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* MurderByInaction: [[spoiler: Rush gets into an altercation with J.P Harris, and in the struggle Harris crashes into a glass table and gets stabbed in an artery with a glass shard. Rather than help him, Rush watches coldly as Harris bleeds out. [[KickTheSonOfABitch Not that he didn't deserve it]].]]
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* MurderByInaction: [[spoiler: Rush gets into an altercation with J.P Harris, and in the struggle Harris crashes into a glass table and gets stabbed in an artery with a glass shard. Rather than help him, Rush watches coldly as Harris bleeds out. [[KickTheSonOfABitch Not that he didn't deserve it]].it.]]
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* PunnyName: Doctor Rush has a drug habit. "Rush" is slang for the feeling when the drugs kick in.
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* OedipusComplex: Rush has a....''complicated'' relationship with his stepmother. [[spoiler: Made worse when she tells him in the season finale that she's pregnant with his baby.]]
* OldFlame: Sarah.
* OldFlame: Sarah.
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* IllGirl: [[spoiler: Sarah, who is suffering from ovarian cancer and had dealt with breast cancer prior to the series.]]
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* BastardBoyfriend: J.P Harris was one to Eve, up to and including [[spoiler: beating her and causing her to miscarry their baby.]]
* DomesticAbuser: J.P Harris was one to Eve, up to and including [[spoiler: beating her and causing her to miscarry their baby.]]
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* TheHedonist: ''Rush.'' Partying, drugs, booze, women....
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* TheHedonist: ''Rush.'' Partying, drugs, booze, women....women...
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* TrueNeutral: What Rush tries to be. His policy is to not judge his powerful clients on the proclivities that have them calling him for help, no matter how perverse or illegal, and ensure that he gets paid handsomely for his services.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Despite his antagonistic relationship with his father, it's obvious that Will still desires his approval and validation, and is distraught when Warren dismisses his career as 'working out of the back of [his] car.'
* WellDoneSonGuy: Despite his antagonistic relationship with his father, it's obvious that Will still desires his approval and validation, and is distraught when Warren dismisses his career as 'working out of the back of [his] car.'
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* Blackmail: [[spoiler: J.P Harris invokes this on Eve. He keeps the gun she used to shoot him so she doesn't go to the police to report his attempted rape.]]
* Cliffhanger: As the show only lasted one season, a lot of plot threads were left unresolved. Namely, [[spoiler: Alex facing divorce from his wife Laurel for cheating, Corinne (Rush's stepmother) revealing that she's pregnant with his baby, Manny getting arrested for possessing the gun that J.P Harris had on him and seemingly selling Rush out to the police.]]
* Cliffhanger: As the show only lasted one season, a lot of plot threads were left unresolved. Namely, [[spoiler: Alex facing divorce from his wife Laurel for cheating, Corinne (Rush's stepmother) revealing that she's pregnant with his baby, Manny getting arrested for possessing the gun that J.P Harris had on him and seemingly selling Rush out to the police.]]
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* Blackmail: {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: J.P Harris invokes this on Eve. He keeps the gun she used to shoot him so she doesn't go to the police to report his attempted rape.]]
*Cliffhanger: {{Cliffhanger}}: As the show only lasted one season, a lot of plot threads were left unresolved. Namely, [[spoiler: Alex facing divorce from his wife Laurel for cheating, Corinne (Rush's stepmother) revealing that she's pregnant with his baby, Manny getting arrested for possessing the gun that J.P Harris had on him and seemingly selling Rush out to the police.]]
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Played with. [[spoiler: After getting back together with Sarah and convincing her to start a family with him, Rush takes active steps to leave his shady concierge work behind. He gets rid of all his drugs, pours out his alcohol and even convinces his father to give him a job at the hospital again. By episode's end, a series of events convinces him that he's in too deep and can never give Sarah the kind of stability she's looking for. The minute he breaks up with her, he's back to snorting cocaine.]]
