Review of The Royal

The Royal (2003–2011)
9/10
I really wanted to rate this a 10.
17 October 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I've been really enjoying this series for the past several days, even the greatest 60s hits was fun at first, but not only did it fit the theme of this type of show, it was being played many times at the worst moments, right before and during extremely serious situations, making it so annoying to the point that I needed to mute it to get a better feeling of what was really going on. And then characters we've been seeing for several episodes and seasons were tragically being killed only to be forgotten the next episode?! It became stressful watching it by S7 because we didn't know who was going to tragically die after a great 60s song had been blasting. Argh!

The action was outstanding each minute of each episode, the blood looked real, loved the coastal scenery, and the acting top notch, but because of all the issues I've had while binging this I had to rate it much lower than I was feeling I was going by S6.

The scene with Moira and her newborn baby was the most ridiculous stressful moment possible! All 3 medical staff were at fault for allowing her to get to that point before she went AWOL, something she didn't need to do at all because she wasn't really in any trouble. All you can do is roll your eyes once you think about the absurdity of it all. Another thing annoying about that is there was never anything said after 2 main characters tragically died before, no funeral, no remembrance, nada, but there they are going through all the motions about a character we only saw maybe 4x, someone they pretty much allowed to think she had no other choice when all Dr Jill and Dr. Gordon needed to do is tell her the great news while she was holding her newborn, they didn't need to ask for her sister Sister Brigid blessing first, ridiculous! I wish I could fast forward it all because it was so easily preventable, and now they're dragging this on into S8. Argh again!

Nevertheless, this has been by far the most exciting series I've enjoyed these past 6 months after downloading both AcornTv and BritBox to FireTv, it was just ruined by great music at the wrong place & time in a dramatic emergency & rescue medical film about 60s Doctors, Nurses, and a Catholic Nun, and also extremely implausible moments, as in, married with 2 kids, baby face Frankie being able to get his hands on 4 nurses, where 2 died, and 1 came very close to dying by S6.

Alun Morris (Andy Wear) and Dr. Rose (Denis Lill) were my favorite characters. I also really loved Dr. Jill Weatherill (Amy Robbins), but by the end of S7, I couldn't anymore since I blamed she, her hubby Dr. Gordon Orme... (Robert Daws) and sweet Sister Brigid (Linda Armstrong) for what happened to Moira, and what almost happened again to her newborn while in Ireland. I'd have broken my tv if not for the fast forward option. Lol!

You could end up with PTSD by season 8, which is why I was okay with the ending, I couldn't take the suspense and action anymore, every episode had scenes which caused me to worry about what was going to happen to main characters we've come to love, something that did happen again because doctors aren't known for risking their hands and or lives as what we watched over and over again to stress out the viewer before qualified rescued teams showed up.

I was relieved it was over.
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