TV series

Under Pressure

2017–2022 · 5 seasons

A tense, humane look at overstretched doctors fighting to save lives in a chaotic public hospital, balancing urgent procedures with personal strain.

Tagline: What matters the most when everything is urgent?
Overview: Inside a chaotic emergency room in Rio de Janeiro, a team of doctors are torn between their internal personal conflicts, the difficulties of the profession and the surprising dramas behind each patient‘s history, in a heroic attempt to save lives...See more
How it feels: Tense, earnest, dark and melancholic. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Survival, morality, grief, class
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
morality
grief
class
healing
Places: big city
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild