Seeing Ariel, who first was in Code Black's pilot episode, on the "previously on" flash was rather confusing at first...until we reach the ending of the episode, which is where it all begins to make sense.
"Vertigo" is another example of Code Black finding ways to tell stories that are different from the genre norm or that don't even seem like they'd work during a medical drama. Willis has now been under the sea (in "What Lies Beneath") and up in the air (in "Vertigo").
Here's an episode that tackles another subject you might not necessarily see on another hospital drama, in giving us a storyline about elder abuse. It would have been perfectly easy and totally acceptable to follow the straight line and have Judith's husband being the one hurting her, but that is not how Code Black does business. It turns right, or left, or just says it's going to come up with a case that you won't think sounds familiar to the hundreds of episodes of other shows you've seen before. The show knows it's operating in a space that's well-traveled, and so it's constantly going out on its own limb, and we need series like that. We need programs that are going to break the genre molds and do new things because that's why we have new shows in the first place. Having Code Black on the air doesn't just keep the audience captivated; it's moving the entire medical genre forward.
Additionally, the primary component that makes this episode so remarkable is when Ariel shows up. It was so unexpected but brings a new series of events to the show, not to mention will "spice things up" so to speak. This was a great episode overall, and I am interested to find out what happens next with Ariel.
"Vertigo" is another example of Code Black finding ways to tell stories that are different from the genre norm or that don't even seem like they'd work during a medical drama. Willis has now been under the sea (in "What Lies Beneath") and up in the air (in "Vertigo").
Here's an episode that tackles another subject you might not necessarily see on another hospital drama, in giving us a storyline about elder abuse. It would have been perfectly easy and totally acceptable to follow the straight line and have Judith's husband being the one hurting her, but that is not how Code Black does business. It turns right, or left, or just says it's going to come up with a case that you won't think sounds familiar to the hundreds of episodes of other shows you've seen before. The show knows it's operating in a space that's well-traveled, and so it's constantly going out on its own limb, and we need series like that. We need programs that are going to break the genre molds and do new things because that's why we have new shows in the first place. Having Code Black on the air doesn't just keep the audience captivated; it's moving the entire medical genre forward.
Additionally, the primary component that makes this episode so remarkable is when Ariel shows up. It was so unexpected but brings a new series of events to the show, not to mention will "spice things up" so to speak. This was a great episode overall, and I am interested to find out what happens next with Ariel.