Trauma … The San Francisco Treat

Did anyone else catch the pilot episode of Trauma on NBC? Maybe because it came on the heels of yet another frustratingly nebulous episode of Heroes; maybe because it’s peppered with beautiful people in just-snug-enough uniforms; maybe because the opening scene was so visceral I actually gasped “Holy Hell!” out loud … Maybe it’s because the cinematography makes me feel like I’m watching a big-screen action film. Whatever the reason – I’m hooked!

But, I was a little perplexed by the appearance of two Friday Night Lights’ primary actors. (Brad Leland, who plays Buddy Garrity got his finger chopped off by a helicoptor pilot channeling “Bullitt” and we’ll probably only see him again if he sobers up and realizes that the “accident” wasn’t his fault; but Kevin Rankin, aka Herc on FNL, seems to be a major player in Trauma …) Actually, I was more than perplexed. I was slightly panicked. Could this mean lights out for my No. 2 fave scripted TV show? Say it ain’t so! Although, Tim Riggins (No. 33, hello!) would look just as tempting in an EMT uniform as his customary football getup, so maybe things are not so troubling as they seem.

But I’ll keep tuning in, just to be sure.