Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife

Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife

On Netflix

20231 season3 episodes7.5 / 10

A three-part true-crime documentary that traces the rise and catastrophic fall of a charismatic surgeon whose experimental procedures left a trail of preventable deaths.

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini is world famous for his revolutionary stem cell-infused windpipe transplants. There's just one problem: His patients keep dying.

Questions people ask

  • Does Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife leave you hopeful? No. Less hopeful than 96% of series.

  • Is Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife easy watching? No. Less comforting than 94% of series.

  • Is Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of series.

  • Is Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 73% of series.

  • Is Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife violent? Not especially. Less violent than 70% of series.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

70/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity87

How unlike any other series this one feels

Surprise80

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love47

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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