Unbelievably stupid

elamika

Yes, this show is both unbelievable and stupid. It is as though its writers randomly took a handful of clichés out of The Hollywood Not So Big Bag of Clichés and threw them together in hopes that somehow they would create a watchable show.

Well, they don't.

It is just another unbearably pompous and self-important -- and because (or is it despite?) of that completely unconvincing -- network TV disaster, of which there are plenty, where the characters look and sound as if they stepped right off the modeling runway, with acting skills to match their original occupation. It does not escape anyone's attention -- because how could it? -- that in addition to stunning good looks, the average age of this "ER" staff is 22. OK, maybe 22 and a half. They must all be graduates of the Doogie Howser medical on-line program ($19.95   $5 for a diploma). And they act it, too.

A bunch of high school students putting on a play for parents would probably do a better job than this cast; although, to be fair, the dismally hackneyed writing is mostly to blame.

If you want to waste your time on another predictable so-called medical drama where the glamorous doctors' main preoccupation is who's shtupping whom, then this new(ish) NBC fiasco is for you. Otherwise don't bother.

P.S. Not so confidential to the show's writers (after the 3/16/15 episode): Immaculate conception does not mean what you think it means. (And that's one of the less jarring missteps. Eh.)

score 1/10

elamika 16 March 2015

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