CBS’s new medical drama Good Sam is about a daughter and her dad fighting for the same position, the Cheif of Surgery. You see, Sam’s (Sophia Bush) father Griff (Jason Isaacs) held the position until he was shot and spent six months in a coma. During his absence, the hospital offered his job to Sam. Now that he is awake, he will do anything to get that position back, including screwing over his daughter.
Last week, Griff went to the board and convinced them to give him his job back. Sam then went to them and got them to hold off. Now, they are at war. And tonight at 10p, he proves he is a$$hole. He finds a way to embarrass his daughter and cost the hospital a lot of money. So Sam has to find a way to undo what he did, but she might not be able to do it.
If that is enough, she has a patient that has come in with chest pains after sex. Sam notices she had a heart attack. Actually, she has had several and didn’t even know it. Therefore, Sam has to figure out what has been causing them before one of them kills her, and the patient has not been completely honest about her history.
Sam will get the patient’s real history from her doctor. That doctor has had a history with Griff, and she offers Sam an offer she can’t refuse. But Sam refuses it. How long can Sam say no to her offer?
There is even more trouble for Sam’s department. One of her doctors lost a patient on the table. Now, they are having problems coping with it. Will they be able to find out why a simple procedure led to their patient dying?
Oh, and did I mention that is episode is directed by Jane the Virgin’s Gina Rodriguez? She is as good in front of the camera as she is from behind it.
I have to admit that I wasn’t wowed by the pilot of Good Sam. But now that I have watched the first three episodes, I am in love with the show. The pilot was just setting things up for the great war between a father and his daughter, all while mixing the heart that Sam has when she sees her patients. Sam and Bush are the same when it comes to caring for people. It is as though this character was made for Bush, and that is why she was perfectly cast in the role.
Michael Weatherly announced today that this will be Bull’s final season on CBS.
“Hello all! It’s been my privilege to play Dr Jason Bull but after 6 Seasons of incredible storylines, I’ve decided it’s time to pursue new creative challenges and bring his story to a close,” the actor wrote. “It has been an honor to work with this talented cast, crew, and writing/producing team who helped reinvent the legal drama. Stay tuned for a big series finish…Thanks to all the fans from the bottom of my heart. You will always be a part of our Bull family!”
Is the news a surprise? Not really; it has never been a ratings juggernaut. This year has been even tougher on the show that was moved to Thursdays at 10p. That, and it was controversial after Weatherly was accused of sexually harassing Eliza Dushku and CBS gave her an almost $10 million settlement.
In other cancellation news, NBC is no longer in business with Ellen DeGeneres. That is because they cancelled Ellen’s Game of Games after four seasons, according to Deadline.
Tonight at 8p on CBS, Andrew Simon, president and CEO, Fremont Street Experience, becomes an Undercover Boss and gets one of the most strenuous workouts any boss has ever gotten on the series.
The Freemont Experience is a six-block event in Downtown Las Vegas, and it attracts almost 25 million visitors every year. They were hit hard by the pandemic. Not only were there fewer people coming to Vegas, but they have a 100% turnover rate. That means for every person they hire, someone quits. Simon has to figure out why they can’t get anyone to stay, even with bonuses.
They say a boss should get his hands dirty, and that is exactly how Simon starts off his assignment. He travels with Emmie from the custodial team, and he gets a lesson about how difficult it is to keep the area clean, especially with outdated and broken-down equipment. He also gains insight into why people don’t stay at the job, and it is not only because of what they do.
His next task takes him above ground, where he learns how hard it is to operate their lighted canopy that has 50 million LED lights from Ronald, the Assistant Manager of the Maintenance Department. It is not a job for someone who is afraid of heights, and he learns that he is. It is a strenuous job, and there are things that can be done to make the job more efficient if they had the right tools. And as is the case with Emmie, he learns why people are quitting.
Finally, it is time for him to learn the ropes of Slotzilla, the five-block zip line. It was one of their biggest moneymakers before the pandemic, but now it is losing over a million dollars every other month. That is because they can’t get enough people to work the ride, so it closed for six days a week. He is going to be teamed up with Josephine, who will show him hard this job is on the body and how quick the turnaround has to be between guests. If the customer waits too long, then they can get their money back.
At the end of the day, he has a new appreciation for his employees and a better understanding of what he needs to do to get people to stay on the job. Hopefully, he learned from his three employees how much the company needs to improve for its workers so that they no longer have a 100% turnover rate.
Sophia Bush is back on television tonight in the medical drama Good Sam on CBS at 10p. It is not your typical medical show because it adds the twist of what happens when it is a family business.
Dr. Sam Griffith (Bush) grew up in the hospital because her dad Griff (Jason Isaacs) is Chief of Surgery, and her mom, Vivian Katz (Wendy Crewson), runs it. However, her parents are no longer together because her dad’s first, second, and third love is surgery.
Sam followed in her father’s footsteps and became a heart surgeon, and she works under him at the same hospital. He is very tough on his daughter and all the other surgeons. Sam is unlike him in that manner. She is not only a heart surgeon, but she also has a heart when it comes to her patients and co-workers.
One day their lives are all going to change when Griff is shot in the hospital, and he spends several months in a coma. No one knows if he is going to wake up. Therefore, they make Sam the new head of surgery in his absence.
Just when they are ready to make the announcement, Griff wakes up. He wants his title back, and he can’t have it because it is Sam’s. Not only that, he has to be cleared to work again. Sam has to approve that, and he has to work under her. He doesn’t want to work under anyone, including his daughter, and he will undermine with every chance that he gets.
How will the two Griffins learn to work together with their new dynamic? That is what we will find out when we watch Good Sam every Wednesday night.
Good Sam is like a dream come true for Bush. She shared how during a press event at the CBS Winter Press Day. She said, “The irony of all of this is that my plan as a kid. I don’t know if it’s growing up the daughter of an immigrant or what. But your options are really like you’re a doctor or a lawyer, or a lawyer or a doctor. So as a young person, I said I wanted to be a doctor. And I was particularly fascinated with heart surgery. Considered it as a specialty.”
However, something happened that changed her career path. “My high school drama teacher got in the way and helped put me up in my first play. You can imagine the shock when I told my parents I wasn’t going to med school, I was going to go study theater and learn how to do costume makeup.”
So now that she gets to play a doctor, “it really feels full circle. My parents are thrilled by this. They’re sort of like living out their moment.”
I am sure they have been living out their moments with her ever since she became an actress. Not only does she excel in every role, but she is also a caring individual who gives back all of the time. What more could any parent want?
NCIS Special Agent Jessica Knight (Katrina Law) and NCIS Special Agent Nick Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) are taking a trip to the Aloha state, and we will get to see what happens when they meet up with NCIS: Hawaii on March 28th.
I am sure it was hard for CBS to get the two actors to leave a very cold Los Angeles for a warm, beautiful in Hawaii. And I bet their co-stars are extremely jealous, as they should be.
