Transplant

[Crashcourse]

On 5/29/2022 at 12:29 PM, Crashcourse said:

Theo is an idiot.  Plus, I got some crazy stalker vibes from that woman.

Quoting myself because I was right about Theo--he's an idiot.

I was wrong about the woman--it's Theo who's the stalker.  I'm glad she shut him down.

Has June ever smiled about anything?  I don't remember.

[Driad]

I just watched "Between" (Season 2, Episode 9). Missed last week because I didn't know it was on.  Not sure how much of season 2 I have seen because it airs so irregularly.

Is there an online episode guide that has more than a couple of sentences about each episode?

Why is Bash facing a lawsuit? Guessing a patient was involved but I don't remember.

[dbklmt]

6 hours ago, Driad said:

I just watched "Between" (Season 2, Episode 9). Missed last week because I didn't know it was on.  Not sure how much of season 2 I have seen because it airs so irregularly.

Is there an online episode guide that has more than a couple of sentences about each episode?

Why is Bash facing a lawsuit? Guessing a patient was involved but I don't remember.

Regarding the lawsuit it was in episode 7 which you can see a recap here from the cast members.

Bash made a decision to help a patient which worked but resulted in the patient being on life support for the rest of her life.  Her overbearing father who was nauseating sued Bash making him back down in his medical decisions to avoid problems with him practicing medicine in Canada.

If you subscribe you can also see recaps for all the episodes in season 2 which has already finished season 2.     

[kitmerlot1213]

On 6/4/2022 at 11:46 PM, LittleIggy said:

Poor little baby! ☹️ That was so sad for the dad and Mags.

Mags was wonderfully supportive of the grieving dads while also swallowing her own feelings of guilt.  What I don't understand is why she's continuing to take Novack's demeaning and bullying behavior--he is no longer her boss and she doesn't have to answer to him.  And he couldn't be more obvious with his sexism--he's practically giving Bash a tongue bath while they're discussing possible diagnosis while rolling his eyes at Mags' dedication.

I feel bad for the med student--Theo gives him a bad review and Mags breaks up with him all in one day--but don't you won't a doctor who lives and breathes medicine and healing people?  Do you really want a doctor who treats his practicing medicine like a day job instead of a calling?

Edited June 14, 2022 by kitmerlot1213

[LittleIggy]

Wow! Theo is really losing it. 
I can’t remember why June hated her dad so much. Anyone know? 
I didn’t know gangrene moved that quickly. 😬

[Crashcourse]

13 hours ago, LittleIggy said:

Wow! Theo is really losing it. 
I can’t remember why June hated her dad so much. Anyone know? 
I didn’t know gangrene moved that quickly. 😬

Yes, Theo really is losing it and I don't remember why June hated her father either.  It doesn't help that she always has this mean look on her face.

I realize this is a hospital but none of these characters look that happy.  There are very few (if any) lighthearted moments among staff, so this show is becoming depressing to watch. 

[LittleIggy]

Mags and Bash smiled after he restarted the heart of that musician who had ODed. I was so surprised to see them smiling! I thought, “they should do that more often.”

[Good Queen Jane]

I can't figure out when new episodes are playing in the US. Was there one last Saturday?

[LittleIggy]

2 hours ago, Good Queen Jane said:

I can't figure out when new episodes are playing in the US. Was there one last Saturday?

Yes.

[cinsays]

1 hour ago, LittleIggy said:

Yes.

and it looks like the next episode is July 2

[dbklmt]

1 hour ago, cinsays said:

and it looks like the next episode is July 2

which will be episode 11--"Locked": Bash and Amira go on a trip together.

Episode 12 is "Saviours" on July 9th.

and the final Season 2 episode 13 is "Free For What" on July 16th.

[kitmerlot1213]

On 6/19/2022 at 1:44 PM, Crashcourse said:

Yes, Theo really is losing it and I don't remember why June hated her father either.  It doesn't help that she always has this mean look on her face.

