Maternal

I've waited years for a series to be this well done. It made me feel every emotion a human can feel and even the story lines I could never relate to or understand on a personal level had me watching with emotion. As my tagline reads ER & Call the Midwife had a baby because this series is set inside a hospital and you do get to see a baby being born, maybe more than one but it includes other medical areas so you're not sat there for a straight hour watching deliveries, it also does so well peeping into the characters personal lives. I'm hoping to see a several year series out of this one because I've waited years for a drama this good.

Wow! FINALLY A QUALITY SERIES I LOOK FORWARD TO!! Spectacular series! Ticks all the boxes, drama, humor, heartfelt personal attachment, family issues, relatability, realistic parenting, juggling every day life etc. Etc. Just a wonderful series! Thank you to the creators! Really thank you! We need WAYY MORE like this!!

Wow! FINALLY A QUALITY SERIES I LOOK FORWARD TO!! Spectacular series! Ticks all the boxes, drama, humor, heartfelt personal attachment, family issues, relatability, realistic parenting, juggling every day life etc. Etc. Just a wonderful series! Thank you to the creators! Love it.

It is rare to find a show with a protagonist who's actions stay consistent with their character throughout, and it's even rarer to find a show with three consistent protagonists, often one or two characters fall to the way side. Maternal delivers on this mark without flinching.

The show creates a devastatingly well crafted world that mixes enjoyable scenes of light character development with powerful storylines and heart wrenching moments. It shows without telling and but doesn't make you work too hard. It cuts to the core of systemic issues in the nhs and passes the bêchedel test without drawing attention to the fact it is. The male characters are awful but in a complicated way which I think is rare to see, and I can't shout out Hannah and Maryams performances enough.

I think episode six deserves a lot of awards.

I can understand the points about bad acting here - the parts were cast brilliantly. Yes, it's not groundbreaking and it might not be absolutely true to life but there are certainly elements that are relatable. The storylines are shocking and hard hitting. I can't see anything else they could add here - except a longer series as some parts did feel quite rushed and some stories could have potentially had more detail added to them. That's more to the shows credit, than it's demise though. All in all, this is a great show and I do hope they bring it back for another series (or many more in the future).

Ignore the low scores. They are obviously trolls. This was a binge worthy series and deserving of a second season.

Good character development and storylines. Acting was great and so nice to see female leads steal the show.

Tells the story of three female doctors who have returned to work after the pandemic. Mixing their work lives with their home lives. The shocking decline in NHS services and the unbearable pressure the staff deal with each day.

Dealing with life and death decisions. A well balanced series and worthy of a watch.

I for one look forward to a second season.

I give a solid 10.