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Check out the new trailer for Netflix's first English-language medical procedural 'Pulse'

By Sophia Soto | Last updated Mar 6, 2025 6:16 PM ET

The trailer for Pulse, Netflix's first English-language medical procedural, has officially dropped and there is a lot of drama for viewers to unpack. The cast includes Willia Fitzgerald, Colin Woodell, Justina Machado, Jack Bannon, Jessie T. Usher, Jessy Yates, Chelsea Muirhead, and Daniela Nieves.

As a hurricane barrels towards Miami’s busiest Level 1 Trauma Center, third-year resident Dr. Danny Simms is unexpectedly thrust into a promotion when beloved Chief Resident Dr. Xander Phillips is suspended. Amid the worsening storm and an onslaught of trauma cases, the hospital goes into lockdown, and Danny and Phillips must find a way to work together - even as the bombshell details of a complicated and illicit romance between them begin to spill out.

Workplace romances are nothing new, we've seen it done in every genre, especially when it comes to the medical field. “We always endeavored to make Danny and Phillips' relationship a real, authentic look at a workplace romance,” creator, showrunner, and executive producer Zoe Robyn remarked to Tudum. “We really wanted to play in the gray area of that situation. Pulse shows the edges and pitfalls of their relationship — but also all the joyous moments of working a high-pressure job like this.”

However, one thing that Robyn wanted to be different from other medical dramas was that the doctors aren't simply portrayed as "superheroes," explaining, "We wanted these characters to be real people who have to go through the relatable issues of working together in a pressure cooker. Relationships are forming and breaking apart on Pulse."

The rest of the ER is left to process the fallout of their relationship while balancing their own challenges, both personal and professional, as they work under the pressure of life-or-death stakes. Because for this tight-knit group of doctors, saving their patients’ lives is often less complicated than living their own.

All 10 episodes of Pulse will premiere globally April 3 on Netflix.

Sophia Soto

Sophia Soto is a writer and interviewer with a passion for all things entertainment. She is a Senior Reporter at The Nerds of Color and contributes to Yardbarker, Screensphere, Den of Geek, What to Watch, Nerdtropolis, and Temple of Geek. You can see her past work on Remezcla, Young Hollywood, Looper, Paste Magazine, Primetimer, Soundsphere, and Starry Constellation Magazine

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