Gritty, new Apple TV+ series ‘Berlin ER’ tries to be as real as possible

“Berlin ER” premieres Wednesday, February 26th on Apple TV+.
Managing a chaotic emergency room in the toughest and most overcrowded hospital in Berlin is no small task for the young Dr. Parker, who is seeking a fresh start in the big city after her private life implodes in Munich. When she tries to implement necessary reforms, Parker is confronted with resistance from the underpaid, ill-equipped and chronically fatigued hospital staff who only survive with an indispensable dose of black humor. But in the face of an increasingly merciless healthcare system, the battered team must put aside their differences and pull together to save lives.
Miranda Murray for Reuters:
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The emergency room staff who take care of Berlin’s hard-partying residents are the focus of the latest Apple TV+ German-language series “Berlin ER” that draws on real-life experiences.
The city’s familiar faces – drag queens, ravers, migrants without documents and drug addicts – rotate through the chaotic emergency room led by recent Berlin transplant Zanna Parker, played by the South Africa-born actor Haley Louise Jones.
Staff are initially hostile to Parker as the latest in a series of short-lived head doctors, one of many challenges she faces at the chronically under-funded and ill-equipped hospital.
Slav Popadic also stars as Doctor Ben, a talented and tender-hearted medical practitioner with his own drug problems.
“It’s a show, it’s fiction, but we try to be as real as possible,” said Popadic, adding that some stories are based on real life, such as doctors treating undocumented migrants.
The eight-episode series draws partially on the experience of co-creator Samuel Jefferson, who worked as an emergency medicine doctor before switching gears towards screenwriting.
Jefferson said that he and co-creator Viktor Jakovleski wanted to create an authentic portrayal of emergency rooms.

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MacDailyNews Take: It’ll be interesting to see how this one is received overall and in different parts of the world.

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