Arthur 'Butch' Schafer is a real person portrayed by Michael Gaston in the TV series Five Days at Memorial (based on a true story).
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Day One (season 1), they were 59 years old.
They appear in all 8 aired episodes and have accumulated 682 positive votes.
Episodes8
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 Two
episode S1.E2 august 2022The staff and patients think they've made it through the worst - except the waters aren't receding. Reports of a new crisis circulate.
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.
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
episode S1.E7 september 2022New evidence comes to light as Schafer and Rider dig deeper into their investigation of the deaths at Memorial.
The Reckoning
episode S1.E8 september 2022Pou fights to defend herself. Schafer and Rider push their case forward.
- Day One
- Day Two
- Day Three
- Day Four
- Day Five
- 45 Dead
- Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
- The Reckoning
Best moments4
- State investigators begin to explore what happened to the 45 people found dead at Memorial in the aftermath of the hurricane.
- New evidence comes to light as Schafer and Rider dig deeper into their investigation of the deaths at Memorial.
- Pou fights to defend herself. Schafer and Rider push their case forward.
- With pressures mounting to abandon the hospital, the staff is forced to make challenging decisions.
- 45 Dead
- Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
- The Reckoning
- Day Five