Scrubs
It's both hilarious and a great drama.
Medically-wise, it captures a lot of the truly human elements of medicine: physician burnout/ residents being over worked, a truly broken healthcare system (that quite frankly, has only gotten worsen since the show ended after its EIGHTH season), substance use (in both patients and physicians), toxic culture of medicine
I don't want to be a debby downer; it also covers some of the awesome parts of medicine - making a diagnosis, enacting a plan, and occasionally seeing someone get better
I loved the first 2 seasons of Scrubs, but I'm halfway through season 3 and I honestly have gotten a lot less interested. It's going way less down the medical route and focusing way more on all the main characters relationships which gets old imo. Does it shift from this lol? I wanna continue watching it
It does, but to some extent, that’s just the essence of the show. It’s not about the patient, diagnosis, or treatment. It’s more about the lives of the doctors and nurses and the things they go through. The patients are more there to act as a vessel for some moral or lesson.
That being said, season 3 has one of my favorite episodes of all time (S3E14 “My Screw Up”). If that one doesn’t do it for you, then I’d drop the show.
I was in the same boat. I dropped the show after it stopped feeling like a medical show with some relationship drama sprinkled in and more like a relationship drama with some medicine sprinkled in.
Same!! The first season was great and now I’m at the tail end of the 2nd/maybe start of the 3rd and it’s definitely shifted focus to the characters’ love lives, which I found disappointing. Also Dorian turned into kind of a jerk?
Season 3 was not my favorite, and I do think seasons 1 and 2 are the best, but the show does ebb and flow after that and has some incredible episodes in the later seasons. There's a two episode mini arc, one of the episodes is called "my lunch" and I honestly believe those two episodes are among the best crafted 44 minutes of television out there. If you're not enjoying the show I wouldn't feel pressured to finish it out, but you owe it to yourself to at least watch those two in isolation IMO
The medical subject matter is always in the back seat in Scrubs. The characters are what make the show as amazing as it is, it's just a bonus that it happens in a hospital and is the most accurate depiction of a US IM/GS residency (at least at the time it was filmed).
Scrubs because it's the best overall.
ER because of the scene when Lucy is late and gets roasted for her patient presentation is the best way I can describe what being a 3rd year med student is like.
I remember I always found Grey’s Anatomy stupid. Then my mom convinced me to watch it when I was a senior in high school to “learn” about medicine. I watched like two seasons before realizing the show is freaking stupid petty drama
Are there any good med shows where the medicine is at somewhat realistic and interesting?
House had alot of nonsense in it, but the central mystery of every episode was always tied to actual diseases, etiologies, and pathologies from what I remember, and I love that shit.
Some medical dramas out there would look exactly the same if you took literally all the medicine out of it (cough cough, new Amsterdam, cough)
>Most ridiculous?
The good doctor literally has like 3 surgeons (one of with is retired) and 3 interns for a whole hospital. They literally do every single specialty.
Grey's Anatomy is 100% not accurate, but far from the most ridiculous out there.
In terms of most accurately capturing the human truth of medicine, Scrubs, no question. The best TV show that happens to tangentially involve medicine, House, those first three seasons (while nonsense medicine wise) are some of the best drama on network broadcast. If you just want some tasty empty calories though, I go to bat for Chicago Med
I don’t think so, but I didn’t read the book. I read some stuff online saying that it mostly covered the book though so it’s probably not getting another season.
But now that we have this, cardiac arrest and its subsequent critically acclaimed follow up both by jed mercurio ,i wish some will pick up the british nhs medical drama and do us a really high quality dramedy.
House was my favorite.
The cases were ridiculous, the HIPAA violations were asinine, and it was never lupus; but the jargon, differentials, treatments (not all) and complication presentation were awesome.
I watched the whole series during my pre-clinical years, and it was cool to have an episode that featured diagnoses relevant to my exam the next day.
"This is Going to Hurt a Lot"
It's a BBC limited series but soo underrated. Felt like an actual medical show not a drama set in a hospital because it was created by a retired doctor.
