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Dr. Sam Griffith (Sophia Bush) takes over as chief surgeon after her father Dr. Rob 'Griff' Griffith (Jason Isaacs) gets shot in the hospital. It's six months later. Griff wakes up from his coma and wants his job back but Sam is not about to let it go.

There is nobody to root for at the beginning. That is the central issue with this show. Sam is an annoying try-hard. Her dad is a psychopath. Her mom is full of secrets. Non of the other doctors are nice. It's a lot of unlikeable characters. I do grow to accept Sam over time but it's too little and too late. It gets cancelled after 13 episodes.

Wanted to enjoy this - Sophia Bush was a great character in Chicago PD. Here she has neither the gravitas nor the conviction to pull this role off. Some voice coaching could help her to greatly extend her acting range.

The set-up is intriguing - father/daughter conflict around the philosophy of and the actual running of a hospital. The delivery is weak with a series of exaggerated relationship drama befitting a teen show. Sooo many triangles. Father/daughter/mother, son/father/mother, father/daughter/best-friend, protagonist love triangle ... A complete mess of strands overloading the viewer each episode with no safe haven from which to tie it all together.

I decided to check out this series for a few reasons. 1. I like checking out new medical dramas, because Medical Dramas are one of my favorite types of TV shows. 2. I actually recognize some of the actors from other things.

But the only good thing about this series I can say is, it's not the Worst Medical Drama I've seen, but it's not the Best either. It's just Ok. The show focuses to much on the fight for control of the hospital between Father (Jason Isaacs) and Daughter (Sophia Bush), and not enough on the medical stuff.

After three episodes, I don't know if Good Sam is good enough for me to keep watching.

The premise is not only preposterous, it's an HR nightmare: surgeon Dad supervising resident Daughter, then same-said Daughter supervising Dad when he returns to work after spending 6 months in a coma. Meanwhile, Mom is supervising both of them, and they're both romantically (sexually) involved with other residents under their supervision. I'm sure I saw this on General Hospital... The first episode strongly smacked of House - trying to diagnose a mysterious illness, which they manage to catch in time, and perform a bleeding edge procedure to save the patient's life. And the residents vote on how to treat the patient! That's just not how medicine works in the real world.

If you like daytime soap operas you'll love this, but if you're looking for engaging drama, change the channel.

People are harsh in the prior reviews. The pilot was ok for a medical show. The medical pieces were well researched, Sophia Bush is great and so is Jason Isaacs. The situation is a little unbelievable but the tension between them seems real.. The diversity in the cast is nice to see and it's a lot more realistic than Grey's which I had to stop watching years ago. I based my rating on what I think it could be with a bit of time.

I loved Sophia Bush in Chicago PD and was sad when she left that show, so I watched this hopefully. But the whole thing is just so contrived. Omg it's hard to actually articulate my disappointment at how contrived and artificial the whole thing is. Although I wanted to watch it for Sophia I couldn't even finish the first ep.

Cancelled! What a poorly written, poorly researched show. Nothing feel good or uplifting about it. In real life, doctors and nurses show up to do their jobs and put their feelings aside, they are there for the patients. At a teaching hospital they are there to learn. On this show the residents are insubordinate and putting patients lives at risk. They seem to think they deserve a medal for doing their job even though they have had a bad day. Most of the characters were awful including Sam, just whiny, self centered and backstabbing to their friends and/or family. To the writers, next time do your research and learn how a hospital or anything you want to write about works.. this show was implausible and lazily written which is why it never gained an audience.

Of a registered humor, not suitable for perfectionists, but interesting. Perhaps focusing on flaws diverts attention from entertainment. It is not a reality show, the situations that do not fit the daily life are those that transport the imagination to the unreal World of television, and achieving that is an art, even more so when it comes to renowned actors surrounded by strangers. It is also an art to be able to overcome prejudices and repetitive rubber stamps that do not contribute to the evolution of clear thinking. That it does not compare with others is not of interest to me because if so, I would be seeing the other, entrenched in a cave looking at the universe through a hole. I liked it and I will be following up because it entertains, in other words, it does the job without the pointless tri-romantic bla-bla-bla complications of late medical drama series. Everything is according to the color of the glass with which you look.

