Mercy is an American medical drama television series created by Liz Heldens, which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009, to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday at 8:00 pm (ET), as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9:00 pm in April. On October 23, 2009, Mercy was picked up for a full 22-episode first season. On May 14, 2010, NBC cancelled the series after one season. Plot Mercy is an ensemble drama set in the fictional Mercy Hospital in Jersey City, New Jersey. The show focuses on the lives of three nurses. Veronica Flanagan Callahan (Taylor Schilling) is a nurse who has just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, while Sonia Jimenez (Jaime Lee Kirchner), her best friend, has become seriously involved with a police officer, and Chloe Payne (Michelle Trachtenberg) is a recent nursing graduate who is thrown into the world of nursing and is unprepared for what it entails. Cast Main Taylor Schilling as Veronica Agnes Flanagan Callahan Michelle Trachtenberg as Chloe Payne Jaime Lee Kirchner as Sonia Jimenez James Tupper as Dr. Chris Sands Diego Klattenhoff as Mike Callahan Guillermo Díaz as Ángel García James LeGros as Dr. Dan Harris Recurring David Call as Paul Kempton Delroy Lindo as Dr. Alfred Parks Kate Mulgrew as Jeannie Flanagan Peter Gerety as Jim Flanagan Michael Chernus as Ryan Flanagan Patch Darragh as Tim Flanagan Johnny Hopkins as Bobby Flanagan Charlie Semine as Nick Valentino K.K. Moggie as Dr. Gillian Jelani Margo Martindale as Helen Klowden Jill Flint as Simone Sands James Van Der Beek as Dr. Joe Briggs, new Chief of the ICU Mary Stuart Masterson as Dr. Denise Cabe Kelly Bishop as Lauren Kempton Development and production NBC producer Jim Bigwood selected the warehouse at 10 Enterprise Avenue in Secaucus, New Jersey as the filming location for the series. The show occasionally also filmed inside a private residence in Weehawken, New Jersey. The production left New Jersey for New York in 2010, however, when New Jersey Governor Chris Christie suspended the tax credits for film and television production for the fiscal year 2011 to close budget gaps. Some interior shots for the show were filmed in the unused Barnert Hospital in Paterson, New Jersey. in the old St Mary's Hospital in Passaic. Exterior shots of Mercy Hospital were taken of the back side of a public school