And so what I learned is that from the time that ambulance pulls in, until the time you're in that room, it's two minutes of 'Save my child, save my child', and then we've got two minutes to stabilise and get them up to the OR. It's based on a documentary called Code Black. "Why I think it's so cool, is because it's docu-style. Thanks to real-world inspiration, Code Black has a greater claim to authenticity than most of its kind. And the anxiety and fear and hope from the parent is exactly the same. Some kid's in a car accident, and you want to save them. And the stories that go on at these hospitals are the same, whether you're in Mexico, America, you know, France. But every country in the world has a hospital. "I can't speak about other hospital dramas. It’s important to see these characters grow and learn on the job and not just be the interchangeable new people who run around every week.Television has no shortage of medical dramas, yet they continue to flourish. The first was poor Charlotte as she didn’t make it past the Halloween episode now it’s Noa having to face the fact that patients die. The three residents introduced at the start of the season have all become bigger parts of the show as time goes on. The one bit of “Sleight of Hand” to keep an eye on is Noa. It’s a missed opportunity but at the same time again forgiveable since Jillian Murray hasn’t really had as much screen time in Season 2 compared to some of the other main cast members. It would’ve been interesting if Code Black had continued to explore Angus’s perspective on the case given what just happened with Mike Leighton, but instead the story ultimately ends up being more focused on Heather. You can sort of guess where it’s going, especially when she and her brother start talking about if she can trust him with her son, but that doesn’t make it any less difficult when Heather has to break the bad news and Tim sees his sister’s official declaration that she’s leaving him custody. Then there’s the ‘B’ story which is really anchored by the performance of Sarah Lancaster as Julia. Having said that, the main plotline provides more than the requisite amount of suspense, with everyone really not giving a damn what everyone else thinks (is it a requirement that Campbell and Willis have to disagree on something at least once per episode?) but all of them coming to work together for the ultimate good of their patient. The former is understandable if only because it also services Noa’s character by helping to pick her up after losing a patient, but both stories aren’t among the show’s best. The two more comedic plots, with Jillette and the returning patients, aren’t that memorable. Maybe his little trip on the Russian submarine changed him a bit.Ĭoming off the remarkable if unfortunately scheduled outing that was “1.0 Bodies,” this week’s episode of Code Black feels like it’s not quite on the same level. Luckily for everyone he chooses to join the party. “Sleight of Hand” ends with Willis, Rorish and Jesse smoking cigars to note a job well done just before Campbell shows up. Man, Heather, why are you always kind of a buzzkill? Especially when Julia dies on the operating table this subplot comes crashing right down. Heather Pinkney ( Jillian Murray) has to crash the moment by revealing that Julia has an embolism and needs immediate surgery. He’s happy to see Julia make up with her brother Tim, but then Dr. Angus Leighton ( Harry Ford) who gets the lupus case, which he can relate to given his own recent struggle at the intersection of family and medicine.
He gives a little hope back to Noa just before she has to call the wife of another police officer who wasn’t so lucky.Īnd it’s Dr. Johnny is relaxed about the whole thing and that’s good because the biopsy results actually come back much better. Mario Savetti ( Benjamin Hollingsworth), who quickly warn him that he may have cancer. Rollie Guthrie (William Allen Young) and Dr. Meanwhile, we get returning patients in the form of the guy who thought his anatomy was a good place to put an engagement ring and his new fiancee, Sarah Lancaster ( Chuck) arrives with lupus and a marijuana-smoking brother, and Penn Jillette pops up as a magician named Johnny Prentiss who needs a hand.