7.7/1022 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/20/2017
Transplant patient and now doctor, Frankie starts her first day in Renal rotation; best friend Lou battles surgery's boys' club; and flatmate Tabb starts as an intern.
Director: Peter Andrikidis
8.4/1015 votes#2 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/27/2017
Frankie takes on the system to save a patient, and lands in trouble. Lou finds out it’s not always wise to have an affair with a boss; and Tabb questions his ability as a doctor.
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Writer: Michael Miller
8.0/1014 votes#3 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/3/2017
When a heart transplant patient dies, Frankie fears the surgeons will close ranks to cover up a medical error. Lou realises she and best friend Frankie may be on different sides.
Director: Jennifer Leacey
Writer: Michael Miller
8.2/1012 votes#4 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/10/2017
When a patient wants to turn off the device keeping her alive, Steele tries to dissuade her. Lou feels betrayed when Frankie takes on a Root Cause Analysis into a patient’s death, threatening her job.
Director: Jennifer Leacey
Writer: Michael Miller
8.8/1013 votes#5 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/17/2017
When Berger learns Frankie has a fever in the middle of a hospital outbreak, he forces her into a bed for treatment, putting her secret at risk of exposure.
Director: Ana Kokkinos
Writer: Kris Wyld
8.6/1015 votes#6 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/24/2017
Tanya Kalchuri is forced to tell Frankie she read her medical files - a breach of professional ethics; while Berger works with Eli Nadar to save a patient from deportation.
Director: Ana Kokkinos
Writer: Mandy McCarthy
8.7/1014 votes#7 - Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/31/2017
On the eve of an investigation into a patient's death, Frankie realises that all doctors are fallible when faced with the reality of a health system that isn't always able to cater for all.
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Writer: Kristen Dunphy
8.4/1015 votes#8 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/7/2017
Chad Berger's days as a doctor are coming to an end, but he is determined to see through a complex set of paired kidney exchange transplants. Will he be able to do so, or will his own condition get to him?
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Writer: Michael Miller
The Best Episodes of Pulse Season 1
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When successful high-flier Frankie Bell is brought crashing to earth by chronic kidney failure she targets an alternate future. Eight years on she is in...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC TV
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Pulse" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by Peter Andrikidis and written by Kris Wyld, Mel Hill, it aired on 7/20/2017. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".