I realize this is a hospital but none of these characters look that happy.  There are very few (if any) lighthearted moments among staff, so this show is becoming depressing to watch. 

THIS!  I think this is why I haven't really enjoyed this season--everyone seems massively on edge and I'm done with the constantly glum look on June's face.

[Good Queen Jane]

18 hours ago, dbklmt said:

19 hours ago, cinsays said:

and it looks like the next episode is July 2

which will be episode 11--"Locked": Bash and Amira go on a trip together.

Episode 12 is "Saviours" on July 9th.

and the final Season 2 episode 13 is "Free For What" on July 16th.

NBC is really trying to kill this show, isn't it? Which is a shame. It's one of the few medical shows where the doctors' lives are more interesting than the patients' maladies. 

Edited June 21, 2022 by Good Queen Jane

[LittleIggy]

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen June smile that much. 
Raina can just go away. Bash went through awful trauma, and she isn’t very supportive.

[kitmerlot1213]

On 7/2/2022 at 11:36 PM, LittleIggy said:

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen June smile that much. 
Raina can just go away. Bash went through awful trauma, and she isn’t very supportive.

Not only wasn't Raina supportive, she allowed him to think she was dead--that's kind of sick.

I love how angry Dr. Atwater got and her just walking out was fabulous--she stayed out of respect for Dr. Bishop and then she just gets thrown under the bus for Novak.  And I really hope Mags tells him off because you know Novak won't rest until he gets in another one of his unprofessional  personal little digs that aren't at all sexist.

Edited July 5, 2022 by kitmerlot1213

[Beezella]

It was nice to see Bash's sister again. I was happy to see Raina was going to be back this episode, but it appears it just isn't going to work out for them. I am tempted also to blame Raina, but sometimes after so much time there has been so much change in both of them it may just not be possible. Has Bash told Raina about any of his horrors? Probably not in more than a brief sanitized version. If there was a scene of that, I just don't remember, they have strung out the episodes over so much time.

[statsgirl]

16 hours ago, Beezella said:

Has Bash told Raina about any of his horrors? Probably not in more than a brief sanitized version

If that.

That's one of the things that Raina complained about, that Bash was holding himself back from her and they didn't really communicate any more, she was relegated to a "nanny with benefits" role.

She's not wrong, Bash has severe PTSD with flashbacks but he doesn't want to deal with it or even talk to the psychiatrist about it. He doesn't want to talk to Raina about it or his time in prison because he wants to pretend that it doesn't exist. He can open up to Theo, June and Mags about medicine and connect to them that way but at the moment he doesn't really connect to Raina except as the shell of the relationship they once had.

On 7/5/2022 at 11:43 AM, kitmerlot1213 said:

I love how angry Dr. Atwater got and her just walking out was fabulous--she stayed out of respect for Dr. Bishop and then she just gets thrown under the bus for Novak. 

A moment to cheer.

It may have been inspired by the real life story of Dr. Irene Cybulski, a super star surgeon who was ousted from her position as head of cardiac surgery at McMaster Health Sciences because she wasn't one of the Old Boys. When she was kicked out, she went to law school (in her mid-50s), graduated, sued the hospital and won. An interesting read about reality for women in medicine.

[Ohmo]

I agree with this season being a major downer, and I'm concerned if NBC doesn't air S3 we may not be able to stream it in the US...unless Acorn picks it up like they have Murdoch.

I did think Raina's assertion that Bashir wasn't fun was odd.  Aside from his imprisonment in Syria, which is its own issue by itself, Bashir has lost both parents, he's raising his younger sister, and he's re-doing an entire medical program in another country when he already has the skills to be a trauma surgeon.   When exactly does he have time to be fun even if he had never been detained in Syria or developed PTSD as a result?

Raina also seems to be a bit tone deaf on the subject.  She doesn't know the specifics of Bash's experiences, but she's Syrian.  Her country was involved in a brutal civil war.  She had to know that when Bashir was taken, authorities weren't going to just chat.  As he's said, he was a medical professional working against the regime.  He was considered an "enemy of the state."  I don't buy at all that Raina has no comprehension of what that actually means in reality.  If she's that clueless, then I'm glad they're not together. 

