Review: St. Denis Medical, “This Place is Our Everything” | Season 1, Episode 18

For as fun as it was to watch St. Denis Medical switch things up with a big gala episode last week, I’m so glad the show decided to return to its sweet spot for its first season finale. This is a series about the day-to-day realities of working in a hospital and the small-scale wins, losses, and evolutions that take place within those walls. So it’s only right that we get a finale rooted in what the show does best.

Case in point: One of the most powerful moments in “This Place is Our Everything” is just a quick, low-key scene where Matt gets called over to help a patient who’s having trouble breathing. Matt immediately deduces she’s having an allergic reaction, notices the granola bar she just ate and the nut allergy bracelet on her arm, and calmly grabs an EpiPen from one of the drawers to help her. “Should we get someone?” the patient’s friend asks in a panic. “No, it’s okay, I’m someone,” he replies with confidence as he injects her with the medicine.

It's a pointed reversal of the moment in the pilot where Matt anxiously tries to give a patient his first unsupervised EpiPen only to accidentally stab himself instead. While Matt may not have done a 180 transformation during his time as a new nurse at St. Denis, he has made meaningful progress this season. And the show finds the perfect way to celebrate that growth with a small but impactful victory.