Dr. Michael 'Cutter' Royce (James Naughton) is starting his new job at McKee Hospital in Los Angeles County. He had advocated for a trauma center to take on the most seriously injured people. His contention is that these cases have a golden hour where life and death is decided on how fast they can get to the operating table. As the head of the new department, he leads Dr. Brigitte Blaine (Wendie Malick), Dr. Nate 'Skate' Baylor (Dorian Harewood), and others including helicopter pilot Buck Williams. This show follows closely paramedic partners John Six (Lou Ferrigno) and Sidney 'Hatter' Pacelli. There is hot young Nurse Hooter (Jayne Modean) and veteran Nurse Amy Decker (Eileen Heckart).
It's funny that L. A. has only two paramedics and one of them is the hulk. For some reason, Lou keeps lifting stuff. I do like the inclusion of his hearing loss into the character. He just needs to stop lifting stuff if he wants to be taken seriously. All joking aside, the central premise is a little wonky. The most substantive change seems to be the helicopter and that's not a big part of the show. The procedural changes within the hospital can be done without making a whole new department. Cutter could come in to make all the changes without adding a new structure. Maybe they do have trauma centers, but I bet you that it's to take care of gangland gunshot cases. There are very few GSWs on the show and no gangs.
The second episode has a fun tie in with The Fall Guy. I never watched either show, but it's always fun to connect TV universes. There are some fun action stunt work. The show starts adding more action. In a way, it is closer to a mix of 9-1-1 and the regular hospital drama. It's not high art, but some of it feels modern. The show lasted half a year and aired ten episodes with three unaired. The last line spoken on the show is "I didn't know show business can be so tough." It's very fitting.
