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Boy this must have looked good in the concept stage.

We'll do the most graphic medical drama in history, said one exec to the other, and we will overlay classic dramatic arcs to keep it moving along.

Well, the first bit worked. This is the most graphic show of its kind. It is even more graphic than many medical documentaries.

The second bit did not work. Never underestimate the viewer. By the third episode the viewer has figured out 3 key things about this series:

1. No matter how straightforward the procedure, no matter how skilled the staff, something will go wrong at the 30 min mark and stretch it to a one hour operation.

2. Overlaying life and death surgery with maudlin and peevish character arcs does not work.

3. Overall, I would rather work in my garden.

Which is why even with James (who is always great) this imploded after one season.

If I was rating just one of the episodes I would probably rate it at 9 or 10. The only reason I dropped to overall rating to 7 is that each episode is basically the same, concentrating on the medical trauma and the intervention. There is a slight story running in the back ground but it´s weak at best. A stronger underlying story would make this series so much better. An excellent example of that is the series Bodies which is in the same genre but because it had a great story as well as the raw medical content it was just brilliant. But even as only a seven, still well worth watching.

The show LOOKS great and is for the most part compelling, and well acted. I have loved Lennie James in his other work, but in this I find him a touch over the top. He seems to be saying his lines in a very DRAMATIC way , whereas the character of Glenn repeatedly tells us this is his speciality (critical injuries). Most of the other cast maintain a calm dignified and professional tone in the presence of some immensely bloody trauma, and the obligatory internal hemorrhage. It would open the show out a little if we saw how the patients had suffered these accidents, and the paramedics work, etc. Don't watch while you're having your dinner, by the way.

There are many medical TV shows out there but when I saw this advertised it looked different. Ever since I started watching I've been on the edge of my seat, and eagerly anticipating the next episode!! I can't rate Critical enough! In my opinion the acting of all the actors is amazing and the choreography and fluency of the characters is funny and enjoyable. The medical jargon and realism seem pretty outstanding (mainly because I don't get half of it)! But arguably most of all, the quality of the plot and the quality of the makeup for the surgery/injuries just takes my breath away!

I'm so hoping for a second season and one just isn't enough! Both me and my sister love sitting down and watching it together! And you should try it too!!

critical is a gripping drama with a brilliant background story -I feel like I've gone through a trauma at the end of every episode never have I seen a program that has me on the edge of my seat like this! It's set in a 24 style with each episode being in real time 60 minutes.

Great acting, great story, brilliantly done -

Def a 10 out of 10 and cant wait to watch the next series

If you're looking for a exciting medical drama then look no further!

Sally B

Bristol

UK

I love Leni James and all the stuff of his I have seen and would love to see more of him and this series. If some think there are things wrong with it, why can't those things be fixed and it brought back.

Another Jed Mercurio vehicle. Which means it will be chock full of action and superficial dialog and relationships. After 3 or 4 episodes you can expect more of the same. Lots of blood and gore, medical jargon chatter galore, patients with bodies but no personalities, and endless political goings on. Do we ever find out what happened between Alpha he and she...do we care?

I am disappointed that this won't go to season 2 as it's one of the best medical dramas I have seen; the character development in between these crucial, life-saving, actions is brilliant, the script, the cast, the tempo... perfect. It is no cliché drama with awful love- story tactics that make the medical interventions a welcome break – every aspect is very, very well crafted. While the genre is hard to get right if it's about one team (in this case critical emergencies), which means pretty much 2 or 3 things that can be done to help the patient and a LOT of beeping, this manages to hold its own and brilliantly.

British do drama series very well and this is a prime example. Still very disappointed with no season 2....

Operations performed where all the surgeons, doctor's and staff don't wear any masks??? Blood spurting all over the place and no masks??? An operating theatre where staff are nervous and hesitant???? Give me a break !!!!

This might not be everyone's cup of tea but I loved it.Maybe not as good as Bodies the best medical show ever but still excellent.I love the increasing tension between the main characters.I hope there is a series 2 with some more back stories maybe? I don't imagine there is such a team in existence but I don't really care.When I first starting watching I was distracted by all the fervent glances but after a while the characters became real to me and I forgave the hospital drama stereotype. Maybe Our hero Glen does a bit of too intense angst but when he smiles all is forgiven.Of course when I see them saving someone who has had no oxygen to the brain for 10 minutes I cannot help but think that that is one of the things wrong with modern medicine.This show never tells us what happens to the saved person,presumable existing on in a home somewhere without quality of life. Still the show gripped me and was compulsive watching..

