‘Midnight Family’ Apple TV Plus Review: Stream It Or Skip It? [Video]

There’s a reason why shows about paramedics and EMTs do well, going all the way back over a half a century to the premiere of Emergency!. Cases can be so varied, from dangerous to silly to unusual, it makes for a pretty compelling action-drama. A new Apple series from Mexico pairs this with both family and relationship drama, layering in a paramedic going to med school and a private ambulance industry that isn’t at all like it is in the U.S.

Opening Shot: A woman hurries into what looks like a medical school building as the camera rotates.

The Gist:Marigaby Tamayo (Renata Vaca) runs into the bathroom in that building, changes clothes and washes off the spatters of blood on her chest and hands. She grabs her lab coat and dashes to where an oral exam is being given. Her friend Bernardo (Itzan Escamilla) managed to shift them to the second group, but …