Mary Kills People
| Mary Kills People | |
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| Genre | Drama, black comedy |
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| Directed by | Holly Dale |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Tassie Cameron |
| Running time | 60 Minutes |
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| Distributor | Entertainment One |
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| Original network | Global |
| Original release | January 25, 2017 – present |
Mary Kills People is a Canadian black comedy-drama television series, starring Caroline Dhavernas. The series premiered on Global on January 25, 2017.
The series is set around the life of Dr. Mary Harris, an overworked single mother and ER doctor who also moonlights as an underground angel of death – working outside the law assisting patients who want to die on their own terms. So far Mary has managed to stay under the radar but business is booming, and her double life is getting complicated.
The series, which was to comprise six episodes, was commissioned by TV channel Global on January 28, 2016. Production began in summer 2016, and the first episode aired January 25, 2017. For the United States, the series was picked up by Lifetime on October 13, 2016. The channel came on board as a co-producer and was involved in creative aspects of the project, including casting. Mary Kills People will be aired together with the third season of TV series UnREAL. The series is set to premiere in the US on April 23, 2017.
As of January 23, 2017, there are talks to do a second season according to Metro News and Caroline Dhavernas.
John Doyle of the Globe and Mail called the first episode of the show "remarkably assured, droll and adult. It’s very smart and utterly intriguing." He praises Mary Harris as "one of the most compelling, original female characters in years" and Caroline Dhavernas as "exceptional" in her portrayal: "Perhaps the best thing about it is the crazy sparkle in Mary’s eyes. There is something anarchic bubbling inside her."
A reviewer at The Medium is Not Enough was much less impressed with the first episode, concluding: "To the show's credit, it is at least exploring a novel and bold idea from a novel and bold direction. But by the end of it, you feel that the whole thing is an attempt to redo Weeds in Canada with a slightly different ethical issue, rather than to do something genuinely groundbreaking."
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