Very interesting how some have seen this as unrealistic, after 38 years of working in this environment, I can say it's very realistic, some of the cases are exaggerated and the timelines compressed for entertainment purposes, but the scenes are extremely realistic, and it's easy to recognise personalities in the characters, but it's understandable that it could be seen as OTT and too gory for many viewers.

Cannot believe yet another great series that's cancelled WHY!!!??? Lennie James shows what a versatile actor he is and extremely talented, this is a great realistic series about a trauma team who have the what they call the golden hour on the clock to stabilise the patient, as well as lots of realistic trauma scenes there is also a back story of a lost love and hospital politics. Such a great show and yes I've said it twice but I'm dropping the realistic bomb again , as an sfx artist I can appreciate the talent and work that went into the scenes . Highly recommend this

Incredible surgery scenes, so realistic, thriller concept, lots of blood and gore not for the faint-hearted, intriguing and major love story gone bad in the background. Love it <3

It's like pulling teeth. The medical procedures are slow and what ever is going on between the top level of medical people is beyond me. William/bill. Is unprofessional and slow. All the standing around and staring into each other's eyes is tedious. It is really passive aggressive and the doctors are pompous and territorial. I will say it is sort of realistic the woman who is the bone doctor is an idiot. She's supposed to be a professional who has children and uses it as an excuse for her phone ring and her answering it - totally unprofessional. She could just get a text so she can read it to see if it's urgent.

I absolutely love the medical aspects of this show. It's a long-overdue update of "ER," one of the most popular and longest-running shows ever. (George Clooney, Juliana Margulies, and many others got their starts in it.) The medical scenes, the on-going drama of a surgical operation, are riveting and thrilling. I also love the criticism leveled at the hospital "administrators." We have an RN in the family, and she says the administrators ruin the hospital for everyone in the hospital with actual skills.

What I will NEVER understand is the stupid "relationship stuff" that gets tastelessly injected into the Emergency Room. Who asks about the sexual history of a nurse as she attempts to remove a giant tumor from a dying patient? Is this supposed to be funny? Somehow "soapy"? Whatever it is, it can ruin an otherwise wonderful scene of medical sorcery. Jed Mercurio is a masterful screenwriter, but these "asides" about sex and dating during life-or-death trauma surgery are a baffling lapse in taste by him.

Dear God this is dire! OMG! We have 60 minutes to save the world, and every other stereotype you can think of. It's scripted more like a Quinn Martin disaster movie than serious T.v. Having had lots of surgery,I Can categorically say this was written by someone who's never been in an operating theatre. It's very dramatic, but how much drama can you take in 60 minutes! Very 2 dimensional characters and the patient seems to be little more than a bit part. After the first few episodes, it wasn't so much theatre, as theatre of blood. Seriously, we get it, but do we really need so much blood and gore by the bucketful! Thank God SKY have done the decent think and killed this show.

Too much of the series is devoted to the personal relation between two of the characters inside the OR.

Great continuous medical drama.

One of the best realistic shows I've ever watched. We definitely wanted to see what happens with Glen and Fiona. It would have made more sense if we knew how and what happened with Lorraine and Clive. I didn't like how they brought Clive back I think it would get more viewers if it was on an American channel a lot of people don't watch sky channel. It should be on Prime, Netflix and etc.

If you like blood and guts (and nothing else), this one is for you! Other than a constant showing of gory scenes from the OR, this series has absolutely nothing in it. We do not get to know any of the protagonists or any of the victims. Consequently we are left emotionless, we do not care what happens to any of them, if the victims live or die, for in this series they are reduced to nothing more than lumps of meat.

One more mishap was that Lennie James in the principal role was totally miss-cast. He comes through more like an NFL linebacker than a surgeon. He is outright intimidating... Only Catherine Walker is salvageable as Dr. Fiona Lomas (and she looks very sexy as well). I do not know how realistic the OR scenes in the series really are, but even if they were perfect (which I doubt) that is nowhere nearly enough to salvage the series. No wonder it was axed so soon. Sad really, we have gotten used to great made for TV products coming out of the UK. This is definitely not one of them.