Three Rivers‘ episode 4, 
Code Green is the best yet. This view is shared by many fans as well as, apparently, the show’s creator Carol Barbee, but it’s also great to find a reviewer admitting it too.
In Give Three Rivers a Chance, Valerie David blogs:
Wow. Three Rivers, the CBS medical drama starring Alex O’Loughlin and Alfre Woodard was truly excellent tonight. The episode, “Code Green”, centered on a bus crash involving high school football players. Three Rivers actually began with an entire scene devoted to the team, the dynamics between a few players and a nerdy assistant “wannabe”. I was impressed because the scene wasn’t just some quick random sketching of characters. They actually gave the nerdy kid a great sardonic wit, and captured perfectly that stupid high school crap we all went through.
ScriptPhD wrote a thorough review of Three Rivers, based on the premiere episode, Place of Life. They conclude the article on a very positive note:
Despite these minor quibbles, the ScriptPhD is delighted to see a television show entertain, educate, and strive to embed consciousness towards, and give a compassionate face to, organ donation. It is highly likely that this television show will save thousands of lives simply by telling these stories and motivating viewers to become donors and talk about it with their extended families and friends, and that is a priceless dividend for art transcending life.
Amber Topping of the Tucson TV Examiner writes in Top 5 Underdog Shows on TV that Three Rivers has the most potential of the “underdog shows”, which are “shows at a disadvantage from some of the other big name shows with all the buzz”:
You want this show to do well, you do. It has an awesome, charismatic cast you can root for with Moonlight’s Alex O’Loughlin in the lead, a promising premise (a unique medical drama from three different perspectives: the organ donors, the patients and the Doctors), and a talented show-runner (Jericho’s Carol Barbee). The show premiered this October to a rough beginning with negative reviews and mediocre numbers. But the show is improving (despite the slip in ratings), and with so much potential, it can only continue to get better. There are rumors of a possible cancellation, but maybe with an upcoming guest appearance by Mandy Patinkin, the show still has a chance. If it can dig a little deeper into the psyches of the recurring characters, add in a little romance and a little more conflict, Three Rivers will be well on its way to creating a memorable, uplifting series. Sometimes it takes an underdog a while to reach its full potential. You can watch Three Rivers on CBS on Sundays at 9/8c.
If the show continues to improve as it has, it can’t help but attract more viewers. Underdogs can still be heroes. And we’ll continue to watch.
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Thanks mizzoH for gathering these nice articles on Three Rivers. I keep my fingers crossed for Three Rivers and for seeing Alex on my screen for a long long time
Three Rivers deserves the positive reviews that have started surfacing mizzoH.
I agree the show has been improving more each week and that Code Green was the best so far. I find the characterization to be engaging and want to see more development. The non-stop action kept you breathless!
The show was also broadcast on time this week for those of us in the eastern time zone, which was a relief!
Thank you MizzoH. for posting the recent positive reviews about Three Rivers. These positive articles and TV Guide’s recent article regarding the Code Green episode that “Three Rivers Scores A Touchdown” are simply incredible and music to my hears. I am praying and wishing that Three Rivers will continue to gain more new viewers weekly. I hope that these positive articles will convince new viewers to watch Three Rivers. My fingers are crossed for Alex O’Loughlin and his talented cast on Three Rivers. Way to go Alex and Three Rivers!