Home > Heartbeat > Season 1 « TV Series Page Heartbeat: Season 1 (2015) Want to see Episode List Season 1 Heartbeat Critics Consensus Heartbeat is a Frankensteined drama made up of hospital genre cliches and unlikable characters, though the cases-of-the-week are sporadically interesting. 20% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 25 No Score Yet Audience Score User Ratings: 0 More Info × Close Submit review Want to see Submit review Super Reviewer Super Reviewer Tap to review this movie Review this tv season Edit Review Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1 Pilot Air date: Mar 22, 2016 In the premiere, heart-transplant surgeon Alexandra Panttiere, who's as unorthodox in the OR as she is with the two men in her life, takes on a new case. More 2 Twins Air date: Mar 23, 2016 Alex suggests risky surgery for conjoined twins with cancer; and she questions her relationship with Pierce. More 3 Backwards Air date: Mar 30, 2016 Alex takes on the case of a young man who, due to neurological damage, speaks sentences backwards in order to test new technology. Jesse agrees with the decision, but Millicent doesn't. More 4 100,000 Heartbeats Air date: Apr 6, 2016 Alex and Pierce are at odds about whether the hospital should provide an experimental treatment for patients with advanced-stage cancer. In other events, Max wants to change the family dynamic with Alex; and Ji Sung connects with Callahan. More 5 The Land of Normal Air date: Apr 20, 2016 On the anniversary of her sister's death, Alex performs heart surgery on a patient who fears she can't leave her personal grief out of the operating room. In other events, Millicent dates a sexy artist; and Pierce wants a bigger role in Alex's family. More 6 The Inverse Air date: Apr 27, 2016 A case brings back memories for Alex, Jesse and Millicent when they try to save a heart transplant patient who sustained devastating injuries in a car crash. More 7 Permanent Glitter Air date: May 4, 2016 Alex and Ji Sung fight to save the life of a transgender woman with breast cancer; and a consultant from another hospital forces Jesse to confront his feelings for Alex. More 8 Match Game Air date: May 11, 2016 An unlikely donor emerges when Alex's father needs a new kidney; and family secrets threaten the father-daughter bond. More 9 Sanctuary Air date: May 18, 2016 Alex tries to fulfill a dying wish made by a young heart patient. More 10 What Happens in Vegas... Happens Air date: May 25, 2016 In the Season 1 finale, a mysterious illness sends the hospital into lockdown; and leaves Alex fighting to save the lives of Jesse, Pierce and Ji-Sung. In other events, Millicent deals with the consequences when Alex disobeys the CDC; and an elderly man's search for his missing wife causes Alex to make a major decision about her love life. More Heartbeat: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (1) Tv Season Info Melissa George stars in the one-season-and-done medical drama as heart-transplant surgeon Alex Panttiere, who bucks convention on the job at St. Matthew's Hospital in L.A. and also in her personal life. She handles an array of tricky cases, including—in the opener—going against procedures after the heart she needs for a patient is given to someone else; and, later, figuring out how best to handle conjoined twins who have cancer. She also performs surgery on the anniversary of her sister's death; fights to save the life of a transgender woman with breast cancer; and struggles to save a patient's life while the hospital is in lockdown mode. On the personal front, she deals with a gay ex-husband, a boyfriend and a former flame who's just re-entered her life—and workplace. Genre: Drama Network: NBC Premiere Date: Mar 22, 2016 Creator: Jill Gordon Exec. Producers: Jill Gordon, Amy Brenneman, Brad Silberling, Robert Duncan McNeill Cast Melissa George as Dr. Alex Panttiere Dave Annable as Pierson "Pierce" Harrison Don Hany as Jessie Shane Shelley Conn as Millicent Newbauer D.L. Hughley as Dr. Hackett Jamie Kennedy as Dr. Callahan Maya Erskine as Gi-Sung J. Louis Mills as Dr. Forester Joshua Leonard as Max Rudy Martinez as Marty Wilson Cruz Caitlyn Larimore Steele Stebbins Sara Paxton Christopher Gorham Kevin Weisman as Dr. Brenneman Candis Cayne Michael Nouri Virginia Kull Brianne Davis JoBeth Williams Mo Gaffney Sara Tomko Makenzie Vega Kathleen Chalfant Noah Lomax Brenda Bakke Andrew T. Lee Nate Mooney Stephanie Nash Nick Thurston Justina Machado David Burke Ruben Garfias Gracie Grenier Megan Mcnulty Lenora May as Nurse Show More Cast News & Interviews for Heartbeat: Season 1 Best and Worst Reviewed Television Series by Network Is Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Critical Kryptonite? View All Heartbeat: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Pilot Air date: Mar 22, 2016 In the premiere, heart-transplant surgeon Alexandra Panttiere, who's as unorthodox in the OR as she is with the two men in her life, takes on a new case. More 2 Twins Air date: Mar 23, 2016 Alex suggests risky surgery