Fatigue

Fatigue is an American medical thriller drama television series, written and directed by Edgar Ivanov. The series premiered on HBO.

The series is set in the city of Detroit, when it suddenly becomes engulfed by a viral epidemic, making the personnel of the fictional St. Anne's Hospital fight the deadly disease, as well as deal with the consequences that follow.

Ivanov developed the concept while influenced by films such as Outbreak, Contagion, Carriers, as well as others; his experience during the COVID-19 pandemic also had a strong influence on the story.

Overview
Fatigue is set in Detroit, Michigan, and is centered on the fictitious St. Anne's Hospital, as well as its personnel. A novel viral outbreak starts in East Asia, threatening to soon appear in the United States and start an epidemic there.

The many nurses and doctors see major decline in society, civil unrest, mass and sheer panicking, lots of misinformation, as well lots of cases, and now they are just hoping for the vaccine to be found soon enough.

Cast and characters

 * as Dr. Christopher Rye, an otorhinolaryngologist
 * TBA as Dr. Lou Redland, a cardiologist
 * as Dr. James Stoliarchuk, a nurse
 * as Dr. Odin Fletcher, a nurse
 * TBA as TBA
 * TBA as TBA
 * TBA as Clint Warren,

Development
The idea came to Ivanov after he watched the 2011 film Contagion, which tells of a realistic pandemic and how health officials would deal with it. Multiple other films, such as the 2009 film Carriers and the 1995 film Outbreak, also influenced this idea, although the first idea was still centered on health officials.

But then the focus switched onto the hospital personnel - nurses and doctors, not affiliated with the higher instances of healthcare - after Ivanov had seen multiple photos of nurses either crying or sleeping in the hallways during the COVID-19 pandemic, which also greatly affected the author negatively.

Atmosphere of the series was largely inspired by the German science fiction series Dark. The soundtrack, partially written by Jasper Montoya, was influenced by Ben Frost's works.