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In the premiere of this medical procedural drama set in a military hospital in Afghanistan, doctors and nurses from allied countries provide surgical care to troops. First up: Maj. Gordon (Michelle Borth) and Capt. Trang (Terry Chen) report for duty and deal with rocket attacks, flying shrapnel and waves of wounded troops.
When the hospital has an outbreak of an unknown bacterial infection, the OR, ICU and recovery room are quarantined so doctors perform surgery in the dining hall. Meanwhile, Gordon and Pedersen encounter an emergency at a women's clinic off base.
Rebecca and Bobby operate on a severely wounded soldier, and the blood supply dwindles; Simon runs into an old flame (Tia Carrere), a photojournalist who sparks his interest anew; Marks names Rebecca as morale officer; and Vans discovers a new talent.
A Romanian civilian suffers a brain hemorrhage and needs immediate neurosurgery, and Simon must talk Rebecca through the operation on a cell phone from a medevac helicopter; Bobby and Pedersen examine a high-ranking Air Force officer with insomnia who has an imminent critical mission.
A civilian wedding party is caught in Taliban crossfire and treated at Role 3; Marks gets a troubling call from home and discusses it with Pedersen; and Rebecca and Bobby sit in on Pedersen's group-therapy session, and Rebecca wonders if she shared too much.
A private serves as a lucky charm for seven wounded soldiers in his unit, who all survive their injuries without complications after he arrives. Elsewhere, Suzy Chao works with Bobby on his research and discovers his charms.
Rebecca withholds treatment to a soldier, but she comes to doubt her decision during an investigation into the incident. Adam Beach guest stars as Snake Eater.
Bobby makes a controversial decision to try to save a patient at all costs, and that decision opens a rift between the doctors and the nurses at Role 3 Hospital.
Vans' friend is injured in an explosion, and allegiances are called into question.
A chaplain (Camille Sullivan) has a lapse of faith but is ordered to hold a vigil with Simon during a difficult surgery.
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Critic Reviews for Combat Hospital Season 1
All Critics (14) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (8)
It's too bad Combat Hospital is such an uninspired piece of work.
Combat Hospital still has flashes of intelligence. Definitely worth a second look.
A smart, sedate Canadian production.
It may not be the worst new drama to hit TV screens this summer, but it's certainly the blandest.
Not bad, but not something I'm going to be rushing back to watch.
Combat Hospital has accomplished what a few years ago I would have thought impossible: it has made the dramatizing of an ongoing war boring.
Not the best pacing considering the subject matter.
The promos notwithstanding, it's a low-key, well-acted pilot
In spite of its serious subject matter, there's something about Combat Hospital that feels like a gag, or at least like one of those trumped-up TV shows they slip into real movies for the sake of comedy.
If it's willing to be a little more creative and take some chances, there may be more story potential.
The "medical drama" is far too paltry to sustain the series without ramping up the relevance of the war context.
Combat Hospital leaves no cliche unturned.
Audience Reviews for Combat Hospital: Season 1
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Jan 20, 2019Season 1 was pretty good except the brunette main character. I think if they had replaced her with someone else, it would have made another season. That actor alone ruined the show.
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