History Series / MondayMornings

* CatchPhrase: Catch characteristic, rather. Hooten's habit of pouring a glass of water during the sessions is quite commonplace. In one episode, the moment he starts doing it--while questioning Dr. Robideaux about her difficulty in performing a tracheotomy--''everyone'' in the room winces and cringes, knowing that he's about to ream her out.

* FakeAmerican: Drs. Ridgeway and Wilson are played by Canadian actress Jennifer Finnegan and British (though he does possess US citizenship) actor JamieBamber, respectively.

* RealLifeRelative: Jennifer Finnegan (Tina) is married to Jonathan Silverman, who has a recurring role as another doctor. They haven't shared a single scene, and if they have, there was no romantic undertone to it, as each of their characters are involved with someone else.

** When a young gangster dies, his organs are harvested and transplanted to various people. The drama here lies in Dr Tierney's insensivity. He spoke about it in front of the dead kid's mother without knowing it was her. When he tries to apologize later, he unfortunately insults her even more by implying that his life was worthy ''because'' he enabled several people to live.

* FlippingTheBird: One patient who was unresponsive and appeared dead reacted when Dr. Robidaux asked him to grab her hand. Dr. Tierney thought that was a reflex and asked him to hold up a finger. He did, and showed a sense of humour as well by holding up the middle finder to the amusement of the whole hospital.

* AdultFear: All the terminally ill children who have brain tumours. spoiler:Paricularly scary was the case of Chloe, a little baby who was happy. Too happy. Hadn't it been the coincidence that a doctor obsessed with her job met them, she wouldn't have got diagnosed at all or too late.]]

* AdultFear: All the terminally ill children who have brain tumours. Oh, the horror! Poor children. [[spoiler:Paricularly scary was the case of Chloe, a little baby who was happy. Too happy. Hadn't it been the coincidence that a doctor obsessed with her job met them, she wouldn't have got diagnosed at all or too late.]]

** A young man is badly hurt and everybody assumes he was a jumper. They are reluctant to treat him, but they do. He might end up a donor but they actually need organs for him. [[spoiler:The team's attitude change when they find that he did not try to commit a suicide. Hooten calls them on it later and is extremely harsh on them because suicidal people are ill, not losers unwilling to live.]]

** One episode has Dr. Dr. Villanueva's estranged son being brought to the ER all stabbed with a kitchen knife. He wanted to operate on him, but Dr. Napur stopped him.

* InstantDramaJustAddTracheotomy: Young Dr. Michelle Robidaux performs one particularly difficult tracheotomy in the series finale. Her patient was practically dead and everybody gave up on hhim, but she managed to save him at the last moment. Her not asking for help earn her the spot of shame at M&M meeting.

* InstantDramaJustAddTracheotomy: Young Dr. Michelle Robidaux does one particularly difficult tracheotomy in the series finale. Her patient was practically dead and everybody gave up on hhim, but she managed to save him at the last moment. Her not asking for help earn her the spot of shame at M&M meeting.

* DrivenToSuicide: One Patient of the Week is brought badly hurt, and everybody assumes he was a jumper because he was found under the window. The team are reluctant to treat him, but they do nevertheless. He might end up an organ donor but they actually need organs for him. [[spoiler:The team's attitude change when they find that he in fact did not try to commit a suicide, but was pushed. Dr. Hooten calls them on it later and is extremely harsh on them, because suicidal people are considered ill, not losers unwilling to live. Well-played, Dr. Hooten. Jerkass Has a Point in this series for a reason, and he was not a jerkass at this matter at all.]]

** Two brilliant and cocky neurosurgeons, Drs. Tina Ridgeway and Tyler Wilson, have a connection and lots of {{UST}}. She's married, though not very happily. Their supervisor often asks them about their personal lives, especially Dr. Ridgeway. He's worried that her almost-romance and marriage problems will affect her professional performance. [[spoiler:She breaks up with her husband and the doctors later sleep together. Mark Ridgeway sues Dr. Wilson for breaking up his marriage. During their legal meeting, Dr. Wilson says that many doctors have love affairs and close relationships. The lawyer pricks up his ears and wants to hear more. Dr. Wilson's lawyer who also represents Chelsea General quickly ends up the meeting because he realizes that this could mean a major law suit and could harm the hospital.]]

* ShowerOfAngst: Implied in the pilot episode. When Quinn dies on Dr. Ty Wilson's table, he's all bloody, and also shattered and miserable. He wants to go to talk to Quinn's mother, but Dr. Ridgeway tells him to get a shower first and change his scrubs, which he does and returns clean. Still shattered, though.
* SingleTear: Dr. Tina Ridgeway sheds one perfect Single Tear when she and Dr. Wilson talk [[spoiler:about her break up with her husband.]] He hugs her and tells her he wants to be there for her. Cue the show's favorite close-up shot of Dr. Wilson's gorgeous eyes, and one tear flowing down her face.

** Michelle had -- well, not quite a thing, but almost a thing --with Dr. Stewart Delany. Their good-bye with gentle hand touching is very sad.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Tina and Tyler. She's married, but not very happily, and they are close. [[spoiler:They do. But her husband sues Tyler for breaking up their marriage.]]

