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Reviews
Shark Tank: Shark Tank LIVE! (2022)
Episode 2 was redemption
You have no clue how happy I was when episode 2 was back to the regular format. The live format was unbelievably horrible. For the first time since the series premiered, I almost couldn't make it through the entire episode.
Polling the audience was a mess and so obviously staged. Half the time, you couldn't hear the Sharks. It was chaos from the word go and all pretense of professionalism went out the back door when the audience came in the front. My biggest fear was that this was going to be the format for the entire season. This would have killed the show. Looking over the other reviews, it's clear I'm not alone in this assessment.
Please please please NEVER do that again.
Bull: The Envelope, Please (2022)
Someone forgot to submit a script for this week...
I love Bull... have been a faithful viewer since it came on the air. Don't waste your time on this one, it's one of those dreaded compilation episodes rehashing stuff from previous episodes through a series of flashbacks. The typical lame attempt to tell a story story without really having a story to tell.
New Amsterdam: In a Strange Land (2021)
You're losing your direction...
This show used to be Max and New Amsterdam against the world and the patients (most of the time) winning... now it's Max against Veronica, the patients are losing much more, and there is more time spent on internal politics than medicine. That is rapidly becoming less and less appealing. Keep out the politics, keep out the preachy messages, and get back to the original focus.
New Amsterdam: Pressure Drop (2021)
Enough is Enough...
When this show first started, Max was idea man... a guy who came up with creative, radical, out of the box but logical resolutions to real-world hospital issues. He made a positive difference.
Now, Max is a buffoon, dealing with the social issue of the day - and doing so badly. Can the writers make him look any more stupid? Can he portray a more incompetent administrator? Racism, Native American rights, global warming, AIDS, child labor, broadband access... he is a medical director who directs everything but the hospital.
Station 19: I Guess I'm Floating (2021)
Isn't this supposed to be about fighting fires?
This was a totally wasted episode that really didn't advance any show-centric story lines. Besides the fact it continues to be preachy, the total lack of action made this episode painful to stick with. I hope they get back to what Station 19 - you know, a fire station - is supposed to be doing soon.
Station 19: Here It Comes Again (2021)
Here it comes...
This has been a pretty decent show, a good lead in to Grey's Anatomy. It's bordered this year on a little preachy with some pretty obvious political overtones but they've not done a horrible job keeping it from being crammed down our throats. If the end of this episode (and the following Grey's episode we couldn't even finish) is any indication, this show is going down a rabbit hole that will, in our minds, make it as unwatchable as Grey's is becoming. Introducing this issue - after almost a full year - looks like a desperate attempt to gain ratings in the current political climate. When TV begins to act like the news, it ceases being entertainment and becomes just another source of depression in a very ugly world.
Chicago Med (2015)
What patient choice/ethical issue/medical SOP can we stomp on today?
When we first started watching this show, it was enjoyable... a typical medical drama, the kind we're both attracted to. But, as the seasons go on, it's just getting worse and worse. The medical staff are portrayed as the most unprofessional people ever. The patients' desires? Who cares, we do what we want. Ethics? Not at this hospital. Standard medical practices? Those are so last week - let's do this unknown procedure we read about on the internet! I real life, that ED would be completely restaffed.
We know that every medical drama takes its liberties but when a show wraps every episode wraps around those liberties, it starts becoming painful to watch. If it wasn't for the fact it is bookended by Fire and PD (and the occasional 2-3 episode crossovers), we'd probably cross this one off our list.