00:00Quando E.R. was on,
00:02it was the most accurate medical show
00:05depicting an American healthcare system
00:07in an emergency room setting
00:09that had been done to that point.
00:11And then 15 years later,
00:13there'd been a lot of other shows
00:14that had come on, medical shows.
00:17But then COVID happened,
00:19and it was like,
00:21it's a whole new world now.
00:23And we wanted to do a show
00:25that reflected how different it is
00:28on the other side of the pandemic.
00:30And specifically,
00:32what it, the toll that it's taken
00:33on the people that are in the jobs
00:35of doctor and nurse,
00:36nurse practitioner,
00:38or paramedic.
00:40That was the focus of the show,
00:42was E.R. was sort of a patient-centric show.
00:45This is a practitioner-centric show.
00:46And really designed to put a spotlight
00:49back on this community
00:51who have dwindling resources
00:53and flagging morale
00:55and could use a lot more compassion
00:58for the jobs that they're being asked to do.
01:00And how did you make sure
01:01that Dr. Robbie
01:02is not an older and wiser version
01:05of Dr. Carter?
01:09He has had a different journey
01:13to his place in life.
01:16You know, he's not a...
01:17Carter was born into privilege
01:19and had an inferiority complex
01:22because of his affluence
01:23that he wasn't legitimate.
01:25And so he would always put himself
01:27in harm's way
01:28to sort of test his own worth
01:30so that he could feel good
01:32about his birth rate.
01:36Robbie had none of those advantages
01:38and has a much more blue-collar sensibility
01:41about him.
01:44He's had a harder road.
01:46He's a lot more isolated as a person.
01:49He doesn't really have a lot of friends.
01:51He doesn't really have a lot of family ties.
01:52He doesn't have a pet.
01:53He doesn't seem to need anyone
01:56other than the work.
01:58But that proves to be kind of unsustainable
02:00and a revelation that, you know,
02:03he's way out of balance.
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