Therese Mendez is a real person portrayed by Deborah Hay in the TV series Five Days at Memorial (based on a true story).
They appear in 5 episodes out of a total of 8 aired
Episodes5
Day One
episode S1.E1 august 2022Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the storm.Day Three
episode S1.E3 august 2022As the city floods, the hospital loses power. Mulderick and the staff attempt to cope with the terrible conditions and prepare for an evacuation.Day Four
episode S1.E4 august 2022Conditions continue to worsen. Mulderick, Pou, and more staff grapple with how to best help their patients - and how that help will be prioritized.Day Five
episode S1.E5 august 2022With pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.45 Dead
episode S1.E6 september 2022State investigators begin to explore what happened to the 45 people found dead at Memorial in the aftermath of the hurricane.
- Day One
- Day Three
- Day Four
- Day Five
- 45 Dead