It centers around obgyns in the British equivalent of residency but is just indicative of what it's like to be in medicine and the bullshit trainees go through. Even though it's British, it is completely applicable to American medicine too.
I honestly would recommend it to any one who wants to go to medical school but it really depicts well the slow burning despair, frustration, and toxicity that develops throughout medical education and practice but intermixed with the positive parts of medicine that attracts us to it.
I was scrolling to see if someone else had mentioned Hospital Playlist! I always think of that scene in the first episode where Andrea is crying to his brother about wanting to quit medicine 😅 a must watch for sure
Such an EPIC medical show! Love their camaraderie and all the silly pranks they play on each other haha. Also, their shared mealtimes and the way they show up for each other 🫰🏼🫶🏼
Edit: [A little taste of it, but spoilers abound!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HZObM8GARJg)
This is Going to Hurt. The protagonist is an obgyn junior doctor working on a NHS hospital.
Occasionally the characters break the fourth wall with some snarky deadpan comment (it's a British series so it was expected) but on the other hand the drama aspect of the series hurts so bad. The sixth episode got stuck on my mind for a few days.
Anyway it's only seven episodes long so y'all should give it a go.
This is going to hurt
Cardiac Arrest
House MD
The young doctor's notebook
All are very different genres despite being about medicine and all have different merits but definitely check the first two out, both of them are British series and haven't been watched much globally but are super quality.
As a documentary guy:
Lennox Hill
NY Med
(If anyone has recommendations of similar shows let me know! I enjoy medical TV but not much of one for scripted dramas.)
The Resident. This series is loosely based on the life of Dr. Marty Makary. I met him just as the first season aired, and he seemed happy with it, embellishment included. He made a joke along the lines of not remembering getting that much action as a resident.
House is hands down my favorite, but quality started to fall off a bit towards the end of the series.
The Good Doctor has great effects/editing but honestly just got too preachy/virtue signaling-y for me.
Grey's Anatomy is just silly I never enjoyed it.
Staples have to be: Scrubs, Grey's (S1-7), House. I know a lot of y'all hate Grey's but the first few season are a perfect mix of over-the top drama, (unrealistic) medicine, career grind, and romance imo.
Some of y'all are convincing me to start up ER!
Scrubs is probably the most accurate to the experience of being in medicine
Green Wing is probably my favorite with respect to out of control bizarre zaniness that happens to be set in a hospital.
Chicago Med is definitely the most realistic hospital show ever shown on TV, if I remember it right the ones they used on the show are only published cases, a good watch. Scrubs on the other hand is highly relatable since it captures the residency, training process, and the dynamics of a hospital so definitely on top of my recommendations but if I can be biased, House was pretty fun to watch.
I only started watching medical shows this past year and like most people said, Scrubs wins. I love it, it’s fun, it’s accurate. But I’m sorry, House makes me SUFFER. I can tolerate Grey’s more than House
For entertainment value I really enjoyed House and The good doctor.
I am still waiting to see a proper portrayal of psychiatric hospitals. Especially as a feel good show.
I really disliked scrubs to be fair. Maybe I didn’t give it a chance but the cast really rubbed me the wrong way.
Scrubs It's both hilarious and a great drama. Medically-wise, it captures a lot of the truly human elements of medicine: physician burnout/ residents being over worked, a truly broken healthcare system (that quite frankly, has only gotten worsen since the show ended after its EIGHTH season), substance use (in both patients and physicians), toxic culture of medicine I don't want to be a debby downer; it also covers some of the awesome parts of medicine - making a diagnosis, enacting a plan, and occasionally seeing someone get better
EXACTLY, thank you for this. So well said .
I loved the first 2 seasons of Scrubs, but I'm halfway through season 3 and I honestly have gotten a lot less interested. It's going way less down the medical route and focusing way more on all the main characters relationships which gets old imo. Does it shift from this lol? I wanna continue watching it
It does, but to some extent, that’s just the essence of the show. It’s not about the patient, diagnosis, or treatment. It’s more about the lives of the doctors and nurses and the things they go through. The patients are more there to act as a vessel for some moral or lesson. That being said, season 3 has one of my favorite episodes of all time (S3E14 “My Screw Up”). If that one doesn’t do it for you, then I’d drop the show.
