From the co-executive producer of Friday Night Lights comes the intense and heartfelt drama Mercy. Nurse Veronica Flanagan Callahan (Taylor Schilling, Dark Matter) has recently returned to her hospital job after a volatile... more » tour in Iraq, and knows more about medicine than all of the residents combined. In order to navigate the domestic landmines of her personal and professional worlds, she?ll need the camaraderie of her fellow nurses Sonia Jimenez (Jaime Lee Kirchner, Rescue Me) and Chloe Payne (Michelle Trachtenberg, Gossip Girl). This 5-disc set contains all 22 episodes presented uninterrupted in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound and includes a stellar ensemble cast featuring James Tupper (Men in Trees), Diego Klattenhoff (Supernatural), Guillermo Diaz (Weeds), James Le Gros (Ally McBeal) and a guest appearance by James Van Der Beek (Dawson?s Creek). Bold, realistic and instantly gripping, Mercy is unlike any depiction of the medical community you have seen before.« less
Watch her in this show and you'll understand how she landed the lead role in "Orange is the new Black" Coming off active military duty to work in a hospital is totally different and works very well.
Movie Reviews
A Pleasant Surprise... and a Shame It Was Cancelled
Emma Larson | NY, US | 05/28/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I didn't go into watching this show expecting much, but it's silly and fun and thoroughly replaced Grey's Anatomy in my life. And honestly it's one of only a couple shows from this past season that I actually want to spend my money on. It contains solidly the best work Michelle Trachtenberg and James Van Der Beek have ever done, and Taylor Schilling is refreshing in the lead role.
If you liked Grey's Anatomy at its best, seriously check out Mercy. Now if only we could get another network (USA, Lifetime) to pick it up so we could ever find out the resolution to the season ending cliffhangers. Sigh."
Haven't seen DVD but LOVED the show
Arlene Herring | 05/28/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I loved this show. Law & Order's demise is the fault of NBC execs & Leno vs Conan, NOT Mercy.
Screw NBC for pulling a show with such an intense cliff-hanger of a season-not-series finale.
If I were to get the next episode (the never to be aired episode of the non-existent season two), I would snap this up in a New Jersey heartbeat.
Michelle Trachtenberg was terrific in this show, her best work ever. Taylor Schilling, the beautiful Jamie Lee Kirchner, James van der Beek, KELLY BISHOP -- great job playing a rich lady with ALS...Mary Stuart Masterson...the casting was superb all around."
Favourite Show
R. Diepstraten | The Netherlands.. | 05/27/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This show is great, I love to watch it.
Now they cancelled it I only have Gossip Girl =[.
The season finale has a cliffhanger and now
we need to know how it ends! I dearly hope I can find it on this dvd
other wise I have to ask NBC to end it with a second season.
This show is great for people who also love Grey's Anatomy.
I think it's even better.
xoxo
R's daughter."
Love Mercy!
A. Thiefault | USA | 06/03/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Mercy blew me away. The actors are wonderful! It should have never been canceled! I first starting watching this show because I'm a nursing student, but then I absolutely fell in love. The three main characters can ACT! I mean, really act! The series seemed so real and original. This is definitely a good buy!"