EPISODE
SEASON
Mercy Street - Season 1
Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green.
29 December 1990, Flint, Michigan, USA
28 August 1988, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
24 December 1961, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
January 19, 2016
Mercy Street milks ample drama from the terrifying prospect of facing even the most minor of procedures in an era in which anesthesia was considered unnecessary and the most scientific testing involved sniffing.
January 19, 2016
At heart, Mercy Street... is a medical soap opera - Grey's Anatomy with crinolines - and that's the show's most entertaining aspect.
August 13, 2016
... a medical show by way of a historical drama, an American story that takes its cues from British period pieces and fills its cast with strong American actors.
February 02, 2016
Soapy Civil War hospital drama has lots of blood, history.
January 14, 2016
Excellent cast, lifeless drama.
January 21, 2016
Although some aspects of the ploy may be predictable, the drama emerging from the many conflicts of the Civil War period, both ideological and physical, promise to demand attention.
February 26, 2016
A drama that exults the quality of mercy in an improvised Virginia hospital during the Civil War.
January 19, 2016
It's entertaining, for sure, and immediately watchable, especially for those that love a historical drama.
January 15, 2016
Despite the lovely title, used by both musician Peter Gabriel and poet Anne Sexton, the show is obvious and inauthentic as it tells the story.
