TV series

Birdland

1994 · 1 season

A sober, character-driven hospital drama that asks you to sit with troubled minds and the doctor carrying his own burdens.

Overview: Dr. Brian McKenzie, the chief of psychiatry at Riverview Hospital in Oakland, deals with patients while trying to juggle his own problems.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, tense and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, isolation, healing, work
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
healing
work
family
Places: hospital
big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild