Jason O'Mara's 'Complications' canceled after season

USA Network has declined to order a second season of Complications, starring Jason O'Mara.

Variety reported the cancellation Friday.

Created by Matt Nix, the drama is about what happens when a suburban, emergency-room doctor accidentally kills a street-gang member while rushing to help the victim of a drive-by shooting.

The 10-episode program's ensemble also includes Jessica Szohr, Beth Riesgraf and Lauren Stamile.

O'Mara, 43, is an Irish actor who has starred in several, shortlived, American TV shows, including Vegas, Terra Nova and Life on Mars.
Sometimes, you have to take a life to save a life. It’s a way of thinking that has been that prevalent in human civilization for a long time. It’s why we have armies and police officers. They are there to defend the innocent against those that would hurt them. But while this is a widely accepted idea, the prospect of civilians taking justice into their own hands is not. We don’t like vigilantes, or at least real vigilantes, that is. In fiction, vigilantism is highly romanticized, but still, often these vigilantes have superhuman or near-superhuman abilities, as well as a moral code that bars them from killing. But what if there was a vigilante character that wasn’t a superhero, but a normal person like us? What if they killed? Would we root for them?

According to USA’s Complications, the answer is yes, though the circumstances behind it are bit more complex. In this series, our protagonist Dr. Ellison thinks it’s better to save an innocent child through violence, even if it isn’t his job to, than to leave him to die. It’s the most interesting aspect of the show, and leaves you wondering what you would do in that situation.