Code Black (TV Series) Cardiac Support (2015) User Reviews

"My one wish for you is to live--really live" ~ Jesse

[jheignbaugh · 10/10 · 26 November 2017]

This one was yet another tear-jerker, with a lot of heart-stopping moments for us viewers. As we were rattled at the thought of losing Jesse, it brought many challenges for the doctors of Angels Memorial, as well as some emotional moments. One of the most emotional being the exchange between Jesse and Leanne in the O.R.

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Jesse: Before I'm dead, there's something I got to tell you.

Leanne: Shut up. You're not dead.

Jesse: Neither are you.

Leanne: What are you talking about?

Jesse: You're alive.

Leanne: I know that.

Jesse: I don't think you do. You're alive. They're not.

Leanne: Jesse, what are you doing?

Jesse: What I'm telling you is that if I die today, my one wish would be that you live. Really live. I'm pretty sure that's their wish, too.

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This episode was breathtaking. Every week, this show delivers. It delivers material better than the last episode. I am glued to this show. It only keeps getting better.

This is one for the books

[mlee22 · 10/10 · 26 November 2017]

Oh, Mama.

You'd think that beloved head nurse Jesse's heart attack would be drama enough for one episode, but Code Black #1.10 upped the ante as always, throwing in some touching side stories. Mario got to show us how much he's grown in his time at Angels, and Cole and Rollie came to a new understanding.

Obviously, the main case was Jesse's heart attack. I hesitate to say that I "liked" this storyline because it seems really awful to "like" a nice person like Jesse having to go through that, even if they are fictional. It was, in no doubt, deeply tragic, though.

But it was well down, and not without purpose, so I suppose I'll just have to resign myself to Jesse's suffering serving the greater good. It highlighted his selfless generosity with Leanne in a truly touching way.

I loved how he was able to joke with her through it all. We may know next to nothing of Jesse's history outside of the hospital, but things like that tell us everything we need to know about him...for now at least.

I'm really hoping that his recovery allows us to know Jesse as a complete character and not just as "Mama." Mama's great and all, but there's got to be more to his life than running the ER and being Leanne's personal cheerleader. He's the one preaching about living life after all.

With Leanne running off to supervise Jesse's care (a good thing, since he ended up having to diagnose himself), Neal was left in charge of the residents and the ER. Unfortunately, he doesn't quite have Leanne's skill at resident-wrangling or commanding authority. He's definitely going to be rethinking his friendship with Christa after this. He had already gotten a little weird with her after their Bloody Mary brunch, but I suspect he'll take some giant steps back now that he thinks their relationship is interfering with the work. Definite awkwardness to come on that front.

I was a little surprised that he took such a hard line with Mario about leaving. He was right to insist that Mario stay at the hospital under the circumstances, but I expected some more helpful guidance from him than telling Mario to call social services to handle it.

I liked how Mario has finally made some real progress, and really hope that we don't have to watch him backslide again. It was great how the other residents supported him in spite of his previous behavior. They're really starting to come together as a team.

Elsewhere in the hospital, things went south for Cole and Rollie just as they were starting to connect. We still don't know the whole story of their falling out, or what happened to Cole at his last hospital, but I'm more intrigued by the minute.

Rollie finally figuring out that he couldn't just try and play happy families with Cole was a great moment, and I think it was actually what Cole needed from him. Totally switching up their usual dynamic was a total wakeup call for him. If he's going to succeed at Angels (and with Leanne), he's going to have to adjust that attitude.