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Pulsemakes clear from its earliest shots that a critical percentage of its creative drive has been phoned in.
This is not wherePulses interests lie.
Xander gets put on administrative leave, and in his absence, Danny gets his job.
This is immediately suspect, of course.
She accuses him of harassment and then directly benefits from the accusation?
Seems manipulative!Pulsethen skips away from its current-day timeline to provide lengthy flashbacks of Danny and Xandersveryconsensual relationship.
Is this handsome and caring male doctor truly such a monster?!
The chief effect of all this is reminding viewers of other, better medical dramas.
Greys Anatomyis not the only option for comparison here.
They appear to have endless time, even as the hospital loses power in the middle of a hurricane.
Next to the carefully layered constructions ofThe Pitts medical team, the character development onPulseis painfully empty.
Tom Cole (Jack Bannon) is therealasshole, which is how you know Xanders not that bad.
Imagine if a sexual-harassment case were just a sexual-harassment case?
But these are all obstacles and opportunities for a different medical show, one more curious and self-reflective thanPulse.
Pulseis not that, either.
