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Mercy - Season 1

post #1 of 6
9/23/09 at 7:08am
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Are you ready for another show about nurses at Mercy Hospital?  NBC is hoping you are, and the pilot airs tonight at 8 p.m. EDT.  I only recognized Michelle Trachtenberg from the cast.
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post #2 of 6
9/23/09 at 4:14pm
Good thing I don't watch those other nurse shows. I saw a promo, and the lead caught my eye: Taylor Schilling, a virtual unknown. She's why I'm tuning in tonight.

All the reviews I've read have been unkind, though. (And apparently this show was supposed to be mid-season, but was moved ahead because Maura Tierney dropped out of Parenthood due to her cancer.)
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post #3 of 6
9/27/09 at 12:14am
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Crap, that Taylor Schilling is a star-in-the-making.  I couldn't take my eyes off her in this pilot episode.  She reminds me of a young Jessica Lange.

The pilot episode itself had an amateurish production quality to it, but it's a show that could grow on me, though I fear it will end up being canned unless NBC doesn't have anything else to run in its timeslot in spite of low ratings.

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post #4 of 6
10/1/09 at 8:51am
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This show is the true surprise of the 2009 TV season for me.  There is a lot of humanity on display, plus characters not afraid to say what they want (sometimes, scripted TV is just about a lot of passive-agressive behavior mined for laughs).  Also, the family jousting with one another makes for a more rounded look at Veronica's life in and out of the hospital without feeling forced or contrived.  It's just a very down-to-earth show, but with just enough comic moments to relieve the medical drama tension of a show about nurses, and to point out irony of situations that develop.  Also, the characters just feel a little more like people with their own individual lives who happen to intersect at the workplace, and it overflows into personal time every so often.  It's not just about the main character, where every other recurring character just shows up to support and buoy the main character due to plot-driven reasons.

The second episode was better directed, and the actors had a better handle on their characters, and the cast chemistry is developing well.

And, yeah, Taylor Schilling is lovely to stare at, hope she finds a lot of success in the future.
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post #5 of 6
10/8/09 at 6:48am
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Dear NBC,

Please don't cancel this show.  It's grown on me, and it does a good job balancing their hospital lives and home lives.
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post #6 of 6
10/23/09 at 8:59pm
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Thanks to NBC for picking up "Mercy" for a full season.  I'm still enjoying this show.
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