I wish I could go back to 13 hours ago when this video dropped. I much preferred my election day angst to my post election day seething anger and existential dread.
Same. Now all I can hope is that Trump's authoritarian rhetoric was simply exaggeration, a way to build up his fanbase, but that's probably too much to hope for. Low-key mentally preparing for the mass deportations, a restriction on free speech by attacking media outlets, the jailing of Trump's political opponents, tariffs across the board which will raise inflation, project 2025, and just general incompetence. Makes me feel sick.
@@MrGreen-mt9fx It's okay. I think she was the one who put me onto this channel. Certainly at least indirectly, since I'd never seen Star Trek until we watched Voyager together over the last few months.
I'm calling it now (having not seen it and having no legal ability to see it in my region), the mystery patient is his father, who he doesn't recognise because he has face blindness. This show sounds so bad it's good.
This was my first thought. And after the rollercoaster that is this video, Id be shocked for it to be any other way. Unless the John Doe is just too young to maybe be his father.
@frodobrommelkamp9119 Ooh good point, this makes me think of another frankly better twist that flashed through my mind. John Doe killed his dad or witnessed the potential murder, or otherwise has some kinda dad info
Based on the details provided, I really can't imagine how they could possibly find room to make "the main character is gay" a focal point. It would be a little too much like "the climate is spiraling out of control, the world's most powerful nation might turn to fascism, there's a homeless epidemic and housing crisis, and I can't find my car keys."
I saw bits of this show passively and I think this guy is possibly also on the spectrum as well. It's not so in your face as other aspects but I can see it still being a total thing. I'm not a follower but I got that much from what little I have seen.
I haven't watched, but I can say without reservation that Dr. Oliver Sacks, the neurology professor and physician on whom the main character was based, is fascinating, and a great basis for a show. Sacks' parents were both doctors, he did have a difficult childhood and some hardship, and he worked in the Bronx. The thing that interests me is their handling of his patients, all of whom had interesting neurological disorders. His empathic case stories, and the level of detail he collected, led to his ability to understand, ameliorate, and sometimes cure, his patients. He was the doctor Robin Williams played in Awakenings. For those who enjoy interesting reads, he has written many books about his patients conditions, including An Anthropologist on Mars, which includes autism, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. If the show is even 20% as interesting as Sacks and his patients, I can't wait!
Just checking in to also recommend The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, specifically. That title is WAY too much typing, but it's an utterly fascinating look at some really interesting, real, neurological disorders.
Mr. Shives, thank you for a hilarious and intriguing overview of the show. I purchased the season sight unseen. Keep up the fantastic work in all the realms you cover.
Thank You!! When I read the video title I knew exactly what show you were going to talk about. One character you forgot is the friend/coworker that is having marital problems. The whole show is crazy.
My pitch: one of the character's backstory is that they grew up on their parents' Jurassic park. It just turns out that in this reality, that's just a regular thing. People figured out how to actually do a "Jurassic Park" style attraction safely. So this world just has dinosaur parks. One episode where they go to a dinosaur park, and the whole episode the audience is expecting a disaster like the fictional Jurassic Park, with everything going off the rails. Nope, nothing goes wrong. They've actually figured out how to do it safely, and it's just like visiting a zoo. This appears in one episode and is NEVER addressed again.
So Season 2 gets a West World episode, Season 3 Andromeda Strain... Or as suggested it's just more "Extra" to hook people... And realistically probably helpful to "greenlight" a Season 2 with built in options for the network to "retool" the show... The "Normal" Doctor is secretly a Mutant (X-Men variety) with as yet undisclosed power(s)...
Thanks for the distraction Steve! On your referral I binged China Beach and was sad to finish it too soon. How is it that so many of these actors were never head from again?
Oh I love the more people are getting into the show or at least getting interested in it. lol It‘s pretty good (if a tad cheesy) and nice to see empathy, humanity and respect in a medical drama. The cases are actually based on cases from Oliver Sacks‘ books and other real life cases (Oliver Wolf is based on Oliver Sacks)
I'm a sucker for medical dramas and I love this one! I already liked it but when they figured out that the patient had Locked In Syndrome and he wasn't just a 1 episode story, I was hooked! I've watched documentaries on it. It's fascinating, especially watching people with it at the gym slowly regaining some strength.
