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Season 1 – MDs

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Dr. Robert Dalgety, a dedicated and brilliant general surgeon, and Dr. Bruce Kellerman, head of cardiothoracic surgery, are two renegade surgeons working together in a megasized, megafrugal, aging HMO. With the help of Dr. Quinn Joyner and Dr. Maggie Yang, they buck the system any way they can in pursuit of the care patients need and deserve. On the opposing team are Shelly Pangborn, the new hospital administrator, and assistant hospital administrator, Frank Coones. Together with Nurse "Doctor" Poole, they are more concerned with the bottom line than patients' health.
MDs — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

MDs draws inspiration from M*A*S*H, but its clumsy mix of comedy and melodrama cannot match the quirky and irreverent spirit of the original.

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Bill Goodykoontz Arizona Republic 02/10/2021
A couple of surgeons take on the establishment in a San Francisco hospital. Any further resemblance to M*A*S*H is coincidental. Go to Full Review Howard Rosenberg Los Angeles Times 01/07/2020
It epitomizes a lowbrow hour so terminally afflicted with cliches and bungled attempts to mingle comedy and syrupy drama that it pulls its own plug well before the premiere's ending credits. Go to Full Review Tom Shales Washington Post 01/07/2020
Everyone's so wearyingly overdrawn, and the actors so monotonously keyed up, that "MDs" manages the neat trick of being one of the season's most instantly irritating new shows. Go to Full Review Scott D. Pierce Deseret News (Salt Lake City) 01/07/2020
"MDs" isn't "M*A*S*H." It isn't nearly that well-done. Its quirkiness is more affected than effective. Go to Full Review Elena Razlogova PopMatters 01/07/2020
With the class and race implications of managed health care left out, MDs' comedic rebellion against the authority of the health care industry fails to hit its target. Go to Full Review David Zurawik Baltimore Sun 01/07/2020
[A] drama that proves no one can make quite as brain-dead a series as Disney-ABC these days. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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William Fichtner

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John Hannah

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Leslie Stefanson

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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

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Jane Lynch

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Robert Joy

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 25, 2002 Time of Death Doctors at Mission General Hospital in San Francisco bend the rules and exploit loopholes to treat their patients. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 2, 2002 A la Casa Intern Maggie Yang copes with the chaos caused by a television camera crew; Kellerman steals a machine to help a heart patient. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 9, 2002 Open Heart A car mows down people at a bus stop in front of Mission General; Kellerman allows his superstitions to interfere with his performance during open-heart surgery on a Buddhist dignitary. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 16, 2002 Heartland Dr. Wiseman risks flying his jet in stormy weather to deliver a heart to a transplant recipient in Las Vegas. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 23, 2002 Cruel and Unusual An executive creates a virtual doctor to save money for the hospital; a death-row prisoner and a private citizen both need the same harvested heart to survive. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 30, 2002 R.I.P. On Halloween, Maggie Yang reads about a rash of hospital murders 50 years ago; an administrator and his friend are arrested for fighting with fraternity boys over a parking space. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 4, 2002 Wing and a Prayer Maggie Yang treats a blues singer (Macy Gray) for a career-threatening condition; one patient seems to be able to heal others just by touching them. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 11, 2002 Reversal of Fortune A man who believes he is a space alien refuses surgery; Donge plots to become the chief administrator; Kellerman finds out his ex-wife is pregnant. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 18, 2002 Family Secrets Dr. Joyner helps an abandoned newborn in need of heart surgery; Kellerman performs surgery alongside an ex-lover; a homeless man is stabbed in the waiting room. Details Episode 10 Airs undefined Connective Tissue San Francisco doctors bend the rules to treat their patients. Details

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Season Info

Director
Peter O'Fallon, Rick Rosenthal, Dan Lerner, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Michael Hoffman, Peter Horton, Michael M. Robin, Vincent Misiano
Executive Producer
Gary Tieche, Marc Platt
Screenwriter
Jonathan R. Hiatt, Robert Doherty, Gary Tieche, Todd Ellis Kessler, Joan Rater, Sharon Lee Watson, David Schulner, Lisa Michelle Payton, Tony Phelan, René Echevarria
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 25, 2002