Created by “Grey’s” scribe Jenna Bans, the series follows a group of new recruits trying to find themselves at a South American medical station. The location is remote but apparently not so remote that there aren’t enough people to constantly be in need of emergency care and populate a bar, strangely attired with modern conveniences. On the flip side, there are the medical storylines, which focus a great deal on lack of communication when treating people in a foreign land. These do nothing to help the characters. For the most part, they come across so stereotypically ignorant Americans, unwilling to listen to the people they’re treating. Even after their inevitable “a-ha” moments, they still speak in loud, labored English when explaining diagnoses. Their development will have to be gradual, as the rules of serial television dictate, but it did afford one stand-out scene in the pilot: After ignoring an elderly woman complaining of poor breathing throughout the episode, Mina discovers she is actually just asthmatic. She holds an inhaler up to her mouth and shows her how to use it. The woman follows her lead and, for the first time in her life, takes a full, clear breath. It’s sweet and satisfying and shows promise for how “OTM” might be able to find its footing.

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