Thank you for clarifying the condition. When he tried to avoid the spoiler I immediately went “what could it be aside from locked in syndrome?” but I also was too lazy to google it.
House was a powerful show that me & my wife binged from start to finish. Hugh Laurie deserves accolades for his portrayal of Dr. House, not the least of which is his impeccable American accent giving no hint that he's an English actor.
The book was incredibly interesting and engaging (like all of Dr. Sacks's work), while the movie was just unhinged enough, *AND* it had Robin Williams. Double win!
Quinto is an AMAZING actor. I legitimately hated him (his character) during the first two seasons of Heroes. I admittedly never got around to watching the rest of the series, but his portrayal of his character made me hate him so much because he did such a good job. Jake Gyllenhaal did the same in Nighcrawler and Anna Gunn did it in Breaking Bad. It's not common that a performer can elicit actual HATE that lingers from me for their character, but when it happens, they are AMAZING at their job.
He was absolutely the best part of Heroes. Part of that show's problem was that they couldn't bear to let him go even though his character arc resolved quite early on, so had to jump through increasingly ridiculous narrative hoops to keep him around. He was also a great Spock - I'm not a huge fan of those movies, but that's not because of the cast, who were uniformly excellent.
Sylar is a favorite in our household. We don't really hate him the same way, but we agree Quinto did a fantastic job. Just, uh...maybe don't go back and finish the series. It never truly recovered after the writer's strike towards the end of season 1. As for actors that sold their characters? Imelda Staunton. Everyone can agree Voldemort was evil, but almost anyone will tell you that they hate Umbridge FAR more than they hate him. And she sold the movie version to an insane degree. To the point where watching her be a sweetheart in interviews is a bit disorienting :P
I loved Sylar, well, I loved to hate him. That role landed Quinto as one of my favorite actors from then on. Another two actors who have proven very able to be absolutely hated is Rosamund Pike(The wife Gone Girl and main character in I Care A Lot) and Jeff Gleeson(Joffrey Baratheon). Such absolutely visceral disgust with their characters is a hallmark of great acting chops.
Thank you for this. After the recent wave of schlocky medical dramas ended I needed another one. The commercials for this one didnt originally move me to watch it. There is just something about these shows that works to shut off the anxiety for a min, but you need to learn *how* to enjoy the nonsense each one makes a core part of its world.
I've seen the first two episodes, and honestly they got me with the pilot opening sequence, because while less dramatic, the last time I saw my grandmother was very much like that where the sun came out for her for a minute and she remembered me for the first time in a long time. I'm not ashamed that I wept openly during that, and I'm getting a little misty-eyed thinking about it recollecting it now. I loved it, partly because it IS bonkers, but great talents can make the most ludicrous stories gripping and entertaining.
If I was running the show, the one normal character would be the narrator. Her commentary about the extreme situation would be the comedic glue holding the show together.
This would be really interesting, especially if they introduced mild "unreliable narrator" moments so that it throws doubt on the behaviors of these extreme people. Then as a viewer you'd would never know if what you are watching is valid or just the perception of a "normal" person who may or may not be actually "normal".
Okay I definitely need to watch this; as someone with faceblindness and (minor) mirror-touch synaesthesia, I gotta see just how badly they mess up the details.
The US version of the show Ghosts is this for me. I've loved Rose McIver since iZombie and the whole cast is really damned funny. The premise is absolutely nutty - Rose's character has an accident and now she can see the ghosts that live in an old mansion that was handed down to her. I've not seen the original UK version and I've been told it's just as nutty.
Sounds like you might enjoy _What We Do in the Shadows._ If you don't already, that is. If you're not familiar with it, watch the movie before the series.
Hey Steve, have you seen 'Prodigal Son' with Michael Sheen in a weird way this reminds me of it. You might like it. It looks like the facility Michael Sheen is held at is the same as the Hospital in this too.
