Breathtaking viewers admit they are struggling to watch the Covid drama which has left them ‘simultaneously raging and sobbing’: ‘I’m torn between sheer anger and deep admiration’

Viewers of ITV drama Stunning, which illustrates the horrors suffered by NHS workers during the pandemic, admitted they are struggling to watch the series.

Awesome follows Dr. Abbey Henderson, who is a fictional character; However, the powerful scripts are adapted from a memoir of the same name, written by NHS palliative care doctor Dr Rachel Clarke.

Eerily realistic scenes from Tuesday’s episode show doctors confronted by the disastrous Covid discharge policy, which is blamed for the deaths of thousands of care home residents.

Following guidance designed to free up NHS beds ahead of an expected Covid wave, thousands of unswabbed hospitalized patients were discharged to care homes, even though they were potentially infected.

Just days later, Dr Henderson, played by Joanne Froggatt, is branded a “murderer” by a woman whose father is the eleventh Covid case in the home since the infected patient was discharged. Seven of those residents died.

Later in the episode, a scene that television critics have described as “so realistic it will break your heart”, shows Dr. Henderson and her colleagues tearfully calling their colleague Divina’s partner to break the news of that palliative care is your only option.

In the first episode, which aired on Monday, young healthcare assistant Divina began showing signs of having Covid when caring for patients.

She was exposed to Covid as hospital teams struggled to get proper PPE and was forced to make her own from garbage bags.

Minutes later, Divina, of Hispanic origin, is taken on a stretcher to her own room after rapidly deteriorating. She is taken to intensive care and placed in an induced coma.

After making the agonizing decision to turn off her ventilator, Dr. Henderson sobs as she escorts a nurse to Divina’s room for the last time.

As each computer shuts down one by one, a nurse reads heartbreaking messages of love to Divina written by colleagues and family.

It is Dr. Henderson’s responsibility to share the news among staff.

The beloved colleague’s funeral, watched over Zoom by hospital staff, showed the reality of families who lost loved ones during the darkest period of the pandemic.

The plot of Awesome takes place through the eyes of Dr. Henderson in a fictional hospital in a town in England.

The last episode, called Delaycovers the critical month of April 2020, weeks after the first full lockdown in the UK.

When the second installment aired, viewers took to Twitter. [now X] to share their thoughts on the pandemic drama and admitted they were struggling to watch it without ‘sobbing and raging at the same time.’

The comments read: ‘Watching episode two of Breathmaking on ITV. Tough watch, really hard watch. So, so angry. The lies. So many damn lies.

‘This is hard to watch. Well done. Awesome. It is necessary to tell the truth.”

‘The pain and anger will never go away. I had to get up and say goodbye to my stepmother as the hearse passed me because I wasn’t allowed to attend the funeral.

“My greatest respect goes to the doctors and nurses who made her feel comfortable during the final care of her life.”

‘Amazing has made me angry at the government at the same time, but at the same time cry for the strength, adversity and courage of NHS staff during this terrible time.

‘Wow, what a job this is. Simply devastating.’

‘I cried during episode two of Awesome. Some thoughts on how quickly we forget how horrible things were and also how disgraceful NHS staff have been treated since after everything they did. The applause didn’t last long, did it?

‘Anyone who tries hard not to cry during the entire hour of Awesome. I only managed five minutes and I couldn’t stop…’

“It is very sad to see this and bring back that feeling of hopelessness that we NHS workers feel.”

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had this much anger after watching a TV show.”

“Watching Awesome is making me furious again.”

‘The impressive thing is heartbreaking. The trauma these poor NHS staff must have. The NHS at its best works in war-like conditions. The Crown Jewels of our country. The government should be imprisoned.”

“A stunning and absolutely moving show, it brings back the pain and suffering of those who had to sit outside nursing homes while our loved ones died a terrible, lonely death inside those government-mandated Covid-controlled homes.” .

“I feel angry watching Awesome, all the sacrifices made and lives lost, it’s just too much.”

“Heartbreaking, just heartbreaking.”

‘A heartbreaking and finely acted series. I am torn between pure anger at our deceitful and selfish government and deep admiration for doctors and nurses, who work around the clock at great risk and with little government support.