Firefighters , police and hospital personnel are three groups of people who are usually considered to be heroes on primetime TV. Then comes The Resident to yank off the cape and go straight into the controversial world of medical malpractice , sketchy surgeons, questionable diagnosis for diseases, bribery and insubordination. The Resident is either amazing to viewers because of all the drama on each episode or makes them permanently wary of every doctor they encounter. Imagine a blend of Hugh Laurie’s know-it-all character Dr. Gregory House on House and Ellen Pompeo’s contumacious character Dr. Meredith Grey on Grey’s Anatomy . That’s The Resident , but it’s the whole cast. While there were softer moments (ex. weddings, babies, schoolboy crushes, father-daughter bonding) at Chastain Park Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, The Resident viewers knew there was only a matter of time before the police were called or an operating room was needed soon after. So, with all the antics and the...
