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Based on real events, MERCY STREET takes viewers beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face the unprecedented challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history.
Set in Virginia in the spring of 1862, MERCY STREET follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposite sides of the conflict MARY PHINNEY, (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a staunch New England abolitionist, and EMMA GREEN, (Hannah James), a naive young Confederate belle. The two collide at Mansion House, the Green family’s luxury hotel that has been taken over and transformed into a Union Army Hospital in Alexandria, a border town between North and South and the longest-occupied Confederate city of the war. Ruled under martial law, Alexandria is now the melting pot of the region, filled with soldiers, civilians, female volunteers, doctors, wounded fighting men from both sides, runaway slaves, prostitutes, speculators and spies.
The intersection of North and South within the confines of a small occupied town creates a rich world that is chaotic, conflicted, corrupt, dynamic and even hopeful — a cauldron within which these characters strive, fight, love, laugh, betray, sacrifice and, at times, act like scoundrels. This series is not about battles and glory, it’s about the drama and unexpected humor of everyday life behind the front lines. It’s a fresh twist on an iconic story, one that resonates with larger themes we still struggle with today.
Original Release
01/17/2016 on PBS
US Release
01/17/2016
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Suzanne Bertish | Hospital Matron Brannan / Matron Brannan |
Norbert Leo Butz | Dr. Byron Hale |
Gary Cole | James Green / James Green, Sr. |
Hannah James | Emma Green |
Brad Koed | James Green Jr. / James Green, Jr. |
Luke MacFarlane | Chaplain Hopkins / Chaplain Henry Hopkins |
Josh Radnor | Dr. Jedediah Foster / Dr. Jed Foster |
AnnaSophia Robb | Alice Green |
Tara Summers | Anne Hastings |
L. Scott Caldwell | Belinda / Belinda Gibson |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Balm in Gilead | Sunday, 22 January 2017 |
2 | The House Guest | Sunday, 29 January 2017 |
3 | One Equal Temper | Sunday, 05 February 2017 |
4 | Southern Mercy | Sunday, 12 February 2017 |
5 | Unknown Soldier | Sunday, 19 February 2017 |
6 | House of Bondage | Sunday, 05 March 2017 |
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Directors
Jeremy Webb, Roxann Dawson, Alex Zakrzewski, Stephen Cragg, Laura Innes
Writers
David Zabel, Jason Richman, Walon Green, Alex Metcalf, Rob Hanning, Lisa Quijano Wolfinger
Creators
David Zabel, Lisa Quijano Wolfinger
Cast
Name | Character |
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Suzanne Bertish | Hospital Matron Brannan / Matron Brannan |
Norbert Leo Butz | Dr. Byron Hale |
Gary Cole | James Green / James Green, Sr. |
Hannah James | Emma Green |
Brad Koed | James Green Jr. / James Green, Jr. |
Luke MacFarlane | Chaplain Hopkins / Chaplain Henry Hopkins |
Josh Radnor | Dr. Jedediah Foster / Dr. Jed Foster |
AnnaSophia Robb | Alice Green |
Tara Summers | Anne Hastings |
L. Scott Caldwell | Belinda / Belinda Gibson |
Wade Williams | Silas Bullen |
Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Mary Phinney |
Emily Marie Palmer | Sister Isabella |
Luray Cooper | Abel Melcher |
Jack Falahee | Frank Stringfellow |
Peter Gerety | Dr. Alfred Summers |
Jacob Dacus | Orderly Kendrick |
Shalita Grant | Aurelia Johnson |
Patina Miller | Charlotte Jenkins |
Bryce Pinkham | Clayton McBurney III |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David Zabel | Executive Producer |
Lisa Quijano Wolfinger | Executive Producer |
Clayton Krueger | Executive Producer |
David W. Zucker | Executive Producer |
Ridley Scott | Executive Producer |
Jason Richman | Producer |
David A. Rosemont | Producer |
Erin Mitchell | Producer |
Karen Mayeda Vranek | Producer |