s01e02 — Sacred Brain

If the previous series showed a lot of medical manipulations and procedures, then this one has just one single operation, stretching over the entire series. Perhaps because neurosurgical operations are really long: while watching an hour-long episode, it seems like a very long time, and then it turns out that this particular operation lasted six hours.
It is interesting to represent the personality of the characters through their childhood and place of birth. The authors seem to believe that all the most important things are embedded in a person in childhood, trying to figure out how it happened that this particular person became an outstanding doctor and a fan of his craft. In my opinion, it is not very possible to show these cause-and-effect relationships, but it is possible to demonstrate the personality traits of a person, and this is partly the answer to the question "what kind of person can go into this profession". For example, I was impressed by how the neurosurgeon, the hero of this series, works with his emotions, with fear. He has not stopped feeling at all, having performed hundreds of brain surgeries, he is still afraid, but he consciously transforms his fear into rage directed against the disease that is killing his patients. In general, the series is very focused on feelings and emotions, which is important, because sometimes, as a patient, it seems to me that the sensitivity of doctors is dulled, because there is so much grief around. It's nice to know that this is not the case.