Based on the hit podcast from Wondery, Dr. Death tells the shocking true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch (Joshua Jackson), a seemingly bright young neurosurgeon with a thriving medical practice. But all is not as it seems. When a growing number of Dr. Duntsch's defenseless patients end up permanently maimed or worse, two fellow physicians, neurosurgeon Robert Henderson (Alec Baldwin) and vascular surgeon Randall Kirby (Christian Slater), set out to stop the sociopath in their midst.