The Best Episodes of Five Days at Memorial Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(17 votes)

   #1 - Day One

   S1:E18/11/2022

   Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the storm.

   Director:John Ridley

   Writer:John Ridley

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   Director:John Ridley

   Writer:John Ridley
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   7.1/10(16 votes)

   #2 - Day Two

   S1:E28/11/2022

   The staff and patients think they've made it through the worst—except the waters aren't receding. Reports of a new crisis circulate.

   Director:Carlton Cuse

   Writer:John Ridley

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   Director:Carlton Cuse

   Writer:John Ridley
3. 

   7.5/10(15 votes)

   #3 - Day Three

   S1:E38/11/2022

   As the city floods, the hospital loses power. Mulderick and the staff attempt to cope with the terrible conditions and prepare for an evacuation.

   Director:Carlton Cuse

   Writer:John Ridley

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   Director:Carlton Cuse

   Writer:John Ridley
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   7.4/10(14 votes)

   #4 - Day Four

   S1:E48/18/2022

   Conditions continue to worsen. Mulderick, Pou, and more staff grapple with how to best help their patients—and how that help will be prioritized.

   Director:John Ridley

   Writer:John Ridley

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   Director:John Ridley

   Writer:John Ridley
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   7.7/10(13 votes)

   #5 - Day Five

   S1:E58/25/2022

   With pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.

   Director:John Ridley

   Writer:John Ridley

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   Director:John Ridley

   Writer:John Ridley
6. 

   7.5/10(13 votes)

   #6 - 45 Dead

   S1:E69/1/2022

   State investigators begin to explore what happened to the 45 people found dead at Memorial in the aftermath of the hurricane.

   Director:Wendey Stanzler

   Writer:Carlton Cuse

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   Director:Wendey Stanzler

   Writer:Carlton Cuse
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7. 

   7.5/10(13 votes)

   #7 - Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

   S1:E79/8/2022

   New evidence comes to light as Schafer and Rider dig deeper into their investigation of the deaths at Memorial.

   Director:Wendey Stanzler

   Writer:Carlton Cuse

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   Director:Wendey Stanzler

   Writer:Carlton Cuse
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   7.4/10(13 votes)

   #8 - The Reckoning

   S1:E89/15/2022

   Pou fights to defend herself. Schafer and Rider push their case forward.

   Director:Wendey Stanzler

   Writer:Carlton Cuse

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   Director:Wendey Stanzler

   Writer:Carlton Cuse