Tired story line, dead ex-wife who he couldn't care less about(never sheds a tear for her when he discovers she's dead) is using him to patch up her shoddy life, liberally disguised as a pretty message of socialism at its finest, wealth successful white man = bad (conservatism) , dippy headed ex wife giving away her medical expertise (liberalism) = good.So let me save you wasted viewing time and sum up the entire series: Rich guy, cool car, brags about his skills but he's right and he saves everyone he touches. Oh this is a simple case of (insert Latin word here)... so take two aspirins and call your doctor tomorrow, just DON'T CALL ME.. what? She fainted in the lobby? That's the 8th person just this week who I thought I fixed only to learn they had a deeper seeded problem that was actually neurological in nature. Fortunately I've watched House MD for years and I know how to fix these things. Just talk up my game, remove the jigzaw pieces of her skull effortlessly and dig around with a water hose and a vacuum cleaner while my dead ex wife and a pretty blonde doctor (that can happen) oooh and aaah over my work. See, my tailored shirt didn't even get wrinkled, now bring my CTS around so I can drive around until I get a phone call emergency to save a dying immigrant because that's how I roll.Repeat x however many episodes.

I just discovered this show on Netflix and I could not get enough of it.. I watched one show after another.. I went to look for the next season, to see when it would be on again. I was so disappointed to find out that it was not returning.. Please reconsider. The writing is so brilliant, the actors show true affection for their work, this show goes hand in hand with Parenthood. They are both sincere and show how when people work together that good things happen. That hope it shows is so lacking in today's society. I would hope you would reconsider bringing this show back on a night that people will be home to watch it. Like Monday or Wednesday night. Please reconsider. I would love to see where the show would go with Kate and Michael. If Anna comes back or since her heart died then she is gone. I think there could be more.. Please look for the joy in these story lines and characters to grow and help one another.

I happened to love the pilot, and was excited about the follow-ups.Instead of exploring the great initial idea for the show, they've strayed into a regular run-of-the-mill medic show, which is fine, had it not been that so many other shows already do that much better than this.I think it's very sad, and a lost opportunity, that they've squandered a good premise in this way.All that's left now of the "spirit" / "ghost" theme, is that she's acting as a voice-over, albeit appearing visually. And a pretty dull one, at that.

The centerpiece of this show is Patrick Wilson. Besides being one of the most handsome men ever to step in front of a camera, he has shown real acting ability in films like Hard Candy, Lakeview Terrace, and Little Children. He has done some fine acting in this show as well, and his supporting cast does a good job as well. But that can't make up for repetitiveness and predictability. For several weeks, every episode has featured Dr. Holt saving a poor patient at the clinic and a rich patient at Holt Neuro. (I also can't help but notice the curious epidemiology of neurological conditions in this show's New York; they seem to afflict predominantly teenage daughters of overcontrolling parents.) There are two operation scenes in each episode, and they are almost interchangeable with each other and with every operation scene in every other episode. The show has failed to develop some promising themes from the pilot and the first two episodes. Its focus seems to narrow each week. Among the themes AGM could follow but hasn't yet: At the core of Dr. Holt's being is positivism. He is a deep believer in "the scientific materialist rationalism that is the unofficial religion of America's elite" (as Paul Campos put it). It might be interesting for Anna or Dr. Sykora, or a recurring patent to challenge that belief. This would take more learning and wit than the writers have displayed so far. Another tack would be to follow up on the theme hinted at by AGM's poster art and explore Dr. Holt's as illustrative of the professional white male who feels he has to bear the burden of less gifted and less dedicated folks. Clearly a very risky option. If this is not done with surgical precision, the whole cast could be consigned to the entertainment equivalent of Point Barrow, Alaska, for political reeducation. Less ambitious options include having Dr. Holt lose a patient now and then, in more ambiguous circumstances than infection by rabies or another invariably terminal illness. How about a patient who simply fails to respond, which happens all the time with skilled doctors who treat serious illnesses. Or he loses a patient at Holt Medical because he's treating a patient at the clinic. Or because another surgeon is performing the operation under his supervision. Or he's on vacation with a living girlfriend. Or he makes a mistake and gets sued. His activity at the clinic cuts into Neuro's income, so he has to choose between buying state of the art equipment and cutting staff. He gets a living girlfriend or indeed an interesting non work related friend of any kind. He does something actually or arguably irresponsible and faces down Anna's disappointment. (Like Bernard Show's Donna Anna, he could have been so much wickeder, and the show might be better for it.) Now since I am a big fan of Mr. Wilson's, I will continue to watch the show, at least until it becomes no more fun than a glioma, but I could not blame CBS for nonrenewing AGM. With all his admirable qualities and talents, Wilson has never shown the ability to put a production on "Cruise control." He will either have to do that and yank this show in a more productive direction, find someone who will, or run a big risk of losing his best opportunity to date.