A docuseries that’s just what the doctor ordered
IT MAY HAVE TAKEN A PANDEMIC FOR AMERICANS TO EXPRESS our collective appreciation for health care workers, but they’ve always had an outsize presence on TV. Shows like ER, Grey’s Anatomy and M*A*S*H have galvanized generations. As broadcast networks flail, their doctor dramas remain crowd-pleasers. And yet, I’ve never seen anything like Lenox Hill before.
The eight-part Netflix docuseries follows four physicians at the titular New York City hospital over the course of several months on the job. By choosing the doctors they profile there with care, director-producers Ruthie Shatz and Adi Barash capture the astounding range of personalities, specialties and styles of care within the
