History Series / MercyPoint

You can watch the opening credits [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK8TAF6K80A here]], the studio's sizzle reel [[https://youtu.be/v-B4Oe5SPDc here]], and the first few minutes of the pilot episode ("New Arrivals") [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyepn0-HLW0 here]].

%% * AnythingThatMoves: C.J. Jurado

While it could legitimately be described as "''Series/{{ER}}'' [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]-]!"--the visual style, with heavy use of [[SteadiCam [=SteadiCams=]]] and fast-paced WalkAndTalk sequences, is a direct imitation--the show was more than that. It featured intriguing characters in a setting that felt like a small part of a larger, well-developed [[TheVerse fictional universe]].

* AnythingThatMoves: C.J. Jurado
* AppliedPhlebotinum

* BuildingOfAdventure: the space station
* TheIntern: Dr. Dru Breslauer

* PatientOfTheWeek
** AnyoneCanDie: while not true for the main characters, their patients were by no means guaranteed a favorable outcome
* RobotGirl: [=ANI=], the Android Nursing Interface
** DoAndroidsDream: there were hints that [=ANI=] might be self-aware and have emotions
** JustAMachine: the other nurses resent [=ANI's=] presence
** UncannyValley: Even though [=ANI=] is [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots visually indistinguishable from a human being]], she's a little "off" in some of her interpersonal interactions
** WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Dr. Haylen Breslauer
** ExecutiveMeddling: the hospital's governing body, the Inter-Species Council, is an InUniverse example
* RecoveredAddict: Dr. Dru Breslauer
* RubberForeheadAlien: surgeon Dr. Batung, orderly Nagnam, and many of the patients

* WhatTheHellHero: Dr. Batung amputates a human patient's badly damaged legs, on the theory that high-tech prosthetics will be better for her than a long rehabilitation--thereby destroying her career as a zero-gravity gymnast

While it could legitimately be described as "''Series/{{ER}}'' [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]-]!"--the visual style, with heavy use of [[SteadiCam [=SteadiCams=]]] and fast-paced WalkAndTalk sequences, is a direct imitation--the show was a little more than that. It featured intriguing characters in a setting that felt like a small part of a larger, well-developed [[TheVerse fictional universe]].

* MeaningfulName: the hospital's computer system is named "Hipp"--short for Hippocrates

* RubberForeheadAlien: surgeon Dr. Batung and orderly Nagnam, and many of the patients

You can watch the opening credits [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK8TAF6K80A here]], and the first few minutes of the pilot episode ("New Arrivals") [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyepn0-HLW0 here]].

* BottleEpisode: nearly everything seen on screen took place at Mercy Point

** The first scene of the pilot episode is a nurse waking up a doctor to get him to start his shift--just like the first scene of the pilot of ''Series/{{ER}}''

** DoAndroisdDream: there were hints that [=ANI=] might be self-aware and have emotions

** UncannyValley: Even though [=ANI=] is [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots visually indistinguishable from a human being]], she's a little "off" in some of her interpersonal interactions, and her presence is [[JustAMachine resented by the nursing staff]]

* ShoutOut: the first scene of the pilot episode is a nurse waking up a doctor--just like [[Series/{{ER}} the first scene of the pilot of a certain well-known medical drama]].

[[ShortRunner Short-lived]] Creator/UPN science fiction drama (8 episodes, only 7 aired) taking place on a SpaceStation medical facility in the 23rd Century staffed by, and serving, both humans and aliens.

[[ShortRunner Short-lived]] UPN science fiction drama (8 episodes) taking place on a SpaceStation medical facility in the 23rd Century staffed by, and serving, both humans and aliens.

* BottleShow

* TheIntern: Dru Breslauer

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Haylen Breslauer

* RecoveredAddict: Dru Breslauer
* RubberForeheadAlien: surgeon Batung and orderly Nagnam, and many of the patients
* ShoutOut: the first scene of the pilot episode is a nurse waking up a doctor--just like [[Series/{{ER}} the first scene of the pilot of a certain well-known medical drama]].

* RubberForeheadAlien: Dr. Batung, Nagnam

While it could legitimately be described as "''Series/{{ER}}'' [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]"--the visual style, with heavy use of [[SteadiCam [=SteadiCams=]]] and fast-paced WalkAndTalk sequences, is a direct imitation--the show also featured intriguing characters in a setting that felt like a small part of a larger, well-developed [[TheVerse fictional universe]].

* RubberForeheadAlien: Dr. Batung

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