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Three Rivers Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2009 - 2010
This medical drama follows the team at Three Rivers Medical Center, an acclaimed transplant hospital, during their day-to-day challenges and duties. Lead surgeon Dr. Andy Yablonski (Alex O'Loughlin) is highly skilled but works too hard; Dr. Miranda Foster (Katherine Moennig) is following in her father's footsteps and trying to live up to his reputation; resident Dr. David Lee (Daniel Henney) is somewhat of a womanizer who is more interested in his romantic connections; newcomer Ryan Abbott (Christopher J. Hanke) is finding the demands of the job harder than he expected; and surgical supervisor Dr. Sophia Jordan (Alfre Woodard) is brilliant and experienced but struggles to keep everyone in line. A unique perspective is given, as each case is seen through the eyes of the surgical team, the recipient and the donor.
Episode 1
Place of Life
Sun, Oct 4, 2009 60 mins
A team of Pittsburgh surgeons perform organ transplants and deal with the emotionally complex lives of the recipients. In the opener, a pregnant woman suffers a heart attack and is told she must undergo a heart transplant in order to save her life and the life of her unborn child.
Episode 2
Ryan's First Day
Sun, Oct 11, 2009 60 mins
An 18-year-old college student needs a double-lung transplant but learns she may not be eligible for the operation.
Episode 3
Good Intentions
Sun, Oct 18, 2009 60 mins
Andy persuades an organ network to give a former drug addict a new heart, but the patient disappears just before the surgery is to take place.
Episode 4
Code Green
Sun, Oct 25, 2009 60 mins
A bus carrying a high-school football team crashes, and Andy's group rushes to save lives. The parents of one boy must make the difficult decision of whether to donate his organs.
Episode 5
Alone Together
Sun, Nov 1, 2009 60 mins
Andy attempts a risky procedure on his wife's police partner after he collapses during a drug bust. The surgery is complicated because the man suffers from an aortic aneurysm.
Episode 6
Where We Lie
Sun, Nov 8, 2009 60 mins
An 8-year-old boy is crushed by a ride at a fair, and Lisa becomes very attached to him in the hospital since she witnessed the accident. Meanwhile, Andy and David attempt to obtain a ventricular-assist device for a patient whose heart is failing.
Episode 7
The Luckiest Man
Sun, Nov 15, 2009 60 mins
A car-crash victim (Mandy Patinkin) dying from a progressive neurodegenerative disease requests to be taken off of life support so his organs can be donated. Meanwhile, David cares for a foster parent with pulmonary hypertension who refuses to be admitted to the hospital.
Episode 8
The Kindness of Strangers
Sun, Nov 22, 2009 60 mins
A billionaire's wife needs a liver transplant, but a setback causes her to miss out on a new liver, so her husband buys one on the black market. Meanwhile, a friend from Andy's past unexpectedly shows up.
Episode 9
Win-Loss
Sat, Jun 5, 2010 60 mins
The team members attempt to harvest the lungs of a bride, who was gunned down at her wedding, so they can transplant them into a college basketball player.
Episode 10
A Roll of the Dice
Sat, Jun 12, 2010 60 mins
Andy cares for a man in need of a kidney transplant and searches for a suitable donor, and he suspects a recent heart-transplant patient is rejecting his new heart.
Episode 11
Every Breath You Take
Sat, Jun 19, 2010 60 mins
A female firefighter must decide if she should donate part of her lung to her captain, who mistreats her. Meanwhile, Andy's uncle shows up with a stab wound and asks Andy not to report the incident because he fears it will violate his parole.
Episode 12
Case Histories
Sat, Jun 26, 2010 60 mins
Andy becomes upset when an arrogant heart surgeon, who is also his rival, returns to the hospital.
Episode 13
Status 1A
Sat, Jul 3, 2010 60 mins
A patient is put at the top of the list to receive a new heart after he suffers a stroke, but his transplant is placed in jeopardy when the police threaten to seize the funds raised for the surgery.