The new hit Medical Drama On Max breaks the mold with a cool trick

According to Jonathan Klotz
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One of the greatest shows in history is ISmedical drama that set the mold for an entire genre, but after 15 seasons and over 300 episodes, the series ended in 2009. Since then, various medical dramas have become the next big thing, from Good doctor on Chicago Medwith mixed results. Premiere on Max on January 29 Pitt dares to be different for a medical drama by adopting a “24-hour” gimmick, with each episode following one hour during Dr.’s shift. Michael “Robby” Rabinavitch.

Real time emergency room

He plays IS Noah Wyle, Robby is at the center of the chaotic maelstrom of a daily shift at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital, the first on the floor for most of the characters in the cast. Patients suffer from ailments ranging from a gloved foot, to fentanyl killing college students, a nail in a construction worker’s heart, to an old man with gallstones. The large cast of doctors and medical students shine through their interactions with each patient, showing their personalities and character traits as they bounce back from various medical challenges.

In most medical dramas, the patients are the least important part of the series, which will inevitably focus on either the doctor or the gifted and talented medical prodigy. Pittthanks to a quasi-real-time gimmick, he barely pauses to take a breath to give the medical staff any chance at all to have any relationships, let alone romance. The solution to the predictable and boring medical drama turned out to be the addition of a running clock.

While The Pitts the time trick is different and currently viewers are only three hours into a ten hour shift, it’s the status of a show like Max streaming an original that allows it to do something no other network drama can: show blood and guts. The dragging of the legs is gruesomely depicted throughout the first hour as the leg looks increasingly worse, giving the crew a chance to show off their practical effects skills. There’s no telling how far the show will go by the end of its first season, but seeing massive amounts of blood on screen during a medical drama might come as a bit of a shock to those who grew up. IS and Chicago Hope.

Already one of Max’s most successful shows

Between the gimmick of the episode and the amount of gore, the cast Pitt brings the type of humanizing touch you’d expect from a medical drama. Isa Briones, Dato’s daughter from Picardand Fiona Dourif from Chucky are two of the most recognizable doctors, but it’s Gerran Howell as medical student Dennis Whitaker who stands out in the first three episodes as he goes through the rite of passage on his first shift. Noah Wyle, at home on set at the hospital, is exceptional as Robby and instantly makes you think of Dr. John Carter, but there’s something about his character that hasn’t been revealed yet, with hints of a dark experience lurking behind. in his past.

Pitt is reinventing the medical drama, and the first three hours of Robby’s shift have been a thrilling thrill ride that has already become one of the top five most streamed shows in Max history. Critics gave the show a 92 percent fresh rating Rotten tomatoes through the first three episodes, with the public right behind, at 91 percent fresh. Now that Good doctor He’s done, Noah Wyle’s return to the ER will be the next big thing.

Pitt is currently streaming to Maxwith new episodes airing every Thursday.