Nurses (Canadian TV series)

Last updated
Nurses
Genre Medical drama
Starring
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producers
  • Ilana Frank
  • Linda Pope
  • Vanessa Piazza
  • Adam Pettle
  • Jocelyn Hamilton
  • Tassie Cameron
  • Julie Puckrin
Production locations Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJanuary 6, 2020 (2020-01-06) –
August 29, 2021 (2021-08-29)

Nurses is a Canadian drama television series that premiered on Global on January 6, 2020. [1] [2] Nurses was created by much of the same team behind the series Rookie Blue , including Ilana Frank, Adam Pettle, Vanessa Piazza and Tassie Cameron. [3] The series was renewed for a second season by Global in early 2020. [4] [5]

Contents

NBC ran the first season in the United States beginning on December 7, 2020, due to the shortage of programs during the lockdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, [3] but did not pick up the second season. In March 2023, it was confirmed that the series had been cancelled by Global.

Premise

The series centers on a group of nurses at a busy downtown Toronto hospital. [6]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Production

The series is produced by Corus Entertainment, which partnered with ICF Films and eOne in association with Piazza Entertainment. [6] It was renewed for a second season by Global, which went into production in March 2020. [4] [5] As of October 2022, there has yet to be an announcement for a third season. In March 2023, it was announced that the series had been quietly cancelled according to TVSeriesFinale.com, and the show ending production with no further renewal announcements made by Global or NBC for a third season.

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 10January 6, 2020 (2020-01-06)March 20, 2020 (2020-03-20)
2 10June 21, 2021 (2021-06-21)August 29, 2021 (2021-08-29)

Season 1 (2020)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		Canadian viewers
(millions)
11"Incoming" Ken Girotti Adam Pettle January 6, 2020 (2020-01-06)363634-11.26 [10]
Grace Knight struggles with an ethical dilemma when she realizes, after several patients are brought in following a vehicle-ramming attack, that the patient she is treating was the attacker. [11] Keon Colby bonds with a single pregnant woman and helps her feel less lonely. Ashley Collins learns that working in a hospital is not all excitement when she is assigned to directing calls. Wolf Burke spends the whole shift tracking down the patient whose severed fingers are in his possession. Nazneen Khan spends time with the mother of a brain-dead patient.
22"Undisclosed Conditions"Ken GirottiJulie PuckrinJanuary 13, 2020 (2020-01-13)363634-21.09 [12]
Grace struggles with the ethical implications of keeping a patient's condition from her family. Keon is reunited with an old college friend whose wife he is treating, which brings up old memories. Wolfe tries to get through to a teenaged girl by revealing a secret of his own. Naz is embarrassed about her upbringing, which left her lacking in certain skills. Ashley becomes antagonistic toward Grace and finally discovers why she was fired from her previous job.
33"Friday Night Legend" Kelly Makin Renee St. CyrJanuary 20, 2020 (2020-01-20)363634-30.96 [13]
Ashley struggles after losing her first patient. Naz tries to get through to a patient who refuses medical treatment to preserve her career. With the help of Keon, Grace identifies a John Doe patient who is acting violently. Grace finds out that a hospital merger in the city might force her to work with someone who caused her great trauma.
44"Chrysalis"Kelly Makin Eilis Kirwan January 27, 2020 (2020-01-27)363634-4N/A
Grace mediates between a patient's partner and son while adjusting to the unwanted arrival of the new hospital CEO.
55"What Size Are Your Feet?"
"Critical Care" [14] 		Jordan Canning Seneca AaronFebruary 3, 2020 (2020-02-03)363634-5N/A
As Dr. Hamilton makes his presence felt at St. Mary's, Grace is catapulted into a high-stakes medical procedure, while trying to protect Naz from a dangerous situation.
66"Risky Behaviour"Winnie Jong Anusree Roy February 10, 2020 (2020-02-10)363634-6N/A
As Grace cares for a patient consumed by grief she's forced to confront her own fears.
77"Lifeboat" Sherry White Eilis Kirwan & Renee St. CyrFebruary 17, 2020 (2020-02-17)363634-7N/A
Ashley and Caro explore past relationships and contemplate their own future. Meanwhile, Naz tries to balance her emotional connection to a patient with his medical needs.
88"Achilles Heel" Grant Harvey Laura GoodFebruary 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)363634-8N/A
A young Hasidic Jewish patient is in need of bone graft from a deceased donor after suffering a leg injury playing basketball.
99"Mirror Box" Stephanie Morgenstern Julie PuckrinMarch 2, 2020 (2020-03-02)363634-9N/A
As she assists a patient that is quarantined from the rest of the hospital, Grace makes a major discovery in the fight against Dr Hamilton.
1010"Lady Business"Grant HarveyAdam Pettle & Lee PiazzaMarch 9, 2020 (2020-03-09)363634-10N/A
As the battle against Dr Hamilton reaches its climax, Grace cares for an Instagram celebrity whose upcoming operation strikes at the core of her identity.

