Netflix is gearing up to check into the world of medical dramas with Pulse, its high-stakes new series starring Jessie T. Usher, Willa Fitzgerald, Colin Woodell, Jack Bannon (Pennyworth), Chelsea Muirhead (Warrior), Daniela Nieves (Vampire Academy), Jessy Yates (Law & Order: SVU), Néstor Carbonell (Lost), Justina Machado, Jessica Rothe, Santiago Segura, Ash Santos, and Arturo Del Puerto. And if the just-dropped official trailer is any indication, this is no ordinary hospital drama—it’s an all-out adrenaline rush.
In the trailer, we see the fiery connection between Fitzgerald’s Dr. Danny Simms and Woodell’s Dr. Xander Phillips—a relationship so intense it costs Xander his position as Chief Resident at Miami’s busiest Level 1 trauma center. But that’s just the tip of the scalpel. As a storm brews both inside and outside the hospital, the ER is thrown into full-blown chaos. From split-second medical decisions to personal entanglements unraveling in real time, Pulse promises to bring the drama in more ways than one. Watch the trailer below:
Netflix will officially scrub in for its first English-language medical procedural on April 3, bringing high-intensity drama and hurricane-level stakes to the hospital halls.
Set in Miami’s busiest Level 1 trauma center, Pulse follows third-year resident Dr. Danny Simms (Fitzgerald), who finds herself in way over her head when Chief Resident Dr. Xander Phillips (Woodell) is suspended—just as a hurricane barrels toward the city. With the hospital on lockdown, Simms and Phillips are thrown into a whirlwind of emergency cases, all while trying to navigate the fallout of their own forbidden romance.
Meanwhile, their colleagues face their own battles—proving that sometimes, saving lives is easier than figuring out your own.
Backing Pulse is an impressive creative team, including Lost Emmy-winning producer Carlton Cuse and Hawaii Five-0 writer Zoe Robyn. The duo brings their signature high-intensity storytelling to the medical genre, blending the pulse-pounding urgency of emergency cases with a disaster-driven backdrop that raises the stakes even higher.
With so many medical procedurals popping up, Pulse is Netflix’s way of throwing its name into the genre’s growing roster. As streaming platforms continue to expand into traditional TV territory, Pulse positions itself as a fresh take on the formula, blending high-intensity medical cases with disaster-driven tension.
Behind the scenes, Bradley Gardner, Emma Forman, Michael Klick, and Kate Dennis serve as executive producers alongside Robyn and Cuse.