Network: USA Network
Episodes: 10 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: June 18, 2015 — August 13, 2015
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Jason O’Mara, Jessica Szohr, Lauren Stamile, Chris Chalk, Beth Riesgraf, and RonReaco Lee.
TV show description:
This dramatic series revolves around a disillusioned suburban doctor John Ellison. While still dealing with the emotional effects of his 8-year-old daughter’s death from cancer, he unexpectedly becomes a vigilante hero when he intervenes in a drive-by shooting, saving a 12-year-old boy’s life.
When John learns the boy, Antoine Tyler, is still marked for death, he’s compelled to save him at any cost. Through this journey, he must compromise his morals, often doing the wrong thing for all the right reasons.
A committed and compassionate ER doctor at Samaritan hospital, John Ellison (Jason O’Mara) is guided by an unswerving belief in his responsibility to help his fellow man — no matter the cost. That philosophy has often left his wife and son feeling abandoned. Now, in the wake of Antoine’s shooting, John starts to cross lines he never thought he would cross.
Even as he compromises his once-firm principles, John continues to believe that all the risks he’s taking are for a greater good — to protect his family and save lives. It becomes increasingly clear that Doctor Ellison’s patients aren’t the only ones in need of healing.
Samaritan ER nurse Gretchen Polk (Jessica Szohr) is a wild card both inside and outside the hospital. She’s got a quick temper, impulse control issues, and courage that borders on recklessness. Getchen is also John’s most indispensable ally in protecting Antoine. Though she prefers women to men, Gretchen doesn’t really seem to like (or trust) anyone. But as tough-talking as this tattooed former foster kid may be, in truth she’s got a big heart and fierce protective instincts.
The supervisor of the Samaritan Emergency Department, Doctor Bridget O’Neill (Lauren Stamille) is a conscientious and principled doctor who operates strictly by the book and expects others to do the same. Her careful watch over the ED only further complicates John’s situation. However, as tightly wound and emotionally reserved as she may seem, Doctor O’Neill isn’t entirely without compassion.
John’s friend and colleague in the Samaritan Emergency Department is Doctor Quentin Harper (RonReaco Lee) — a dedicated ER doctor who also has a powerful sense of duty to his patients. Intuitive and quick with a smile, the natural-born peacekeeper is a loyal friend and a calming presence among the patients and staff of the ED. He manages to roll with the punches and somehow remain lighthearted despite the daily challenges he faces — thanks in part to having an unshakable faith in God’s plan.
John’s wife and the mother of their young son is real estate lawyer Samantha Ellison (Beth Riesgraf). She’s been valiantly struggling to move forward and keep her family together in the wake of her daughter’s death. Still processing her grief (and harboring a secret of her own) Sam is growing increasingly concerned about John’s well-being, and the toll his actions may be taking on her family. Strong, smart and determined to protect the ones she loves, Sam isn’t willing to sit idly by and let her husband shoulder his burdens alone. As much as she wants to support John however, the truth might be more than she is willing to accept.
Second in command of Atlanta’s powerful Vine City Crew, Darius Bishop (Chris Chalk) was handpicked by the gang’s leader, Ezra “EZ” Tyler, to run the ground operation while EZ is in prison. He’s also been tasked with watching over EZ’s 11-year-old son Antoine — a duty that makes him John’s main point of contact with the gang. Smart, ambitious, and ruthless, Darius is a natural leader, commanding respect and fear in equal measure. he can also be as vengeful, violent, and deadly as they come.
Episode #10 — Critical
Flashback to a month ago. A mysterious robber bursts into a Loco stash house, stealing stacks of cash and gunning down the 17-year-old little brother of a gang bigwig.
Back in the present day, John and Samantha Ellison are dealing with the fallout from their own mistakes. Though the revelation of Sam’s affair haunts John, for now he’s got to focus on his meeting with the cops. Despite prodding by Detective Holden and his partner, John won’t reveal much until he can talk directly to the DA and get a protection deal for his family.
