Five Days at Memorial

Limited Series

TV-MA

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Tells the story of the first five days in a New Orleans, LA, hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. When the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions that haunted them for years to come.

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8 Episodes

Day One
E1
Day OneHurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the storm.
Day Two
E2
Day TwoThe staff and patients think they’ve made it through the worst—except the waters aren't receding. Reports of a new crisis circulate.
Day Three
E3
Day ThreeAs the city floods, the hospital loses power. Mulderick and the staff attempt to cope with the terrible conditions and prepare for an evacuation.
Day Four
E4
Day FourConditions continue to worsen. Mulderick, Pou, and more staff grapple with how to best help their patients—and how that help will be prioritized.
Day Five
E5
Day FiveWith pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.
45 Dead
E6
45 DeadState investigators begin to explore what happened to the 45 people found dead at Memorial in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
E7
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve SeenNew evidence comes to light as Schafer and Rider dig deeper into their investigation of the deaths at Memorial.
The Reckoning
E8
The ReckoningPou fights to defend herself. Schafer and Rider push their case forward.