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One of two intense medical dramas NBC introduced in the fall of 2009, "Mercy" had all the advantages its one-named rival "Trauma" did not. First, it had talent behind the scenes. Liz Heldens from "Friday Night Lights" created the show and led the writers, proving once again that the best way to dramatize the real world is to show it realistically"”ugliness and all. Second, it had attitude and guts to stay true to its revolutionary premise, the well-informed notion "that nurses remain [not only] more generous caregivers, but that they are more intuitively apt, smarter, more committed and as technically able as their [physician] superiors, with none of the accompanying arrogance." In a winner-take-all ER smackdown, you always would go all-in with the Mercy Hospital nurses. The main character, nurse Veronica Flanagan Callahan, has just returned from a tour in Iraq, where she clearly learned more in each day than the pompous, presumptuous doctors learned in all five years of medical school. Of course, Veronica gets neither the respect nor the reward she deserves, but "Mercy" dangles the possibility of true love as just recompense for Veronica's skill and compassion. Taylor Schilling plays Veronica with exactly the right balance of toughness and vulnerability, skillfully juxtaposing her consummate skill as a nurse with her intrepid ingenuousness in matters of the heart. If only "Mercy" had survived into a second season, all the tangled threads in the story might have come to their proper denouement. If only.

IU and Park Bo-gum lead this sweeping, acclaimed Korean saga of love and family across the decades on Jeju Island. Streaming on Netflix.

The final season sends Gi-hun back into the deadly arena for a last stand against the games. Netflix's biggest-ever launch. Streaming on Netflix.

If you watched "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" before you watched "The Sopranos," you would get the uneasy sensation art was imitating life just a little too closely. They are two versions of the same story: Wiseguys attempt to balance the strange demands of life in the suburbs with the everyday business of running a criminal empire. The problem with posing as a respectable businessman is that you sometimes must actually be respectable. It's almost funny in a painfully awkward sort of way, but nothing good could come from laughing out loud. "Ayy, fahget abowt it," Tony Soprano and his New Jersey mobsters would say. Are you genuinely surprised to discover that prom dresses and cement overcoats do not easily reconcile? Are you genuinely surprised to learn "The Sopranos" is cable television's greatest financial success? "The Sopranos," in fact, was the foundation of a major cultural phenomenon and marketing franchise, which supported books, videogames, soundtrack CDs, and more than a few critical blogs. Of course, the producers and cast had to hijack a semi-trailer to cart home all of their Emmys and Golden Globes.

NCIS TV show is the award-winning crime investigation drama centered on group of high-skilled Special Agents of Naval Crime Investigation Service who are solving the crimes all around the world: from twisted espionage cases to such an audacious crimes as submarine stealing. Meet the NCIS team: Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) a kind of not much-speaking person who has an awesome ability to solve mind-breaking crimes with the first sight; Detective Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) an old school investigator with unbeatable flair in clearance of crime puzzles; talented specialist Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette) whose black humor makes you laugh even in worst situations; Special Agent Timothy McGee (Sean Murray), computer geek with overwhelming abilities in the field. Teamed with former MOSSAD secret service agent Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) this "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" will show you real mind-blowing crime investigation action that will keep you in thrilling suspense each and every episode.

"Prófugos" is a Chilean television drama series that premiered in 2011. It tells the story of four men who become involved in the drug trade and end up being pursued by the authorities. The series was created by Pablo Larraín, who is known for his critically acclaimed films.