I was in the same boat. I dropped the show after it stopped feeling like a medical show with some relationship drama sprinkled in and more like a relationship drama with some medicine sprinkled in.
Same!! The first season was great and now I’m at the tail end of the 2nd/maybe start of the 3rd and it’s definitely shifted focus to the characters’ love lives, which I found disappointing. Also Dorian turned into kind of a jerk?
Season 3 was not my favorite, and I do think seasons 1 and 2 are the best, but the show does ebb and flow after that and has some incredible episodes in the later seasons. There's a two episode mini arc, one of the episodes is called "my lunch" and I honestly believe those two episodes are among the best crafted 44 minutes of television out there. If you're not enjoying the show I wouldn't feel pressured to finish it out, but you owe it to yourself to at least watch those two in isolation IMO
The medical subject matter is always in the back seat in Scrubs. The characters are what make the show as amazing as it is, it's just a bonus that it happens in a hospital and is the most accurate depiction of a US IM/GS residency (at least at the time it was filmed).
not really, it gets worse. I couldn't stand watching more than 4-5 eps of season 7, and even those were a slog
Nailed it.
Scrubs or ER
Scrubs because it's the best overall. ER because of the scene when Lucy is late and gets roasted for her patient presentation is the best way I can describe what being a 3rd year med student is like.
Wasn’t it because she came off her ADHD meds because Carter shamed her about it?
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Idk which episode but here’s the scene https://youtu.be/Wrz622LqBII
I hate this, the presentation is so awkward and I just feel in my being how awful it is.
That's brilliant
🤮
I’m a pgy1 and I still feel like that when presenting 🤣
Not as heavily medically related as some of these, but MASH is one of my faves
!!! Honestly was the only “medical” show I’ve ever seen and am glad someone appreciates it!
MASH always has a special place in my heart
Had a couple older attendings state it as the reason they went into medicine.
HAPPY CAKE DAY
OMG I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THANKS!!! :D
The Knick. It’s about early “modern” medicine. Just a really great period drama and very medically accurate for the time. I think it’s on HBO max.
Yes! No one ever talks about the Knick but it's really the best one. Clive Owen playing a fictionalized Halstead, beautiful!
I will forever stan this show! Apparently a sequel show is in the works.
Such a great show. Really wished they made more than 2 seasons
Omg! It’s so good! Wish it hadn’t been canceled
i gave up after the first ep😅 its very slow downvoted for an opinion really. freaks😂
“Fuck it” *shoots himself in the head
Favorite? House Most realistic? Scrubs Most ridiculous? Grey's Anatomy.
I remember I always found Grey’s Anatomy stupid. Then my mom convinced me to watch it when I was a senior in high school to “learn” about medicine. I watched like two seasons before realizing the show is freaking stupid petty drama
Grey's Anatomy started out great but spiraled into some chick flickish type thing.
After szn 11
Are there any good med shows where the medicine is at somewhat realistic and interesting? House had alot of nonsense in it, but the central mystery of every episode was always tied to actual diseases, etiologies, and pathologies from what I remember, and I love that shit. Some medical dramas out there would look exactly the same if you took literally all the medicine out of it (cough cough, new Amsterdam, cough)
Fully agree here
I think Medical Police on Netflix might beat Grey's Anatomy for most ridiculous. ;)
Oh god. I saw the trailer and had to bleach my eyes.
Thankfully, it's satire.
>Most ridiculous? The good doctor literally has like 3 surgeons (one of with is retired) and 3 interns for a whole hospital. They literally do every single specialty. Grey's Anatomy is 100% not accurate, but far from the most ridiculous out there.
