Record! Two updates in under a month! *dances*
I watched the pilot today, because I wanted to see what a show other than CSI could do with the location of Miami. And while I’m kind of expecting the show to be a flop -- for one thing, it’s in a really bad TV timeslot, IMO; 10pm on Friday night of all nights :( -- there was something a little charming about it. I’d watch another episode. The pilot was a little ridiculous; barely ten seconds into it, a restaurant exploded without warning (clearly setting up the patients/casualties that’d be featured in the episode). I love it :D Miami’s obviously one of the most dangerous places on earth. Continuing to go with these more abnormal danger scenarios might actually be a good idea for the show, especially if there are any other viewers watching out of curiosity on how it compares to CSI:Miami - with all the catastrophes that happen in CSIverse Miami, I’ve always wondered how the ER doctors would fare, so it’s an interesting angle.
Preliminary thoughts on the show itself. The writing seems kind of lame (the one-liners had me rolling eyes way too many times to count), but the connection between the characters seems excellent so far. I totally believed that these trauma doctors were friends that had been working together for ages, they played off of each other so well. That said, I’m not finding anything particularly interesting in any of the characters yet. They’re all likable, sure, but when putting the show up against the more obvious comparisons (House or Grey’s Anatomy), uninteresting characters in the pilot isn’t a good thing. It’d be okay if, say, the show was a procedural and they weren’t supposed to concentrate as much on the characters; it doesn’t seem to be a procedural, though. There was far more attention spent on the doctors’ interactions with each other and with next-of-kins than on the actual patients.
The show reminds me a little of Trauma, what with the strong team dynamics and the “cases”/types-of-crises they deal with - MM completely nails that aspect of rushed medicine and urgency. But I can’t help but think the pacing could use a little work. Unlike Trauma, where there’s high adrenaline situations going on through pretty much the entire episode, Miami Medical’s ER was fairly calm/inactive after the first explosion incident...which was weird. And made for a lot of boring filler in between the few moments there was a serious crisis with a patient. It didn’t seem too realistic that trauma doctors had that much time to stare out of windows and drink coffee..then again, I didn’t really watch ER (I think, the original medical show?), so I have no idea.
And ugh...figures this is how I’d spend my free time :P >_< In all fairness, it's really not a bad show ;)