Black Box

The plot focuses upon mental illness in the best of ways: by having a physician herself expressing Bi-Polar Disorder behaviors. This strongly suggests that mental illness can impact anyone.

With Vanessa Redgrave acting as the psychiatrist of main character, Dr, Black, we can't top her performances! Redgrave's great in this role and should keep the series very interesting and informative.

I like the fact that we're getting a variety of perspectives of how family, co-workers, lovers and friends treat people who they know have serious-enough bouts with manias, most especially.

If I were to change one aspect, it would be to have more of Vanessa Redgrave providing "the talking cure" (psychoanalysis) to Dr. Black, especially while she's on a mania high.

This was truly the worst pilot TV show I've ever seen. The writing is very weak and silly but the worst part of the show is the actress who plays the main character. She is once of the worst actresses I've seen in ages. She pouts everything she says and speaks in this sort of baby-whining voice. She is utterly unbelievable in every part of the script she is acting out. It is so bad, it makes you think its a case of someone giving a role because of nepotism or something similar. She fails at delivering a single line believably. Even her body actions are bad and unbelievable. On a more shallow note, they also expect us to find her attractive because they call her beautiful. Its doesn't matter, but she is wholly unattractive. I feel badly for bi-polar people, for writers, for actors, for directors, etc who watch this disaster from their unemployed couches. Please cancel this immediately.

Seems like a picture-perfect plot for a medical series that focuses so closely upon well-researched neurological pathologies. So it must also consider MENTAL ILLNESSES . . . and what is so outraging to those 1 rating, dare I call them 'reviewers'(?). Seems like lots of writers on IMDb are having knee-jerk reactions to only one aspect of a very broadly-focused series; in particular, its one aspect that looks through the lens of Dr. Black's mental status. Too bad to view a whole series through such a narrowed lens.

Bring back Vanessa Redgrave as Dr. Hartramph, please. The exchanges between Dr. Hartramph and Dr. Black were oh so brilliant and way too well researched to omit from the series. In fact, their exchanges are crucial elements of educating viewers.

Here's hoping this cutting-edge series will intrigue many new viewers who loved "ER" for so many years, since this is very similar with one distinction: instead of just dealing with physical infirmities, "Black Box" deals with BOTH physical and psychological ones.

Thanks for reading.

I was shockingly surprised at how honest the writers were with not only the topic but the characters too. I hope all viewers will be open and receptive to this still very "taboo" topic. From those of us who struggle just to live our everyday lives while feeling the constant necessity to hide our serious medical conditions from both strangers and loved ones... we applaud the candid, honest, & realistic everyday scenarios performed by many characters. Until all people open their hearts & minds to LEARNING THE FACTS about mental illnesses, THOSE WHO SUFFER, will continue to do so NEEDLESSLY. Obviously there is a lot of literature out there for the few who search, but I believe this will help immensely in starting to reach an audience who would otherwise continue to live ignorantly in the dark. My heartfelt gratitude to all who made this show possible. I believe it will entertain, educate, and help a lot of people in all walks of life. :)

Being a mother of a child with ADHD, another with ODD, and dealing my entire life with epilepsy and seizure activities, the workings of the brain intrigue me. I watched as a woman, as a mother, as a patient. I understand that tendency to go off the medications because I've done it, my son has done it. It's normal. It is what normal people do who do not want to take medication for the rest of their lives, who want to rebel at a diagnosis they do not want or agree with. I loved the show and I will be tuning in to watch every week.