Code Black (2015): Season 1

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CBS | Season Premiere Date: September 30, 2015

Starring: Bonnie Somerville, Luis Guzman, William Allen Young

Summary: The medical drama based on the 2014 documentary of the same name, Residency Director Dr. Leanne Rorish (Marcia Gay Harden) with the help of senior nurse Jesse Sallander (Luis Guzman), leads a group of first-year residents: Christa Lorenson (Bonnie Somerville), Malaya Pineda (Melanie Kannokada), Mario Savetti (Benjamin Hollingsworth) andThe medical drama based on the 2014 documentary of the same name, Residency Director Dr. Leanne Rorish (Marcia Gay Harden) with the help of senior nurse Jesse Sallander (Luis Guzman), leads a group of first-year residents: Christa Lorenson (Bonnie Somerville), Malaya Pineda (Melanie Kannokada), Mario Savetti (Benjamin Hollingsworth) and Angus Leighton (Harry M. Ford), to help the most critical cases at a Los Angeles hospital.… Expand

Creator: Michael Seitzman

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E18. Blood Sport
Air Date: February 24, 2016
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S1:E17. Love Hurts
Air Date: February 17, 2016
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S1:E16. Hail Mary
Air Date: February 10, 2016

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Verne Gay

Sep 29, 2015

Not for the squeamish, but a well-done new medical drama. Read full review

Gail Pennington

Sep 4, 2015

Action and the beginning of character development are both good signs. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Sep 30, 2015

The show needs to work on building the urgency to its stories and cutting away the treacle. Read full review

Willa Paskin

Sep 21, 2015

The ER is crowded with cases familiar from House, Grey’s Anatomy, Chicago Hope, and ER, and the doctors perform many near-miracles. And yet Code Black has a heartbeat. Gay Harden is fierce and vital even when spouting clichés. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Sep 30, 2015

Harden is a fine actress, but the show’s writers too often give her heavy-handed lines that are the equivalent of cauterizing a head wound with a blow torch. Read full review

Tirdad Derakhshani

Sep 29, 2015

The derivative Code Black takes elements from every medical drama before it, puts those aspects into a blender, and throws the results at the audience at high speed.... I'm not sure what Code Black is supposed to be about. It's a collection of rapidly moving medical cases with no real center. Read full review

Robert Bianco

Sep 29, 2015

You'll find some fine actors here, Harden and Somerville among them, along with some whose continued employment may strike you as a mystery. Not that it matters much: Dr. Zorba returned from the dead would not have been able to breathe life into this stiff. Read full review

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AngelaH123

Oct 22, 2015

Was unclear if I'd like this past the pilot but since sticking with it through four episodes, it has grown on me significantly. It's one of those shows you must pay attention to else you'll miss something important, but as long as you do pay attention, you'll find sheer brilliance in theWas unclear if I'd like this past the pilot but since sticking with it through four episodes, it has grown on me significantly. It's one of those shows you must pay attention to else you'll miss something important, but as long as you do pay attention, you'll find sheer brilliance in the writing, the acting (ahem, Marcia Gay Harden anyone??), and the depth of the humanity. It's gripping (especially this last episode (#4), and it's heading in a great direction, at least I hope, because this seems like a show with Emmy potential. Great ensemble cast and strong lead by MGH.… Expand

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romaaaaay

Dec 6, 2015

Love the fact that the drama is kept inside the hospital - forms clever relationships in house without over dramatizing the characters back stories. The whole cast is fantastic and believable even throughout sneaky, slightly cheesy one liners.

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ChristinaKB1246

Jan 15, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hope to God this show does not get cancelled. I love this show, it's just awesome and even better than Grey's Anatomy. Too many of my favourite shows get cancelled and this is right now, is replacing Rookie Blue for me so i hope it stays on air or i am done with television.… Expand

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West3rd

Nov 2, 2015

more gritty and realistic than any other medical show, this by far one of the best new shows of the season. episodes are getting more and more intense. it's an emotional rollercoaster - even my husband has cried on a few occasions!

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hornysoul

Sep 21, 2018

Ótima série, realista e emocionante! Muita ação e drama, bem como alguma comédia (escondida em situações calmas dentro do hospital). Estou apaixonado pelo Mama pela Papa!! Cada episódio é melhor do que o outro!

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mrssptr

Oct 28, 2015

it's getting better and better each episode! So realistic, not all that glossy glitzy medical drama like Grey's and ER or private practice. It's literally all about saving lives, waiting in the ER, dirty locker room, etc.

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monetize

Oct 8, 2015

Disastrous. In more than one way!

The amount of work that goes into this show does not warrant the output. So much time is spent on making it "real" and "accurate" and upping the chaos that every other aspect does not get the appropriate attention in production.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: April 25, 2018
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 28, 2016
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 30, 2015
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  S1:E18. Blood Sport
  Air Date: February 24, 2016
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  S1:E17. Love Hurts
  Air Date: February 17, 2016
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  S1:E16. Hail Mary
  Air Date: February 10, 2016
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  S1:E15. Diagnosis of Exclusion
  Air Date: February 3, 2016
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  S1:E14. The Fifth Stage
  Air Date: January 27, 2016
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  S1:E13. First Date
  Air Date: January 20, 2016
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  S1:E12. The Fog of War
  Air Date: January 13, 2016
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  S1:E11. Black Tag
  Air Date: December 9, 2015
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  S1:E10. Cardiac Support
  Air Date: December 2, 2015
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  S1:E9. The Son Rises
  Air Date: November 25, 2015
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  S1:E8. You Are the Heart
  Air Date: November 18, 2015
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  S1:E7. Buen Árbol
  Air Date: November 11, 2015
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  S1:E6. In Extremis
  Air Date: November 4, 2015
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  S1:E5. Doctors With Borders
  Air Date: October 28, 2015
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  S1:E4. Sometimes It's a Zebra
  Air Date: October 21, 2015
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  S1:E3. Pre-Existing Conditions
  Air Date: October 14, 2015
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  S1:E2. We Plug Holes
  Air Date: October 7, 2015
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: September 30, 2015