TV series
The Retrievals
1 season
A sobering, quietly furious watch that finds unexpected warmth and wry humor in a group of women banding together against a powerful institution.
- Created by
- Molly Smith Metzler
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Emilia Jones, Jessica Chastain, Amy Ryan
- Overview
- Follow one woman's crusade against Yale Fertility Center after she (and almost 100 other women) were operated on without anesthesia during IVF egg retrieval procedures — because a nurse stole their fentanyl — in this powerful and surprisingly funny story about an unlikely community that dares to take on one of the largest institutions in the nation.
- How it feels
- Dark, earnest, satirical and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Justice, betrayal, trauma, power
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Molly Smith Metzler
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Emilia Jones, Jessica Chastain, Amy Ryan