Have you seen the show "Salvation"? A totally different concept, but as its plot developed, it unfolded into a mystery, wrapped inside an enigma, swaddled in a conundrum, embedded in a puzzle, shrouded in an illusion, cloaked in a dilemma, obscured by a paradox, enveloped in a cypher, surrounded by a quandary, swallowed by an, um, er-- I suspect the writer's room must have breathed a collective sigh of relief when the show was cancelled, saving them from figuring out how to add more layers to the onion.
I forgot this was going to be a show. I have touch synesthesia. I had no Idea it was a thing until I found out about a doctor who had it and wrote a book called Mirror Touch. I didn't know other people had it. Thanks, gotta catch up. 🙂 Edit: isn't this also based on the Doctor Robin Williams played in Awakenings?
Thank you for the suggestion to watch some great bad TV right now. It's really nice to unwind with something that is just a comfort and totally bonkers. I've got Person of Interest on and Burn Notice is next. Take it easy!
Thanks, Steve! I may give it a go. I don’t have Paramount, but I have a partner who does, so now we might have something else to try when we aren’t watching Lower Decks. :)
The episode where Worf reveals his "football accident" is the infamous "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." episode. Maybe we can just reject it from canon, just like we didn't accept Trip's ending in ENT
Sounds like there's a bit of a House reference there too. If Dr. Gregory House was intended to be the medical equivalent of Sherlock Holmes, then Dr. Oliver Wolf might be a medical cross between Oliver Sacks and the fictional Nero Wolfe, from Rex Stout's excellent mystery novels. Stout couldn't quite equal the great British mystery writers, imo, (meaning Conan-Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, or PD James), but his books are still well worth reading!
Ive seen billboards for the show and having watched this video wouldve never guessed such a generic-looking prestige-hopeful hospital drama was actually overflowing with silly goofy fun times. This video was such a great sell for the show, i am watching ASAP!
Taking mystery drugs instead of having a lab analyze them is a bold move. As much as I doubt that an MD would do such a thing, a doc on PCP sounds entertaining.
Me and wife are literally howling laughing as you go down the show gimmicks. Like, tears in our eyes laughing at such ridiculousness. WTF happened to network tv that is absurd
This sounds like a group of writers was told 'we can't say no to you' and threw every possible idea into the pot while absolutely high as a whole swarm of kites.
I stumbled on the trailer months ago and thought, "Wait a second, why does Zachary Quinto look so much like Oliver Sacks?" Lo and behold, one of the show's numerous gimmicks is that it is based on Oliver Sacks.
We have been watching the show since the beginning. I play a sort of game with it. "Guess the plot twist!" I am have been accused of "already having watched this" due to my skill in this game. "I swear I didn't cheat, Tanya! This is it's first run of the episode!"
I went to the weed dispensary today in my hometown in Arizona. I bought an ounce of White Rhino(RINO) out of respect for those on the other side, putting country ahead of party and voting to save our Republic. I voted weeks ago. I'll resurface on Friday to see if I have to make a break for the border to claim political asylum.
The Zachary Quinto character is loosely based on Dr Oliver Sacks, the world famous neurologist. Haven’t seen the show, probably won’t watch but Dr Sachs is one of my heroes.
Along the first miles of every long trail you will find the detritus of every rookie hiker who realized they packed and are attempting to carry WAY TOO MUCH and as they’re already committed, they have no choice but to dump stuff. That’s this show. If they’re allowed to cook, they’ll slough off premise after hook after gimmick until the essence of the premise remains - the good stuff, the core stuff. And I bet the things that go first all have to do with character neurodiversity.
I feel like there was a show that had a similar premise before. I think it was called Black Box? Had the actress who plays Beth in Yellowstone as the lead?
This show sounds wild. I hadn't bothered watching it because most medical dramas bore me now (they started to become a little too rote and often turn up the melodrama or make things too ridiculous to enjoy, or they become a soap, like Grey's Anatomy). That said, I have been watching one through Disney+: Doctor Odyssey - the medical drama set on an upscale cruise ship. That's a concept that's just too ridiculous not to enjoy, and I think the leads (well, Joshua Jackson, Philippa Soo, and Don Johnson) are charismatic enough to carry it...far more than I'd expected, but there are some wild cases and things happening in the few episodes of the show released so far.
Ain't nobody got time for three seasons of the show for things to start happening, now you got to do it in first six episode while everyone's on the phone while watching it
I loved how his face blindness played into… crap. Spoiler… S P O I L E R…. … the doctor who was attracted to Wolf and was hurt because Wolf didn’t reciprocate his interest, only to learn that Wolf was face-blind and simply couldn’t sis’s him from the crowd.
Its like they were told this would be the last medical drama ever produced and they wanted to get all their ideas out there
I wish I could go back to 13 hours ago when this video dropped. I much preferred my election day angst to my post election day seething anger and existential dread.
🙄 drama queen.
Same. Now all I can hope is that Trump's authoritarian rhetoric was simply exaggeration, a way to build up his fanbase, but that's probably too much to hope for. Low-key mentally preparing for the mass deportations, a restriction on free speech by attacking media outlets, the jailing of Trump's political opponents, tariffs across the board which will raise inflation, project 2025, and just general incompetence. Makes me feel sick.
Same
Most unrealistic part is that a hospital would take care of a John Doe in a vegetative state without insurance info
'The fact that he's gay is the most normal thing about him'
I approve!
Damn, I think my wife would've really loved this for all the reasons you laid out.
Rest in peace, Sammy.
Sorry dude, it must be tough to talk about it
@@MrGreen-mt9fx It's okay. I think she was the one who put me onto this channel. Certainly at least indirectly, since I'd never seen Star Trek until we watched Voyager together over the last few months.
@@hughcaldwell1034 man that's fucking beautiful. this gives me strength.
This sounds like the producers sat the writers down and challenged them to see just how many tropes they could fit into the show.
I agree. It almost sounds like a parody of the entire genre.
Pointing out the flaws and absurdities from within while keeping a straight face.
I'm calling it now (having not seen it and having no legal ability to see it in my region), the mystery patient is his father, who he doesn't recognise because he has face blindness. This show sounds so bad it's good.
Damn! That's good. Yeah, that sounds about right.
This was my first thought. And after the rollercoaster that is this video, Id be shocked for it to be any other way. Unless the John Doe is just too young to maybe be his father.
That's genuinely a good twist, I hope you're right
But his mum would recognize him, wouldn’t she?
@frodobrommelkamp9119 Ooh good point, this makes me think of another frankly better twist that flashed through my mind. John Doe killed his dad or witnessed the potential murder, or otherwise has some kinda dad info
Based on the details provided, I really can't imagine how they could possibly find room to make "the main character is gay" a focal point. It would be a little too much like "the climate is spiraling out of control, the world's most powerful nation might turn to fascism, there's a homeless epidemic and housing crisis, and I can't find my car keys."
Have you checked down the back of your couch? You might find the answer to any of those issues down there.
I saw bits of this show passively and I think this guy is possibly also on the spectrum as well. It's not so in your face as other aspects but I can see it still being a total thing. I'm not a follower but I got that much from what little I have seen.
I haven't watched, but I can say without reservation that Dr. Oliver Sacks, the neurology professor and physician on whom the main character was based, is fascinating, and a great basis for a show. Sacks' parents were both doctors, he did have a difficult childhood and some hardship, and he worked in the Bronx. The thing that interests me is their handling of his patients, all of whom had interesting neurological disorders. His empathic case stories, and the level of detail he collected, led to his ability to understand, ameliorate, and sometimes cure, his patients. He was the doctor Robin Williams played in Awakenings. For those who enjoy interesting reads, he has written many books about his patients conditions, including An Anthropologist on Mars, which includes autism, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. If the show is even 20% as interesting as Sacks and his patients, I can't wait!
I've not yet read An Anthropologist on Mars, but The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat is extraordinary.
I love Dr. Sacks’ books! He makes understanding neuroplasticity easy for the average dolt (like me).
Thanks for the information! Sounds very cool
@@HelenCamile63 It's a rare gift, isn't it.
