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Mercy Street - Episodes & Seasons Summaries | Recap-TV
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Mercy Street

2016

7.6/10

Drama, War

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, the series follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposite sides of the conflict; Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, 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.

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Season 1
6 Episodes
Season 2
6 Episodes

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Cast

Hannah James

Hannah James

as Emma Green

Josh Radnor

Josh Radnor

as Dr. Jedediah Foster

McKinley Belcher III

McKinley Belcher III

as Samuel Diggs

Norbert Leo Butz

Norbert Leo Butz

as Dr. Byron Hale

AnnaSophia Robb

AnnaSophia Robb

as Alice Green

Brad Koed

Brad Koed

as James Green, Jr.

Donna Murphy

Donna Murphy

as Jane Green

Gary Cole

Gary Cole

as James Green, Sr.

Luke Macfarlane

Luke Macfarlane

as Chaplain Henry Hopkins

Suzanne Bertish

Suzanne Bertish

as Matron Brannan

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