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  • Dec 21, 2023
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  • Dec 21, 2023

Summary Based on the podcast of the same name, the limited series tells the true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch (Joshua Jackson), a Dallas surgeon who left more than 30 patients dead or permanently injured until two doctors (Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater) and an Assistant District Attorney (AnnaSophia Robb) work to stop him.

Created By: Ashley Michel Hoban, Patrick Macmanus

  • Peacock
  • Dec 21, 2023
  • Peacock
  • Dec 21, 2023
Dr. Death
Season 2
Season Premiere: Dec 21, 2023
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary Based on the podcast of the same name, the limited series tells the true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch (Joshua Jackson), a Dallas surgeon who left more than 30 patients dead or permanently injured until two doctors (Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater) and an Assistant District Attorney (AnnaSophia Robb) work to stop him.

Created By: Ashley Michel Hoban, Patrick Macmanus

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Dec 21, 2023 • 48 m
Like Magic
Investigative journalist Benita Alexander discovers a new subject in world-renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, known as The Miracle Man. Paolo forms a new team at Karolinska.
Episode 2 • Dec 21, 2023 • 47 m
Worth the Risk
A tragedy forces Benita to shift perspectives on her piece, and her relationship with Paolo grows more complicated. As Paolo and Ana pursue their first patient, Svensson faces pressure with his rat trials.
Episode 3 • Dec 21, 2023 • 48 m
The Horizon
The truth about Paolo and Benita's relationship is revealed. Gamelli befriends one of Paolo's patients. Svensson grapples with his growing doubts.
Episode 4 • Dec 21, 2023 • 48 m
Tarantela Telaraña
As Benita uncovers Paolo's lies, Gamelli and Svensson discover horrifying truths of their own.
Episode 5 • Dec 21, 2023 • 50 m
191
A young Turkish woman named Yesim goes to Sweden for a medical consultation but ends up having surgery by Dr. Macchiarini. Dr. Gamelli works hard to keep her alive and openly questions Macchiarini's surgical method.
Episode 6 • Dec 21, 2023 • 49 m
The Fog
With growing doubts of her own, Ana struggles to pursue her work in Russia. Benita's search for answers sends her halfway around the world. Svensson and Gamelli form a plan.
Episode 7 • Dec 21, 2023 • 47 m
Compassionate Uses
Ana joins Svensson and Gamelli in their mission. Benita attempts to spread the truth about Paolo's work.
Episode 8 • Dec 21, 2023 • 57 m
Surgeons, Bachelors and Butchers
The Whistleblowers are summoned to defend their findings. Benita makes a final discovery that changes the course of their lives forever.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
67
67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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80
Jan 18, 2024
It stretches out over eight episodes, allowing time for Edgar Ramírez’s Macchiarini to seduce not just Miller (played by Mandy Moore), his patients, and his colleagues, but the viewer as well. .... Ramírez and Moore fill the series’ center, but some of the best work here is done on the periphery. Luke Kirby, as dour, skeptical American surgeon Nathan Gamelli, and Gustaf Hammarsten, as shaggy Swedish researcher Dr. Svensson, provide dramatic and ethical ballast to the romantic sizzle.
By Chris Vognar FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 21, 2023
The first thing that Dr. Death Season 2 improves on from Season 1 is the writing of its female characters. .... But more than that, Season 2 of Dr. Death gives more space for us to get to know and care about Macchiarini’s patients, which ensures the series plays out like a horror story in several moments.
By Erick Massoto FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 15, 2023
Though the series is fine, the timeline feels convoluted as it jolts over the years before Benita and the good doctor connect. Moreover, the most compelling episodes of “Dr. Death” lie in the season’s second half.
By Aramide Tinubu FULL REVIEW
67
Dec 20, 2023
It doesn’t help that episodes follow a haphazard timeline—cities and years keep changing within an installment without sufficient narrative explanations to help fill in the gaps. Despite the drawbacks, Dr. Death succeeds as a real gut-punch because of the affecting stories it tells. Plus, the performances are strong.
By Saloni Gajjar FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 20, 2023
Stitched together, the two halves make for a lumpy, if occasionally gripping, whole.
By Angie Han FULL REVIEW
58
Dec 15, 2023
Dr. Death gives us little more than this broadly sketched, flatly written foundation for Benita and Paolo’s romance, and leaves the central question — how on earth did an accomplished broadcast journalist fall for such a fabulist? — largely unanswered.
By Kristen Baldwin FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
7.3
86% Positive
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0% Mixed
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14% Negative
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