Presidio Med

PRESIDIO MED, a medical drama about a team of hard-working physicians who run a tight-knit medical group adjacent to a hospital in San Francisco, will return to the CBS schedule on Wednesday, Jan. 15 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). PRESIDIO MED will also have original episodes broadcast on Friday, Jan. 17 and Friday Jan. 24 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT, both nights).

DR. LANNING AND DR. KEATING COUNSEL A CONFUSED YOUNG GIRL WHO WANTS HER TUBES TIED, ON "PRESIDIO MED," WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2

Mae Whitman (“State of Grace”) and Kathleen Wilhoite (“ER”) Guest Star as the Girl and her Mother

"Do No Harm" – Dr. Lanning and Dr. Keating work together to help a troubled young girl who asks to be sterilized, on PRESIDIO MED, Wednesday, Oct. 2 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network. Lesli Linka Glatter directed the episode from a script written by executive producer John Wells.

Mae Whitman (“State of Grace”) and Kathleen Wilhoite (“ER”) guest star as the girl and her mother.

When Louise Redding (Wilhoite), a pregnant patient of Dr. Lanning’s, brings her anxious teenage daughter, Tori (Whitman), with her to a prenatal appointment, Dr. Lanning becomes suspicious when Tori throws up in her office. Dr. Lanning quickly sends her to see Dr. Keating, where Tori confides that she wants to get her tubes tied for reasons that catch Keating off guard. Meanwhile, Dr. Brennan treats a man in need of a liver transplant whose last hope for a match is his estranged brother, who is currently in prison for molesting him as a child. Also, Dr. Jordan and her physician husband, Dr. Roback, argue over how to get a mother to take her obese boy’s weight issue seriously.

Dr. Harriet Lanning. Blythe Danner
Dr. Rae Brennan.. Dana Delany
Dr. Letty Jordan.... Anna Deavere Smith
Dr. Jackie Colette.. Sasha Alexander
Dr. Jules Keating Julianne Nicholson
Dr. Nicholas Kokoris. Oded Fehr
Dr. Matt Slingerland Paul Blackthorne
Ellen Sanford.. Blaire Baron
Gary Sanford............ Dennis Cockrum
Doug Sanford. Dublin James
Bobby Sanford.......... Stephen Spacek
Ryan Washington Michael Purvis
Sheryl Washington...... Octavia L. Spencer
Dr. Stephen Flurgon....... Lawrence LeJohn Anesthesiologist...... Clint Jung
Seth Braverman Paul Norwood

Maureen Braverman Elizabeth Alley
Connie Yu. Michelle Noh
Nina........ Amy Stewart
Jo Anderson Kenna Ramsey
Babu Singh.. Vikrum Shah
Jill... Jill Remez
Nurse Lynette... Jocelyn Rose
Tori Redding Mae Whitman
Louise Redding......... Kathleen Wilhoite
Danny Gibson.. Dylan Walsh
Will Raymond Reed Diamond
Sam Lanning.......... Michael Murphy
Norman Drum David Kaufman
Jerry..... Brady Smith
Amira..... Alice Amter
Dora Watkins... Niecy Nash
Tom Roback Vyto Ruginis

This show has had two episodes air so far, and both have been mostly enjoyable with some well developed and played drama. But like so many shows on the air today far more is shown than necessary. There was a time when the audience was trusted to imagine and visualize for themselves the gory details -- this show leaves more up to the imagination than many others on the air today, but for the squeamish even this show puts a lot more on the screen than needed.

If you are willing to listen to 5 minutes of the show that you might get to see and hear of a less graphic show then you will be in for some good drama.

Characters have been built, and developed, with thought put into them, and almost every character has started this show in the midst of an interesting story, with plot twists just waiting to unfold -- plot twists that this viewer for one is interested in seeing unfold.

The question simply remains, as the season wears on will I get to see more of the drama, or end up listening to more of the episode than I watch?

(C) Kay Kellam, 2001 for PopArtsPlace.com
Prior to having her first novel, A Life to Di For, published author Kay Kellam enjoyed a variety of jobs that helped to shape her outlook on the world, and her profession. more...

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