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[SuzySunshine]

This is a new show that starts next Tuesday in the 9pm time slot on CBS. I'm dreading it b/c the more I see the previews the more I realize it is going to make the stereotypes about neurosurgeons ten times worse than they already are.

This is what the first episode is supposed to be about:

From executive producer Peter Ocko comes a new medical drama about two elite neurosurgeons who have different takes on how to treat their patients. One cares about them and one who only cares about their brains.

Dr. Doug Hanson (Stanley Tucci) is a brilliant neurosurgeon and one of the best in New York City. His method is simple. The brain is like a wire box, and the patient is not important because that is just the outside. Dr. Jonathan Seger (Mark Feuerstein) has a totally different point-of-view. To him, the psychological health of his patient is a priority. When these two top doctors work on a patient, however, they forget their differences and perform miracles.

I guess we'll see.

I've thought of you each time I've seen a promo.

[Ravenclaw]

I've thought of you each time I've seen a promo.

Same.
Sounds like it will be cheesy and stereotypical based on the commercials.

[Lo]

agreed...

[SuzySunshine]

This review was in our paper today.

Over the past few seasons, CBS has
gone out of its way to attract actors of
note, including Gary Sinise and James
Woods. Liev Schreiber will join “CSI”
soon in a recurring role. Let’s not
forget the amazing cast of the shortlived
“Smith,” which included Ray
Liotta and Virginia Madsen. I am
greatly respectful of these actors, as I
am of Stanley Tucci, star of the new
series “3 lbs.” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).
But casting does not a great series
make. “3 lbs.” follows closely in the
“House” tradition, with Tucci starring
as Doug Hanson, a brilliant neurosurgeon
with no bedside manner and a
flagrant disdain for social graces. But
unlike Hugh Laurie’s House, who likes
to think out loud and say whatever
comes to mind, Hanson is more cryptic
and withdrawn.
These character flaws allow Hanson’s
assistant, Jonathan Seger (Mark Feuerstein),
to fill the silences with compassionate
gush. He’s the nice, caring guy
to Hanson’s cold genius. He holds
patients’ hands and tries to see the
soul inside the brain that Hanson dismisses
as “wires in a box.”
The casting, while natural, seems to
subtract from the sum of both men’s
talents. Tucci has often been cast as
flawed or villainous (“The Devil Wears
Prada,” “Winchell,” “The Daytrippers”),
and Feuerstein (“Conrad
Bloom,” “Good Morning, Miami”) has
made a career of playing the nice
young man, handsome, successful and
eager to please -- a kind of yuppie
puppy. “3 lbs.” would be a more interesting
show if the roles were reversed
and Feuerstein played the heavy. Or
maybe not.
Indira Varma co-stars as Adrienne
Holland, a beautiful neurologist who
shares flirty moments with Seger and
some strange, unexplained past with
Hanson. The debut episode concerns
heated arguments about treatment
options for a tumor-stricken violin
prodigy. It comes complete with cinematic
scenes of hallucinations, dreams
and a musical montage accompanied
by what sounds like a Coldplay song.
It's a brand-new show, but a lot seems
very familiar.
FYI: The show's title refers to the
average weight of the human brain.

I'll have to make sure I set the DVR tonight as we have plans but it should be interesting.

I'm very interested also. I talked to my BF about it for a second last week (we only had like 2hrs so we quickly moved on). I think it sounds like it will be sort of like nip/tuck (hopefully without all the disturbing sex). I read that Columbia had a screening last night and there was supposed to be a discussion after. I'm interested to see what people think. If your husbands watches it, please fill me in on his reaction…. I don't think I'll have a chance to get my BF's opinion for weeks :thud:

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I am really bad at multitasking…. please excuse all of my typos/grammatical errors

[DCJenn]

From my hubbie the neurologist:

"f-ing please...gamma knife is not done by the neuroradiologist- it's the neurosurgeons...

"neurologists don't walk around barefoot escorting their patients for the MRI"

"I'm NEVER watching this show again...it's more wrong than right."

"I don't know one neurosurgeon who thinks that it's a "box w/ wires"

Jenn

LOL!! thank you, I appreciate the info.

I watched too, pretty lame...

Bet I'll still dvr it for the season... but I'm sure it won't be back for another

From my hubbie the neurologist:

"f-ing please...gamma knife is not done by the neuroradiologist- it's the neurosurgeons...

"neurologists don't walk around barefoot escorting their patients for the MRI"

"I'm NEVER watching this show again...it's more wrong than right."

"I don't know one neurosurgeon who thinks that it's a "box w/ wires"

Jenn

those are the kinds of comments I always get from medical shows. we giggle how the surgeons multitask and do all sorts of different surgeries, or - as on House - they're radiologists, pathologists, surgeons ... just a little bit of everything!

[SuzySunshine]

Yeh, it was interesting - the verdict is still out here, we'll probably continue to watch it for now.

[DCJenn]

OMG- I think my husband would rather cut his legs off than watch it again. and he was diagnosing all of the illnesses and noted that there was an error between the right brain left brain stuff w/ the violinist. That made him laugh out loud.

and he was totally hysterical when the neurologist was running the entire MRI thing- by herself. Like that happens.

Jenn

[Ravenclaw]

We DVR'd it too. DH was like I heard it was going to be bad; why are you recording it?

[SuzySunshine]

Wow, yes there were a lot of inaccuracies but again its a TV show - not reality and while there are some members of the general public that would believe it to be real - others won't.

I don't think it will make it due to its time slot, DH and I watched Mr. Smith at the beginning of the season and we really liked it but it didn't have the audience and was canned.

DH did say that he wanted one of those big monitors/screens that he was looking at images on at the end.

Wow, yes there were a lot of inaccuracies but again its a TV show - not reality and while there are some members of the general public that would believe it to be real - others won't.

Not to mention (not to be snooty) but a lot of what they REALLY do or deal with would be so over the head of the general public that it would NEVER have a chance. If they start spouting out too many accurate medical terms (while not mid-trauma-scene ala ER), the public with glaze over.