Yes, I will confess. I am a sucker for medical television dramas. The obstacle that continues to thwart me is that I never seem to finish the series. E. R. Was completed years ago ( I want to re watch the series on HBO Max.), My status with Grey's Anatomy is four seasons behind, but I will continue, but the television to streaming Gods continue to throw multiple medical shows at me. My judgement on "Good Sam" is only based on my viewing of the pilot episode. The camera work and the cinematography of the show is top notch. The casting is great. Jason Issacs impressed me recently with his role in "Mass" which should have garnered him an Oscar nomination. Sophie Bush and the rest of the ensemble create some great moments. My slight problem is the tone and the script of the pilot. Was this set up as family type of drama? I wish that was set up as more of ah adult drama that would have been a bit edgier. I will keep watching and give it a chance. Right now, from the pilot, (my viewpoint only) a C+.

Love Sophia Bush, she makes a kick ass cop or other action actor. But this show, which concentrates on a constant sniping relationship with her tv dad, is horrible. The premise is horrible, and it doesn't come close to being a decent medical show. Who wants to watch a father and daughter constantly trying to one-up each other or stab each other in the back? She needs a good role like she had on Chicago PD. I know she supposedly had problems with one of the other actors on it, but you would think that she would have better roles to choose from. This show just needs to die quietly.

I LOVE Jason Isaacs and I feel so bad for him that he needed to get this job. Sophia Bush is just always the same......It's not that she's a bad actor......she just always acts the same.... The premise of the show is good, the execution is HORRIBLE!

You can go two ways with a medical show: a serious baseline with comedic touches like House, or a comedic baseline with dramatic touches like Scrubs. Both works. Good Sam is just a tonal mess that turns into soap.

The main character is privileged rich prettygirl, bland as they come. Plays piano and eats dinner in the lab because she's so perfect. She keeps whining abut her "best friend" like she's 14 and not a hospital fellow.

The ensemble diagnostics scenes and walk-and-talks are getting so old now.

Relationships on show are terrible and boring. Very unbelievable story lines. Sophia, please just go back to Chicago PD. Jason Isaacs go back to Discovery.

I tried very hard to get through a second episode of this series just as a sign of support for Isaac, whose acting is superb. Never made it. Even he can't overcome a preposterous and far fetched premise, a poor script, uninteresting characters, and all around mediocre to poor acting from the rest of the cast. He does the only real quality acting in every scene he's in, but that's simply not enough, especially in view of the particularly bad job done by the actress who plays the title character. She's downright lousy.

Please liberate this great actor from this abominable series and give him a decent project worthy of his talent..

Finally a refreshing twist on a medical drama. I've only watched the first episode and my mouth dropped several times! Keep up the great work and this fantastic show!

Everyone else reviewing the show seems to have nothing but bad things to say about the show, but I've been enjoying it! The acting of the two leads is well done (Jason Isaacs is a legend), and the storyline is tired but still entertaining. The soundtrack is awesome, although I might be biased as a big fan of classical music, and the chemistry is there. The main issue is the script and non-realness of it all. I think if you got a heavy-hitter writing, it's be a huge hit.

Fantastic actors from episode 1 they got me hooked and wanting more.

It's a great story a mixture between House and Grey's Anatomy with a bit of spice.

Can't wait to see more episodes and invest in the characters I find the first couple of episodes are like a taster and your not sure but as they go you just can't stop like a tub or Pringles crisps.

I read the negative below reviews which make me laugh that your could make such assumptions after 2 episodes, really?

I really hope this doesn't get cancelled because it's I want more 😊

I find this show to be entertaining as any show or movie should be. It shows a not so great relationship between a father and daughter who are both heart surgeons. Very reminiscent of House. I am on episode 3 and quite enjoy it.

To be honest I don't actually know what's worse here: poor acting, weak dialogues, bad script or is that all equally bad?

I didn't expect much out of it but it's actually below the lowest expectations.

3/10 for trying.