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Played with. [[spoiler: After getting HopeSpot: The last three episodes are this for Rush. He gets back together with Sarah and convincing her starts to start plan a family future with him, Rush takes active steps to leave her that includes a family, he weans himself off his shady concierge work behind. He gets rid of all his drugs, pours out his alcohol illegal subtances, starts actually eating, and even convinces his father to give him accepts a new job at the hospital again. By episode's end, a series of events convinces him so that he's in too deep he no longer has to act as a shady doctor-for-fire for the rich and can never give Sarah depraved. [[spoiler: By the kind end of stability she's looking for. The minute the last episode, he breaks up with her, he's back to Sarah, starts snorting cocaine.cocaine again and is about to be arrested for the murder of J.P Harris.]]
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In the season finale, Rush breaks up with Eve after just rekindling their relationship, because he's ashamed of everything he's had to do as a concierge doctor and doesn't want that taint to ruin her. She even warns him that she won't give him another chance with her, and he persists.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: In the season finale, Rush breaks up with Eve Sarah after just rekindling their relationship, because he's ashamed of everything he's had to do as a concierge doctor and doesn't want that taint to ruin her. She even warns him that she won't give him another chance with her, and he persists.]]
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Tom Ellis is a Welsh actor. His American accent is...rough, for the first two episodes, but he gets the hang of it as the series progresses.
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* Blackmail: [[spoiler: J.P Harris invokes this on Eve. He keeps the gun she used to shoot him so she doesn't go to the police to report his attempted rape.]]
* GirlFriday: Eve, Rush's beleaguered assistant.
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* IllGirl: [[spoiler: Sarah, who is suffering from ovarian cancer and had dealt with breast cancer prior to the series.]]
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* MurderByInaction: [[spoiler: Rush gets into an altercation with J.P Harris, and in the struggle Harris crashes into a glass table and gets stabbed in an artery with a glass shard. Rather than help him, Rush watches coldly as Harris bleeds out. [[KickTheSonOfABitch Not that he didn't deserve it]].]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: J.P Harris in episode nine. He forces his way into Eve's apartment, tries to rape her and gets shot by her. She's convinced she's killed him...only for him to call Rush in the next episode.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: J.P Harris in episode nine. He forces his way into Eve's apartment, tries to rape her and gets shot by her. She's convinced she's killed him...only for him to call Rush in the next episode.]]
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* DaddyIssues: Rush does ''not'' have the best relationship with his father Warren.
* DrFeelGood: Played with. Rush has no compuction whatsoever about treating his patients with illegal drugs if that's what it takes to treat them. In the second episode, he uses a sachet of cocaine to stop a bleeding septum of an aspiring boxer.
* DrowningMySorrows: When Rush has to deal with some kind of trauma or distress, his first instinct is to down whatever illicit substances he has on hand to numb his feelings and make him 'focus.'
* DrowningMySorrows: When Rush has to deal with some kind of trauma or distress, his first instinct is to down whatever illicit substances he has on hand to numb his feelings and make him 'focus.'
* TheHedonist: ''Rush.'' Partying, drugs, booze, women....
* InsistentTerminology: Despite being fired in disgrace, it's clear that Rush takes pride in being a doctor and insists on being addressed as such despite his new line of work.
* MissingMom: Rush's biological mother. She either died prior to the series or divorced his father. It's never made clear what happened to her.
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* OedipusComplex: Rush has a....''complicated'' relationship with his stepmother.
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* OedipusComplex: Rush has a....''complicated'' relationship with his stepmother. [[spoiler: Made worse when she tells him in the season finale that she's pregnant with his baby.]]
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* TrueNeutral: What Rush tries to be. His policy is to not judge his powerful clients on the proclivities that have them calling him for help, no matter how perverse or illegal, and ensure that he gets paid handsomely for his services.
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* TrueNeutral: What Rush tries to be. His policy is to not judge his powerful clients on the proclivities that have them calling him for help, no matter how perverse or illegal, and ensure that he gets paid handsomely for his services.services.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Despite his antagonistic relationship with his father, it's obvious that Will still desires his approval and validation, and is distraught when Warren dismisses his career as 'working out of the back of [his] car.'
