3 April 2023
Transplant S1-2
Canadian medical drama series Transplant centres on Bashir “Bash” Hamed (Hamza Haq from This Life), a refugee of the Syrian Civil War who’s trying to rebuild his career as a doctor in the ER unit at the fictional York Memorial Hospital in Toronto.
The show’s cast includes BAFTA nominees John Hannah (The Victim, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Ayisha Issa (12 Monkeys), a former Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion.
Wall Street Journal calls Transplant “the best medical show on American television”, with Globe and Mail praising its depiction of the “terror and frustrations that immigrants experience, trying to use their skills in a new country”, and Haq’s performance as “a solid leading man, giving Bashir a frazzled soulfulness, but never making him saintly.”
In 2022, the series added eight Canadian Screen Awards to to its numerous accolades, including Best Drama Series, Best Lead Actor (Haq), Actress (multi-award winner Laurence Leboeuf from Three Pines), and Supporting Actress (BAFTA nominee and former BJJ World Chamion Ayisha Issa from 12 Monkeys) in a Drama Series, as well as Best Writing for series creator Joseph Kay (This Life).
Wall Street Journal called Transplant “the best medical show on American television”, with Globe and Mail praising its depiction of the “terror and frustrations that immigrants experience, trying to use their skills in a new country”, and Haq’s performance as “a solid leading man, giving Bashir a frazzled soulfulness, but never making him saintly.”
It’s already been renewed for Season 3.
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