Based on actual events from Hurricane Katrina. When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make profound, heart-wrenching decisions.
Five Days at Memorial (Season 1)
Day One (Episode 1) 7.8
Writer: John Ridley
Air date: 2022-08-11
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the storm.
Day Two (Episode 2) 7.5
Air date: 2022-08-11
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: The 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 (Episode 3) 7.6
Air date: 2022-08-11
Runtime: 47 min
Overview: As 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 (Episode 4) 7.7
Air date: 2022-08-18
Runtime: 47 min
Overview: Conditions 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 (Episode 5) 8.0
Air date: 2022-08-25
Runtime: 53 min
Overview: With pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.
45 Dead (Episode 6) 7.7
Air date: 2022-09-01
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: State 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 (Episode 7) 7.9
Air date: 2022-09-08
Runtime: 54 min
Overview: New evidence comes to light as Schafer and Rider dig deeper into their investigation of the deaths at Memorial.
The Reckoning (Episode 8) 7.8
Air date: 2022-09-15
Runtime: 53 min
Overview: Pou fights to defend herself. Schafer and Rider push their case forward.
Seasons
Episodes 8