User Reviews

This is really well done. The cast are all terrific. Composition of shots, directing and lighting are fresh. I honestly loved this show and hope to watch it further. I love that for the first time all season this is the only show I think is not predictable or populated with flat actors doing their best but best just isn't mesmerizing. It's hard to rock my world, but I was fascinated with the way every minute of this unfolded. Try it. I am fairly certain you will be ready for at least a good second look.

This is a pilot for bright people who have some experience with relationships that involve real people. The title character (this is not a spoiler) is complicated, and you will thank every god you know of that he does not explain himself, does not speak to the camera and does communicate through expression more than he communicates with dialogue.

Supporting cast have been seen but do not overwhelm the mix. The pilot does not try to develop everyones character beyond what you see. I am so grateful. This pilot is like an incredibly well cooked dish with intense flavors, served on a perfect white plate. Like in that gifted restaurant, when you are done eating you will find you feel energetic enough to go for a walk in the perfect evening air, satisfied that when you come back next week, another perfect offering will be offered.

I like this show and DVR it every week. I think Patrick Wilson is a fine actor (physically and talent-wise) and his supporting cast, save his ex-wife is a good fit as well. The show is decent, non-offensive, family friendly, etc. For that reason alone, it's a keeper, and it's a shame CBS put it on Friday night, something networks do with programming they don't really believe in. Perhaps, if it does get the ax, Hallmark or the Family Channel will pick it up. I think it would b a good fit for stations like that.

While it's a solid show I will continue to support, the show could use some tweaking. Most notably, the character of the ex-wife really ads nothing positive to the show. It's an annoying character and the storyline of the doc engaging the ex-wife for some supposed significant reason is not fleshed through well. It's really difficult to figure out how that part adds anything to the show, as the show could stand on its own, without that component.

But check it out. I would hate for this show to be canceled as it is one of only a few positive family-friendly shows out there right now.

Being a bit of a romantic and a lover of anything mystical, this really sat well with me even though technically this could not be classed as a romance type show.

Being a HUGE fan of Jennifer Ehle since her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice I always look forward to seeing anything featuring her. The added bonus of having Julie Benz and Margo Martindale in the cast makes this a must see for me.

I have seen some of Patrick Wilson's work but he has not been prominent in my recall, he does a good job on this in my opinion. He plays a high flying surgeon with a very prestigious practice, obviously highly regarded and seems to see everything as a competition where the only aim is to be the best.

His estranged wife played by Ehle dies unbeknownst to him and when he sees her after 10 years and has dinner with her you can tell he still loves her. He tells his sister, played by Benz about it the next day.

It is only some time after that he finds out she had died two weeks before and that is where the fun starts.

Excellent show, I gave the pilot an 8 and I look forward to the next episode.

The centerpiece of this show is Patrick Wilson. Besides being one of the most handsome men ever to step in front of a camera, he has shown real acting ability in films like Hard Candy, Lakeview Terrace, and Little Children. He has done some fine acting in this show as well, and his supporting cast does a good job as well. But that can't make up for repetitiveness and predictability. For several weeks, every episode has featured Dr. Holt saving a poor patient at the clinic and a rich patient at Holt Neuro. (I also can't help but notice the curious epidemiology of neurological conditions in this show's New York; they seem to afflict predominantly teenage daughters of overcontrolling parents.) There are two operation scenes in each episode, and they are almost interchangeable with each other and with every operation scene in every other episode. The show has failed to develop some promising themes from the pilot and the first two episodes. Its focus seems to narrow each week. Among the themes AGM could follow but hasn't yet: At the core of Dr. Holt's being is positivism. He is a deep believer in "the scientific materialist rationalism that is the unofficial religion of America's elite" (as Paul Campos put it). It might be interesting for Anna or Dr. Sykora, or a recurring patent to challenge that belief. This would take more learning and wit than the writers have displayed so far. Another tack would be to follow up on the theme hinted at by AGM's poster art and explore Dr. Holt's as illustrative of the professional white male who feels he has to bear the burden of less gifted and less dedicated folks. Clearly a very risky option. If this is not done with surgical precision, the whole cast could be consigned to the entertainment equivalent of Point Barrow, Alaska, for political reeducation. Less ambitious options include having Dr. Holt lose a patient now and then, in more ambiguous circumstances than infection by rabies or another invariably terminal illness. How about a patient who simply fails to respond, which happens all the time with skilled doctors who treat serious illnesses. Or he loses a patient at Holt Medical because he's treating a patient at the clinic. Or because another surgeon is performing the operation under his supervision. Or he's on vacation with a living girlfriend. Or he makes a mistake and gets sued. His activity at the clinic cuts into Neuro's income, so he has to choose between buying state of the art equipment and cutting staff. He gets a living girlfriend or indeed an interesting non work related friend of any kind. He does something actually or arguably irresponsible and faces down Anna's disappointment. (Like Bernard Show's Donna Anna, he could have been so much wickeder, and the show might be better for it.) Now since I am a big fan of Mr. Wilson's, I will continue to watch the show, at least until it becomes no more fun than a glioma, but I could not blame CBS for nonrenewing AGM. With all his admirable qualities and talents, Wilson has never shown the ability to put a production on "Cruise control." He will either have to do that and yank this show in a more productive direction, find someone who will, or run a big risk of losing his best opportunity to date.