But when Gretchen stops by Blair Surgery Center to check on Antoine shortly afterwards, she’s shocked to see Holden arriving and taking a gun with a silencer out of an evidence bag in his trunk. Clearly something John let slip tipped him off—and clearly something isn’t right with this cop. She calls John, and while Samantha and Ollie flee to the lake house, John races to help Antoine.
Back at Blair, Gretchen tries to hide Antoine and keep Holden off the scent while she waits for John and Darius to arrive. When they do, Darius begins to put the pieces together, realizing that Holden must have been the one behind the stash house robbery that kicked off the whole Vine City Crew-Nortenos Locos gang war a month earlier.
Now that word is out EZ wants peace, the two sides could start talking and figure out what really happened, and to make sure that doesn’t happen Holden is there to try to kill Antoine and keep the two gangs warring. And as unbelievable as the theory sounds, when Holden finds John, Gretchen and Darius tending to Antoine in an abandoned wing of the facility, it becomes clear that Darius was right—and that the dirty cop will stop at nothing to cover his tracks. (Courtesy USA)
First aired: August 13, 2015.
What do you think? Do you like the Complications TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
I am really disappointed! I started watching the series on afternoon and couldn’t stop until I saw all ten episodes in 3 days. The acting is superb, suspenseful, reinventing and is a favorite show of mine. Please bring it back! I’m in shock it is cancelled!!!!!! Please, please bring it back!
This show was the most rivetting show I’ve watched in a long, long time! Cancel it? Why, because there are soo many other class shows on your fall schedule?? Somehow I doubt that. This show was head and shoulders above any other show going except possibly The Last Ship. Fire whoever cancelled this and bring back Complications!!
I love this show! I always looked forward to the next episode and REALLY HOPE you can bring it back next year or even sooner! Please continue this show. The characters are really great.
Thank you.
The family really enjoyed this series it different and it good please bring it back
Our whole family was really thrilled and couldn’t wait for the next episode. With the last episode we were excited to see what happens next.
Yes, most definitely. I t is a good action series with good actors. I will be highly disapointed if it is not renewed. It is one of the few series that I thoroughly enjoy.
I love this show.. as other comments say it is so good.. and there is always another twist..when stupid shows stay on like Big Bang.. makes you wonder!!
Keep it going!
Why would anybody not want to watch this show? It is the best edge of your seat show in a long time. Please air it for a long time. My family loves it and are very disappointed.
BRING BACK COMPLICATIONS PLEASE!!!! Great show-We discovered it 3wks into the series used on-demand to get caught up. Give this show more time and ad time so others can find this show. Too good not to give it time-We discovered accident had not seen any clips or trailers highlighting the show.
why would this show get canceled, absolutely loved this show. its complicated for goodness sake, its called complications, there is always a twist or a way out. Why would USA CANCEL THIS SHOW. please PLEASE BRING BACK. As soon as it aired, i was hooked. ITS ONE OF THE BEST TV SHOWS. BRING BACK COMPLICATIONS!!!!!!!
Absolutely should not have been cancelled. Love this show. Kept me engaged, love the twists, turns. Best of new series!! RE-NEW!!
So right , Mel. Another thought provoking show bites the dust.
Frustrating!
This series should have been renewed! It reflects what can happen to everyday people trying to do the right thing and getting in too deep! Lots of thinking for the viewer and lots of surprising and complicated events that develop your interest to anticipate the next episode!!! It holds your interest through every scene. It should be a mainstay series and a part of the next season line-up!
NO. One of our favorite summer shows. It was fast-paced, always twists and turns everything you want to be entertained. SUCKS THAT IT WAS CANCELLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought that it was not cancelled and will return next season. I believe I read that. Why in the World would a show like this be cancelled as there are so many viewers such as myself who like it as it is intellegent, good acting, complicated plots, 🙂 story line although some of it does go out in left field, etc. still hold the interest for myself and not knowing what will happen next. There are so many twists and turns, it does keep you wondering what outcome prevails. Personally, it is one of the bests series on TV.