Season 1: Episode 1 | The New Nurse

Aired January 17, 2016

New England nurse Mary Phinney navigates her first day in Mansion House, a hotel turned Union hospital in an occupied Southern town. Mansion House owner James Sr. struggles to preserve the family fortune as daughter Emma secretly searches for her beau.

Directed by Roxann Dawson 

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Executive Producer Ridley Scott introduces us to the inspiration behind the series.

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Season 1: Episode 1 Footnote

Did You Know? Florence Nightingale had a large impact on hospitals during the Civil War.

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