Outer Range and other good TV series

Once in a while, the TV gods hit a home run (e.g. Lost, BSG/2004, Westworld) and this year's is Outer Range. Take as an example, this prayer from Royal:

"Dear God, we pray for our family. We ask that you forgive us. We ask that you show us the way here because we’re in trouble. You made this crazy world, maybe you can give us some sort of hint as to what you’re up to because I don’t have the first f**king clue,” he says. “There is a big distance between you and us. There is a great void. I’m asking you to fill that void. I’m asking you to fill that void."

Star Trek: Picard ain't shabby either. It improved considerably in the 3rd season. It is bitter sweet to watch Patrick Stewart's career sunset after watching him in his prime in ST:TNG, but also nice to watch Brent Spinner spread his dark wings as Dr Soong. Q's unexpected mortality made me think of Luceafarul and more generically of the gnostic Demiurge.

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US perceived professional honesty for different groups: nurses, doctors, politicians, etc

Also, an interesting article about the top two (nurses and MDs) hints as why it's not the other way around:

Nurses are trusted more than doctors, she added, because nurses are seen as standing alongside their patients and advocating for them. “A nurse will advocate for the patient to the physician,” she said, “or help the patient talk to the physician in a certain way to address whatever the issue is.”

To some degree, that’s the inherent nature of a nurse’s role. As Feldman noted, it’s a doctor who gets blamed when things go wrong, because doctors are expected to find cures. Nurses, on the other hand, are expected to make people as comfortable as possible, to be there when needed, and to get the job done. The structure of a hospital is set up to help nurses succeed at those responsibilities, and so they are able to be reliable and trustworthy.

The breakdown by race for a lot of these professions is quite predictable: politicians (an interesting high correlation with president's party), cops, soldiers, doctors, religious leaders.