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Trauma
EMAILPRINTSERIES: NBC, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 21 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 69 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Drama
Created By: Dario Scardapane
First Air Date: September 28, 2009
Summary
Starring Cliff Curtis, Derek Luke, Anastasia Griffith, Aimee Garcia, Kevin Rankin, Taylor Kinney, and Jamey Sheridan
The other medical drama on NBC this season (Mercy being the other) focuses on the lives of a group of San Francisco medics.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Entertainment WeeklyTanner Stransky
The premiere is laced with dazzling special effects (a helicopter crash and a fuel-tanker explosion!) and an intriguing season-setting backstory about a past rescue gone wrong. But the show's real genius lies in its spot-on casting.
Read Full Review >NewsdayVerne Gay
The cast is loose, jaunty and appealing. The action scenes will jolt you.
Read Full Review >Washington PostTom Shales
Trauma" provides what might be called meaningful thrills, because skillful work gives us victims we can care about and, obviously, a rescue team worth rooting for. One can't help wanting to see them, and the show built around their exploits, succeed.
Read Full Review >New York PostLinda Stasi
The show is full of serious explosions and horrific crashes--especially the first brilliantly filmed accident. But all of that is intermixed with genuine characters you may not love, but will like to watch. And the fX are XXXtradordinary.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-TimesPaige Wiser
Trauma is determined to shock and awe, and it succeeds.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
There are enough good characters here to give Trauma a shot, assuming it loses melodramatic lines like "I need a save today."
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterRandee Dawn
Trauma is far from perfect--three anti-heroes are a bit much to stomach at once, and the bigger-than-life disaster scenarios surely can't be sustained every week. But there's a lot of subtle interplay sandwiched between the emergencies, and with luck, diligent viewers should be rewarded.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Trauma benefits from some fine performances--Curtis, especially, plays his role with panache--but to be redeemable or at least interesting, the characters need to reveal more complexities, stat.
Read Full Review >TimeJames Poniewozik
Trauma does not look like just another medical show. It's true. The problem is that Trauma still mostly sounds like any old other medical show.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Written as an arrogant hothead with major scars, physical and otherwise, Rabbit, like just about everyone in Trauma, is a too-familiar type, and it's not clear from tonight's episode that he's worth the trouble he causes.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Trauma may impress with its pyrotechnics, especially if you’re watching it on HDTV, but the personal dramas may not be original and engaging enough to keep you watching for more than an episode or two.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesMike Hale
It’s entirely possible that these people and their problems will become more interesting as the series goes along, but you can’t tell from the pilot; at this point they’re still constructs more than real characters.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
The front-loaded pyrotechnics notwithstanding, Dario Scardapane's script doesn't give these characters much of a pulse.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Though it's unfair to compare any show with a classic, perhaps, once it's done setting the stage and introducing its characters, once it gets over its visions of Nancy standing alone on a debris-littered freeway staring into the middle distance instead of, you know, doing her job, Trauma will find a similar groove. But it's not there yet, not even close.
Read Full Review >Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Trauma needs to get faster, and/or its characters need to get deeper.
Read Full Review >USA TodayRobert Bianco
The latest amped-up plan, apparently, is to move so fast you won't notice the humorously tin-eared dialogue.
Read Full Review >Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
There are worse shows debuting on the broadcast networks this fall, but none quite so pointless as this NBC drama about emergency paramedics.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
It's hard to imagine anyone, aside from masochists, watching both shows [Mercy & Trauma], since they are so much alike at their core.
Read Full Review >TV GuideMatt Roush
If future episodes can’t deliver crises on this grand a scale, I pity the viewer who’s stuck with these paper-thin and woefully derivative characters.
Read Full Review >San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
It's almost--but not quite--enough to be considered a post-work popcorn-type series where you check your brain on the side table and watch stuff blow up. Except that the relationships and dialogue will at some point make you scream, with or without your brain.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 5.8 (out of 10) based on 69 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Keish B gave it a10:
Awesome show, that gets some harsh criticism, but the show has consistently improved and has a great cast & great characters. Certainly better than the reality crap that's all the rage these days.
Deena P gave it a10:
I love this show I look forward to it. every week.I think its the best show on t.v. its about time. I love it.love the constant medical action.and I do learn a lot fro the stuff that goes on.
J T gave it a9:
As A Flight Nurse that works in the Bay Area I agree there are many technical flaws(the 20-something female pilot being one) But come on folks, its entertainment; and I,for one, do not want to see any more Leno, reality shows, etc. It is actually filmed on location, uses very little CGI for special effects. While I agree that many folks are perfectly happy with shows like "Hogan knows Best" and "Dancing with the stars"..But not belonging to the Wal-Mart crowd I find THESE shows insulting to my intelligence
Bob B gave it a5:
I'm on the fence on this one. It portrays an aspect of EMS that is glossed over - Critical Incident Stress Disorder. Unfortunately, it is not quite sure how to handle it. I found Nancy's reaction on the freeway in the first episode totally believable, but the bottom line is that she should have been relieved of duty right then and there. I was a Paramedic for over 20 years and an EMT for 10 years before that and have known my share of "Rabbits" and "Nancys" as well as the characters they treat. What is driving me crazy is the obvious lack of technical advisement on the set. Nancy's abdominal surgery on scene was dramatic, but unreal. I don't think that EMS has changed that much in 5 years that Paramedics are carrying scalpels and sutures and surgical trays on board their units! Rabbit's reaction to the aortic aneurysm was much better - reality is Paramedics can't do invasive surgery in the field. Other goofs I've seen - Residents magically having controlled substances conveniently in their lab coats just when it's needed! I understand the need to move the story along, but the same effect would have been served by at least paying lip service to the fact that some nurse would have to get it out of a locked cabinet. The fact that every episode seems to end at the bar bothers me also.
Lauren S gave it a10:
Trauma is a really great show for all who like medical tv shows like ER without all the personal drama in Grey's Anatomy. I really love the characters.
Susan S gave it an8:
Excellent 'action' scenes. Good story lines. Keeps our interest. Like many of the actors. I'm a nurse and much of the information is accurate. BUT...it's a t.v. show not a documentary. I do hope it lasts.
Barry R gave it a0:
As a Medic with about 28 years experience in the field, I can honestly say that this show is the poorest attempt to portray EMS services. Nothing is done correctly at all. The dialogue is incorrect in all aspects. Obviously the consulting folks must be cafeteria employees and NOT EMS folks or even Medical personnel at all. I have sevaral years experience as Flight Medic as well as a street Medic. Paramedics don't fly without an RN as a Partner. This show is as much unrealistic as anything I have ever seen and is an embarrasment to any and all EMS workers across the globe. Please take it off the air!!!
