For some reason, I really enjoy watching The Resident (a Fox Series)

A month ago (or more than that) I started watching The Resident on Hulu. I didn't know anything about the show, but I quickly understood that it had to do about life in a hospital and young doctors. But, I quickly realized that it was quite similar to other medical TV series and shows like Grey's Anatomy and ER, but still - there were some big differences as well.

One of the biggest differences is that The Resident involves you much more in the daily life of running a hospital in the USA, and it deals heavily with the topic of insurance, only accepting patients with a good insurance policy and so on. Thus you get to follow the hard decisions of the leaders of a hospital when there is money behind every decision being made.

But, meanwhile this is about money, young doctors, and running a hospital, it also deals with criminal situations as not all doctors run their business with a clear conscience. In the first season, we meet a Dr. Lane Hunter, an oncologist who doesn't have all her stuff in the clear, and in the second season, we get to meet an entire company that doesn't seem to be running their business the way it should be. And because of these parts of the series, it is so much more than just a typical hospital series, it is kind of a little bit of criminal story, and there is a small dose of adrenaline to it, making you want to watch new episodes all the time to see where the story will lead you.

And after watching the full first season and now almost the complete second season of the show, I have got to say that I feel as if the show is getting better and better. Even though it is annoying when they start a story in one episode, only to forget about it for two-three episodes before it suddenly shows up again a couple of episodes down the road.

- There is a hospital series in the UK as well named Holby City. It has been running since 1999 and in 2019, it will show episode number 1000 of the show. That is quite a run... I do not hope The Resident will run for that long because it will for sure turn boring in the end, but I do admire a show like Holby City, produced by BBC, able to run for that long. You can read more about Holby City and how to watch it here</a<.

And also, the lack of reality-feeling is enormous, and it can be annoying (if you cannot simply forget about it). When they do a heart transplant and you have two residents and one surgeon in the room who just got a heart and now hurry up, let us make this happen. Afterward, the same crew is amputating a breast, and then they are doing brain surgery. In the next moment, the residents are creating a welfare hospital for those without insurance outside, and in addition, they have time to speak with all their patients and work like hobby detectives. In other words, it isn't realistic considering that doctors have their specialties and normally work within those fields only, compared to The Resident, in which the same doctors to everything there is of work in the hospital. But, forget about it - and you will enjoy watching The Resident online.