Five Days at Memorial

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Based on actual events from Hurricane Katrina. When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make profound, heart-wrenching decisions.

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Episodes

Limited Series

8 episodes

S1 E1 · Day One

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the storm.

S1 E2 · Day Two

The staff and patients think they’ve made it through the worst—except the waters aren't receding. Reports of a new crisis circulate.

S1 E3 · Day Three

As the city floods, the hospital loses power. Mulderick and the staff attempt to cope with the terrible conditions and prepare for an evacuation.

S1 E4 · Day Four

Conditions continue to worsen. Mulderick, Pou, and more staff grapple with how to best help their patients—and how that help will be prioritized.

S1 E5 · Day Five

With pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.

S1 E6 · 45 Dead

State investigators begin to explore what happened to the 45 people found dead at Memorial in the aftermath of the hurricane.

S1 E7 · Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen

New evidence comes to light as Schafer and Rider dig deeper into their investigation of the deaths at Memorial.

S1 E8 · The Reckoning

Pou fights to defend herself. Schafer and Rider push their case forward.

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