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Mercy

TV·2009–2010·1 season, 22 episodes·NBC·Drama, Medical·1h·7.3·Created by Liz Heldens

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Mercy is an ensemble drama set in the fictional Mercy Hospital in Jersey City, New Jersey. The show focuses on the lives of three nurses. Veronica Flanagan Callahan is a nurse who has just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, while Sonia Jimenez, her best friend, has become seriously involved with a police officer, and Chloe Payne is a recent nursing graduate who is thrown into the world of nursing and is unprepared for what it entails.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Mercy S01E22That Crazy Bitch Was RightS01E22 · 6.5Veronica helps two youngsters who are trapped in an empty building; a psychic patient makes a prediction about Sonia; Briggs desperately sets out to pay off his debt to the mob; and Sands mulls over a job offer in Afghanistan.
  2. 02Mercy S01E01Can We Get That Drink Now?S01E01 · 6.3The professional and personal ups and downs of three nurses at a hospital in gritty Jersey City, N.J., are charted in this medical drama. First up: An adept nurse lands work at Mercy Hospital after a tour of duty in Iraq, but her love life grows complicated because of her splintering marriage and the arrival of a handsome new doctor. Meanwhile, a naive rookie tries to learn the nursing ropes.

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Episodes by season

Season0122Episodes2009–10Aired 6.4Season avg
  1. S01E01Mercy S01E01Can We Get That Drink Now?September 23, 2009 6.3The professional and personal ups and downs of three nurses at a hospital in gritty Jersey City, N.J., are charted in this medical drama. Fi
  2. S01E02Mercy S01E02I Believe You ConradSeptember 30, 2009Trying to mend their troubled marriage, Veronica and Mike move back in together---but their house needs more of a renovation than even their
  3. S01E03Mercy S01E03Hope You're Good, Smiley FaceOctober 7, 2009A frantic crisis unfolds at the hospital in the wake of a devastating fire at a nightclub. Veronica tends to the sole survivor, who struggle
  4. S01E04Mercy S01E04Pulling the GoalieOctober 14, 2009Veronica's past in Iraq haunts her when she fights to treat a fellow veteran while facing the reality about her affair with Dr. Sands. As fo
  5. S01E05Mercy S01E05You Lost Me with the Cinder BlockOctober 21, 2009Veronica springs news on her family that she's trying to get pregnant. Fittingly, she also takes desperate measures to save a pregnant woman
  6. S01E06Mercy S01E06The Last Thing I Said WasNovember 4, 2009As Veronica's secret affair with Sands begins to surface into public light, she considers confessing the indiscretion to her husband. Elsewh
  7. S01E07Mercy S01E07Destiny, Meet My Daughter, VeronicaNovember 11, 2009Veronica's marriage shatters after her hush-hush affair is exposed, but a family crisis reunites her with Mike. Meanwhile, Sonia must provid
  8. S01E08Mercy S01E08I'm Not That Kind of GirlNovember 18, 2009Veronica discovers she might be pregnant as her marriage crumbles around her. Seeking control in her life, she focuses on a work-related cau
  9. S01E09Mercy S01E09Some of Us Have Been to the DesertDecember 9, 2009Life's a battle zone for Veronica: She copes with haunting postwar stress and attends a veteran support group, her marriage continues to col
  10. S01E10Mercy S01E10I Saw This Pig and I Thought of YouJanuary 6, 2010Veronica counsels a patient who's questioning his faith. She also concludes that Mike is forging ahead and plunging into the dating pool. El
  11. S01E11Mercy S01E11We're All AdultsJanuary 13, 2010Veronica cares for three college students with meningitis, with the staffers holding intense interest in the trio's lusty, soapy love triang
  12. S01E12Mercy S01E12Wake Up BillJanuary 20, 2010A cancer-stricken newlywed undergoes high-risk treatment, as Chloe sets out to comfort her devoted husband. Meanwhile, a man emerges from a
  13. S01E13Mercy S01E13Can We Talk About the Gigantic Elephant in the Ambulance?February 3, 2010The staffers are jarred by the arrival of one Dr. Joe Briggs, the self-important new head of the ICU who promptly clashes with Veronica. Ver
  14. S01E14Mercy S01E14I Have a DateFebruary 10, 2010A delighted Veronica plans to go out on her first official date with Sands---until a chilling confrontation with a stranger upends the night
  15. S01E15Mercy S01E15I Did Kill You, Didn't I?March 3, 2010In the aftermath of a traumatic event, Veronica spontaneously departs on a road trip with a troubled visitor, leaving her coworkers worried
  16. S01E16Mercy S01E16I'm FineMarch 10, 2010Veronica copes with her post-traumatic stress disorder by working extra shifts and adding some sizzle to her romance with Sands. Meanwhile,
  17. S01E17Mercy S01E17There is No Room for You on My AssMarch 17, 2010Veronica treats an anorexic patient whose issues mirror Veronica's own problems. Before long, a consequential confrontation causes Veronica
  18. S01E18Mercy S01E18Of Course I'm NotMarch 24, 2010Veronica faces up to her posttraumatic stress disorder by reaching out to a therapist. Meanwhile, Veronica sides with arrogant Briggs over p
  19. S01E19Mercy S01E19There is No SuperwomanApril 21, 2010Still coping with her post-traumatic stress disorder, Veronica continues to see her therapist. Meanwhile, Chloe desperately searches for a p
  20. S01E20Mercy S01E20We All Saw This ComingApril 28, 2010An all-out prison riot results in injured prisoners inundating the hospital for treatment. Elsewhere, Veronica learns about her patient's ch
  21. S01E21Mercy S01E21Too Much Attitude and Not Enough UnderwearMay 5, 2010Veronica and Sands must make a crucial game-changing decision in the wake of their friend's arrival. Meanwhile, Chloe worries about the heal
  22. S01E22Mercy S01E22That Crazy Bitch Was RightMay 12, 2010 6.5Veronica helps two youngsters who are trapped in an empty building; a psychic patient makes a prediction about Sonia; Briggs desperately set

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