Code Black Season 1

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, Code Black Season 1 is available on and right now. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 279 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Watch it for Marcia Gay Harden — one of the stronger performances out there right now. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Code Black Season 1 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Character-driven storytelling at its most effective — Code Black Season 1 earns every emotional beat it goes for. Season 1 of Code Black includes 18 episodes. It aired from September 2015 to February 2016. This season stars Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán and Raza Jaffrey. Marcia Gay Harden and Luis Guzmán lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2015. The performances in Code Black Season 1 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, Code Black Season 1 delivers. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Marcia Gay Harden carries the material with a performance that rewards close attention. Worth starting sooner rather than later.

🎬 Code Black Season 1 — Episode Guide

Pilot

2015-09-30

Four new first-year residents are immediately put to work by the ER's tough-minded residency director Dr. Leanne Rorish.

We Plug Holes

2015-10-07

Christa saves a woman's life and then pleads with Neal to perform a surgery that will save the patient's reproductive future. Meanwhile, Mario gets into a fight with a patient after he delivers a diagnosis that could end the man's hockey career.

Pre-Existing Conditions

2015-10-14

The doctors work 36 consecutive hours in code black and must deal with a distraught mother of two sons who were in a devastating car accident. Meanwhile, Mario bullies Angus into performing an unnecessary operation and lets Angus take the blame when Leanne finds out.

Sometimes It's a Zebra

2015-10-21

A new surgical attending Cole Guthrie joins Angels Memorial with the help of his estranged father and clashes with Leanne over their contrasting approaches to medicine. Christa has a crisis of confidence in the middle of a procedure on her first infant since the loss of her son.

Doctors with Borders

2015-10-28

Neal clashes with his neurosurgeon father over how to treat his gravely ill mother, whose mysterious symptoms force Angels Memorial to quarantine Trauma One.

In Extremis

2015-11-04

Leanne must deal with the difficult decision of whether to save Tom Moreno (Michael Trucco), the police officer who helped her during her family's accident, or his shooter, who has more serious injuries. Also, when Malaya's pregnant ex-girlfriend, Carla Niven (Shiri Appleby), arrives at the hospital...

Buen Arbol

2015-11-11

Angus utilizes his background in psychology when a woman cannot remember how she injured herself and others; Christa bonds with the mother of a patient with cystic fibrosis.

You Are the Heart

2015-11-18

Christa must handle all emergencies at Angels Memorial that happen outside the emergency room; Malaya arranges a bone marrow drive for Carla; Leanne turns down a date.

The Son Rises

2015-11-25

When the lead actor of the musical “The Lion King” tour arrives at Angels Memorial with a throat infection, Leanne gives him a diagnosis that puts both his career and life in jeopardy. Also, the doctors and the cast of “The Lion King” help a 17-year-old boy deal with the difficult decision of taking...

E10

Cardiac Support

2015-12-02

Leanne becomes rattled at the thought of losing Jesse, as he fights for his life after suffering a massive heart attack. Meanwhile, Mario asks the residents to cover for him so he can search the city for a patient’s son, which goes against Neal’s direct order not to leave the hospital

E11

Black Tag

2015-12-09

Heavy fog at the scene of a massive multi-vehicle accident puts the doctors in danger; Jesse's confidence has taken a hit; Carla's condition turns critical.

E12

The Fog of War

2016-01-13

As the doctors treat patients from the chaotic multi-vehicle accident, a love triangle begins to build between Mario, Angus and Heather. Also, when Malaya learns that Carla is at the hospital, she goes against Carla's wishes and stays by her side during the delivery of her baby. Shiri Appleby guest ...

E13

First Date

2016-01-20

Angus' older brother, an "all-star" ER doctor, tries to secure a position at Angels Memorial. Meanwhile, Christa's romantic feelings towards Neal begin to grow; and Malaya deals with a patient who is obsessed with her.

E14

The Fifth Stage

2016-01-27

Leanne visits a prison to finally confront the drunk driver who killed her family. Meanwhile, Malaya begins to feel uncomfortable around her patient.

E15

Diagnosis of Exclusion

2016-02-03

After a violent incident inside the hospital results with some grave injuries, the doctors are questioned. Christa and Neal admit their relationship to human resources.

E16

Hail Mary

2016-02-10

Christa is feeling insecure after Neal's former girlfriend makes a return to the hospital after a year of volunteering in Haiti.

E17

Love Hurts

2016-02-17

Christa has to try and ignore her personal feelings as she and Grace attempt to help a patient who says he was abused at a camp for troubled teenagers.

E18

Blood Sport

2016-02-24

Mario confronts Angus about his Adderall abuse and Christa is surprised to learn how romantically involved Neal and Grace were before she left for Haiti. Also, Dr. Mark Taylor returns to help Leanne find the money in their budget to keep Jesse and the nurses from walking out.

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