Just checking in to also recommend The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, specifically. That title is WAY too much typing, but it's an utterly fascinating look at some really interesting, real, neurological disorders.
As a nurse, I cannot watch medical dramas. I’m constantly nitpicking the inaccuracies. This show sounds like it would make my brain melt.
Mr. Shives, thank you for a hilarious and intriguing overview of the show. I purchased the season sight unseen. Keep up the fantastic work in all the realms you cover.
Thank You!! When I read the video title I knew exactly what show you were going to talk about. One character you forgot is the friend/coworker that is having marital problems. The whole show is crazy.
Thank you for trying to distract me from my anxiety
My lil sister is in this! Great cast ( I may be biased 🤣) I’m glad you are liking it. Hope it runs for a few seasons and they don’t kill her 🤣.
Alright I’m sold. If my man Steve is digging it this much I gotta give it a try. Sounds messy as hell in the best way! 😂
My pitch: one of the character's backstory is that they grew up on their parents' Jurassic park. It just turns out that in this reality, that's just a regular thing. People figured out how to actually do a "Jurassic Park" style attraction safely. So this world just has dinosaur parks. One episode where they go to a dinosaur park, and the whole episode the audience is expecting a disaster like the fictional Jurassic Park, with everything going off the rails. Nope, nothing goes wrong. They've actually figured out how to do it safely, and it's just like visiting a zoo. This appears in one episode and is NEVER addressed again.
I would watch the hell out of any series that did what you just laid out.
So Season 2 gets a West World episode, Season 3 Andromeda Strain... Or as suggested it's just more "Extra" to hook people... And realistically probably helpful to "greenlight" a Season 2 with built in options for the network to "retool" the show...
The "Normal" Doctor is secretly a Mutant (X-Men variety) with as yet undisclosed power(s)...
@@sneakyskunk1There's a manga called Dinosaur Sanctuary that's basically that. Highly recommend
@@ManILoveFurina That does sound pretty cool. Thanks for the tip! :)
Thanks for the distraction Steve! On your referral I binged China Beach and was sad to finish it too soon. How is it that so many of these actors were never head from again?
Oh I love the more people are getting into the show or at least getting interested in it. lol It‘s pretty good (if a tad cheesy) and nice to see empathy, humanity and respect in a medical drama. The cases are actually based on cases from Oliver Sacks‘ books and other real life cases (Oliver Wolf is based on Oliver Sacks)
Yes! The empathy of the characters is a big part of what hooked me!
Thank you for this fun distraction!
I wasn't interested in another medical drama, but I'll watch for the bonkers.
I'm glad you watched this for me. Now I can sit down with it.
I'm a sucker for medical dramas and I love this one! I already liked it but when they figured out that the patient had Locked In Syndrome and he wasn't just a 1 episode story, I was hooked! I've watched documentaries on it. It's fascinating, especially watching people with it at the gym slowly regaining some strength.
Thank you for clarifying the condition. When he tried to avoid the spoiler I immediately went “what could it be aside from locked in syndrome?” but I also was too lazy to google it.
@@frodobrommelkamp9119ditto
I was guessing that also.
Thank you! I share your latter sentiment and this was precisely that.
Thank you so much.
House was a powerful show that me & my wife binged from start to finish. Hugh Laurie deserves accolades for his portrayal of Dr. House, not the least of which is his impeccable American accent giving no hint that he's an English actor.
Needed this break. Thanks Steve!
_Welcome to Monk E.R._
If you like this, then you’ll love the Robin Williams film Awakenings, also based on the brilliant Oliver Sacks.
The book was incredibly interesting and engaging (like all of Dr. Sacks's work), while the movie was just unhinged enough, *AND* it had Robin Williams. Double win!
Loved that movie!
Amen to your ending statement! It's gonna be a looonnnggg next few days/weeks.
Quinto is an AMAZING actor. I legitimately hated him (his character) during the first two seasons of Heroes. I admittedly never got around to watching the rest of the series, but his portrayal of his character made me hate him so much because he did such a good job.
Jake Gyllenhaal did the same in Nighcrawler and Anna Gunn did it in Breaking Bad.
