Saving Hope

New medical show : Saving hope

After 8 seasons of Grey's Anatomy, 5 seasons of Private Practice (Shondaland) , I was very curious to see which direction this new medical show would take.

If you're expecting to watch a new Grey's Anatomy, this is not IT. Saving hope uses the medical stuff not as the basic ingredient of the show, rather as the background. The show is slower, slow paced, and focuses less on the many characters. The core of the show relies on emotions.

The pilot shows the dilemma of a soldier with PTSD, of a teenager whose baby killed his girlfriend, a John Doe whose wife has not been contacted...It mainly focuses on a couple separated.

Charlie, Michael Shanks, is in a coma. His voice echoes through the episodes, he reminisces on his past actions, he doubts himself, seeing the dead now. Erica Durance is full of emotions, not knowing what to do, split between her knowledge as a doctor, and her feelings, as a woman.

Her wit, that she used so brillantly as Lois Lane in Smallville is still present, even if hidden in her sorrow.

However I don't know how much a ghost can learn, and how a show can survive with only 3 main characters, one of which is disconnected from the others.

Let's wait and see.