- Just the other day, I was doing a little Netflix and chill with Bear, and what do I find? "Cells at Work!" I promised that I would
do a review of this, probably like a year and a half ago, and I sort of forgot about this, but now that it's on
Netflix, I have no excuse. So I popped it on, season one,
episode one is right here. It's called Pneumococcus,
I'm ready, let's get started. Bee-woop. (upbeat music) (heart thumping) (Narrator speaking in foreign language) (upbeat music) (Narrator speaking in foreign language) (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - (laughs) It's so funny. All right, so, I'm already
starting to piece it together from the intro here that each one of these characters represents the cells, and each one of these characters is like an employee with some sort of job, and if they're wearing red,
they're red blood cells, which it just gave a great
explanation that they carry oxygen and carbon dioxide
throughout the body. The fact that they're doing it
in packages is even funnier, 'cause that has a medical meaning. (floor cracking) (people screaming) (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (man speaking in foreign language) - So the vascular endothelial cells are the cells that line
your blood vessels. And if they get injured,
guess what happens? Bleeding. Oh. (germ speaking in foreign language) - Oh, they curse here too. (germ speaking in foreign language) - Wow. Oh no. (germ speaking in foreign language) (Red Blood Cell screaming) - Are these bacteria or viruses? - [Germ] Huh? (germ screaming) (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - Whoa, that was bloodier than I expected. The irony of this, though, is that there's a red blood cell person there, and they're killing the germ and the germ is bleeding red blood cells. (chuckles) (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - Okay, so, this is interesting. Because this gentleman
here is a white blood cell, part of the Neutrophil Division, means that he's attacking a bacteria, 'cause neutrophils primarily
work against bacteria. Don't know what U-1146 is,
maybe that's his codename. (Narrator speaking in foreign language) (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - White blood cells and red blood cells exist within your
circulation at all times. You need both to function. The red blood cells,
obviously the most important for the oxygen, the white blood cells are part of your immune system. In fact, when I do
something known as a CBC, which is a blood test, that's
a complete blood count, the two main numbers that we read on there are the hemoglobin and the
white blood cell count. If I'm looking to see if
you have an infection, that white blood cell count
number can be low or high, that's important to know. (germ speaking in foreign language) - I'm not gonna lie. These bacteria look pretty badass. (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (Macrophage speaking in foreign language) - I don't know why she's so lost. Once the heart pumps, you should be able to just go in the one
direction that it pumps. (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - This is really funny
'cause CO2 is carbon dioxide, and when you deliver it back to the lungs, your body exhales it,
which is a form of waste. (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (dramatic music) - (gasps) Bacteria! (chuckles) (door thuds) (germ speaking in foreign language) (Red Blood Cell screaming)
- I love this. Oh my God. (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - That's true, this is very accurate, that strep pneumo is
one of the most common bacteria for respiratory infections, and sometimes ear infections. Actually, in children, we
give the pneumococcal vaccine in order to decrease
the rates of infection, and if they are to get infected, hopefully it's a less severe infection. We also give the same vaccines
to those who are over the age of 65 in some cases also
for that same purpose, decreases rates of pneumonia. (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - He's talking about meningitis, that's an infection of the meninges, which surround the brain, that's the padding that
surrounds the brain. Obviously very dangerous not only because of infection in the
brain is not a good idea but also because that swelling causes increased pressure,
also quite dangerous. (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - I wonder why this body
is immunocompromised. Immunocompromised means that their immune system's
not functioning well. This usually happens as
a result of a medication that they're taking, other
illnesses that they have, for example those who have HIV or AIDS, those are immunodeficient states, meaning that they're
immunocompromised to infections. Very commonly if someone's
getting an organ transplant, they take medications to
make them immunocompromised, there's all sorts of situations for that, but I wonder which one they're using here. (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - It's funny, they're
using almost like the lack of policing resources as a representation for immunocompromised, I love that. (platelets speaking in foreign language) (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - Aw. (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - Aw, platelets are so cute in
this, which is kind of funny 'cause platelets are supposed to be big. Platelets are the white blood cells that actually clump and
start the clotting process. They actually clump together
and start the clotting process. So if you ever get a
cut, it's your platelets that are responsible
for stopping the bleed. (dramatic music) Oh, the killer T cells are here. The immune-mediated response is a-coming. Through the lymphatic vessel. (Killer T Cell speaking
in foreign language) - I love that it says KILL on the hats. (Killer T Cell speaking
in foreign language) - [All] Yes, sir! (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - This is so much
pathophysiology right now, this is like above my pay grade right now. The fact that pneumococcal
bacteria are hemolytic in nature, that they're gonna go
after the red blood cells, is something I haven't studied
in ages, this is amazing. (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - So, capillaries are so
thin that they only allow a single stream of red blood cells through in order to have diffusion
between them and the alveoli. (door creaks) (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - I have a feeling she's
gonna run into him. (box rattling) (blade whirring) (Red Blood Cell gasps) Oh no. (germ speaking in foreign language) - Oh no, the red blood
cell helped him get there. (dramatic music) Oh, the capsule blocked him. He's an encapsulated bacteria. (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (explosion booms) (germ speaking in foreign language) - I'm gonna make a little
prediction right now that all three of these
are gonna get coughed out (laughs) in the mucus. (germ speaking in foreign language) (Red Blood Cell screams) (alarm blaring) (metal whirring) (woman speaking in foreign language) (man speaking in foreign language) (germ speaking in foreign language) - He's about to get coughed out. Sneezed, he's about to
get sneezed out. (laughs) (woman speaking in foreign language) (germ speaking in foreign language) (dramatic music) - The platelets are just looking on. (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (person speaking in foreign language) - You know what's funny? Germs actually have hang time. So when you sneeze and
they're outside of your body, they actually can hang around in the air. So you can walk into a room
that someone sneezed in, they're not in there anymore, and you could still get sick. (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (triumphant music) - Are we getting a "Grey's Anatomy" moment inside "Cells at Work!"? Come on now. (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (Red Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) (white blood cells yelling) (White Blood Cell speaking
in foreign language) - Now I understand why you guys have been pushing me to watch this. It's well done, it's
entertaining, it's funny. For nerds like myself who love
learning about the human body and refreshing some of their
knowledge from medical school and the in-college
days, this is brilliant. It's creative, you gotta give 'em that. If you want me to watch
another episode of these, maybe you can recommend
like the best episode and I can watch that one. As you know, I love watching all sorts of TV shows and dramas,
and all that stuff. In fact, I put a special playlist together for you right here, wait
no, right here, right here, click on that bad boy, we're
gonna watch it together while staying happy and healthy. Where's Bear? (upbeat hip hop music)