It's not common that a performer can elicit actual HATE that lingers from me for their character, but when it happens, they are AMAZING at their job.
He was absolutely the best part of Heroes. Part of that show's problem was that they couldn't bear to let him go even though his character arc resolved quite early on, so had to jump through increasingly ridiculous narrative hoops to keep him around. He was also a great Spock - I'm not a huge fan of those movies, but that's not because of the cast, who were uniformly excellent.
Sylar is a favorite in our household. We don't really hate him the same way, but we agree Quinto did a fantastic job. Just, uh...maybe don't go back and finish the series. It never truly recovered after the writer's strike towards the end of season 1.
As for actors that sold their characters? Imelda Staunton. Everyone can agree Voldemort was evil, but almost anyone will tell you that they hate Umbridge FAR more than they hate him. And she sold the movie version to an insane degree. To the point where watching her be a sweetheart in interviews is a bit disorienting :P
I loved Sylar, well, I loved to hate him. That role landed Quinto as one of my favorite actors from then on. Another two actors who have proven very able to be absolutely hated is Rosamund Pike(The wife Gone Girl and main character in I Care A Lot) and Jeff Gleeson(Joffrey Baratheon).
Such absolutely visceral disgust with their characters is a hallmark of great acting chops.
I really like the character Sylar. He was my Hero.
I'm definitely recommending this to my neurologist the next time I see her! She needs some laughs in her life, I think.
I imagine she's already an Oliver Sacks fan!
I absolutely love it! Such a great show! Can’t get enough of it
Sounds nearly as bonkers as a reality I currently inhabit. I'll have to give it a look.
Thank you, Steve.
Based on one of your previous shows, I am rewatching X-Files. Thanks for reminding of my favorite childhood show, it has helped so much!
Sounds crazy yet more normal then real life.
Thanks Steve, I really needed this
Thank you for this. After the recent wave of schlocky medical dramas ended I needed another one. The commercials for this one didnt originally move me to watch it.
There is just something about these shows that works to shut off the anxiety for a min, but you need to learn *how* to enjoy the nonsense each one makes a core part of its world.
That show sounds intriguing; thanks for the recommendation! And for the break from all things political. 💙
I just watched the first episode. I actually loved it! Thanks for the rec
I've seen the first two episodes, and honestly they got me with the pilot opening sequence, because while less dramatic, the last time I saw my grandmother was very much like that where the sun came out for her for a minute and she remembered me for the first time in a long time. I'm not ashamed that I wept openly during that, and I'm getting a little misty-eyed thinking about it recollecting it now.
I loved it, partly because it IS bonkers, but great talents can make the most ludicrous stories gripping and entertaining.
I needed this!
You know what y'all SHOULD be watching? Snout Cedar's Certified! Look it up
I second that.
Thank you
This sounds absolutely incredible
Thank you, I needed a distraction.
Oh Hell Steve, who needs any crazy docs out on the airwaves? Sounds like our politics right now.
If I was running the show, the one normal character would be the narrator. Her commentary about the extreme situation would be the comedic glue holding the show together.
This would be really interesting, especially if they introduced mild "unreliable narrator" moments so that it throws doubt on the behaviors of these extreme people. Then as a viewer you'd would never know if what you are watching is valid or just the perception of a "normal" person who may or may not be actually "normal".
We need a Star Trek Medical show :D
"Is it space sickness or a transporter accident this week?"
@@atticstatticor an alien disease, or a “hallucination” that turns out to be some alien that only some people/races can see …
Okay I definitely need to watch this; as someone with faceblindness and (minor) mirror-touch synaesthesia, I gotta see just how badly they mess up the details.
The US version of the show Ghosts is this for me. I've loved Rose McIver since iZombie and the whole cast is really damned funny. The premise is absolutely nutty - Rose's character has an accident and now she can see the ghosts that live in an old mansion that was handed down to her. I've not seen the original UK version and I've been told it's just as nutty.
Ghosts is one of the remakes where the US version is better
Sounds like you might enjoy _What We Do in the Shadows._ If you don't already, that is. If you're not familiar with it, watch the movie before the series.
