7.045 minSeason 6 • Episode 13
LatestConrad is pulled away from celebrating Gigi’s 6th birthday when Sammie comes into Chastian with a 104-degree fever, and Kit must call in a favor for treatment. Meanwhile, a heart arrives for Governor Betz’s transplant surgery.
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
Acting
Matt Czuchry's Conrad: smug, broken, weirdly hot, devastating.
Writing
Medical accuracy so brutal the AMA probably hates it.
Production
Hospital politics scarier than any horror movie.
Creators
Amy Holden Jones, Hayley Schore, Roshan Sethi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show was inspired by Dr. Marty Makary's 'Unaccountable,' exposing how hospital profit motives override patient care. It aired on Fox—the network that also profits off medical misinformation in news programming. The irony is thick enough to intubate.
The 'HODAD' acronym (Hands Of Death And Destruction) for incompetent surgeons who keep operating became such a hit that real medical residents reportedly started using it. Art imitates life imitates art until someone codes.
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