But as with childbirth (or so I’ve heard), the result more than justifies the pain. Framed as a dramedy but more accurately described as a dark drama with witty dialogue, This Is Going to Hurt delivers on its titular promise, in ways both predictable and not. The argument only hits as hard as it does because it’s grounded in the struggles of distinctive, authentic characters-not just Adam, but also Shruti, Tracy, Harry. If it gets a bit preachy about this stuff, by the final few episodes, at least its critique is a trenchant one that’s rarely articulated on TV. Shrewd in its depiction of the UK’s public-vs.-private medical binary, the series uses Adam’s background and the divisions of class, race, and ethnicity among the hospital’s staff and patients to illustrate how disparities in care are grounded in old prejudices and hierarchies. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights, and missed weekends, comedian and former medical resident Adam Kay’s This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the front lines of medicine. What’s radical about Hurt-and what makes it resonate more these days than the heroics of Chicago Med or Grey’s Anatomy, even in a country with a very different health care landscape-is its acknowledgment that for doctors coping with impossible pressures, being good at your job isn’t always enough to prevent catastrophes. Welcome to the life of a first-year doctor.
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