I absolutely love the show. It's refreshing, it's interesting and it has edge to it, not just another medical drama.

It would be brilliant if the writers could develop the metaphysical aspect of it a little more and if he becomes a little more humble in taking a more giving role in the clinic as opposed to just when he "happens" by, and then he resents himself for it afterward. He seems like he's got a bit of a God complex so the Clinic is a great way of keeping him grounded.

I thought the shaman was a bit too stereotyped though . . I think he could be reworked a little.

Would be interesting if Michael and his ex-wife explore their emotional issues a little deeper and to see what other work needs to be done on her side before she can go into the light.

Overall a brilliant show and I can't wait for the next episode.

Tired story line, dead ex-wife who he couldn't care less about(never sheds a tear for her when he discovers she's dead) is using him to patch up her shoddy life, liberally disguised as a pretty message of socialism at its finest, wealth successful white man = bad (conservatism) , dippy headed ex wife giving away her medical expertise (liberalism) = good.

So let me save you wasted viewing time and sum up the entire series: Rich guy, cool car, brags about his skills but he's right and he saves everyone he touches. Oh this is a simple case of (insert Latin word here)... so take two aspirins and call your doctor tomorrow, just DON'T CALL ME.. what? She fainted in the lobby? That's the 8th person just this week who I thought I fixed only to learn they had a deeper seeded problem that was actually neurological in nature. Fortunately I've watched House MD for years and I know how to fix these things. Just talk up my game, remove the jigzaw pieces of her skull effortlessly and dig around with a water hose and a vacuum cleaner while my dead ex wife and a pretty blonde doctor (that can happen) oooh and aaah over my work. See, my tailored shirt didn't even get wrinkled, now bring my CTS around so I can drive around until I get a phone call emergency to save a dying immigrant because that's how I roll.

Repeat x however many episodes.

Deceptively good as in looked good without really being it.

The cast especially the women steal the show and distract from the fact that there is nothing really new or enduring here.

The usual tendency to prettily wrap every episode and slap a bow on it was very much in evidence here. So even though the lead starts out being a jerk by the end the good guy is very much in attendance.

Why can't TV characters struggle long and hard like the rest of us. Isn't it enough that they are "Network TV Good Looking" (thanks abed). Does everything else have to be effortless as well ?

Am curious to see what happens next but my interest is academic. Only one do gooder ghost with unfinished business. They already know and love each other. He takes about 2 minutes to accept her existence and about a second more to start following her instructions. Tries to get rid of her but chickens out. Where do they possibly go from here that translates into a series worth of episodes that one can actually look forward to with any sense of suspense.

If this turns into another medical drama with a token ghost then doubt it will last long.

Hope they prove me wrong and wish them luck in doing so.

Thank you.

Cancelled.