About this season
When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make profound, heart-wrenching decisions.
Episodes (8)
1. Day One
7.6Aired 11 August 2022 • 39 min
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
7.1Aired 11 August 2022 • 39 min
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
7.5Aired 11 August 2022 • 47 min
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
7.4Aired 18 August 2022 • 47 min
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
7.7Aired 25 August 2022 • 53 min
With pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.
6. 45 Dead
7.5Aired 1 September 2022 • 44 min
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
7.5Aired 8 September 2022 • 54 min
New evidence comes to light as Schafer and Rider dig deeper into their investigation of the deaths at Memorial.
8. The Reckoning
7.4Aired 15 September 2022 • 53 min
Pou fights to defend herself. Schafer and Rider push their case forward.