This quirky little series has a unique charm which will draw
you in quickly. The characters are all richly developed. The story revolves
around the simple plot of a doctor in a small Cornish town who has a baby with
another medical professional. The two are unmarried.
Between the slightly inept Town Constable, the drugged out pharmacist,
the cat woman, his off-beat “mother in law”, and problems associated with his
rather brusque bedside manner combine to create some truly awkward moments for
the Doc as well as those around him. In short, he has no bedside manner at all
and is somewhat of a bull in a china closet. But, he is a genius.
One things for sure in this series; you never know what’s
going to happen next; nor how Doc Martin is going to react to it. Nor, how the people
around him will react to the things he says and does. You will marvel at the
fact that this socially backward man could even land a woman at all, let alone
one as sweet as his significant other. But will they last? This season finds
her moving out to be with her mother, taking the baby with her.
While Doc Martin struggles to come to terms with his
personal life, he saves just about everyone else’s. This is another of those
great British series which I never see on TV; electing to watch them binge
fashion instead when they are released as DVD’s. Though I have started with the
5th Season, the characters are immediately familiar, and basically
what you see is what you get.
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