The project written by Sarah Watson was first set up at CBS last year with a put pilot commitment, but it didn’t make it. The idea was revisited this year with a new take written by Jason Katims himself. I think we don’t give enough credit to this guy. Okay, he’s no Shonda Rhimes or Greg Berlanti, his shows are never huge hits but they’re always damn good. As a producer, he’s responsible for the incredible The Path at Hulu, which premieres in a few days, and he has scored pilot orders at HBO (Us.) and Showtime (Mating). Bunker Hill is his only network drama in the works at the time and I really hope CBS will give it a chance. He already failed to get a series order with his previous medical drama attempt a few years ago, County at NBC.
The pilot of Bunker Hill starts the day Walter Wallace gets fired from the Cincinnati hospital he worked for decades. A child patient died because of him. Wrong decision at the worst time. Six months later, he’s still unemployed and accept to visit a hospital far from his home and family in California, one which apparently wants him. And the whole episode consists of convincing him to stay. He’s welcomed by Angie, a geeky Asian programmer who scans his whole body in 3D (!) and the famous James Bell, a young magnetic billionaire, brilliant and totally unapologetic, that I would described as a nicer and crazier Dr House. He rocks. It’s a classic but efficient confrontation between an old-school doctor and a young brilliant mind. They make one hell of a duo.
The pilot of Bunker Hill starts the day Walter Wallace gets fired from the Cincinnati hospital he worked for decades. A child patient died because of him. Wrong decision at the worst time. Six months later, he’s still unemployed and accept to visit a hospital far from his home and family in California, one which apparently wants him. And the whole episode consists of convincing him to stay. He’s welcomed by Angie, a geeky Asian programmer who scans his whole body in 3D (!) and the famous James Bell, a young magnetic billionaire, brilliant and totally unapologetic, that I would described as a nicer and crazier Dr House. He rocks. It’s a classic but efficient confrontation between an old-school doctor and a young brilliant mind. They make one hell of a duo.
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