harassment, patients in coma, impossible cases. Nevertheless, The first medical drama of the platform It is not up to expectations. The result is an original mixture between Scandal And Grey’s Anatomy who does not satisfy anyone.
Pulsethe plot of the Netflix medical series
The Maguire Trauma Center in Miami is the best university hospitalas well as the third traumatological center of the state. Among his doctors there are many young brilliant professionals and full of talent. In the emergency room departmenthowever,, unexpected news has arrived. The head of the specializingthe esteemed Dr. Xander Phillips (Colin Woodell), is under internal investigation because was reported for harassment And it is momentarily suspended from the service.
The primary of the department, Dr. Natalie Cruz (Justina Machiado) must appoint your substitute. The choice falls unexpectedly on a third year specializing, Danielle “Danny” Simms (Willa Fitzgerald). This unleashes many perplexities why It is she who denounced Xander Phillips. Did you deserve the place because it is suitable or is it an attempt by the administration to avoid a difficult cause? Things get even more complex when it turns out that the two have had a relationship Duration one year.
The most uncomfortable is Dr. Sam Elijah (Jessie T. Usher), best friend and colleague of Danny. Even if you want to well, I am ambyy to that role. Colleagues are divided into two factions. There are those who believe that Dr. Phillips is guilty Like Dr. Harper Simms, Danny’s sister and forced into a wheelchair. Instead, those who think that the woman has invented everythinglike the surgeon Tom Cole (Jack Bannon). Meanwhile The city is in a alarm state to approach thehurricane Andy.
Néstor Carbonell (Dr. Ruben Soriano) and Justina Machado (Dr. Natalie Cruz). (Netflix)
Pulsethe hurricane Andy arrives
Some hospitals are no longer accessible and The wounded of a bad road accident are transported to Maguire in which a school bus was involved. The difficult situation forces Xander to help colleagues and therefore have to interact with Danny. Among the bus travelers there is also Dr. Cruz’s daughter, in danger of life. Hurricane creates more and more inconvenience to the hospital. The electric generator spoils and the departments are in chaos. The emergency lasts over 24 hours in which everything happens.
Although the victims of the Hurricane are the priority, There is no shortage of other patients to help. A woman gives birth in the emergency room bath. A paramedical, which always flirts with Cole, seducer of the hospital, risks losing the spleen. Everyone lavish to find a patient’s arm before it’s too late to reattach him. The bus driver, taken by guilt for causing the accident, refuses a delicate operation.
To convince him, Danny confesses that as a child he pushed his sister from the stairs, making her disabled, and that this mistake never abandons her. However, the truth is another but that’s enough to make him change his mind. Younger specializationsCamila Perez (Daniela Nieves) and Sophie Chan (Chelsea Muirhead) They are in difficulty for the despotic attitudes of Dr. Cole. The traumatic event, lived in such a short time, will have large consequences on the private lives of all the doctors of Maguire.
The review: a Grey’s Anatomy to rinse
The series, created by Zoe Robyn (Hawaii Five-0) and Carlton Cuse (Lost) promises adrenaline, Open heart operations and hot relationships between doctors and nurses. In reality, it manages to fail both in the spectacularization of the medical part and in the love ardor. On the other hand, It is really difficult to be able to propose the genre without avoiding any comparison with milestones like Er Doctors on the front line or Grey’s Anatomy. Or with the profound comedy masterpiece of Scrubs.
Not to mention The Pitt, New HBO medical jewel starring Noah Wyle (the John Carter of Er). The doctors of Pulse They are all beautiful, very good, They are always right and never make mistakes. The sense of humor is completely lacking. Melodramatic tones tend to lugubre and Among the actors there seems to be no chemistry. The most original part, the one that concerns the harassment, pivot of all the dynamics of the characters, chooses a road full of ambiguity.
It is really difficult to identify with the alleged victim or the alleged molester. The ambitious script chooses to start immediately from the center of a serious emergency, which lasts over half of the season. They present to be burst problems that do not give time to understand who does what.
The continuous transition between present and flashbacks amplifies the sense of confusion. And it is a shame, because theApart from the most successful it takes shape only from the fifth episode. The rhythm slows down and finally deepens each character, outlining the best motivations that move them. And even medical cases become much more interesting.
Colin Woodell (Xander Phillips). (Netflix)
The cast
Despite being the protagonist, Willa Fitzgerald (The fall of the Usher house) It is the weak ring of a crowded castnot very cohesive and forgetable. His Danny oscillates between crisis of nerves and wise attitudes, with the always contracted and penitent expression. The character is not better by Jessy Yates (Speechless). In the role of Harperdisabled doctor, is much more interesting than his sister but not very valued by the screenwriters.
Although the actress Justina Machado (Six Feet Under) is an effective and energetic primary hospital, his Natalie Cruz recalls too much Miranda Bailey of Grey’s Anatomy. Colin Woodell (The flight attendant) He is the only actor capable of giving greater thickness to his character. Dr. Phillips, alleged harassment, is Ambiguous and fascinating enough.
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