Brilliant show with fascinating characters. So important, honest and revolutionary in the way it deals with mental illness. Definitely a breath of fresh air on ABC. Always on the edge of my seat with every episode. Great cases and personal stories. It is a very real show and very different from everything I've seen before. The acting is superb and the writing is incredible. Black Box is definitely the best medical drama since House. It portrays the real, uncomfortable, and painful parts of mental illness that TV often refuses to confront. This show is important for those who suffer with mental illness, those who are family members or friends of those with mental illness, and those who just don't understand the severity of certain conditions. If we grow to love ad sympathize with Catherine Black and understand her illness, maybe we will be more understanding in our real lives when confronted with these issues. Not to mention, the details of this show are incredible. The directing, cinematography, and especially music!! Love everything about it and would recommend it to everyone.

So i just gave it a 2 of 10, just for the sake of the people who are putting some effort in all this, but this show is at least offensive. It is supposed to be some every day drama show (?), figuring a bipolar neurologist / psychiatrist (??) but it more like a fantasy film. It has NOTHING, and i mean NOTHING to do with reality. Nobody in that film is portrayed accurately! Not the bipolar star, not her coworkers, not her family.. it is all so so wrong it hurts to watch. The next thing you know, we will be having young children actually WANTING to be bipolar! And of course it is ridiculous how all the mood swings come and go during the day just like that. A bipolar person needs nearly months to go from one "phase" to the other, and psychiatric drugs do not work like paracetamol... in half an hour..! I think this show is border-line dangerous.. don't know..

I so love the concept of the new series but I just cant seem to grow into the leading lady's acting skills. Her acting just doesn't seem to fit the role and is very dry and choppy. The rest of the cast seems really good but. I think shes is just not a very good actress sorry. I almost quit watching it after the 1st episode because it her acting skills or lack there of because shes just not believable in this particular role. But I've hung in there because the ideals and concept of the show which is great. I have 3 friends that quit watching the show completely because of her a well. Can you keep the show and drop her?

I absolutely totally and utterly love this show and found myself hooked from the very start. Dr Black is a natural and i love how she can quickly see the signs and diagnose a patient. The treatment she comes up with is sometimes questionable but as in the real world, if it works for the client then it will do. I too work with people who have disabilities and so far the show is accurate and although dramatic paints a very interesting and enlightening picture of how the minds of these people register and react. i also love the way they are portrayed and that sometimes we may see a mental illness in a negative way but if seen from another perspective, it is comforting. please keep this show going! Ratings alone shouldn't determine whether the show continues!