Netflix documentary series is so raw and so direct that one can't accuse it of seeking the easy impact. Emergencies: New York presents it with an almost magical serenity and elegance.
It could well have given rise to (or be inspired by) the best episodes of ER, the series that revolutionized the series of doctors. The sinister machinery of health insurance and credit ratings of U.S. citizens is one of the mudflats that Adi Barash and Ruthie Shatz enter.