Doc Martin

2023
4.8
861 reviews
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Season 3 episodes (7)

1 Tick Tock (The Apple Doesn't Fall)
9/24/07
(Aired in US as The Holly Bears a Prickle) Louisa faints in front of her class, Aunt Joan nearly runs someone over with her car, and Portwenn's new policeman is falling asleep on the job.
2 The Morning (Movement)
10/1/07
(Aired in the US as "Movement") Taking Doc Martin's advice to "make some life changes," Bert Large abandons plumbing and opens a restaurant. Soon Portwenn is plagued by an outbreak of food poisoning.
3 Love Thy Neighbor (City Slickers)
10/8/07
(Aired in the U.S. as "City Slickers") A family of city slickers moves in next to Louisa, bringing modern ideas about parenting and their bratty son. Doc Martin learns that the constable is agoraphobic as well as narcoleptic.
4 Always Rings Twice (The Admirer)
3/15/14
(Aired in the U.S. as "The Admirer") Romance is in the salty air of Portwenn: Doc Martin is pursued by a glamorous divorcée. Aunt Joan is wooed by a handsome artist 30 years her junior.
5 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (The Holly Bears a Prickle)
10/22/07
(Aired in the U.S. as "The Holly Bears a Prickle") Martin and Louisa go on their first proper date. When he ruins a kiss with a tactless remark, it's the last straw for Louisa.
6 The Two of Us (Nowt So Queer)
10/29/07
(Aired in the U.S. as "Nowt So Queer") The news of Martin and Louisa's engagement spreads quickly through the village; Aunt Joan is annoyed to hear it from Dave the postman.
7 In Sickness an in Health (Happily Ever After)
11/5/07
(Aired in the US as "Happily Ever After") It's Martin and Louisa's wedding day. The bridesmaid is injured, the vicar is drunk, the reception hall floods, and Martin encounters a pig. Things go downhill from there.

About this show

Doc Martin: He's surly, self-centered, rude, and uptight--but he's the only doctor in town. Martin Clunes (Manhunt, Men Behaving Badly) stars as Doc Martin, a hotshot London surgeon forced to change careers when he develops a fear of blood. Relocating to a sleepy, scenic Cornish fishing village, he offends everyone in town and falls in love with a beautiful teacher (Caroline Catz, DCI Banks).

Ratings and reviews

4.8
861 reviews
David G
May 15, 2016
I know the show has to balance comedy with the ongoing romance between the Doc and Louisa, but it's tipped too far in the direction of farce and away from poignancy. While I'm sure the show is generating great laughs in Britain with the over the top situations and characters, what's getting lost is the human element and the plausible evolution of Martin's character. I've followed all seven seasons, and this season was largely a waste, in my opinion. This last episode was dreadful. I wish the writers had taken the opportunity to explore how Martin adopted this somewhat autistic coping style, and what leads to small breakthroughs and relapses along the way. In psychotherapy, Martin suddenly has great self-awareness but we don't know how he's come to it. The self-awareness doesn't seem to translate into anything he does including conversations with Louisa. That is, until the eighth episode when, all at once, everything is magically fixed. As the show has progressed, we've gotten 90% buffoonery instead of depth.
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Fred Eyo
April 4, 2017
The most brilliant show on TV. I wish I can imitate Doc Martin since I run Into stupid people like those he had to Interact with daily. Wouldn't it be nice to tell off a few stupid people like that; sometimes? Oh, In fact all the time!!!! I think we missed Doc Martins first real organism; I mean the one with Louisa, must have been nice to see the doctor wonder what just happened to him and explain away the medical process as if Louisa never had one before. LoL O gosh!! an orgasm; he must have exclaimed. Then explain to Louisa. Hmm!!!! that was my orgasm you just felt, I felt yours too, do you know that happens in the height of passion; you can get pregnant. Bugger!
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Jim Stawicki
August 19, 2015
A brilliant show. I've been addicted since first brought to the States. It's refreshing to watch a witty, funny, clean show like this. Where you grow to have a love/hate relationship with characters. Saddest moment is still when Aunt John passed. