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Despite its name, Netflixs new medical drama Pulse was dead on arrival.
Time of death: 10 minutes into the show.
To boot, if audiences dont care about the characters, everything else flatlines.
I wanted to enjoy Pulse, but I was almost immediately bored.
Im a very character-driven person when it comes to TV, especially procedurals.
Its important to take timing into consideration when a new show airs.
The Pitt does that; Pulse does not.
Yet, The Pitt has garnered praise fromactualmedical professionals a rarity in the genre.
In the case of “Pulse,” the characters simply fall flat.
In “House, many characters are inherently unlikable for all or part of the time.
And yet, they’re highly watchable.
