TV medical dramas have a reputation of being intense and only about the medical mysteries within them. Most know medical shows like Grey's Anatomy, about the people whom, along with their own drama, save the day by saving lives. And House which features a cranky doctor whose "genius" mind rescues lost causes with the assistance of his team.
But CBS began a new series, A Gifted Man, in 2011 that offers a new plot for drama-lovers to absorb their minds with.
Patrick Wilson (The Phantom of the Opera and Watchmen) stars as Dr. Michael Holt, a talented, brilliant, cocky neurosurgeon with his own practice in New York who has the life most doctors dream about. After his ex-wife, Anna (Jennifer Elhe, The King's Speech and The Ides of March), dies, Dr. Holt begins to see her ghost as she encourages him to help him get over his selfish ways and work with her "special project:" a free clinic Anna used to be the director of before her death.
Throughout the course of the show, Dr. Holt learns how to balance working at his own practice and volunteering at the free clinic with the help of his assistant Rita (Margo Martindale, Orphan and Secretariat). Other members of the cast include Rachelle Lefevre (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1) as Dr. Kate Skyora, the clinic's new director and Eric La Salle (ER) as Dr. Edward Morris, a doctor Holt works with at his practice.
The show has received a number of mixed reviews by TV critics. Although it has an acclaimed ensemble of actors and crew, it lacks viewers because it airs on Friday nights.
But each week the medical cases are interesting, and the series has a whole lot of heart that shines through. Unlike other medical dramas out there, it just might cure your Friday night TV blues; catch the series at 8 p.m. on CBS.
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