Just on season 3 episode 1 but why all the details on surgery do we really need all the gory p details? I feel this was an easy episode filler fr the writers,look we know all the good work that do mine in hospitals and amazing work they do but this isn't a hospital drama it's a thriller we could of done without all the ftp and Mra etc whatever ur having yourself, otherwise good show......
shareagreed -- and why have the doctors explain to each other what they're doing and why?
one of the writers got his wish and blew it!
In a trauma or cardiopulmonary arrest, the leader (in this case the emergency department attending) directs the resuscitation. They use closed-loop communication so that there is no misunderstanding of what is to be done and why. Every action is stated out loud to document in the medical chart what was done and at what time.
shareI think, while not exactly filler, it did help lengthen the series.
shareWhile I agree the surgery - in fact all of Ep 3.1 - did little to further the plot, I did find the very detailed U.K. ER/surgery kind of fascinating, tho the gore was toe-curling at points. I guess the point was the amount of effort to "save" the killer?
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I thought it was a good contrast to typical American shows, where people shrug off bullet wounds by the end of a 1-hr episode. And it did allow for a ratcheting up of tension and story progression for all of the other characters.
shareI actually thought it was good - it was a good way of demonstrating just how much effort goes into saving someone with those sorts of injuries, and yet here is a man that is, by and large, viewed as complete scum, has murdered repeatedly, raped and abducted, caused nothing but harm, and yet ALL this work is being done to save him, because they took an oath.
I thought it did a nice job of asking the question - is Paul Spector, is a man who has done all he has done, worth all this effort? Worth all these packs of blood that could have gone to a patient that was hit by a drunk driver? Was he worth all this equipment and time? Just so he could see justice and not vengeance?
While it was interesting for a while it went on too long. There was more technical/medical jargon uttered in the 15 minutes of that episode than several episodes combined in medical dramas I've seen. It felt like a different show at times. Good thing they eased off on it as the series went on.
I get that it may need to be recorded for purposes of the investigation, etc but they never mention it again as part of the investigation in any meaningful way and unless you are in the medical field it doesn't mean anything to the viewer. We just sit there and not know what any of it means. Even in Star Trek at least the techno-babble they use has a purpose that is clear for the viewer. Series 3 Episode 1 was definitely the weakest in the entire show IMO.
A whole episode dedicated to trying to save him was *beep* ridiculous. I thought I was watching ER or some other medical procedure.
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