Lifestories

A sober, documentary-style plunge into medical crises, making ordinary hospital ordeals feel immediate, instructive, and quietly devastating.

Created by

Jeffrey Lewis

Genres

Drama

Starring

Robert Prosky, Stanley Tucci, Shawn Levy

Overview

Lifestories is an American medical drama television series that premiered August 20, 1990, on NBC. Done in a documentary style with off-screen narration by Robert Prosky, Lifestories was an attempt to make an extremely realistic medical drama answering questions like, "Exactly what goes on during the first 45 minutes of a heart attack?" "What is it like to be told that you have advanced colon cancer?"

How it feels

Earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Death, survival, family, fate

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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