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Good Sam

2022 · 1 season

A brisk, earnest hospital drama where professional rivalries and family tensions keep the stakes high and the emotions close to the surface.

Created by
Katie Wech
Genres
Drama
Overview
A gifted heart surgeon excels in her new leadership role as Chief of Surgery after her renowned boss falls into a coma. When her former boss wakes up months later demanding to resume his duties, Sam is tasked with supervising this egotistical expert with a scalpel who never acknowledged her stellar talent.

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Created by
Katie Wech
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • power
  • ambition
  • parenthood
  • work
Places
  • hospital
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama
Created by
Katie Wech
Written by
Katie Wech
Starring
Sophia Bush, Jason Isaacs, Skye P. Marshall, Michael Stahl-David, Omar Maskati, Wendy Crewson, Edwin Hodge, Davi Santos
Length
1 seasons, 13 episodes, 43 min each
Network
CBS
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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