Pulse

2017 · Ended · 1 season · 8 episodes · Drama · Australia

Creator Kris Wyld, Mel Hill · Channel ABC TV · Starring Claire van der Boom, Andrea Demetriades, Arka Das

When successful high-flier Frankie Bell is brought crashing to earth by chronic kidney failure she targets an alternate future. Eight years on she is in her second year as a practicing doctor starting her first day in a Renal rotation. Driven to use her second chance to save others, Frankie must confront an ailing health system, and face her toughest challenge - learning to let go.
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Episodes

8 episodes · July 2017 – September 2017
  1. Episode 1: Episode 1July 20, 2017 · 56 min
    Transplant patient and now doctor, Frankie starts her first day in Renal rotation; best friend Lou battles surgery's boys' club; and flatmate Tabb starts as an intern.
  2. Episode 2: Episode 2July 27, 2017 · 57 min
    Frankie takes on the system to save a patient, and lands in trouble. Lou finds out it’s not always wise to have an affair with a boss; and Tabb questions his ability as a doctor.
  3. Episode 3: Episode 3August 3, 2017 · 54 min
    When a heart transplant patient dies, Frankie fears the surgeons will close ranks to cover up a medical error. Lou realises she and best friend Frankie may be on different sides.
  4. Episode 4: Episode 4August 10, 2017 · 57 min
    When a patient wants to turn off the device keeping her alive, Steele tries to dissuade her. Lou feels betrayed when Frankie takes on a Root Cause Analysis into a patient’s death, threatening her job.
  5. Episode 5: Episode 5August 17, 2017 · 56 min
    When Berger learns Frankie has a fever in the middle of a hospital outbreak, he forces her into a bed for treatment, putting her secret at risk of exposure.
  6. Episode 6: Episode 6August 24, 2017 · 57 min
    Tanya Kalchuri is forced to tell Frankie she read her medical files - a breach of professional ethics; while Berger works with Eli Nadar to save a patient from deportation.
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  1. Episode 7: Episode 7August 31, 2017 · 51 min
    On the eve of an investigation into a patient's death, Frankie realises that all doctors are fallible when faced with the reality of a health system that isn't always able to cater for all.
  2. Episode 8: Episode 8September 7, 2017 · 57 min
    Chad Berger's days as a doctor are coming to an end, but he is determined to see through a complex set of paired kidney exchange transplants. Will he be able to do so, or will his own condition get to him?

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EPISODE LENGTH
56 minutes
FIRST AIRED
July 20, 2017
LAST AIRED
September 7, 2017
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Clandestine Beyond, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Beyond Entertainment

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