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Ty to the unconscious Tina, as Dr. Park prepares to operate on her.
--> (tearfully) You wake up. You be strong and you wake up. I love you, Tina. ''I love you''.

** Hooten, for a few episodes, at the request of a LittlestCancerPatient, but he starts letting it grow back out almost immediately. DoubleSubverted. Gato first thinks it's ridiculous but when he hears who asked, he just silently raises his cup (of tea or coffee), impressed.

** The season finale featured Tina being attacked by a disgruntled patient, requiring Dr. Park to operate on her, after he, Dr. Villanueva, and Dr. Hooten made it abundantly clear to Dr. Wilson that he would ''not'' be doing so.

** When a young gangster dies, his organs are harvested and transplanted to various people. The drama here lies in Dr Tierney's insensivity. He spoke about it in front of the dead kid's mother without knowing it was her. When he tries to apologise later, he unfortunately insults her even more by implying that his life was worthy ''because'' he enabled several people to live.

** The season finale featured one of the doctors being attacked by a patient, requiring one of the others to operate on them.

* ShowerScene: [[spoiler:Tina and Ty have a shower together in "One Fine Day". Lots of skin, lots of legs, some manly chest, and two hot wet bodies. Fanservice UpToEleven, and very probably a case of Shower of Love.]]

* SingleTear: Dr. Tina Ridgeway sheds one perfect Single Tear when she and Dr. Wilson talk [[spoiler:about her break up with her husband.]] He hugs her and tells her he wants to be there for her. Cue the show's favourite close-up shot of the doctor's gorgeous eyes, and one tear flowing down her face.

* ActorAllusion: Creator/IoanGruffudd who is fondly remembered as sailor Hornblower from ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' miniseries guest-starred in "Truth or Consequences". When Hooten fried him on stage, he refers to him several times as the Captain of his ship.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Apart from the show's title, names and nicknames, one episode is called "Wheels Within Wheels".

* AlliterativeTitle: '''''M'''onday '''M'''ornings''

* ShowerScene: [[spoiler:Tina and Ty have a shower together. Lots of skin, lots of legs, some manly chest, and wet bodies. Fanservice UpToEleven.]]

* HospitalParadiso: Inverted becuase Chelsea General in Oregon ''is'' a Hospital Paradiso -- a very fancy hospital, frequently referred to as one of the top in the world. All the doctors are absolutely stellar with deservedly developed God complex. However, their boss is ''not'' understanding when they mess up, and they are often called out on their screw-ups and even they are relatively minor mistakes or slight insensitivity to patients. Two doctors get sacked in season 1. One is apparently incompetent, while the other is as awesome as the rest, but his team let him down and he killed a patient during a routine procedure

** There is a scheduled operation for one transplantation. A young women agreed to give up her kidney to her sister. [[spoiler:The sister who was to receive it dies during the operation. Naturally, they assume someone else could get it, but the woman wants it back. Um, she wants to eat it.]]

** Quinn is an extremely cute boy who is a CheerfulChild and a future soccer star, but unfortunately, he has a tumour in his brain- [[spoiler:He dies on Dr Wilson's table which kicks off the series.]]

* SassyBlackWoman: One PatientOfTheWeek from the pilot episode is an obese black woman, and very outspoken, sometimes downright rude. It seems she's a hypochondriac and a chronic complainer, but Dr. Napur, who is a surgeon and doesn't really have to deal with this case, pushes doctors into other tests or looking for possibilities. The sassy patient was indeed seriously ill. She thanked Dr. Napur for saving her life before the surgery, but was as outspoken and rude-ish as ever.

* TrueCompanions: There are diverse relationships among the doctors, and they argue and bicker a lot, but they support each other in a crisis. Their resemblance to a family dynamic is shown especially in the season one finale.

* {{Autocannibalism}}: Some women are allowed to take home their placentas after giving birth, and it's known that they get eaten. It's supposed to be helping to deal them with the stress. One patient uses it as an argument when she wants [[spoiler:to take her own kidney which was supposed to get transplanted to her sister. She wants to eat it. Um, that's how she deals with her grief and a loss of her sist, and it's also a ritual from one eastern culture. She's completely sane, but it caused some in-universe squick.]]

** [[spoiler:The death of]] one extremely cute boy who is a CheerfulChild and a soccer star, but unfortunately has a tumour in his brain, kicks off the series.

* ChekhovsGun: When "El Gato" goes to the first M&M meeting in the pilot, he brings a cup of coffee and a newspaper. It seems like he's going to read through the meeting, casually drinking his coffee, not paying too much attention to the meeting. But remember the newspaper! While Dr. Martin is getting fired for a misdiagnosis, "Gato" takes the newspaper and reads him an obituary of his patient, a lovely woman adored by her family. When "Gato" learns that Martin's fired from Chelsie General, but his medical license will stay, he angrily tosses the newspaper in Dr. Martin's general direction, and leaves in disgust.

* Autocannibalism: Some women are allowed to take home their placentas after giving birth, and it's known that they get eaten. It's supposed to be helping to deal them with the stress. One patient uses it as an argument when she wants [[spoiler:to take her own kidney which was supposed to get transplanted to her sister. She wants to eat it. Um, that's how she deals with her grief and a loss of her sist, and it's also a ritual from one eastern culture. She's completely sane, but it caused some in-universe squick.]]