Five Days at Memorial (2022–2022)

TV ShowEndedDrama1 season, 8 episodes
Five Days at Memorial posterReview score: 63%

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Plot

Doctors and nurses at the intensive care unit of a New Orleans' hospital struggle with treating patients during Hurricane Katrina when the facility is without power for 5 days.The limited eight-episode series is based on actual events and adapted from the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sheri Fink.

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  1. 01Five Days at Memorial S01E05Day FiveS01E05 · 7.7With pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.
  2. 02Five Days at Memorial S01E01Day OneS01E01 · 7.6Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the storm.
  3. 03Five Days at Memorial S01E03Day ThreeS01E03 · 7.5As the city floods, the hospital loses power. Mulderick and the staff attempt to cope with the terrible conditions and prepare for an evacuation.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2022Aired 7.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Five Days at Memorial S01E01Day OneAugust 11, 2022 7.6Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the sto
  2. S01E02Five Days at Memorial S01E02Day TwoAugust 11, 2022 7.1The staff and patients think they've made it through the worst—except the waters aren't receding. Reports of a new crisis circulate.
  3. S01E03Five Days at Memorial S01E03Day ThreeAugust 11, 2022 7.5As the city floods, the hospital loses power. Mulderick and the staff attempt to cope with the terrible conditions and prepare for an evacua
  4. S01E04Five Days at Memorial S01E04Day FourAugust 18, 2022 7.4Conditions continue to worsen. Mulderick, Pou, and more staff grapple with how to best help their patients—and how that help will be priorit
  5. S01E05Five Days at Memorial S01E05Season's bestDay FiveAugust 25, 2022 7.7With pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.
  6. S01E06Five Days at Memorial S01E0645 DeadSeptember 1, 2022 7.5State investigators begin to explore what happened to the 45 people found dead at Memorial in the aftermath of the hurricane.
  7. S01E07Five Days at Memorial S01E07Nobody Knows the Trouble I've SeenSeptember 8, 2022 7.5New evidence comes to light as Schafer and Rider dig deeper into their investigation of the deaths at Memorial.
  8. S01E08Five Days at Memorial S01E08The ReckoningSeptember 15, 2022 7.4Pou fights to defend herself. Schafer and Rider push their case forward.

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Castfull cast & details

Vera FarmigaVera FarmigaDr. Anna PouCherry JonesCherry JonesSusan MulderickCornelius Smith, Jr.Cornelius Smith, Jr.Dr. Bryant KingRobert PineRobert PineDr. Horace BaltzAdepero OduyeAdepero OduyeKaren WynnJulie Ann EmeryJulie Ann EmeryDiane RobichauxMichael GastonMichael GastonArthur 'Butch' SchaferMolly HagerMolly HagerVirginia Rider

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