Diagnosis - Season 1

Where the series really shines is in expanding the vision beyond mystery and into explorations of how being sick, particularly without much hope for any effective treatment, affects people's lives.

The bigger question, though, is why the medical system fails these people.

Diagnosis has more than a few tear-jerking sequences.

While the show offers hope to the previously hopeless, its main currency is anger and sadness.

It's entertaining while not being exploitative, which is one of the best things we can say about shows like this.

The series wisely stays in the realm of patients without short life expectancies, so weeks or months of research are possible. It also means no overtly tragic endings, even if all aren't perfectly happy.

Diagnosis isn't magic. Episodes rarely end in a cut-and-dried cure. But their outcomes are extraordinary enough to feel miraculous nonetheless.

Created with a sense of duty and service, Diagnosis is a reminder that we all deserve to be heard, with or without a medical degree.

The Netflix series definitely appeals to the logical, scientific parts of the brain, but it also goes straight for the heartstrings. It is an uplifting show, though not in the ways you might think.