Her "fun" comment just landed like a dud.

Edited July 10, 2022 by Ohmo

[kitmerlot1213]

Novak's "Easy there, we're just having fun" is the age old cry of a bully, because if they were both having fun, they'd both be laughing.  His shock when Mags' told him off was a thing of beauty--he's meanspirited and I love her refusing to take his nastiness.

[Ohmo]

12 hours ago, kitmerlot1213 said:

Novak's "Easy there, we're just having fun" is the age old cry of a bully, because if they were both having fun, they'd both be laughing.  His shock when Mags' told him off was a thing of beauty--he's meanspirited and I love her refusing to take his nastiness.

I'm surprised that he's being allowed to behave in that way post-Me Too.  It's not sexual in nature, but he's clearly taunting and harassing her and abusing his position as her superior.  These days you hear about investigations for inappropriate workplace behavior all the time.  The ED is wide open.  I'm surprised that someone hasn't called him out on it even if Mags doesn't do anything official to complain.

[LittleIggy]

I just knew Theo’s helicopter was going to crash! 
If NBC doesn’t bring Transplant back, I will hunt it down on the internet! 
“You with the beautiful eyelashes.” Got that right, granny!

[Crashcourse]

Bash and Mags.  Ugh.  I'm done with this show. 

And I keep thinking of them as Mash and Bags. 

So yeah, I'm done. 🙄 

Edited July 17, 2022 by Crashcourse

[Kiddvideo]

I just read John Hannah is leaving. I’ve enjoyed his every performance since Four Weddings, and I’m not interested in Novak or the Bishop-replacement who is going to come in and cause drama.

[Ohmo]

I thought the whole thing with Bashir was OOC.  Amira's 14ish.  It was dumber than heck for Bishop to HAVE to tell Bashir to sign that contract.  He isn't that irresponsible.

Don't like him with Mags either.  Has to do with her.  She's just too intense or too something.

Shame that John Hannah is leaving.  Liked Bishop and Clare until the show messed them up this season.

Don't like angry annoying Theo.

One bright spot for me in S2 is June.  I really enjoyed how complex she is and how her backstory feeds into that.  Her relationship with her stepsister could be interesting.

Overall though, S2 was not as enjoyable for me as S1.  Here's hoping S3 is better, and it will be available in the US.

[kitmerlot1213]

I hope we get to see season 3 on NBC and I guess because I love Mags I'm okay with a Mags/Bashir match up--she's going to be focusing on cardiology, so they won't be in the ER together where they'll constantly be seeking off to make out.  This show has too much integrity for that--at least I hope :)

I would love it if Atwater came back as the new chief and how is Theo going to get rescued?

[ShortyMac]

Season 3 premieres on Friday, September 23 on CTV at 9PM ET/PT.

 https://www.tv-eh.com/2022/08/08/acclaimed-drama-transplant-returns-for-season-3-joining-ctv-fall-schedule-beginning-september-23/

[statsgirl]

Casting and story spoiler

Spoiler

Joining the cast as a series regular is Rekha Sharma (YELLOWJACKETS) as Dr. Neeta Devi, the new Chief of Emergency Medicine who comes to York Memorial Hospital with big ideas.

That could be intriguing.  I like the actor and who it is is surprised me.

[hula-la]

For Canadians, the new season begins Friday, Sept 23. For more info, including new cast members.

[statsgirl]

Episode 3x1 Fracture

There is a time jump of about a month, long enough for Theo to grow a beard. We meet the new head of the ER, Clare passes by the Jedediah Bishop Trauma OR, and it is still the most realistic medical show on TV that I know of (the post-surgery patient is make up free; there is a psychiatric issue and they actually have a psychiatrist consult rather than having the surgeons solve it).

Novak and June's stepsister are back, so is the demanding Dr. Singh and Mag's cardiologist. Novak describes being on the surgical floor as "walking on eggshells around egos, eating it day in and day out till you're giant callous."  Truth

Bash is dealing with Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada. I wish they would get back to me too.

