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Code Black: The Business of Saving Lives (2018)
A series that once held so much promise....jumps the shark
Where to begin? A hallucination, a spiked drink, a plane crash, an overdose, a courtroom full of hospital staff members -- all tied up in one episode. It's almost as if the writers were in a hurry to throw in all their remaining ideas (however lame) in order to wrap things up for the season before heading to the beach.
I was thrilled when the show finally re-appeared for a third season; the writing seemed thoughtful, with even character development and a limited number of medical/surgical cases per episode. Then came the plane crash and fire on the top floor (sorry folks, but an aircraft accident and a hospital inferno have already been featured on Grey's Anatomy). Amid all the chaos and suffering comes an ending worthy of the cheesiest Hollywood productions, with two couples canoodling on the driveway while smoke billows from the building, and as an added bonus, a meant-to-be heart-wrenching speech about family by the leading physician backed by a chorus of staff members (whose minding the store?) including one who took the time to straighten her lovely wavy locks (which magically returned to their normal state in the last scene).
If any recent series has jumped the shark, sadly, it is this one.
This Is Us: Vegas, Baby (2018)
This series has now jumped the shark
After faithfully viewing each episode of what started out as ground-breaking drama, I am just about ready to throw in the towel. The tension - and curiosity - created by the long build-up to the mystery of Jack's death have been dissipated; the flashbacks no longer hold my interest. Please just let the man rest in peace...
I can see no practical purpose for the recent Vegas episode. Was it to bring the siblings and in-laws closer together? Reveal even more of their over-done, over-worked early lives? Give Randall something more to obsess about? Any compassion or interest that may have developed for all of the cast is rapidly waning... And I can't help wondering how a group of unemployed adults (Randall, Toby, Kate, Kevin) can afford such a lavish lifestyle....
This series is straying closer and closer to shark-infested waters...