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Synopsis: “Three Rivers” is a medical drama that goes inside the emotionally complex lives of organ donors, the recipients and the surgeons at the preeminent transplant hospital in the country where every moment counts. However, dealing with donor families in their darkest hour and managing the fears and concerns of apprehensive recipients takes much more than just a sharp scalpel. Leading the elite team is Dr. Andy Yablonski (Alex O’Loughlin), the highly-skilled workaholic lead organ transplant surgeon, whose good-natured personality and sarcastic wit makes him popular with his patients and colleagues. His colleagues include Dr. Miranda Foster (Katherine Moennig), a surgical fellow with a rebellious streak and fiery temper who strives to live up to her deceased father’s excellent surgical reputation; Dr. David Lee (Daniel Henney), a womanizing surgical resident who’s broken as many hearts as he’s replaced; Ryan Abbott (Christopher J. Hanke), the inexperienced new transplant coordinator who arranges the intricately choreographed process of quickly and carefully transporting organs from donor to patient; Dr. Sophia Jordan, the head of surgery and a dedicated medical professional; and Pam Acosta (Justina Machado), Andy’s no-nonsense operating assistant and best friend. In this high stakes arena, in which every case is a race against the clock, these tenacious surgeons and medical professionals are the last hope for their patients.

The Cast
Alex O’Loughlin … Dr. Andy Yablonski
Katherine Moennig … Dr. Miranda Foster
Alfre Woodward … Dr. Sophia Jordan
Justina Machado … Pam Acosta
Daniel Henney … Dr. David Lee
Christopher J. Hanke … Ryan Abbott
Joaquim Almeida … Victor

Episode Guide
Episode: “Place of Life” (#1.01)
Original Air Date: October 4, 2009
Description: A team of Pittsburgh surgeons perform organ transplants and deal with the emotionally complex lives of the recipients. In the opener, a pregnant woman suffers a heart attack and is told she must undergo a heart transplant in order to save her life and the life of her unborn child.

Episode: “Ryan’s First Day” (#1.02)
Original Air Date: October 11, 2009
Description: An 18-year-old college student needs a double-lung transplant but learns she may not be eligible for the operation.

Episode: “Good Intentions” (#1.03)
Original Air Date: October 18, 2009
Description: Andy persuades an organ network to give a former drug addict a new heart, but the patient disappears just before the surgery is to take place.

Episode: “Code Green” (#1.04)
Original Air Date: October 25, 2009
Description: A bus carrying a high-school football team crashes, and Andy’s group rushes to save lives. The parents of one boy must make the difficult decision of whether to donate his organs.

Episode: “Alone Together” (#1.05)
Original Air Date: November 1, 2009
Description: Andy attempts a risky procedure on his wife’s police partner after he collapses during a drug bust. The surgery is complicated because the man suffers from an aortic aneurysm.

Episode: “Where We Lie” (#1.06)
Original Air Date: November 8, 2009
Description: An 8-year-old boy is crushed by a ride at a fair, and Lisa becomes very attached to him in the hospital since she witnessed the accident. Meanwhile, Andy and David attempt to obtain a ventricular-assist device for a patient whose heart is failing.

Episode: “The Luckiest Man” (#1.07)
Original Air Date: November 15, 2009
Description: A car-crash victim dying from a progressive neurodegenerative disease requests to be taken off of life support so his organs can be donated. Meanwhile, David cares for a foster parent with pulmonary hypertension who refuses to be admitted to the hospital.

Episode: “The Kindness Of Strangers” (#1.08)
Original Air Date: November 22, 2009
Description: A billionaire’s wife needs a liver transplant, but a setback causes her to miss out on a new liver, so her husband buys one on the black market. Meanwhile, a friend from Andy’s past unexpectedly shows up.