@AlbertaGeek that show is great.
@@Pehrgryn Who is AlbertaGeek? I am Jackie Daytona, regular human bartender!
Yep, WWDITS is brilliant, both the movie and series, turns out i know shitloads of Energy Vampires @@AlbertaGeek
Hey Steve, have you seen 'Prodigal Son' with Michael Sheen in a weird way this reminds me of it. You might like it. It looks like the facility Michael Sheen is held at is the same as the Hospital in this too.
Prodigal Son was freaking amazing. So sorry to have lost that one.
@queenannsrevenge100 I go into everything now knowing it will end too soon, but that show was blast and should not have ended there.
Thank you for the recommendation. I am going to watch it.
Have you seen Garth Marenghi's Darkplace? This reminds me of that.
I recently found out there are Garth Marenghi audiobooks and... yep, they are exactly what you'd expect.
I have barely started watching but I ABSOLUTELY needed this!!
Have you seen the show "Salvation"? A totally different concept, but as its plot developed, it unfolded into a mystery, wrapped inside an enigma, swaddled in a conundrum, embedded in a puzzle, shrouded in an illusion, cloaked in a dilemma, obscured by a paradox, enveloped in a cypher, surrounded by a quandary, swallowed by an, um, er--
I suspect the writer's room must have breathed a collective sigh of relief when the show was cancelled, saving them from figuring out how to add more layers to the onion.
I preferred the show, "Salivation"; it was a lot more straight forward, though it was covered in drool. 🤤
Salvation was brilliant and had the super talented Captain Rios in it, that's where I first saw him
Thanks for the recommendation, I'm gonna need it in the coming months.
I forgot this was going to be a show. I have touch synesthesia. I had no Idea it was a thing until I found out about a doctor who had it and wrote a book called Mirror Touch. I didn't know other people had it. Thanks, gotta catch up. 🙂 Edit: isn't this also based on the Doctor Robin Williams played in Awakenings?
Thank you for the suggestion to watch some great bad TV right now. It's really nice to unwind with something that is just a comfort and totally bonkers. I've got Person of Interest on and Burn Notice is next. Take it easy!
Oooh, thanks for the reminder to catch up on Lower Decks!
I half-expected a Retro Review on the DS9 episode Statistical Probabilities after just watching it last night
Thanks, Steve! I may give it a go. I don’t have Paramount, but I have a partner who does, so now we might have something else to try when we aren’t watching Lower Decks. :)
It's on peacock/nbc
The episode where Worf reveals his "football accident" is the infamous "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." episode. Maybe we can just reject it from canon, just like we didn't accept Trip's ending in ENT
"Dr. Oliver Wolf" is a reference to Dr. Oliver Sacks.
Sounds like there's a bit of a House reference there too. If Dr. Gregory House was intended to be the medical equivalent of Sherlock Holmes, then Dr. Oliver Wolf might be a medical cross between Oliver Sacks and the fictional Nero Wolfe, from Rex Stout's excellent mystery novels. Stout couldn't quite equal the great British mystery writers, imo, (meaning Conan-Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, or PD James), but his books are still well worth reading!
Ive seen billboards for the show and having watched this video wouldve never guessed such a generic-looking prestige-hopeful hospital drama was actually overflowing with silly goofy fun times. This video was such a great sell for the show, i am watching ASAP!
Oh. Im definitely watching that. I just added it to my list.
Thank you Steve. I’m going to need a lot more distraction… for oh, say, about 4 more years or so…
Taking mystery drugs instead of having a lab analyze them is a bold move. As much as I doubt that an MD would do such a thing, a doc on PCP sounds entertaining.
I'd like to stop thinking about politics and enjoy this video. But i'm panicking a bit. Terrified about the future. So i can't focus on this.
Me and wife are literally howling laughing as you go down the show gimmicks. Like, tears in our eyes laughing at such ridiculousness. WTF happened to network tv that is absurd
I am not. Watching that.
And also, Picard's French last name with an English accent when he speaks is related to his baldness mishap...
Thank you for the distraction.
This sounds like a group of writers was told 'we can't say no to you' and threw every possible idea into the pot while absolutely high as a whole swarm of kites.
The building that is the bronx hospital is so cool to me. I think its an apartment bldg, irl.
I saw it in the prodigal son.
Oh, wait, even better crossover idea, as a child the protagonist used to sit and stare at a snow globe and imagine a hospital.
St elsewhere! Its probably already in tommy Westphall's head!
sounds like they're going to have to add either time travel or ghosts to keep it going in season 2
7:55 "speaking of star trek" is something I say fairly often even when no one was speaking of star trek
Thank you. It’s 7:46 pm PST. I’m avoiding election coverage.
I stumbled on the trailer months ago and thought, "Wait a second, why does Zachary Quinto look so much like Oliver Sacks?"
Lo and behold, one of the show's numerous gimmicks is that it is based on Oliver Sacks.
Kudos to you for getting to six. I tapped out after the first episode. Same with high intellectual potential.
We have been watching the show since the beginning. I play a sort of game with it. "Guess the plot twist!" I am have been accused of "already having watched this" due to my skill in this game. "I swear I didn't cheat, Tanya! This is it's first run of the episode!"
I understand you're excited but I thought you were a little TOO excited, but then I realized I had accidentally left 1.25x speed on.
I love bonkers!!! Sometimes you gotta watch crazy TV!!!
I went to the weed dispensary today in my hometown in Arizona. I bought an ounce of White Rhino(RINO) out of respect for those on the other side, putting country ahead of party and voting to save our Republic. I voted weeks ago. I'll resurface on Friday to see if I have to make a break for the border to claim political asylum.
My money is on the normal intern being a combat vet with PTSD.
Dr Kinney will turn out to collect souvenirs from weekend “activities”, stashing them behind a false panel in the laundry room.
Anxiety IS high... no 2016 again please, argh.
Appreciate the attempt at a neutral distraction 👍
I hope they decide to do a crossover episode and bring in Jeffrey Combs' character from From Beyond to eat brains and rant about unseen monsters.
utter madness ; i'd watch every second.
Have you watched Mrs. Davis yet? THAT was definitely a trip and a half. Highly recommend 👍
Love that show! ❤
The Zachary Quinto character is loosely based on Dr Oliver Sacks, the world famous neurologist. Haven’t seen the show, probably won’t watch but Dr Sachs is one of my heroes.
Along the first miles of every long trail you will find the detritus of every rookie hiker who realized they packed and are attempting to carry WAY TOO MUCH and as they’re already committed, they have no choice but to dump stuff.
That’s this show. If they’re allowed to cook, they’ll slough off premise after hook after gimmick until the essence of the premise remains - the good stuff, the core stuff.
And I bet the things that go first all have to do with character neurodiversity.
I feel like there was a show that had a similar premise before. I think it was called Black Box? Had the actress who plays Beth in Yellowstone as the lead?
This show sounds wild. I hadn't bothered watching it because most medical dramas bore me now (they started to become a little too rote and often turn up the melodrama or make things too ridiculous to enjoy, or they become a soap, like Grey's Anatomy). That said, I have been watching one through Disney+: Doctor Odyssey - the medical drama set on an upscale cruise ship. That's a concept that's just too ridiculous not to enjoy, and I think the leads (well, Joshua Jackson, Philippa Soo, and Don Johnson) are charismatic enough to carry it...far more than I'd expected, but there are some wild cases and things happening in the few episodes of the show released so far.
This is really sweet.
no im sweating the election and binging your old star trek content. i cant cope with reality right now.
Me too.
Oh wow, I have mirror touch synesthesia as well as pain synesthesia, can't believe it's actually being represented in a cable TV show.
Ain't nobody got time for three seasons of the show for things to start happening, now you got to do it in first six episode while everyone's on the phone while watching it
I loved how his face blindness played into… crap. Spoiler…
S
P
O
I
L
E
R….
… the doctor who was attracted to Wolf and was hurt because Wolf didn’t reciprocate his interest, only to learn that Wolf was face-blind and simply couldn’t sis’s him from the crowd.