for conjoined twins with cancer; and she questions her relationship with Pierce. More 3 Backwards Air date: Mar 30, 2016 Alex takes on the case of a young man who, due to neurological damage, speaks sentences backwards in order to test new technology. Jesse agrees with the decision, but Millicent doesn't. More 4 100,000 Heartbeats Air date: Apr 6, 2016 Alex and Pierce are at odds about whether the hospital should provide an experimental treatment for patients with advanced-stage cancer. In other events, Max wants to change the family dynamic with Alex; and Ji Sung connects with Callahan. More 5 The Land of Normal Air date: Apr 20, 2016 On the anniversary of her sister's death, Alex performs heart surgery on a patient who fears she can't leave her personal grief out of the operating room. In other events, Millicent dates a sexy artist; and Pierce wants a bigger role in Alex's family. More 6 The Inverse Air date: Apr 27, 2016 A case brings back memories for Alex, Jesse and Millicent when they try to save a heart transplant patient who sustained devastating injuries in a car crash. More 7 Permanent Glitter Air date: May 4, 2016 Alex and Ji Sung fight to save the life of a transgender woman with breast cancer; and a consultant from another hospital forces Jesse to confront his feelings for Alex. More 8 Match Game Air date: May 11, 2016 An unlikely donor emerges when Alex's father needs a new kidney; and family secrets threaten the father-daughter bond. More 9 Sanctuary Air date: May 18, 2016 Alex tries to fulfill a dying wish made by a young heart patient. More 10 What Happens in Vegas... Happens Air date: May 25, 2016 In the Season 1 finale, a mysterious illness sends the hospital into lockdown; and leaves Alex fighting to save the lives of Jesse, Pierce and Ji-Sung. In other events, Millicent deals with the consequences when Alex disobeys the CDC; and an elderly man's search for his missing wife causes Alex to make a major decision about her love life. More Critic Reviews for Heartbeat Season 1 All Critics (25) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (20) Heartbeat is another forgettable medical drama that... will only leave audiences feeling sorry for doctors and their love lives, and scared to ever enter a hospital like this. Jun 13, 2018 | Full Review… Amber Dowling TheWrap Top Critic The rest of us aren't likely to last much past the scene in which Alex pounds on the glass walls in her boss' office and shrieks, "I'm not leaving without my heart!" Whatever. Just go. Mar 22, 2016 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review… Gail Pennington St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Critic One wishes the series would fixate less on the chaos of [Dr.] Panttiere's love life. For all the longing gazes and hasty workplace hookups, Heartbeat is at its most pulse-pounding when it simply steps back to let her do her job. Mar 21, 2016 | Full Review… Isaac Feldberg Boston Globe Top Critic Heartbeat seems like a Rhimes show, but it isn't one. It's Grey's Anatomy without the charm. Mar 21, 2016 | Full Review… Hal Boedeker Orlando Sentinel Top Critic With its rush-about protagonist flirting, sobbing, threatening, cajoling and commiserating, all the while trying to find the true meaning of something or other. Sedative, please. STAT. Mar 18, 2016 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic NBC's Heartbeat is an annoying anachronism of a show, a program that openly steals ideas from better shows like Grey's Anatomy, ER and House, but has no idea what to do with them. Mar 22, 2016 | Full Review… Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Top Critic The moribund midseason series is a patchwork operation that sloppily stitches together bits and pieces of healthier hospital shows, past and present. Mar 18, 2016 | Full Review… Mark Dawidziak Cleveland Plain Dealer Mawkishly manipulative when it isn't being annoyingly self-satisfied, Heartbeat works off an overused prescription pad of familiar plot devices. Mar 22, 2016 | Full Review… Matt Roush TV Insider NBC's new medical drama Heartbeat is Grey's Anatomy for morons. Mar 21, 2016 | Full Review… Mark A. Perigard Boston Herald While the likable cast - which includes D.L. Hughley, Jamie Kennedy and Maya Erskine - is easy to root for, there is little else to distinguish "Heartbeat" from numerous other medical shows. Mar 21, 2016 | Full Review… Rob Lowman Los Angeles Daily News The show's supporting characters are all some combination of bland, unbelievable, and/or reprehensible. Mar 21, 2016 | Rating: D+ | Full Review… Michael Slezak TV Line Given the fact that Heartbeat tries to present Alex as a feminist role-model, it's unfortunate that she is defined almost entirely by the men around her. Mar 22, 2016 | Full Review… Ken Tucker Yahoo! TV View All Critic Reviews (25) Audience Reviews for Heartbeat: Season 1 There are no featured audience reviews yet. Click the link below to see what others say about Heartbeat: Season 1! 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