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The Best Episodes of Three Rivers Season 1

Every episode of Three Rivers Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Three Rivers Season 1!

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Three Rivers is an American television medical drama that debuted on CBS on October 4, 2009, starring Alex O'Loughlin in the role of an infamous transplant surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On November 30, 2009, after

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 7 - The Luckiest Man
    9.3/10(134 votes)

    S1:E7

    Andy and Sophia treat a car crash victim named Victor dying from ALS who asks to be to taken off of life support so his organs can be used to save others. Meanwhile, David tends to a foster parent with pulmonary hypertension who refuses admission to the hospital.

    Director:Rob Bailey
    Writer:Lance Gentile

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  2. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 5 - Alone Together
    9.2/10(99 votes)

    S1:E5

    In order to save his life, Andy tries a risky new procedure on his wife's partner who suffers from an aortic aneurysm.

    Director:Duane Clark
    Writer:Frank Military

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  3. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 8 - The Kindness of Strangers
    9.1/10(63 votes)

    S1:E8

    The wife of a billionaire suffers the consequences after a setback leaves her without a new liver and her husband resorts to buying one on the black market. Meanwhile, a friend from Andy's past resurfaces.

    Director:Peter Markle
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 9 - Win-Loss
    9.1/10(38 votes)

    S1:E9

    When a woman's husband needs a new kidney, she contemplates beginning a "Daisy Chain"; which means she will donate a kidney to someone and they in turn will donate their kidney until the chain is completed with her husband getting his kidney. Andy is not sure he wants to support such an action and he is concerned that another patient is rejecting his recently transplanted heart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 2 - Ryan's First Day
    8.8/10(109 votes)

    S1:E2

    An 18-year old in need of a double-lung transplant, struggles to survive as the team runs into an obstacle that may prevent her from being eligible for the procedure.

    Director:Rob Bailey
    Writer:Carol Barbee

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  6. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 4 - Code Green
    8.8/10(111 votes)

    S1:E4

    Following a bus crash, the parents of a football player must make a heartbreaking decision whether to donate his organs. Meanwhile, Andy and Ryan rush to find a procurement team to give a boy a heart transplant he desperately needs.

    Director:Christine Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 10 - A Roll of the Dice
    8.8/10(42 votes)

    S1:E10

    A firefighter must decide whether to be a living donor to her captain, a man who has mistreated her. Meanwhile, Andy's uncle turns up with a stab wound and asks him not to report the incident for fear it will violate his parole.

    Director:Rick Bota
    Writer:Frank Military

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  8. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 12 - Case Histories
    8.8/10(36 votes)

    S1:E12

    An plane accident leaves a Korean woman blind, requiring a cornea transplant. A woman discovers that she is not pregnant and, instead, suffers from Ascitis. Miranda does everything to save her. Andy is bothered with Luke for trying to experiment with one of his patients.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 6 - Where We Lie
    8.7/10(91 votes)

    S1:E6

    Lisa becomes very attached to an 8-year-old boy who she witnesses being crushed by a ride at a fair. Meanwhile, Andy and David try to get a VAD (ventricular assist device) for one of their patients.

    Director:Matt Earl Beesley
    Writer:Ildy Modrovich

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  10. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 11 - Every Breath You Take
    8.7/10(45 votes)

    S1:E11

    When Dr. Luc Bovell returns to Three Rivers, Andy is annoyed at his rival's status and popularity since he is rude to his patients.

    Director:Rick Bota
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 3 - Good intentions
    8.5/10(106 votes)

    S1:E3

    Claiming he has turned his life around, Andy (Alex O'Loughlin) convinces UNOS to give a former drug addict names Scott (Shiloh Fernandez) a new heart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 13 - Status 1A
    8.5/10(39 votes)

    S1:E13

    Andy puts his patient Kuol at the top of the donor list to receive a new heart after his condition takes a turn for the worse. His transplant is put in jeopardy when police threaten to seize the money raised for Kuol's surgery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Three Rivers Season 1 Episode 1 - Place of Life
    7.6/10(145 votes)

    S1:E1

    After suffering a heart attack, Andy tells a young pregnant woman that in order to save her and her unborn child she must get a heart transplant. However, unexpected complications with the donor's family place the transplant in jeopardy.

    Director:Christine Moore
    Writer:Greg Walker

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Luckiest Man" is the best rated episode of "Three Rivers" season 1. It scored 9.3/10 based on 134 votes. Directed by Rob Bailey and written by Lance Gentile, it aired on 11/15/2009. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Alone Together".