7.5When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make profound, heart-wrenching decisions.
Carlton Cuse, John Ridley
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Vera Farmiga
Dr. Anna Pou
Cherry Jones
Susan Mulderick
Cornelius Smith, Jr.
Dr. Bryant King
Robert Pine
Dr. Horace Baltz
Adepero Oduye
Karen Wynn
Julie Ann Emery
Diane Robichaux
Michael Gaston
Arthur 'Butch' Schafer
Molly Hager
Virginia Rider
Sharron Matthews
Cheri Landry
Sarah Allen
Lori Budo
1. Day One
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the storm.
2. Day Two
The staff and patients think they've made it through the worst—except the waters aren't receding. Reports of a new crisis circulate.
3. Day Three
As the city floods, the hospital loses power. Mulderick and the staff attempt to cope with the terrible conditions and prepare for an evacuation.
4. Day Four
Conditions continue to worsen. Mulderick, Pou, and more staff grapple with how to best help their patients—and how that help will be prioritized.
5. Day Five
With pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.
6. 45 Dead
State investigators begin to explore what happened to the 45 people found dead at Memorial in the aftermath of the hurricane.
7. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
New evidence comes to light as Schafer and Rider dig deeper into their investigation of the deaths at Memorial.
8. The Reckoning
Pou fights to defend herself. Schafer and Rider push their case forward.