* WellDoneSonGuy: Despite his antagonistic relationship with his father, it's obvious that Will still desires his approval and validation, and is distraught when Warren dismisses his career as 'working out of the back of [his] car.'
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The main reason why Sarah always drifts in and out of Rush's life.
* BastardBoyfriend: J.P Harris was one to Eve, up to and including [[spoiler: beating her and causing her to miscarry their baby.]]
* BerserkButton: Rush doesn't take kindly to men who abuse their partners. [[spoiler: Hinted to be the result of him watching his former friend J.P Harris abuse Eve.]]
* BlackAndNerdy: Alex Burke, Rush's best friend.
* Cliffhanger: As the show only lasted one season, a lot of plot threads were left unresolved. Namely, [[spoiler: Alex facing divorce from his wife Laurel for cheating, Corinne (Rush's stepmother) revealing that she's pregnant with his baby, Manny getting arrested for possessing the gun that J.P Harris had on him and seemingly selling Rush out to the police.]]
* DaddyIssues: Rush does ''not'' have the best relationship with his father Warren.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Eve.
* BastardBoyfriend: J.P Harris was one to Eve, up to and including [[spoiler: beating her and causing her to miscarry their baby.]]
* BerserkButton: Rush doesn't take kindly to men who abuse their partners. [[spoiler: Hinted to be the result of him watching his former friend J.P Harris abuse Eve.]]
* BlackAndNerdy: Alex Burke, Rush's best friend.
* Cliffhanger: As the show only lasted one season, a lot of plot threads were left unresolved. Namely, [[spoiler: Alex facing divorce from his wife Laurel for cheating, Corinne (Rush's stepmother) revealing that she's pregnant with his baby, Manny getting arrested for possessing the gun that J.P Harris had on him and seemingly selling Rush out to the police.]]
* DaddyIssues: Rush does ''not'' have the best relationship with his father Warren.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Eve.
* ForYourOwnGood: Warren Rush's reason for making Will [[spoiler: take the drug test that would get him fired from the hospital and his license suspended. It takes Will a long time to admit that his father made the right call.]]
* HappilyMarried: Alex to his wife of ten years, Laurel. [[spoiler: Ends by the season finale, after she found out about him cheating on her.]]
* HisGirlFriday: Eve, Rush's beleaguered assistant.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rush.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In the season finale, Rush breaks up with Eve after just rekindling their relationship, because he's ashamed of everything he's had to do as a concierge doctor and doesn't want that taint to ruin her. She even warns him that she won't give him another chance with her, and he persists.
* HappilyMarried: Alex to his wife of ten years, Laurel. [[spoiler: Ends by the season finale, after she found out about him cheating on her.]]
* HisGirlFriday: Eve, Rush's beleaguered assistant.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rush.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In the season finale, Rush breaks up with Eve after just rekindling their relationship, because he's ashamed of everything he's had to do as a concierge doctor and doesn't want that taint to ruin her. She even warns him that she won't give him another chance with her, and he persists.
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* SlaveToPR: Rush makes his living by offering concierge medicine to ultra-wealthy clients who don't want to be seen going to a regular hospital.
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* OedipusComplex: Rush has a....''complicated'' relationship with his stepmother.
* OldFlame: Sarah.
* SlaveToPR: Rush makes his living by offering concierge medicine to ultra-wealthy clients who don't want to be seen going to a regularhospital.hospital.
* TrueNeutral: What Rush tries to be. His policy is to not judge his powerful clients on the proclivities that have them calling him for help, no matter how perverse or illegal, and ensure that he gets paid handsomely for his services.
* OldFlame: Sarah.
* SlaveToPR: Rush makes his living by offering concierge medicine to ultra-wealthy clients who don't want to be seen going to a regular
* TrueNeutral: What Rush tries to be. His policy is to not judge his powerful clients on the proclivities that have them calling him for help, no matter how perverse or illegal, and ensure that he gets paid handsomely for his services.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Rush goes to a medical conference where he encounters his ex-girlfriend, Dr. Sarah Peterson. Sarah is there with her new boyfriend Dr. Griffin Wagner. Rush still has strong feelings for Sarah but is trying to let her go, so he makes a token attempt to befriend Griffin. Griffin is a great guy and a splendid doctor, but he is very insecure about his relationship with Sarah, because he heard so many things about the wild and exciting William Rush and knows that Sarah is not yet fully over Rush. After a few drinks Griffin tries to show that he can be as spontaneous and unpredictable as Rush and performs a dangerous stunt that almost gets him killed. Rush saves his life, but the two men get arrested. Much to Sarah's chagrin, they end up bonding over the experience.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Rush goes to a medical conference where he encounters his ex-girlfriend, Dr. Sarah Peterson. Sarah is there with her new boyfriend Dr. Griffin Wagner. Rush still has strong feelings for Sarah but is trying to let her go, so he makes a token attempt to befriend Griffin. Griffin is a great guy and a splendid doctor, but he is very insecure about his relationship with Sarah, because he heard so many things about the wild and exciting William Rush and knows that Sarah is not yet fully over Rush. After a few drinks Griffin tries to show that he can be as spontaneous and unpredictable as Rush and performs a dangerous stunt that almost gets him killed. Rush saves his life, but the two men get arrested. Much to Sarah's chagrin, they end up bonding over the experience.experience.
* SlaveToPR: Rush makes his living by offering concierge medicine to ultra-wealthy clients who don't want to be seen going to a regular hospital.
* SlaveToPR: Rush makes his living by offering concierge medicine to ultra-wealthy clients who don't want to be seen going to a regular hospital.
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''Rush'' was a short-lived 2014 medical drama starring Tom Ellis and airing on Creator/USANetwork.
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''Rush'' was a short-lived 2014 medical drama starring Tom Ellis and airing on Creator/USANetwork.
After getting fired by a major Los Angeles hospital, Dr. William Rush becomes a concierge doctor catering to clients with a lot of money and a desire to keep their medical problems under wraps.
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!!This series contains examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Dr. Rush has a terrible drug and alcohol habit, and much of his profits go towards feeding it. His personal assistant Eve tries to keep him on track.
* FireForgedFriends: Rush manages to become friends with his ex-girlfriend's new beau after he saves the man's life.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: Rush goes to a medical conference where he encounters his ex-girlfriend, Dr. Sarah Peterson. Sarah is there with her new boyfriend Dr. Griffin Wagner. Rush still has strong feelings for Sarah but is trying to let her go, so he makes a token attempt to befriend Griffin. Griffin is a great guy and a splendid doctor, but he is very insecure about his relationship with Sarah, because he heard so many things about the wild and exciting William Rush and knows that Sarah is not yet fully over Rush. After a few drinks Griffin tries to show that he can be as spontaneous and unpredictable as Rush and performs a dangerous stunt that almost gets him killed. Rush saves his life, but the two men get arrested. Much to Sarah's chagrin, they end up bonding over the experience.
After getting fired by a major Los Angeles hospital, Dr. William Rush becomes a concierge doctor catering to clients with a lot of money and a desire to keep their medical problems under wraps.
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!!This series contains examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Dr. Rush has a terrible drug and alcohol habit, and much of his profits go towards feeding it. His personal assistant Eve tries to keep him on track.
* FireForgedFriends: Rush manages to become friends with his ex-girlfriend's new beau after he saves the man's life.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: Rush goes to a medical conference where he encounters his ex-girlfriend, Dr. Sarah Peterson. Sarah is there with her new boyfriend Dr. Griffin Wagner. Rush still has strong feelings for Sarah but is trying to let her go, so he makes a token attempt to befriend Griffin. Griffin is a great guy and a splendid doctor, but he is very insecure about his relationship with Sarah, because he heard so many things about the wild and exciting William Rush and knows that Sarah is not yet fully over Rush. After a few drinks Griffin tries to show that he can be as spontaneous and unpredictable as Rush and performs a dangerous stunt that almost gets him killed. Rush saves his life, but the two men get arrested. Much to Sarah's chagrin, they end up bonding over the experience.
