Tonight at 8p on Fox’s Best Medicine, everyone finds out about Louisa (Abigail Spencer) and Martin’s (Josh Charles) kiss from the final seconds of the last episode because Mark (Josh Segarra), her ex-fiancé, told everyone about it.
All they want to do is hide away from everyone, and luckily for them, they will be able to do it. The bad part is that they are able to do it because Martin treats a patient whom he thinks has the Bubonic plague.
The doctor quarantines everyone in his office, and he thinks he has it under control. That is, until someone at The Salty Breeze, where Louisa and his aunt (Annie Potts) are, comes down with it. Now, both locations and Port Wenn are on lockdown.
Did Dr. Best get it right? Because he has a knack for misdiagnosing people.
You will have to tune in for another delightful episode about a big town grumpy doctor living and working in a quaint small town with wacky residents.
So, I have been watching Doc Martin, the British show that this one is based on, and I love seeing the similarities between the two. However, I am worried about Cree because her character only appeared in the first season. I don’t want her to leave the show.
Then at 9p on Fox, it is time for Doc. If you are like me, and were hoping to see how things were going to change now that Joan (Felicity Huffman) resigned!!! Then I have some bad news for you. The show does not address it this week.
Instead, Amy (Molly Parker) and Michael (Omar Metwally) take their daughter, Katie (Charlotte Fountain-Jardim), on a road trip.
On the way to where they are going, Katie wants to stop and visit a place they used to go to as a family, and her brother loved going for walks in the wilderness.
They agree to stop and go for a walk even though it is freezing and the ground is covered with snow.
Along the way, they come across a man who is passed out and near death, and they don’t know why. Since there is no phone signal, they cannot call for help. Therefore, they are all alone to figure out what is wrong with him before he dies. Will they be able to save his life?
Since it is the first time that they have been together for this long as just a family, they get to talk about things. What will they reveal? You are going to have to tune in to find out.
As much as I wanted to know what happens next at the hospital, this episode is so well done that I can wait another week.
Tonight at 8p on Fox, the Doc ordered the Best Medicine, and she delivered, or is it a he! Anyways, you won’t be forgetting either episode anytime soon.
Best Medicine gets things started with the weekly activity that brings the people of Port Wenn together. What is it? The birds migrate to the small oceanside town every year, and the residents spend the weekend watching them fly in for a visit.
And talking about visiting, two elderly sisters come to visit Dr. Best (Josh Charles) because one of them is having stomach pains. But that is not all, she is also having hallucinations. She sees birds that are not there. But why? That is what Martin is going to have to find out. You are going to want to see what happens next. It will definitely cause your jaw to drop.
The sisters are not his only patients this week. Little Petey (Ben Lewis Doherty) thinks he has some new ailments. Is there actually something wrong with him?
Martin will have his work cut out for him. And yes, as you see in the teaser, that is not all…
So after I screened this episode, I started to stream Doc Martin, the UK series that the medical dramedy is based on. And what happened in this episode happened in the OG pilot. In fact, the two share a lot of storylines. And maybe I am biased, but I think the American version does a better job.
So tune in tonight and find out why people are loving this show!
Then at 9p, it is a game changing episode for Doc.
The doctors know there is something wrong with Joan (Felicity Huffman), but they don’t know what. They do know that they don’t want her to operate on any more patients. But when one of her old friends, who only trusts her, comes to the hospital with an emergency, she insists that she is the one who treats him. Amy (Molly Parker) agrees to help her make sure nothing goes wrong. And when she does, she starts having memories of her friend’s diagnosis. Will she remember that she knows what is wrong with Joan?
Richard (Scott Wolf) and T.J. (Patrick Walker) are working on a patient together, and they don’t agree on the treatment to give him. The patient is a celebrity, and Max (Darrin Baker), the hospital CEO, steps in and makes the final decision. Will his decision be the right or wrong one?
You will have to tune in for an episode where the doctors will change their insights on themselves…
It doesn’t take a doctor to tell you that Doc is Fox’s most-watched television show. Therefore, it makes sense that the network took out its prescription pad and ordered a third season. They don’t want a short refill. They want to see 22 episodes from the medical drama.
“Doc has become a true breakout for Fox, delivering our largest scripted multi-platform audience of the season and building remarkable momentum across Fox, Hulu, Netflix, and internationally — earning it another 22-episode order,” said Michael Thorn, President of Fox Television Network, to Deadline. “That success is a testament to the exceptional creative leadership of Hank Steinberg and Barbie Kligman, our terrific partners at Sony, and the talented Molly Parker, whose deeply nuanced performance gives the series its soul.”
Doc is based on the Italian series Doc – Nelle tue mani, which is loosely based on Dr. Pierdante Piccioni’s real-life story about a car accident that left him with 12 years of memory loss. The American version sees Molly Parker in the title role as Dr. Amy Larsen, who lost 8 years of her memory after a car accident and is trying to get her life and medical license back.
Hopefully, when the show returns next season, Felicity Huffman will not be part of it. She brings Doc down.
Doc airs Tuesdays at 9p after Best Medicine, which was picked up for a second season last week.
Also in television news, The Drew Barrymore Show was picked up for two more seasons today, so the daytime talk show will be around until at least 2028.
For 18 years, Martin Clunes played Doctor Martin Best on the other side of the pond, and he did it brilliantly.
Now, that role is being played by Josh Charles in the American version of the medical dramedy, Doc Martin, which is Best Medicine.
Tonight at 8p on Fox, Clunes still plays Dr. Best, but this time he is Martin’s (Charles) father, Robert. Robert and his wife (Judith Ivey) have come to Port Wenn to visit their son and see how he is doing there with his Aunt Sarah (Annie Potts). However, it is Martin who needs to see how his dad is doing because something is off with him.
Can the son diagnose his dad? All while his dad is diagnosing his son’s patients. And the two Best men will have to work together to save the life of one of the residents who finds themself in a harrowing situation.
It is not all about the Bests. Louisa (Abigail Spencer) gets some good and very bad news about her job. All while her students are preparing to spend the night in the school for a sleepover. Because Port Wenn.
Back to the Bests. Now that we have been introduced to Martin’s parents, we can understand why he is the way he is. They are even colder and more disassociated with people than he is. Believe it or not, he is warm and fuzzy as compared to them.
Also, seeing Clunes and Charles together, you can see why they cast The Good Wife actor in the role. He is a younger version of the original. And that is a very good thing, like the show itself.
Here is news that should not come as a surprise, but Fox picked up the heartwarming Best Medicine for season 2.
“Best Medicine quickly became a breakout for us this season, blending sharp humor with real heart,” said Michael Thorn, President of FOX Television Network. “Liz Tuccillo brings a distinctive creative voice to the series, and Josh Charles leads an exceptional cast that audiences have embraced. We, along with Propogate, are excited to build on that momentum in Season Two.”
The series is about a big city surgeon working as the only doctor in a small town that is wacky as he is quacky. Well, he is not a quack, but I liked the rhyme.
Anyways, the medical dramedy has found more viewers since its premiere. And if you tune in on Tuesdays at 8p, you will find out why people, like me, are loving it!!!
