, a very Canadian drama transplanted to American TV in this temporarily anemic programming moment, is the story of a Syrian refugee working in a Toronto emergency room. That doctor, you see, is the transplant. Period and full-stop.been developed for American TV, you can safely guarantee that not only would he be a Syrian refugee, but his medical specialty would be transplant surgery. Yes, it's a hat-on-a-hat, but it's also another attempted layer.has going for it.
He is, in short, an interesting main character, and the complications related to the character aren't limited to immigration issues, personal trauma or even the occasional ongoing saga back in Syria. Haq, whose actual background is Pakistani by way of Saudi Arabia by way of Canada, is a solid leading man, giving Bashir a frazzled soulfulness, but never making him saintly. He has a very sweet dynamic with Sirena Gulamgaus, as his younger sister, infusing the show with welcome heart.