[ShortyMac]

I have missed this show, glad it's back on in Canada. I feel it has just the right amount of emotional beats, without going over the top, or being sappy.

[statsgirl]

Episode 3x2 "Baggage"

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Bashir treats a man with a rare medical condition; Mags gets a visit from her parents, and goes above and beyond for a pregnant woman with an undiagnosed condition; a misunderstanding with a rabies patient lands Theo in trouble.

[greekmom]

Im starting to hate the new head Devi even worse than Novak.  This is emerg. She wants to hand hold the patients too much.
Mags' parents are really over the top. Explains alot about Mag's personality.
The woman who is deathly afraid of needles was over the top as well.  I cannot believe she accused Theo of assault and Nancy the nurse agrees. What was the option?  You couldn't negotiate and give the woman time as I don't think the woman's fears would have subsided. The only way would have been to knock her out to give her the needles. And it's not like it was a flu shot or something.  These are life saving medications.
The dude who has a uterus and his daughter were a pain in the ass.

[statsgirl]

The second episode of the season was disappointing.  It seems like everyone is suffering again.

Bashir and Theo both have PTSD now. I get it, Bashir's is still from Syria and that trauma and also the problems he's having in Canada. Theo's is from his crash, walk in the woods and probably still his divorce.  All makes sense but it's not fun to watch.

I didn't enjoy any of the three patients in this episode, and doing the stories of two of them would have been better than trying to get all three in. Theo's patient went into the hospital knowing that she would need a course of rabies shots so accusing him of assault seems like just a way to make Theo feel even worse. Mag's pregnant patients was kind of a big nothing. Bashir's father/daughter combo, while interesting medically, was too rushed to give me time to feel sympathy for either. Was the daughter supposed to reflect Theo's patient? If so, they should have given us more about that.

Points to Mags for knowing that she pushes people into places that they are not ready to go yet, that's a level of self-awareness unusual on TV medical shows. I liked her parents but it's too much, I really don't want to see family members of the docs on TV shows to that extent so soon.

I do not like the way the new ER chief resolved Bashir's request to do a joint ER/trauma surgery residency.

Spoiler

If she thinks that Bashir needs to learn to connect with patients, well that's what the half ER residency does. The 5 years it takes him should be enough. Let him get his credits to become a trauma surgeon again.

[statsgirl]

Episode 3x3 "Hospital Beige"

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Bash treats a woman whose ketamine therapy goes awry; Mags loses confidence in her new boss; June realizes she has too much on her plate; Theo reunites with a young former patient whose life may depend on the death of another patient.

[greekmom]

10 hours ago, statsgirl said:

Episode 3x3 "Hospital Beige"

Totally unethical for Theo to approach the wife about organ donations at the time.  He should have listened to June.

June and Bash should have never agreed to do the money transfer thing for Bash's friend.  It's going to bite both of them in the ass in the future.  At this point in his career there hasn't he realized he shouldn't take risks that might jeopardize his stay in Canada and his medical degree?

Mags continues to be Mags but the banter between her and Bash is very cute.

[statsgirl]

This episode also could have been entitled "Attendings With Feet of Clay".

Theo really blew it talking to the wife too soon. But I can see why he did it. Kudos to the show for making Siobhan such a unexpectedly compelling character.

Mags' boss definitely has feet of clay, and Mags is such an idealist.

After 2 episodes of being an ass, who know it would be Singh to save the day?  Sort of anyway.

This is the second episode where Bash and Mags have disagreed and they resolved it by acting professionally and talking like adults instead of with a fight or with sex. That's refreshing.

5 hours ago, greekmom said:

It's going to bite both of them in the ass in the future.  At this point in his career there hasn't he realized he shouldn't take risks that might jeopardize his stay in Canada and his medical degree?

It probably will because this is a TV show. But in my real life, the Syria refugees manage to send money back home quite well. And it's not like Salif asked Bash for money so I'm eye-rolling right now.

