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REVIEW: It’s no
St Elsewhere or
ER. Heck, it isn’t even the best current American medical drama on TV (that honour surely goes to heartfelt New York-based
New Amsterdam). The Resident, just arrived back for its fourth season on TVNZ OnDemand. It’s certainly not the writing which keeps you coming back. Heavy-handed at best, cringingly awful at worst, each episode is filled with regular laments about the US medical system, usually soliloquies that are quickly forgotten. And it ain’t the visceral depictions of the high risk surgeries – at least for me anyway. I find myself looking away for at least three or four minutes every episode, as they dive into yet another groundbreaking neuro or cardio-vascular operation.