written by Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
Netflix has set April 3 as premiere date for Pulse, its first English-language medical procedural. The streamer also has released first-look images for the series, headlined by Willa Fitzgerald and Colin Woodell. See the photos above and below.
Pulse, from first-time creator Zoe Robyn and veteran showrunner Carlton Cuse (Lost), is the fourth new medical drama to debut in the span of three months, following Max’s The Pitt, which already has been renewed for a second season, Fox’s Doc and CBS’ Watson.
Designed as a network-style series on a network-caliber budget, Pulse is in the tradition of shows like Grey’s Anatomy, mixing medical cases and office romances.
In it, as a hurricane barrels towards Miami’s busiest Level 1 Trauma Center, third-year resident Dr. Danny Simms (Fitzgerald) is unexpectedly thrust into a promotion when beloved Chief Resident Dr. Xander Phillips (Woodell) is suspended. Amid the worsening storm and an onslaught of trauma cases, the hospital goes into lockdown, and Simms and Phillips must find a way to work together – even as the bombshell details of a complicated and illicit romance between them begin to spill out. The rest of the ER is left to process the fallout of their relationship while balancing their own challenges, both personal and professional, as they work under the pressure of life-or-death stakes. Because for this tight-knit group of doctors, saving their patients’ lives is often less complicated than living their own.
The series’ principal cast includes Fitzgerald, Woodell, Justina Machado, Jack Bannon, Jessie T. Usher, Jessy Yates, Chelsea Muirhead and Daniela Nieves. Pulse’s extended cast includes Néstor Carbonell, a newly minted Emmy winner for Shōgun, Jessica Rothe, Santiago Segura, Ash Santos and Arturo Del Puerto.
Robyn and Cuse serve as showrunners. They executive produce with Bradley Gardner, Emma Forman, Michael Klick and director Kate Dennis.
Featuring work from Editor Colin Rich