[statsgirl]

Episode 3x3 "Multiple Choices"

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Bash finds himself at odds with his direct supervisor while they treat a couple of skydivers with a unique relationship; Mags speaks out against her supervising doctor, a mistake comes back to bite Theo.

[greekmom]

15 hours ago, statsgirl said:

Episode 3x3 "Multiple Choices"

Poor Mags!  I do like how they are not lovey dovey at work and just close colleagues.

Theo keeps digging himself into a hole regarding crazy ass fear of needles lady.  Don't you know Twitter is a cesspool?

[statsgirl]

Not just Twitter, that woman is is not entirely stable. Poor Theo. Jim Watson is doing a good job portraying a man who is desperately trying to hold it all together are his world keeps falling apart.

On 10/15/2022 at 7:30 AM, greekmom said:

Poor Mags!  I do like how they are not lovey dovey at work and just close colleagues.

I like how adult the people on this show are even though they are mostly shades of grey. I was expecting the cardiologist to have some hesitation about treating Mags who had just told her that she didn't trust her but she was completely professional. Devi makes bad decisions but she's still stands up to her boss for Bash. And no one is having sex in the break room. It's refreshing.

[milkyaqua]

From TVLine, Matt's Inside Line

Is there any word if NBC has picked up the third season of Transplant? — Russell

As will come as zero surprise to anyone who has kept track of Inside Line’s previous updates on this topic, the final prognosis is no, NBC will not be airing Season 3 Stateside, I can confirm.

[statsgirl]

There's lots of nice support for Transplant in TVLine.  Too bad it doesn't matter to the big wigs. 😒

Episode 3x4 "Nadir"

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Recovering from a personal crisis, Mags worries about how to get her life back on track; Bash takes an unorthodox approach to treating a soldier with PTSD; Theo treats a terminally ill child whose father is desperate for a drug trial.

[marinw]

Good acting by Hamza Haq in the latest epsiode. Bash clearly did not want to talk about his past with his patient. He keeps saying "I don't want to be a victim."  He wants to be more than his trauma. This makes Bash asking for help from the therepist at the end of the epsiode all the more poignant.

Edited October 23, 2022 by marinw

[statsgirl]

Episode 3x5 "Audition"

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Bash and Amira have an argument over her future; Bash treats a diabetic woman who is overly dependent on her 18-year-old-son; Mags questions herself as she adjusts to very limited parameters.

[greekmom]

13 hours ago, statsgirl said:

Episode 3x5 "Audition"

Oh Amir. Those mean streets of Toronto are going to eat up a girl like you.  I hope she is going to the ex-gf's house.

Theo shouldn't have to apologize.  

Dev is way in over her head. The nurses were better managed under Bishop.

[statsgirl]

The is was mea culpa episode: Theo apologizes to the pilot's wife; he's told to apologize to the woman he gave the rabies injection to; June's patient apologizes for racism; Mags apologizes for giving other people more work; Devi should apologize to the nurses.

I don't see why Devi is so fixated on four shifts for the nurses as opposed to three which they liked. The show needs to tell me why she thinks this way is better.

9 hours ago, greekmom said:

Oh Amir. Those mean streets of Toronto are going to eat up a girl like you.  I hope she is going to the ex-gf's house.

LOL.  I assume that she's heading to Rania's place. I say, let her audition, she's so awful that she won't get into the school.

I really liked the old psychiatrist, I don't like this new one, He was okay last episode but now the therapy is too much about him and not Bash. I think what he's going in the wrong direction with Bash and Amira: he's assuming rebellion but a better thing to examine is how Bash feels being solely responsible for his 14 year old sister when his parents are dead. That's an Occam's Razor compared to the idea that Amira is rebelling. like Bashir did when he would young. What is Bashir's objection to a performing arts high school? The ones in Toronto have very high standards and are very competitive to get into. Does Bashir know that if the performing doesn't work out, she will have all the credits to go into medicine herself? Why doesn't he look into that?