Season 2 (2021)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date  [15] Prod.
code		Canadian viewers
111"A Thousand Battles" Kelly Makin Patrick TarrJune 21, 2021 (2021-06-21)363634-170.68 [16]
A hospital is a battlefield, as our 5 favorite nurses attack another season. But there's a new general in town - nurse manager Kate Faulkner, who's going to give them all a run for their money.
122"Chaos Magnet"Thom Best Adam Pettle June 28, 2021 (2021-06-28)363634-16N/A
It's a typically crazy day at St Mary's when an Amber Alert rings out, but unbeknownst to our nurses the perpetrator and the abducted child are in the hospital.
133"Night Moves"Winnifred JongLey LukinsJuly 5, 2021 (2021-07-05)363634-20N/A
Hospitals are no stranger to the things that keep us up at night or the secrets we keep, as the strange gets stranger on the night shift at St Mary's.
144"It's Showtime"Kelly Makin Anusree Roy July 18, 2021 (2021-07-18)363634-260.53 [17]
A high-profile surgical case brings Grace and Ashley into conflict over whether or not the surgeon is capable of performing the surgery.
155"Code Orange"Winnifred JongJulie PuckrinJuly 25, 2021 (2021-07-25)363634-250.58 [18]
When a tragic accident at a concert suddenly puts St Mary's in a Code Orange, our nurses will realise how important it is to have someone in your corner, because no one should be alone.
166"Ghosts" Jordan Canning Seneca AaronAugust 1, 2021 (2021-08-01)363634-180.56 [19]
Ghosts from the past make a day at St Mary's especially trying for our nurses as they're each confronted by people or things they tried to leave behind.
177"Prima Facie"Chell Stephen Eilis Kirwan August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)363634-240.62 [20]
It's Nursing Week and St Mary's nurses and patients alike are confronted by the fact that everyone has a hidden side, and that nothing can be taken at face value.
188"Best Day Ever" John Fawcett Laura Good & Hayden SimpsonAugust 15, 2021 (2021-08-15)363634-190.59 [21]
Assigned to the Burn Unit, Naz and Grace are pushed to their limits as Nurses - and friends - when they disagree over how to deal with a critically burned patient who's in danger of losing his will to live.
199"The Wish Factory" Cory Bowles Patrick TarrAugust 22, 2021 (2021-08-22)363634-220.53 [22]
With uncertainty in their personal lives and a pandemic on the horizon, our nurses each deal with people longing for wishes to come true for their health or their loved ones, but they're wishes that may not be in the power of a nurse to grant.
2010"Struck"John FawcettAdam PettleAugust 29, 2021 (2021-08-29)363634-230.50 [23]
With both patients and the whole Healthcare system on the brink of tragic events, the St Mary's nursing team must put their own struggles aside to help those with everything on the line.

Broadcast

The series premiered on January 6, 2020, on Global in Canada. [1] [2]

From May 2020, the series was broadcast by Net5 in the Netherlands. [24]

On November 10, 2020, Nurses was picked up by NBC in the United States for a December 7, 2020 premiere. [3] [25]

The series debuted in Romania on the channel Diva on September 20, 2020, under the title "Asistenți medicali". [26]

The series premiered in September 2021 exclusively on Globoplay in Brazil.

Controversy over "Achilles Heel" episode

The show's portrayal of Hasidic Jews in a plotline of the "Achilles Heel" episode was labeled as antisemitic by members of the Jewish community. In the episode, when the Hasidic Jewish patient is checked in for his leg injury, the patient's father objects to who the dead donor's bone graft might come from (along with his son participating in sports, in an extreme portrayal of a Hasidic archetype) and says "a goyim leg. From anyone. An Arab, a woman?" The patient then refuses the bone graft procedure. In reality, Jewish law has no objections or prohibitions against such a procedure. [27]

Seffi Kogen of the American Jewish Committee called the scene 'the most antisemitic thing I have ever seen in a TV show", and that Jewish law "puts precedent on healing and saving lives [and] there is no prohibition on the kind of bone graft in this clip." [27] B’nai Brith Canada said the portrayal "perpetuates false and dangerous antisemitic stereotypes" and called for the producers to apologize. [28] The Simon Wiesenthal Center said in a statement, "the writers of this scene check all the boxes of ignorance and pernicious negative stereotypes" and that "Orthodox Jews are targeted for violent hate crimes – in the city of New York, Jews are number one target of hate crimes in US; this is no slip of the tongue. It was a vile, cheap attack masquerading as TV drama." [29]

In response, NBC pulled the episode from their digital platforms. [30] The episode was also removed domestically in Canada by Global parent company Corus from Global's website and viewing apps, with no plans to air it in repeats in the future. [31]

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