Station 19 (TV Series) Shock to the System (2018) User Reviews

Fascinating and Perfect Episode

[tonylaperna · 10/10 · 13 April 2018]

This episode breaks the mold of "happy endings" and gives the viewers two shocking moments that won't be forgotten. Perfectly written and cleverly weaves two storylines - rapidly, but sustaining the suspense that you will long remember. I know this is good, because after I watched it, I couldn't delete it.

GREAT TELEVISION is back again!

Utterly Preposterous

[purple-mug · 2/10 · 19 May 2018]

I should perhaps start by saying that I enjoy this series generally. Because that's the last good thing I can possibly say about this episode. The utter absurdity of the electrocution and the extraordinary ignorance of basic physics demonstrated by the fire crew was cringeworthy. Birds on a wire don't get electrocuted because they have two feet on it? No. It's because they're not in contact with the ground or anything else that would provide a means for current to flow. You can avoid electrocution by bunny hopping to ensure that both feet are on the ground at the same time? Utter drivel! You can be electrocuted by ground which has a live wire lying on it yards away? Fantasy! Inside your car is the safest place to be because it's insulated by the tires? Fatheaded nonsense. It's because it's a de facto Faraday cage. A spark from a live wire reaching a fuel leak could cause the car to explode? In what Universe? And on and on it went with not a single fact correct. And then the self-contradiction began. The fire officers standing on one side of the car were 'at risk' if they got nearer but the one that approached within a few feet of the car to start soaking up the fuel leak was apparently completely safe? Just complete bilge from beginning to end. If you're watching the series and you give a hoot about science then give this episode a wide berth. Nothing much to advance the overall plot happens anyway so you can safely assign it to the bin it so thoroughly deserves.