Netflix’s new medical drama Pulse immediately brings viewers into the world of Maguire Medical with two major developments: a catastrophic hurricane and the show’s main character Danny (Willa Fitzgerald) having filed a sexual harassment claim against chief resident Phillips (Colin Woodell).

“It’s perfect to start us off with this season because we have the stakes already as high as we think they can go from the jump,” Fitzgerald tells The Hollywood Reporter of the show’s choice to drop viewers in the middle of a literal hurricane.

“Something that I really love about this show is that from the first episode to the last, your understanding of these characters and what they’re experiencing radically changes,” she adds. “Our understanding of [Danny] becomes so much more complicated over the course of the 10 episodes. It was really fun to throw her in the deep end from the get-go and...