Day One
The group of rescuers enter the chapel and snap photos of the bodies. They are chilled by the sight.
Horace Baltz is questioned by the police over this, demanding answers over how they all died. And in order to get those answers, we jump back to day 1 of the hurricane.
Six hours until landfall. The hospital is overcrowded and there are concerns about the safety of the patients. Horace, the doctor, argues with a colleague about letting 1200 people into the hospital. Anna, one of the concerned patients, listens to Horace’s argument but has doubts. Horace claims that it will be just like being snowed in and it probably won’t be that bad…right? ..
With Hurricane Irma bearing down on the island, Memorial Hospital was forced to merge with Lifecare, a private hospital that specializes in taking care of elderly patients. Despite being joined together, both hospitals are largely separate and keep to themselves. ..
As the storm nears, residents of this small town are struggling to make sense of what’s happening. The winds whip up the water and power lines, and phone service is intermittent.
The hospital is in danger of being abandoned if the water seeps through the ceiling.
Susan looks over the plans but there’s nothing in the files about evacuating the hospital in the event of this happening. If the basement floods, all the food and water will be destroyed. Even worse, the backup generators could also fail and leave them with no power. But with Susan serving as the acting commander, what will she choose to do?
Diane evacuates Lifecare, bringing everyone across into the main hospital. The water is starting to seep into the basement too, leaving Susan to organize the troops and act quickly.
Horace helps Brian get everyone upstairs to the second floor while the other doctors work to get the supplies out the basement and up to the ground floor before the whole place is flooded. As everyone gets out of Lifecare, the electrics start to flicker and fail. “God help us,” Diane utters, as this nightmare looks set to continue. ..
The Episode Review
The show’s producers have already started to tease us with some of the potential storylines that could be explored in the aftermath of Katrina. For example, could we see a character try to rebuild their life after being displaced and struggling in a new city? Or could we see a character try to find their place in the world after all these years? We can only wait to find out what the showrunners have in store for us.
This episode was tense because the hospitals started to buckle under the pressure and many question marks over the wellbeing of different patients and doctors alike came to the foreground.
The first season of “Stranger Things” is almost 40 minutes long, which is the optimal time needed to tell this story without dragging anything out. ..
With 3 episodes dropping today, we can finally get a good idea of what’s going on in the show. Hopefully, this will help us to better understand what’s happening and make for a better experience.
