TV series

Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife

2023 · 1 season

A chilling, sobering true-crime documentary that steadily reveals a charismatic fraud while grieving patients' families linger in the mind.

Overview: Dr. Paolo Macchiarini is world famous for his revolutionary stem cell-infused windpipe transplants. There's just one problem: His patients keep dying.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Deception, ambition, death, corruption
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
ambition
death
corruption
betrayal
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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