'Emily Owens, M.D.' review: mild medicine

One reason for this is Gummer herself, a talented actress and bit of an old soul who doesn't do "insecure teen" particularly well -- not that she tries. Part of her appeal is that she plays a young adult who can't forget what it was like to be a teen. (She also tells you that in voice-over, via Meredith Grey-styled platitudes that have all the certitude of a Hallmark card message: "We let go because if we don't, we'll never move on.") Gummer doesn't hard-sell the role, almost whispering her lines at times. She's not trying to be a CW cutout, but a multidimensional character.