chriskoczka-64473
After a couple of episodes, the level of quack, quack supernatural / religious crap has this on my "Don't Bother" list. It also shows rather unprofessional behavior of the doctors.
housedet
I watch a lot of TV mainly because I have a disability that keeps me horizontal for 18 hrs a day, so I would consider myself a pretty good judge of TV show quality. This show not only has a great cast, but the writing is above most other shows, whether they're medical or other variety. ER was always my bar to compare medical dramas, but since watching Saving Hope since the beginning, it has become my favorite program. The actors are so believable as doctors that I would almost trust them to treat my disorder, almost, wink wink. I really enjoy the afterlife touch with Charlie being able to talk to the unconscious/comatose patients, since I had such an experience and it really hits home with me. Just having the spiritual dynamic thrown into the script gives it the extra spark that most programs don't possess. I knew that NBC yanked it way to early, and thank you ION for seeing what a gem the show was.
xeta prime
So, I'm 59 years old. I have seen just about every medical drama ever on TV, going back to Medical Center with hunky Chad Everette. What a wonderful medical drama with a twist this is! Full of real life feelings and doubts and every gender or racial concern under the sun this series touches on. And then something extra... Michael Shanks, so good to see him again doing a wonderful job post Stargate. In fact I love the entire cast and all the extras and side characters. If you haven't found this series yet watch it from the episode one. You won't be sorry.I found this series by accident on-line and am very happy I did. I love this show! Thank you creators. Joyous journey to you all!
o-lO-o-Ol-o
5% fascinating, 95% fluff.That is Saving Hope as it currently stands.It will require breaking in a lot of innovative storytelling if the show is ever going to deserve more than a 5%.One exciting aspect of this show is that it uses a surgeon and a hospital setting to explore a mysterious presence between life and death alongside his ability to function as a medium between the living and the minds of spirit-like people with out of body experiences, all the while "TBD" is stamped on their bodies, waiting to see if they will live or die.Unfortunately, that is the only exciting component to this show.The rest of the show is so unoriginal and so weakly handled that it ruins the entire series.The show would do much better if the writers & producers would shift the 5% fascinating story and 95% fluff-filled story at least to a 50% mystical and 50% medical type story. Better yet, cut the 50% medical down even more and introduce outside elements.New settings. Leave the hospital, even if just for part of the series. Introduce something else, someone else.Greater plot developments on the mysterious ability to interact with spirits.A third concept. It needs at least a third concept that is as equally significant to the show as the mystical and medical.It needs more good storytelling and less blasé storytelling.Not just the redundant, predictable layers of excrement that the show is producing from the medical drama side of the story but more of a mix with the one truly interesting component that gives it a heartbeat.Bring in the government. Something else.Mix it up a bit.It needs to branch out beyond the confined walls of a mystic in a hospital.As it stands, the vast majority of this show is so flat, so bland that the small amount of flavoring that they add to it just isn't enough. It's like eating cardboard with a dash of seasoning.I have attempted to stick with this show but if they don't give us the full course meal and live up to the shows potential, it will be useless to even bother keeping up with it.Let the mindless flocks of medical drama fans glue their eyes to the screen. Aside from the Shanks and Durance fans, they're probably the only other viewers that are keeping this show alive.