The once-famous thoracic surgeon, played by Edgar Ramírez in the second season of The Peacock, fell out of favor after his innovative surgeries turned out to be bogus — and fatal.
A whole new story is ready to unfold Dr. death season 2
The first teaser for the Edgar Ramírez and Mandy Moore-led season has arrived, offering a look at terrifying medical professional Paolo Macchiarini. “He is a professor, researcher and thoracic surgeon, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini,” says a voice in the trailer.
Based on the anthology title alone, viewers can assume that this doctor is not as respected as he is believed to be. “The work I do, it’s all smoke and mirrors,” says a voice from the film.
The new documentary chronicles the Doctor’s network of lies — and the broken heart of the journalist he deceived
Edgar Ramírez and Mandy Moore in Season 2 of Dr.
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Moore’s character, Benita Alexander, asks the question: “I need to know the truth. What did you do Paolo? What did you do to them?”
Based on the true story of Macchiarini — once famous for stem cell research — Dr. death season 2 will go through his progress and shortcomings in medicine.
In the past decade, Macchiarini has become famous for using synthetic tracheas in patients using their own cells — meaning the transplant would not need to maintain immunosuppressive drugs. But what Macchiarini glossed over were the life-changing complications after the surgeries that proved the concept was just a pipe dream and not at all successful for his patients. In the spirit of the show’s title, some of Macchiarini’s patients actually died from the operations.
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Edgar Ramírez as Dr. Paolo Macchiarini in Dr. Death Season 2.
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Another scandal put the doctor in the headlines when in 2016 Macchiarini’s affair with Alexander, a journalist who produced the NBC series Leap of faithhe went public. Dr. death will go through Macchiarini’s fall from grace, which led to the rapid collapse of his personal and professional reputation.
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Dr. death is an anthology series exclusive to Peacock, which will focus on a different medical horror story each season. 1st season Dr. death premiering in 2021 — inspired by the true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch and the podcast that chronicled his scandals. The infamous doctor earned his nickname in real life because of the terrifying complications that resulted from many of his operations – sometimes even resulting in death.
Joshua Jackson starred in the first season’s storyline, with support from AnnaSophia Robb, Grace Gummer, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater.
All eight episodes Dr. death Season 2 premieres Thursday, December 21 on the Peacock.
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