Emily Owens, MD

It's pretty rare that I have to pause a show, just so I can handle the awkward it just spat at my face (yes I'm calling this show a camel. Never say I wasn't creative with my insults.) This show is happy to do this to me ALL THE TIME. Between the dead-fish of a metaphor it has been smacking my face with since the trailer, and the awkward-machine-that-rivals-Deb of a main character, this show is uncomfortable to watch. And not in the 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger' way.

Emily Owens, in the first few episodes, manages to pick up a mentor that's at least a decade younger than her, confess her love to her best friend (who doesn't reciprocate) befriend the in-the-closet-gay-daughter-of-the-chief-of-medicine, and get mistaken for gay. Oh, and she's also picked up a perceived catty rival who doesn't seem all that interested in being her catty rival.

This show seems to be more about a woman who desperately needs therapy, rather than a medical intern. She was soo scarred by High School she can't leave it behind, even though everyone else seems pretty happy to.

This is definitely one to skip. The only scene I found any worth in, I wasn't able to find on youtube, but will transcribe for you (from memory/google rather than watching that show again--you can't make me!) For reference, Tyra (whose name I didn't know until I googled the quote. Having seen my last review, it made me lol a bit. Another point for Emily Owens, MD.) is the in-the-closet gay, Emily is the main character.

Emily: When did you know? 
Tyra: That I was black? It’s so interesting. People always ask the gay girl when she knew she liked girls. No one ever asks the straight girl when she knew she liked boys.
Emily: I was nine. I asked this boy if he wanted to be my boyfriend and he spat at me.
Tyra: There’s no a-ha moment. You know from an early age that you’re different. And you start having these intense friendships with other girls and you think it’s normal. All girls feel passionately about their best friends, right? Until your best friend starts dating a boy. And you feel like your heart’s going to explode.

There you go. You have now seen the only thing of worth this show offered. You know there has to be someone who was gay on the writing team for this episode, because it feels very raw. It feels real. If Tyra wasn't surrounded by Awkward! and bad writing, I'd watch the show for her. But unfortunately, she is.