Bad Surgeon – Love Under the Knife

Available On: Netflix

Genre: True Crime Documentary

Directed by: Ben Steele

The three-part series was released on 29 November 2023. It focuses on Dr. Paolo Macchiarini and the lives he took in the name of surgery. Dr. Paolo Macchiarini’s introduction was given by his ex-fiance and reporter Benita Alexander-Noel. Dr. Paolo has supposedly created the first-ever man-made organs, and he claimed to cure his patients who have lung issues. We see the happiness and miracle his discovery has brought to his patients. We also see the love depicted between Benita and Paolo, and according to Benita’s words, Paolo seems like the guy who has the whole world at his feet, someone who considers himself a god.

As the series progresses, we slowly unravel the dark truth behind the scenes of what goes on before and after these claimed successful surgeries. All is not good. His patients are no longer crying in happiness; there is blood, there is dread, and there are a lot of questions that come forth.

The series touches not only on how some medical institutes can protect the devil just to have their reputation intact, but we also see the struggle of people who tried to uncover the truth. In the world where we live, with media being so accessible to all, one might think, how come such misconducts were not revealed earlier? But as every person tells their story, you realize that more than people who want to be heroes, we need people who aren’t trying to sabotage them.

There are a lot of topics that the series touches, and we discover that evil has no bounds because in every part, we come across something new. Benita Alexander, who thought she found the love of her life, has to become a part of a sting operation to get some answers.

Colleagues who have considered Dr. Paolo as their role model finally accepted that we need to question every action before blindly following orders. Most of all, we see the struggle each of these people has and how they fight against the injustice at the end.

The series also captures the stories of the patients who were promised miracles and their families being torn apart as they watch their loved ones have a painful, gruesome death.