When this show started out, it was about at an 8 for me. There were some minor concerns with clichés and character relationships (ahem Hank and Jill) that made me roll my eyes frequently. Regardless, I really liked the show for a good while. It got a little intense near the middle of the series with some of Boris' drama and Milos and all, which I was really excited for. But then after all that dissipated, we were left with virtually nothing. Divya gets married between seasons to Raj, and seemingly had no second thoughts about that whatsoever. There was no development of her character shown in the show to lead her to that point, it's like she just has a baby, meets Raj, and all of a sudden they're actually in love and getting married. Like what on earth? You left this guy in like the beginning of the series and now we're just going to pretend everything between you is hunky-dory and you'll just poof! Find each other again and get married in less than a season with little to no intense self discovery or character epiphanies or any such development? Like... what? And don't even get me started on Hank. He basically changes zilch the entire show. All eight seasons. He changes his mind about his dad and brother, becomes a bit more forgiving, decides he wants to settle down, great. But there was no search for himself. He had a total of roughly zero intense character turning points or moments of realization (well, maybe one or two) but half the show, he was just a single doctor who people would acknowledge occasionally is, in fact, a hot single doctor. He goes through these breakups and maybe gets pissed off for an episode. Then, like magic, he's just fine! Either that, or he'll specifically tell us the emotions that make him not fine and then someone will just have a calm discussion with him and he'll just agree and move on and never have it become an issue again. Conflict between Paige and Evan was always mild once they got married, I was never excited about any of their plots. Boris just got annoying after Milos because he just hides weird secret nonsense and that can basically summarize every plot of his.
In summary, this show lacks emotion; very dry. There are a lot of missed opportunities for characters to be more dynamic, which is especially necessary in a medical show such as this where you can basically never understand the medical plots anyway unless you happen to be a doctor watching the show, which is inevitable simply by its nature. He's also the only doctor who could magically not lose a patient in literally years. It's like the show is trying it's damnedest to avoid delving into any deep emotional conflict, and suffering for it, moreso as the show progresses. It gets so bad that near the end of the show we basically don't see any of the conflict; the characters just have explicit discussions with each other about the issues they face, which is a snooze fest. Otherwise, it's at least interesting to see some of the medical stuff happen. Not an awful show, but did not live up to its potential either.
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