I do some character studies as well as review the show as a whole. Spoilers are ahead.
Show notes:
-This show was …..
-The special FX
-George Romero’s Day of the Dead
-Tom Savini
-Scream Greats
-Gloves for surgery
-Accuracy
-Good TV is about relationships
Dr. John Thackery
-Pain, work, destruction
-Finale
-Who we are
-Necrotic
-House
-Reason for addiction?
Dr. Algernon Edwards
-Two worlds
-Opal
-Self destruction
-Future
Dr. Everett Gallinger
-From the start
-Hypocrisy
-Eleanor
-Correlation vs. causation
-Cruelty
-Eugenics
-Eric Johnson
Herman Barrow
-Likability
-Character traits
-Self destruction
-Conflict
Nurse Lucy Elkins
-Arc
-Getting what she wants
-Origin story
-Skills as a nurse (competent was the wrong word better than competent - she was an excellent nurse)
Dr. Bertram Chickering Jr.
-Normalized prejudice
-Character traits
-Thack vs. Dr. Levi Zinberg
-Bertie’s mentors
-Genevieve Everidge
Cornelia Robertson
-Skills and potential
-Typhoid and the Black Plague
-Being held back
-Hobart Showalter
-The end of her arc
-Cornelia’s future?
-Cornelia and Algernon
Sister Harriet
-Conflict
-Self destruction
-Identity
-Business acumen
Tom Cleary
-Arc
-Character traits
-Conflict
-Destruction
-A future Cleary
The Overall Show
-Steven Soderberg and a third season
-Flash forward
-What I would want for a third season
-How The Knick inspired me
-Dramatic license
The COVID-19 Pandemic
-My hopes (wear a mask)
-Credible sources of information and science (New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, NPR, BBC, etc)
-Take care of each other
-On 7/23/20, the number of dead in the United States from COVID-19 is about 145,000
Plugs!
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