A surgeon who cuts through lies as sharply as tissue — and the body count keeps rising.
50 minSeason 1 • Episode 20
LatestAfter a long absence, surgeon Maxim Mikhailov returns to his hometown to help his mother, who is suspected of having an early stage of Alzheimer’s. He gets a job at a local hospital, and on the very first day faces a serious test to operate a patient with a severe brain trauma. Maximov saves the girl, but when transferred to the nearby regional hospital, she dies under suspicious circumstances. The doctor launches his own investigation and finds out the dark truth behind the young woman’s death. It is the first case in a series of medical and criminal mysteries he is going to solve throughout the series. Maksimov is a talented doctor and a passionate person, but his methods are both outrageous and admirable. He keeps saving people’s lives performing the most challenging surgeries but, as it turns out, not everyone is happy about it.
Acting
Ustyugov's simmering rage beneath surgical precision.
Direction
Alexandrov's claustrophobic hospital corridors breed paranoia.
Creator
Максим Александров
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-Soviet medical dramas exploded in Russian television, reflecting real-world distrust of crumbling healthcare infrastructure. This series channels that anxiety into procedural paranoia.
Aleksandr Ustyugov, a major Russian TV star, reportedly trained with actual neurosurgeons for three months — those hand movements in the OR scenes are his, not a double's.
