You're welcome! I agree with you about pilot episodes. Sometimes they just cram what they can in to hook you. It really does take several shows to really see if it's worth becoming a regular.

Come back to tell me what you thought when you see it.

Well I didn't bother reading any reviews at all when I watched the show. You're right - they are scathing. I don't know if the show deserves it. Perhaps it's the fact that I also didn't bother to watch Nurse Jackie though I did hear about it so I've nothing to compare it to other than itself. And perhaps it's my general underlying disgust with TV in general for me to have a positive take on it. I really became fed up with Grey's. Now THAT is an example of a tinny plot and crappy dialogue. Especially the last season or two.

I genuinely enjoyed the show. I didn't pay attention to the soundtrack because I was more or less paying attention to the action. But I'm also the kind who almost always disagrees with critics when it comes to movies and what not. But & maybe this is what was meant by paper-thin characters and Hawthorne's way-too-valiant attitude - I felt there were a few things I didn't care for. Too much drama, if that can be had - I also had a hard time believing the teenager would chain herself up to the vending machines. Yes, Hawthorne did seem a little too overly-righteous. However, if I can get pulled into a show & care what happens (was the diabetic patient storyline predictable? Maybe, but it is realistic.) then I am willing to give a show a few more tries to see if they can develop the characters further.

Plus - and granted I cannot compare to Nurse Jackie to know if it is the "better" nursing show- but it is a world I am familiar with and the gripes of the nurses, the attitudes of certain doctors, the protocol followed - all this is real. I've heard it many many times before. A character or two on the show felt like people I grew up knowing. I felt I could relate to what was going on vs. Grey's, a show that I didn't feel I could relate to, even though I enjoyed for a few years.

All I can say is I enjoyed it. I would watch it again at least a few more times. Perhaps they can even out the ultra-goodness effect of Pinkett Smith's character. Maybe we can see some true teenage angst & rebellion out of her daughter. I honestly don't think it was as bad as the reviews you shared would leave one to believe. Sometimes I think people can be overly cynical, especially professional critics. Or maybe, there has been such a general lack of actual quality television for some time that my standards are slipping.

Without picking apart every piece of it - I liked the show. I enjoyed it and didn't feel as though I had wasted my time. The characters are people I've met before. The issues are completely familiar. Can I say I'd feel this way in another few episodes? I don't know. But after watching it, I'm willing to find out.

It was worth coming just to read Porter's response to Sarah. I've missed a few episodes, but was really happy I caught last night's. Makes me wish I'd kept up with Leverage a little better.

Loved the way the Rehab job dovetailed with Nate's real world problems. Shows like this do better when the audience begins to care what happens to the characters vs. just trying to awe us with a new 'stab & grab' every week.

I was a little skeptical about the whole 'pull him under the car bit before the bomb goes off'. Maybe Mythbusters can try that bit on their show to see if it's actually possible. Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed myself.