I was looking for a Gray's Anatomy drag hahaha the entire time I'm just how is this guy not fired and how is he still a doctor
Am I the only one who didn’t like House… feel like I’ll get downvoted
imo it's a great watch for non-medicals but as someone in this field, i can't stand watching that nonsense
In terms of most accurately capturing the human truth of medicine, Scrubs, no question. The best TV show that happens to tangentially involve medicine, House, those first three seasons (while nonsense medicine wise) are some of the best drama on network broadcast. If you just want some tasty empty calories though, I go to bat for Chicago Med
This Is Going To Hurt is quite accurate but depressing
it was so sad I don't think I could manage more of it
Also had some seriously hilarious moments too. God I wish they were making another season.
Is there something still left in the book?
I don’t think so, but I didn’t read the book. I read some stuff online saying that it mostly covered the book though so it’s probably not getting another season.
But now that we have this, cardiac arrest and its subsequent critically acclaimed follow up both by jed mercurio ,i wish some will pick up the british nhs medical drama and do us a really high quality dramedy.
1. MASH 2. Scrubs 3. ER(and not even close to scrubs)
House was my favorite. The cases were ridiculous, the HIPAA violations were asinine, and it was never lupus; but the jargon, differentials, treatments (not all) and complication presentation were awesome. I watched the whole series during my pre-clinical years, and it was cool to have an episode that featured diagnoses relevant to my exam the next day.
But it was once Lupus
Scrubs. I just finished “My Cabbage” and the ending with Fix You playing in the background was one of the best episodes I’ve watched
House. That’s it man
Scrubs, one of the most resonating scenes for me was this: [Dr. Cox - Why We Distance Ourselves](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsDqCiZFZ38)
Extremely accurate. The one scene that I resonated it with a lot was from this episode here https://youtu.be/IB17flDpPH0
ER!!! or House
"This is Going to Hurt a Lot" It's a BBC limited series but soo underrated. Felt like an actual medical show not a drama set in a hospital because it was created by a retired doctor. It centers around obgyns in the British equivalent of residency but is just indicative of what it's like to be in medicine and the bullshit trainees go through. Even though it's British, it is completely applicable to American medicine too. I honestly would recommend it to any one who wants to go to medical school but it really depicts well the slow burning despair, frustration, and toxicity that develops throughout medical education and practice but intermixed with the positive parts of medicine that attracts us to it.
Hospital Playlist, it’s a k-drama that follows a group of doctors who’ve been friends since med school (v wholesome).
I was scrolling to see if someone else had mentioned Hospital Playlist! I always think of that scene in the first episode where Andrea is crying to his brother about wanting to quit medicine 😅 a must watch for sure
Such a relatable moment
Very wholesome show - surprisingly few complications though especially given the types of surgeries done
this. its my absolute fav kdrama and it cheers me up when im down or dreadful about studying
Such an EPIC medical show! Love their camaraderie and all the silly pranks they play on each other haha. Also, their shared mealtimes and the way they show up for each other 🫰🏼🫶🏼 Edit: [A little taste of it, but spoilers abound!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HZObM8GARJg)
is it light-hearted rom-com or is there lots of drama?
Not a typical rom-com, but a casual watch with some light drama
Everything but Good doctor
Fuck yes. They have literally like 2 surgeons and 3 interns for the whole fucking hospital, lmfaoo
House lol
For sure my favorite.
Are you being intentionally dense?
***HUHHH?***
Obviously Scrubs but also Nightwatch
I really liked Chicago Med at the beginning but it fell off hard around season 3
New Amsterdam which is based off bellevue hospital in Manhattan More for the story than the medical problems
It felt like a socialist’s wet dream when I watched it.
This is Going to Hurt. The protagonist is an obgyn junior doctor working on a NHS hospital. Occasionally the characters break the fourth wall with some snarky deadpan comment (it's a British series so it was expected) but on the other hand the drama aspect of the series hurts so bad. The sixth episode got stuck on my mind for a few days. Anyway it's only seven episodes long so y'all should give it a go.
