waiting room

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Background actors who fill the overcrowded waiting room or lie on gurneys waiting for treatment have medical journeys organized by the show’s production team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"Jasper," a man with severe constipation who passes away in the sweltering waiting room, first appears in the season’s opening episode, and can later be glimpsed shedding layers of clothing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Or you might enter directly from the street into an office, without the pacifying liminal space of a waiting room.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The regular crowd shots of the waiting room too often reduce the afflicted into a zombie-like horde bent on making life more difficult for our beloved medical staff.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

It was queer this feeling of marking time, like sitting in a waiting room at a dentist’s.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier