Inspired by the oldest public hospital in America, this unique medical drama follows the brilliant and charming Dr. Max Goodwin, the institution's newest medical director who sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care. How can he help? Well, the doctors and staff have heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin must disrupt the status quo and prove he will stop at nothing to breathe new life into this understaffed, underfunded and underappreciated hospital - the only one in the world capable of treating Ebola patients, prisoners from Rikers and the President of the United States under one roof - and return it to the glory that put it on the map.
Tropes:
- Dead Guy Junior: Max decides to name his daughter Luna, after his sister who died aged 8.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Dr. Frome puts a psychiatric hold on one of his patients, Jemma, in an attempt to stop her from going back into the foster care system. This ends up backfiring as Jemma bristles at the strict rules in the psych ward, so Frome breaks another rule, tracking down the estranged daughter of one of the few foster parents that Jemma actually liked, and guilt-tripping her into meeting Jemma to discuss adoption.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: In the opening scene, Max fires the entire cardiovascular surgical wing for their high mortality rate. Cue a score of angry calls to lawyers and the loss of all that billing.
- Wham Line:You have cancer.
