As of July 2026, Mercy Season 1 aired in 2009 with 22 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Mercy Season 1

2009 22 Episodes Drama ⭐ 6/10

Mercy Season 1 is currently streaming on major platforms, and it rewards the patience it asks of you. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Taylor Schilling anchors it with a performance that rewards close attention. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

There is a reason Mercy Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. Mercy Season 1 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Season 1 of Mercy includes 22 episodes. It aired from September 2009 to May 2010. This season stars Taylor Schilling, Michelle Trachtenberg and Jaime Lee Kirchner. Taylor Schilling and Michelle Trachtenberg lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2009. The performances in Mercy Season 1 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in Mercy Season 1. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Taylor Schilling's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

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🎬 Mercy Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
Can We Get That Drink Now?
2009-09-23
We meet Veronica Callahan, a very smart nurse who returns to Mercy Hospital after a year long tour of service in the Army. She's not afraid to take risks in order to save her patients, but this attitude might just cost her her job. In her personal life she's trying to make her marriage work with her...
E2
I Believe You Conrad
2009-09-30
Veronica and her husband Mike try to rekindle their romance and move back in together, but this might not be as simple as they thought. At the hospital, Veronica and Dr.Sands try to just be friends but it's also not that easy. Meanwhile, Sonia is in love with the hunky cop Nick Valentino, who turns ...
E3
Hope You're Good, Smiley Face
2009-10-07
The hospital is at crisis, and Veronica tries to save the only survivor of a nightclub fire. The patience then has to go to therapy for the guilt he feels and Veronica realizes that she could also use some therapy herself. Meanwhile, Chloe wants the respect of her coworkers therefore she changes to ...
E4
Pulling the Goalie
2009-10-14
Veronica, tries to decide if the affair with Dr. Sands is really in the past, because Mike wants to start a family with her. And, while helping a veteran get treatment, Veronica's own issues from Iraq surface. On the other hand, Sonia experience the good and the bad from dating a cop, while she has ...
E5
You Lost Me With the Cinder Block
2009-10-21
After Veronica announces she's trying to get pregnant, to her surprise a pregnant woman and her unborn child need her help after a horrible car crash. Meanwhile, Dr. Harris, calls a meeting to determine Veronica's future at Mercy. Sonia helps a sleepwalking patient and her relationship with Valentin...
E6
The Last Thing I Said Was
2009-11-04
As her affair with Dr. Sands surfaces, Veronica contemplates to come clean to her husband. Sonia gets relationship advice from a patient and questions her approach to dating, just as her boyfriend goes missing. Meanwhile, Chloe reunites with an ex-boyfriend but her plans take an unexpected turn when...
E7
Destiny, Meet My Daughter, Veronica
2009-11-11
After Veronica's affair becomes public, she and Mike reunite in a family crisis from Veronica's side. Meanwhile, Sonia is agitated when her high school rival comes to the hospital and ends up being her patient. Only to discover that the life of her rival life is not as perfect as she though. Later, ...
E8
I'm Not That Kind of Girl
2009-11-18
Veronica might be pregnant but worries that maybe not even a baby can save her marriage. She needs to regain control of her life, and decides to work with Dr. Harris against any death at the Hospital. Meanwhile, Sonia helps a beauty queen when she has to accept her life-changing diagnosis. Chloe unc...
E9
Some of Us Have Been to The Desert
2009-12-09
Veronica turns to a vetrans support group for help with her Post Traumatic stress, while struggling with her fathers rapidly deteriorating mental health. While chloe is forced to treat her most diffucult patient after Dr Harris suffers a mysterious injury.
E10
I Saw This Pig And I Thought Of You
2010-01-06
Veronica (Taylor Schilling) helps a patient cope after a terrifying experience on the operating table launches him into a crisis of faith. Meanwhile, she suspects that Mike (Diego Klattenhoff) has moved on and started dating again. Sonia (Jaime Lee Kirchner) tries to track down the next of kin for a...
E11
We're All Adults
2010-01-13
Veronica has her hands full when a group of promiscous college students is admitted to the hospital with meningitis and their love triangle has the Mercy staff comparing them to Veronica's own love life. Meanwhile, Chloe helps with wedding plans when a bride-to-be comes in with a simple flu but rece...
E12
Wake Up Bill
2010-01-20
A newlywed cancer patient is in a risky treatment and Chloe struggles to help her husband. Meanwhile, a man wakes up after tn years in a coma and he decides to confront the love of his life, helping Veronica to take action in her own love life. Meanwhile, Sonia gets a taste of how rich people live w...
E13
Can We Talk About the Gigantic Elephant in the Ambulance?
2010-02-03
Dr. Joe Briggs, the new head of ICU arrives at Mercy. While, Veronica and Dr. Sands must set aside their problems to save a boy found nearly frozen in the woods. After the death of one of her patients, Chloe tries to help the grieving widower leave the hospital and Sonia continues her turn as a priv...
E14
I Have A Date
2010-02-10
Veronica is trilled to be back with Dr. Sands but their first official date is ruined by a robbery. Meanwhile, Chloe and Guillermo are put to the test in the fast-paced, high-stakes world of the ER after being re-assigned there by the arrogant new head of ICU. While Sonia bonds with the son of the r...
E15
I Did Kill You, Didn't I?
2010-03-03
Veronica goes on an impromptu road trip; Chloe struggles with a hangover; Sonia tries to conceal her infidelity.
E16
I'm Fine
2010-03-10
Veronica takes an extra shift at the Hospital in order to spend more time with Dr. Sands and to avoid her recurrent PTSD symptoms triggered by the robbery. But when she makes a terrible discovery about a young patient, her reaction to it shock everyone even herself. Meanwhile, Sonia confronts an eth...
E17
There Is No Room For You On My Ass
2010-03-17
Veronica treats a patient for an anorexic disorder who is almost as good as Veronica herself in the denial department. When Dr. Sands and Veronica's family confront her after St. Patrick's Day binge, she considers seeing a therapist. Meanwhile, after working with Dr. Briggs to save a heart attack pa...
E18
Of Course I'm Not
2010-03-24
Veronica begins the difficult process of confronting her PTSD with her therapist. Although Sands is eager to move forward with their relationship, Veronica finds herself siding with Briggs against him in a dispute over a patient's treatment. Chloe and Harris team up to help a cute college football p...
E19
There is No Superwoman
2010-04-21
Following the donut shop shooting, Veronica experiences a panic attack and continues to address her PTSD in therapy sessions with Dr. Cabe. Chloe, with the help of her frat boy admirer tracks down an ER patient after the patient's blood tests reveal a potentially fatal problem. Meanwhile, Sonia beco...
E20
We All Saw This Coming
2010-04-28
After a prison riot, several prisoners are brought to Mercy. Veronica simpatizes with her patient but is chocked to discover a secret he's been keeping. Chloe tries to convince her boyfriends to treat his head injury before it's too late. And, when Sonia's tough patient admits that he's terrified to...

🎭 Cast of Mercy Season 1

Taylor Schilling
Taylor Schilling
Veronica Callahan
Michelle Trachtenberg
Michelle Trachtenberg
Chloe Payne
Jaime Lee Kirchner
Jaime Lee Kirchner
Sonia Jimenez
Guillermo Díaz
Guillermo Díaz
Angel Garcia
James Le Gros
James Le Gros
Dan Harris
James Tupper
James Tupper
Chris Sands
Diego Klattenhoff
Diego Klattenhoff
Mike Callahan
Charlie Semine
Charlie Semine
Nick Valentino
James Van Der Beek
James Van Der Beek
Dr. Joe Briggs
Joey Naber
Joey Naber

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