Spectacles que je prescris

Deborah Sachs

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These are the series I reach for after a twelve‑hour clinic day when my brain still insists on documenting SOMETHING. All set in the city that keeps paging me, but in nicer lighting and with better dialogue. Most I discovered chasing whatever my son was streaming; a few I bullied him into trying. Side effects include sudden cravings for bagels at midnight and unrealistic expectations of New York apartments.

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Name	Year started	Genre	Main NYC setting	Episode length	Seasons	Good for	Watch on	Medical-mood note	My take
1Only Murders in the Building	2021	Comedy mystery	Upper West Side, grand co‑op	~30–35 min	4 so far	Light whodunit after a heavy clinic day	Hulu at my place	Eases post-call cortisol without sedating completely.	Feels like listening to building gossip in a waiting room, but with better knitwear.
2Russian Doll	2019	Dark comedy, sci‑fi	East Village, late‑night bars	~25–30 min	2	When you’re too wired to sleep but too tired for subtlety	Netflix originally	Time-loop structure mimics residency, but more existential and better scored.	Like reliving the same clinic day until you finally write the note correctly.
3High Maintenance	2012 (web), 2016 (TV)	Slice‑of‑life dramedy	Brooklyn and drifting all over	~25–30 min	4 on HBO	Short, humane doses between loads of laundry	HBO / Max when I had it	Excellent reminder that everyone has a story under their ICD codes.	Closest thing I’ve seen to my own house‑call days, minus the prescription pad.
4Sex and the City	1998	Romantic comedy	Manhattan, mostly downtown and Upper East	~25–30 min	6 plus movies	Background while charting simple follow‑ups	HBO back in the DVD era; streaming now	Useful reminder that not every crisis is actually a crisis.	Fashion is outrageous, medicine nonexistent, but the city neurosis is very accurate.