7.6/10149 votes#1 - Place of Life
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2009
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
- 7.8/10120 votes
#2 - Ryan's First Day
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2009
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
- 7.8/10117 votes
#3 - Good intentions
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2009
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10121 votes
#4 - Code Green
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2009
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: N/A
- 9.2/10113 votes
#5 - Alone Together
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2009
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
- 8.7/10104 votes
#6 - Where We Lie
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2009
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
- 9.2/10140 votes
#7 - The Luckiest Man
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2009
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
- 8.9/1092 votes
#8 - The Kindness of Strangers
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2009
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: N/A
- 8.9/1045 votes
#9 - Win-Loss
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/5/2010
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1049 votes
#10 - A Roll of the Dice
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/12/2010
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
- 8.6/1054 votes
#11 - Every Breath You Take
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/19/2010
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: N/A
- 8.6/1043 votes
#12 - Case Histories
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/26/2010
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1046 votes
#13 - Status 1A
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/3/2010
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
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!
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...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Place of Life" is the best rated episode of "Three Rivers" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 149 votes. Directed by Christine Moore and written by Greg Walker, it aired on 10/4/2009. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Ryan's First Day".