by Jonathan Klotz
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One of the greatest shows in history He isa medical drama that created a template for the entire genre, but after 15 seasons and over 300 episodes, the series ended in 2009. Since then, various medical dramas have tried to become the next big thing, from The good doctor to Chicago Medwith mixed results. Debuting on Max on January 29 the house It dares to be different for a medical drama by adopting the “24-hour” gimmick, where each episode follows one hour during Dr. Michael “Robbie” Rabinavitch's shift.
Emergency room in real time
played before He is Rising star Noah Wyle, Robbie is the center of the chaotic chaos of the day shift at a Pittsburgh trauma hospital, and is first on the ground for most of the characters in the cast. Patients suffer from ailments ranging from a disgloved leg to the fentanyl that killed college students, to a nail through a construction worker's heart, to an old man with gallstones. During interactions with each patient, a large number of doctors and medical students shine, showing their personalities and personality traits as they deal with various medical problems.
In most medical dramas, the patients are the least important part of the show, which will inevitably focus on the doctors or some talented medical prodigy. the housethanks to his semi-real gimmick, barely stops breathing to give the medical staff a chance to form any relationships at all, let alone romance. It turns out that the solution to boring and predictable medical drama was to add a running hour.
while house The time trick varies, and at the moment the audience only spends three hours in a ten-hour shift, it's a show case max. My neighbor Original allows it to do something no other network drama can: show blood and guts. The degloving is gruesomely filmed throughout the first hour as the leg looks worse and worse, giving the crew a chance to show off their practical effects skills. There's no telling how far the series will go by the end of its first season, but seeing massive amounts of blood on screen during a medical drama can come as a shock to those who grew up on He is and Chicago Hope.
Indeed one of Max's most successful shows
Between the trick episode and the abundance of blood, the cast the house It brings the kind of human touch you'd expect from a medical drama. Issa Briones, daughter of Data of Picardand Fiona Dourif of Chucky They are two of the most famous doctors, but it's Geran Howell, as medical student Dennis Whittaker, who stands out in the first three episodes as he goes through the rites of passage of his first shift. Noah Wyle, back home on the hospital set, is exceptional as Robbie, and will immediately make you think of Dr. John Carter, but there is more to his character that has yet to be revealed, with hints of a dark experience lurking in his past.
the house reinvents the medical drama, and during the first three hours of Robbie's episode, it's a thrilling, thrilling ride that has already become one of the top five shows to ever air in Top date. Critics gave the show a 92 percent fresh rating Rotten tomatoes During the first three episodes, the audience was right behind her, 91 percent. Now that The good doctor Now that it's over, Noah Wyle's return to the ER will be the next big thing.
the house Streaming now On Maxwith new episodes airing every Thursday.