To sayThe Pitt’s absence leaves a hole in our hearts is an understatement.
Navigating motherhood doesn’t come naturally, and she’s not used to feeling inexperienced and insecure.
Even thoughDoctor John’s specialists approach their patients' diagnoses like they’re unraveling a mystery (paging Dr.House!
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), the series aims to de-stigmatize chronic pain and other taboo topics, specifically euthanasia.
Some circumstances test our suspension of disbelief, but the doctors handle every case with dignity and respect.
The topical clash between profit-driven executives and the doctors advocating for patient care takes center stage inLife.
Ultimately,Lifeis a rich character piecewithout melodrama or stereotypical villains and heroes just humans with failings.
It smoothly combinesemotional cases, suspenseful operations, and joyful character interactions.
Initially ininternal medicine, nurse Jung Da-eun(Park Bo-young) transfers into her hospital’s psychiatry department.
It’s not an easy transition, evidenced by Da-eun’s many growing pains.
Daily Dose of Sunshineboldly normalizes Korean society’s less-than-ideal perspective on mental health.
That should sound familiar to fans ofThe Pitt’sDr.
“Slo-mo” Mohan(Supriya Ganesh).
Instead, they’ve crashed and burned.
And if they didn’t already have enough salt in their wounds, the pair unwittingly became neighbors.
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And few things are more human than failure.
Five years after Season 1 debuted,Hospital Playlisthas becomethe gold standard for medical dramas.
Compared to its peers and evenThe Pitt,Hospital Playlistdoesn’t go for the obvious heart-pounding melodrama.
Instead, likeThe Pittat its best, it lets the doctors and patients connect over their shared humanity.
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