Synopsis:
It's the hospital greens vs. the corporate grays when two iconoclastic
doctors fight the HMO and hospital brass in "MDs." Set in a fictional
San Francisco hospital, Mission General, "MDs" highlights the
lives and dedication of a few good doctors who find themselves
at war with a sometimes heartless health care system that's increasingly
obsessed with the bottom line.
Dr. Robert Dalgety (John Hannah, "Sliding Doors, "Four Weddings
and a Funeral") and Dr. Bruce Kellerman (William Fichtner, "Black
Hawk Down," "A Perfect Storm") are two renegade surgeons -- subversive,
witty and irrepressible -- working together in a mega-sized, mega-frugal,
aging HMO. They buck the system any way they can, even admitting
an uninsured woman as a corpse so they can do her surgery under
the guise of performing an autopsy.
Fichtner's
character, Dr. Bruce Kellerman, is head of cardio thoracic surgery;
a definite rebel, he knows the system and isn't afraid to play
it in any way that will benefit his patients. Dr. Kellerman is
recently divorced and in a custody dispute with his wife over
their young son.
As
Dalgety, Hannah is a dedicated and brilliant general surgeon who's
also a charming rogue. A war-trained trauma specialist, he becomes
as willing as Kellerman to buck the system in pursuit of the care
patients need and deserve.
Leslie Stefanson ("The General's Daughter") portrays the new hospital
administrator, Shelly Pangborn. She's confident and enthusiastic,
but the fact that she comes to her new position from the world
of theme park management -- and gets sick at the sight of the
sickly -- makes her struggle for respect an uphill battle.
Aunjanue
Ellis ("Undercover Brother") portrays Dr. Quinn Joyner, an attending
physician at the hospital. She's brilliant, gorgeous and by-the-book,
but her penchant for following the rules doesn't discourage Kellerman
from admiring and secretly lusting after her.
Jane
Lynch is Nurse "Doctor" Poole, an anal retentive nurse with a
Ph. D. in management who cares more about profit than the patients
she's supposed to serve.
Robert Joy portrays assistant administrator Frank Coones, a nemesis
of Dalgety, Kellerman et al. He simultaneously sucks up to his
new boss, Ms. Pangborn, while secretly distributing topless photos
of her throughout the hospital.
Michaela
Conlin portrays a new and naive intern, Dr. Maggie Yang. Sensitive
and caring, she becomes a natural ally -- albeit a nervous one
-- of the HMO rebels, Kellerman and Dalgety. (Courtesy ABC Entertainment,
2002)
The
Cast: William
Fichtner as Dr. Bruce Kellerman
John Hannah as Dr. Robert Dalgety
Leslie Stefanson as Shelly Pangborn
Aunjanue Ellis as Dr. Quinn Joyner
Jane Lynch as Nurse "Doctor" Poole
Robert Joy as Frank Coones
Michaela Conlin as Dr. Maggie Yang
Production
Credits: Created
and written by Gary Tieche, who executive-produces along with
Marc Platt ("Legally Blonde," "Josie and the Pussycats," former
studio president of Universal, TriStar and Orion Pictures) and
René Echevarria ("Dark Angel," "Now and Again"), "MDs" is a production
of Touchstone Television.
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