The Mob Doctor (2012– )

A young thoracic surgeon becomes indebted to the South Chicago mafia and is forced to moonlight as a mob doctor, while also working full time at Chicago's most prominent hospital.

Creators:

Josh Berman, Rob Wright

Stars:

Jordana Spiro, William Forsythe, James Carpinello

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jordana Spiro	...	Dr. Grace Devlin (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
William Forsythe	...	Constantine Alexander (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
James Carpinello	...	Leoni Franco (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Zach Gilford	...	Dr. Brett Robinson (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Zeljko Ivanek	...	Dr. Stafford White (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Floriana Lima	...	Nurse Rosa 'Ro' Quintero (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Jaime Lee Kirchner	...	Dr. Olivia Wilcox (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Wendy Makkena	...	Daniella Devlin (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Jesse Lee Soffer	...	Nate Devlin (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Stavos Kazan (9 episodes, 2012-2013)
David Pasquesi	...	Dr. Ian Flanigan (9 episodes, 2012-2013)
Michael Rapaport	...	Paul Moretti (7 episodes, 2012-2013)
Devyn Mangin	...	6 Year Old Grace (6 episodes, 2012)
Adam Harrington	...	Agent Owen York (6 episodes, 2012-2013)
Paul D. Morgan	...	Doctor (6 episodes, 2012-2013)

Storyline

A young thoracic surgeon becomes indebted to the South Chicago mafia and is forced to moonlight as a mob doctor, while also working full time at Chicago's most prominent hospital.

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | hospital | female doctor | chicago illinois

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Taglines:

It's not her debt. But she's paying the price.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Osprey Production Group, Rooney McP Productions, Sony Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

User Reviews

Have to decry the cancellation of the show

I don't usually comment on TV series, but for this I had to.

There are a lot of doctor shows out there, but when you think of something that shows actual medical cases and real dilemmas, very few actually come up. ER and Grey's Anatomy type shows focus on the people and ignore the medical issues consistently and the likes of Dr.House focus on the brilliancy of the lead character and eventually come to avoid medical information altogether. Both types care more about the imaginary emotional problems of the main characters than for the actual characters. One could easily replace the doctors with high school hall monitors or street cleaners and not change a bit of the script.

Not so The Mob Doctor, where the lead character has to juggle her connection to gangsters and her usual high profile medical doctor job. She has both strange cases with limited resources outside of hospital and medical highlights inside, where all the equipment and tests are useless without a good doctor inspiration.

OK, the show is not perfect. The mob operations are ridiculously obvious and the way the doctor gets out of work without anyone raising eyebrows is also quite incredible, but overall the show brings a lot of the stuff that others ignore completely. This series is not bad and certainly did not deserve a cancellation after only one season, with no chance to improve.

The only cause I can find is that the female doctor in the show was not ravishingly beautiful and did not really have a romantic life. A professional that did her job well, discreetly and did not want to get into other's people business robbed the masses of their portion of gossip and monkey clan business and so they switched to the likes of Emily Owens. That's a shame, really.