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Modern Family: The Prescott (2020)
Clever but contrived
Modern Family is, as we all know now, on its last legs. "The Prescott" was further evidence of this, though the intricate interweaving of the family's various story lines made for some laughs. Overall it was rather predictable and contrived. The cameos fell flat, I thought, if for no other reason than... why are they in this? Steve Merchant as the obsequious butler pushed all credibility until the final scene of the episode (no spoilers) which made up for it. I do yearn for the quality writing from Seasons 1 through 4 or so.
Mercy (2009)
Wow, those nurses sure have a lot of power. Get me outta here!
Look, the other reviewers have covered a lot of points -- acting is pretty good, story lines are engaging. My beef is with how the writers play up the nursing and downplay the "doctoring". Since when is a newbie nurse going to go from general admissions to the ER to a surgical suite, all in the span of a few episodes?
The nurses also tend to diagnose at the patient's bedside, where in reality they have zero training or right to do so. I'm not looking for 100% realism (remember ER?) but it's laughable how much leeway the writers give nursing in this show, distracting from what little suspension of disbelief viewers may have.