[marinw]

12 hours ago, statsgirl said:

What is Bashir's objection to a performing arts high school? The ones in Toronto have very high standards and are very competitive to get into. Does Bashir know that if the performing doesn't work out, she will have all the credits to go into medicine herself? Why doesn't he look into that?

I think Bash is worried in the same way that many parents (or in Bash's case guardian sibling) are worried that being in the arts is too unstable. He is still in survial mode. He is also concerned that forgery will jepordize his Canadian citizship, I don't know enough about Canadian immigration law to determine if that concern is valid or paranoid.

The flashback with Bash's Mom broke me.

Poor Mags. Maybe a career in research wouldbe better for her health but that is not where her heart is, literally.

Edited October 30, 2022 by marinw

[statsgirl]

Episode 3x6 "Work to Rule"

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Bash reels from Amira's bold decision; tensions flare at an after-work dinner party; Devi struggles to keep her staff in line as turmoil erupts over her leadership; Mags treats a highly sensitive person; Theo considers breaking some hospital rules.

[marinw]

Best episode of the season IMO. I watch a few medical dramas and Transplant is my favourite. I admit I’m biased as I’m Canadian and I appreciate the Canadian perspective on the struggles within the our health care system.

[greekmom]

19 hours ago, marinw said:

Best episode of the season IMO. I watch a few medical dramas and Transplant is my favourite. I admit I’m biased as I’m Canadian and I appreciate the Canadian perspective on the struggles within the our health care system.

Agreed. Canadian here too.

I do love the Bash/Mags storyline.  I am glad that Theo stuck to his guns and didn't apologize to the crazy assed lady who was deathly scared of needles. 

WTF was June pulling in the OR? Is she that insecure over the friendship of Singh and Bash?

Glad the nurses got what they wanted but I still miss Bishop.

[statsgirl]

Me too on this being my favourite medical drama, but this episode felt like it should have been titled "Can't Win For Losing".  I did like the after-work party where they could socialize. I like the scenes the show gives us of the four of them having fun. Bash with Amira, Mags and the highly sensitive man (first time I've seen that on a medical show), Theo unable to help the foreign student, June's problems with fitting in, even Devi got cut down.

The Bash/Mags relationship is much less treacle-y and more realistic than I anticipated.

On 11/13/2022 at 12:30 PM, greekmom said:

WTF was June pulling in the OR? Is she that insecure over the friendship of Singh and Bash?

She's not necessarily wrong. Surgery is not only competitive, it's very sexist. Toronto Life ran an article last year about a woman surgeon who was pushed out of Chief of Surgery by the men who didn't like how she ran things (she ended up suing them, going to law school and won). I read another article a few months ago, woman surgeon also pushed out by men.

As June said, Singh opened up more to Bash after a couple of months than he did to June in two years. I'd be worried too.

On 10/30/2022 at 9:37 AM, marinw said:

I think Bash is worried in the same way that many parents (or in Bash's case guardian sibling) are worried that being in the arts is too unstable. He is still in survial mode. He is also concerned that forgery will jepordize his Canadian citizship,

He's right to be concerned that Amira is forging his signature because that speaks to their relationship.

But going to a performing arts school is not the same as starting a career in show business. If Bash had looked up the curriculum, he would have found this for the Etobicoke School for the Performing Arts

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The Science department offers a large selection of courses that meet all curriculum requirements for an OSSD. We offer the Enhanced Pathways model Grade 9 Science course, SNC1W, and in Grade 10 we offer the Academic Science course. Our popular optional senior course offerings include all the science courses required as prerequisites for any university or college program

So Amira could attend a performing arts school and still go to pre med.

It speaks to how overwhelmed Bashir is having to be a parent to Amira, probably made worse by the traumas they both had.

Rania was good to help out in the immediate but it's past time to send Amira back home. Amira and Bash need to work this out themselves and Rania allowing Amira to keep staying with her is preventing that.

ETA: Found it What a human rights complaint by Alberta's only female cardiovascular surgeon says about sexism in surgery

Edited November 14, 2022 by statsgirl