Five Days at Memorial

E1. Day One

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the storm.

★ 7.7

E2. Day Two

The staff and patients think they've made it through the worst—except the waters aren't receding. Reports of a new crisis circulate.

★ 7.3

E3. Day Three

As the city floods, the hospital loses power. Mulderick and the staff attempt to cope with the terrible conditions and prepare for an evacuation.

★ 7.6

E4. Day Four

Conditions continue to worsen. Mulderick, Pou, and more staff grapple with how to best help their patients—and how that help will be prioritized.

★ 7.6

E5. Day Five

With pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.

★ 7.9

E6. 45 Dead

State investigators begin to explore what happened to the 45 people found dead at Memorial in the aftermath of the hurricane.

★ 7.6