Carol Barbee was introduced to a pitch for a drama about a transplant hospital and decided to undertake the project telling it from three points of view of the donor , recipient , and doctor .
Carol Barbee was introduced to via Curtis Hanson to a pitch by Steve Boman , a former transplant coordinator and Chicago newspaper reporter , for a drama about a transplant hospital . 
 Barbee decided to undertake the project telling it from three points of view of the donor , recipient , and doctor .