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that will hit screens tomorrow. <\/p>\n<p>Pulse is the streaming service\u2019s first ever English-language medical series.<\/p>\n<p>It follows third-year medical resident Danny (played by Scream\u2019s Willa Fitzgerald) who is \u2018unexpectedly promoted to chief resident at the emergency room at Maguire Hospital in Miami amidst the fallout of her own explosive romantic relationship.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been teased that \u2018while Danny\u2019s deep empathy makes her an exceptional doctor in training, her brash and self-sabotaging nature complicates her upward trajectory\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Her promotion comes after the hospital\u2019s highly respected chief resident Dr. Xander Phillips (Colin Woodell) is suspended.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tGet personalised updates on all things Netflix\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p> Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro’s TV Newsletter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/tv-newsletter\/?ito=tv-article&signup-source=tv-article-link\">Sign up to our newsletter<\/a> and then select your show in the link we’ll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To make matters more complicated he is the man Danny is in love with, with the pair then having to find a way to work together \u2018as the bombshell details of their complicated romance begin to spill out\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_240811637-044f.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22686276\" alt=\"Colin Woodell as Xander Phillips in Pulse leading doctors pushing a patient down a hallway.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Netflix viewers are counting down to watch new medical drama Pulse (Picture: Jeff Neumann\/ Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If this wasn\u2019t enough drama to contend with, the doctors, their colleagues and patients then face the threat of a hurricane that sends the hospital into lockdown to deal with the flood of trauma patients.<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s trailer was released last month, with viewers sharing their thoughts at the sneak peek and calling it<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/04\/03\/greys-anatomy-fans-beg-put-misery-update-20579176\/\"> \u2018the next Grey\u2019s Anatomy\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I love medical drama especially with more suspense or wild things happening. Can’t wait for this,\u2019 one commented on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Looks like a good one can’t wait to see this new one,\u2019 someone else shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Omg I so going to watch this,\u2019 another added.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-episode series was created Zoe Robyn (The Equalizer) who spoke to Netflix\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/pulse-medical-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tudum <\/a>about the basis for the main storyline.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_240811631-d592.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22686277\" alt=\"Pulse. (L to R) Willa Fitzgerald as Danny and Colin Woodell as Phillips in Episode 107 of Pulse. Cr. Jeff Neumann\/Netflix ?? 2024\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>It follows medical resident Danny (Willa Fitzgerald) who is promoted after her boss – who she is in love with – is fired (Picture: Jeff Neumann\/ Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018We always endeavoured to make Danny and Phillips\u2019 relationship a real, authentic look at a workplace romance. We really wanted to play in the grey area of that situation. Pulse shows the edges and pitfalls of their relationship \u2014 but also all the joyous moments of working a high-pressure job like this,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the doctors, she also said the aim was to avoid portraying them as \u2018superheroes\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We wanted these characters to be real people who have to go through the relatable issues of working together in a pressure cooker. Relationships are forming and breaking apart on Pulse,\u2019 she added.<\/p>\n<p>Pulse also stars Jack Bannon, Jessie T. 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