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Pulse — Season 1

20178 episodes7.3/10 (3 votes)

About this season

When successful high-flier Frankie Bell is brought crashing to earth by chronic kidney failure she targets an alternate future. Eight years on she is in her second year as a practicing doctor starting her first day in a Renal rotation. Driven to use her second chance to save others, Frankie must confront an ailing health system, and face her toughest challenge - learning to let go.

Episodes (8)

Episode 1
E1

1. Episode 1

8.0

Aired 20 July 2017 • 56 min

Transplant patient and now doctor, Frankie starts her first day in Renal rotation; best friend Lou battles surgery's boys' club; and flatmate Tabb starts as an intern.

Episode 2
E2

2. Episode 2

Aired 27 July 2017 • 57 min

Frankie takes on the system to save a patient, and lands in trouble. Lou finds out it’s not always wise to have an affair with a boss; and Tabb questions his ability as a doctor.

Episode 3
E3

3. Episode 3

6.0

Aired 3 August 2017 • 54 min

When a heart transplant patient dies, Frankie fears the surgeons will close ranks to cover up a medical error. Lou realises she and best friend Frankie may be on different sides.

Episode 4
E4

4. Episode 4

Aired 10 August 2017 • 57 min

When a patient wants to turn off the device keeping her alive, Steele tries to dissuade her. Lou feels betrayed when Frankie takes on a Root Cause Analysis into a patient’s death, threatening her job.

Episode 5
E5

5. Episode 5

Aired 17 August 2017 • 56 min

When Berger learns Frankie has a fever in the middle of a hospital outbreak, he forces her into a bed for treatment, putting her secret at risk of exposure.

Episode 6
E6

6. Episode 6

Aired 24 August 2017 • 57 min

Tanya Kalchuri is forced to tell Frankie she read her medical files - a breach of professional ethics; while Berger works with Eli Nadar to save a patient from deportation.

Episode 7
E7

7. Episode 7

8.0

Aired 31 August 2017 • 51 min

On the eve of an investigation into a patient's death, Frankie realises that all doctors are fallible when faced with the reality of a health system that isn't always able to cater for all.

Episode 8
E8

8. Episode 8

Aired 7 September 2017 • 57 min

Chad Berger's days as a doctor are coming to an end, but he is determined to see through a complex set of paired kidney exchange transplants. Will he be able to do so, or will his own condition get to him?

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