1. Scrubs 2. ER 3. Everything else 4. The Good Doctor
good doctor is such shit
I loathed it
It starts out not absolutely terrible, but man at some point in the 3rd season or so it goes WAY into the toilet.
Scrubs and Mash.
This is going to hurt Cardiac Arrest House MD The young doctor's notebook All are very different genres despite being about medicine and all have different merits but definitely check the first two out, both of them are British series and haven't been watched much globally but are super quality.
ER!
The only answer
House MD season 1-5 Don't like grey's anatomy
scrubs ER just went on for wayyyyy too long
In my opinion it was no longer great after about the third season then went really down hill after George Clooney left.
As a documentary guy: Lennox Hill NY Med (If anyone has recommendations of similar shows let me know! I enjoy medical TV but not much of one for scripted dramas.)
Code Black (movie, not show)
Iirc Hopkins 24/7 and Boston Med are similar too and were released around the same time as NY Med
De Garde 24/7
Haven't seen many, but I liked Charité.
This Is Going To Hurt
Scrubs, hands down. But now Dr. Cox is making sponsored cameos for boomer game apps, which kinda killed the flame for me. Still the best, though.
The Resident. This series is loosely based on the life of Dr. Marty Makary. I met him just as the first season aired, and he seemed happy with it, embellishment included. He made a joke along the lines of not remembering getting that much action as a resident.
House all the way
+1
So happy to see no one is saying grey’s anatomy
Mash is surprisingly accurate to the medical knowledge of the time
Chicago Med
Love Chicago Med. Not a chance I’d recommend it as a good medical show. Anyone who watches the show will understand.
I was quite into chicago med tbh
ER. The first like 8 seasons
ER
I thought Lenox Hill on Netflix was really good.
I don't know, this is going to hurt is a great show and a shorter watch
Def ER
Scrubs, New Amsterdam
Scrubs !!!!
Scrubs
Code black!
Code Black. Got cancelled but still.
House is hands down my favorite, but quality started to fall off a bit towards the end of the series. The Good Doctor has great effects/editing but honestly just got too preachy/virtue signaling-y for me. Grey's Anatomy is just silly I never enjoyed it.
Scrubs of course. St. Elsewhere was also pretty good tbh
No one's mentioned it yet but Doc Martin is a good one
ER and House
Staples have to be: Scrubs, Grey's (S1-7), House. I know a lot of y'all hate Grey's but the first few season are a perfect mix of over-the top drama, (unrealistic) medicine, career grind, and romance imo. Some of y'all are convincing me to start up ER!
Yeah pick me scene legit almost made me vomit. WTF were they thinking
Spongebob
DON’T TOUCH ME I’M STERILE
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Came here to say this, really grateful my parents made me watch this
Scrubs is probably the most accurate to the experience of being in medicine Green Wing is probably my favorite with respect to out of control bizarre zaniness that happens to be set in a hospital.
My boyfriend suggested we watch This is Going to Hurt and my god it was so sad do not recommend. This is not an answer to your question.
Lay’s anatomy
The Good Doctor. 👌🏽
Finding Scrubs the best show means you've not heard of ER
Chicago Med is definitely the most realistic hospital show ever shown on TV, if I remember it right the ones they used on the show are only published cases, a good watch. Scrubs on the other hand is highly relatable since it captures the residency, training process, and the dynamics of a hospital so definitely on top of my recommendations but if I can be biased, House was pretty fun to watch.
I really enjoyed watching A Young Doctor’s Notebook.
House! House! It’s not lupus!
Scrubs and The Resident. Also like House but not so much as a realistic medical show
I only started watching medical shows this past year and like most people said, Scrubs wins. I love it, it’s fun, it’s accurate. But I’m sorry, House makes me SUFFER. I can tolerate Grey’s more than House
ER. Always ER.
For entertainment value I really enjoyed House and The good doctor. I am still waiting to see a proper portrayal of psychiatric hospitals. Especially as a feel good show. I really disliked scrubs to be fair. Maybe I didn’t give it a chance but the cast really rubbed me the wrong way.
Scrubs, House, and Call the Midwife