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Season 1 – Three Rivers

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Dr. Andy Yablonski (Alex O'Loughlin, "Moonlight") leads an elite team of medical professionals who work with organ transplant patients and their families, offering a last chance at hope for many. At the preeminent transplant hospital in the country, Yablonski and his colleagues race against time to save lives, as well as managing the fears and concerns of worried family members of donors and recipients alike.
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Three Rivers — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

A run-of-the-mill medical drama, Three Rivers offers little beyond an attractive cast to stand out from the pack.

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Noel Murray AV Club 09/23/2019
C
Three Rivers is a chicken soup kind of show. Go to Full Review
Mike Hale New York Times 10/12/2009
If it can hang on long enough, maybe "ER" or "St. Elsewhere" will donate a soul. Go to Full Review
Tim Goodman San Francisco Chronicle 10/12/2009
Oh, hey, look - it's a hospital drama. Never saw that coming. Doctors and nurses - and really good-looking ones at that - in a hospital saving lives? What will they think of next? Go to Full Review
Ed Bark Uncle Barky 09/23/2019
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It all ends up being quite predictable and at times decidedly maudlin. Go to Full Review
Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media 09/23/2019
3/5
[F]or medical drama enthusiasts, Three Rivers will be sure to please. Go to Full Review
Dustin Rowles Pajiba 06/15/2018
The medical cliches, the bad acting, and the poor character development, however, may not even end up being the biggest problems for "Three Rivers." Go to Full Review
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 4, 2009 Place of Life Andy tells a young pregnant woman who has had a heart attack that only a transplant can save her and the fetus; unexpected complications with the donor's family jeopardize the procedure. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 11, 2009 Ryan's First Day The team struggles to save an 18-year-old in need of a double-lung transplant but runs into an obstacle that may prevent her from being eligible for the procedure. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 18, 2009 Good Intentions Andy fights to give a former drug addict a new heart, but things get complicated when the patient disappears right before surgery. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 25, 2009 Code Green A football player's parents must decide whether to donate his organs; Andy and Ryan rush to find a procurement team to give a boy a desperately needed heart transplant. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 1, 2009 Alone Together In order to save his life, Andy tries a risky procedure on his wife's partner, who has an aortic aneurysm. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 8, 2009 Where We Lie Lisa witnesses a boy being crushed by a ride at the fair; David and Andy try to get a ventricular assist device for a patient. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 15, 2009 The Luckiest Man A car crash victim (Mandy Patinkin) dying of Lou Gehrig's disease refuses medical treatment so his organs can be used to help others; a foster parent with pulmonary hypertension refuses to be admitted to the hospital. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 22, 2009 The Kindness of Strangers When a setback leaves a billionaire's wife without a new liver, he resorts to buying one on the black market; a friend from Andy's past resurfaces. Details Episode 9 Aired Jun 5, 2010 Win-Loss When a bride is shot, the team must harvest her lungs to transplant into a college basketball player. Details Episode 10 Aired Jun 12, 2010 A Roll of the Dice Andy must decide if he will let a woman start a daisy chain and donate her kidney to another patient on the chain until a match is found for her husband; Andy suspects a patient is rejecting his new heart. Details Episode 11 Aired Jun 19, 2010 Every Breath You Take A firefighter must decide whether to be a living donor for her captain, who has mistreated her; Andy's uncle turns up with a stab wound. Details Episode 12 Aired Jun 26, 2010 Case Histories Andy is upset when his nemesis, an arrogant heart surgeon, comes back to the hospital. Details Episode 13 Aired Jul 3, 2010 Status 1A Andy puts Kuol at the top of the donor list for a new heart; cops threaten to seize the money that was raised for Kuol's surgery. Details
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Season Info

Director
Rob Bailey, Christina Moore, Matt Earl Beesley, Christine Moore, Peter Markle, Rick Bota, Duane Clark, Jeff Thomas
Executive Producer
Carol Barbee, Curtis Hanson, Carol Fenelon
Screenwriter
Carol Barbee, Greg Walker, Frank Military, David Amann, Ildy Modrovich, Paul Holahan, Jim Adler, David Aman, Lance Gentile
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 4, 2009