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Mercy Street

Season 1, Episode Number 1 (The New Nurse)

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Released: 2016-01-17

Runtime: 54 minutes

Episode Overview

New England nurse Mary Phinney navigates her first day in Mansion House, a hotel turned Union hospital in an occupied Southern town. Mansion House owner James Sr. struggles to preserve the family fortune as daughter Emma secretly searches for her beau.

Series Overview

Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green. Based on true stories and set in a Union hospital in the occupied Confederate city of Alexandria, viewers are taken beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face the unprecedented challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history.

Genres

  • Drama

Production Companies

  • Scott Free Productions (GB)
  • Sawbone Films (US)

Additional Information

Popularity: 6.9426

Vote Average: 6.234 (32 votes)

Status: Canceled

Homepage: http://www.pbs.org/show/mercy-street/