This is prauseworthy as a rare story giving Daniels a spotlight to distinguish her from the rest of the squad. Her tenacity in the face of the uncooperative hospital management and the doubts of her peers brings shading to a character who mostly exists to serve the mechanics of the plot.
The medical establishment's closing of ranks and resistance to scrutiny is highlighted in a way rare for episodic television versus the usual stereotype of heroic doctors. The mother collides into a wall of hubris and the legal system in the end offers no justice for doctors playing god and engaging in deliberate concealment. The resolution is deeply unsettling. not a flattering portrait of the American health care system.
This episode contains the single most disturbing scene of the series with a mother doing an autopsy on her own son. I know when I first saw it I squirmed at something so unsettling, even done under desperate duress. One finishes viewing without a final simplistic impression of right and wrong but real-world shades of gray.
The medical establishment's closing of ranks and resistance to scrutiny is highlighted in a way rare for episodic television versus the usual stereotype of heroic doctors. The mother collides into a wall of hubris and the legal system in the end offers no justice for doctors playing god and engaging in deliberate concealment. The resolution is deeply unsettling. not a flattering portrait of the American health care system.
This episode contains the single most disturbing scene of the series with a mother doing an autopsy on her own son. I know when I first saw it I squirmed at something so unsettling, even done under desperate duress. One finishes viewing without a final simplistic impression of right and wrong but real-world shades of gray.
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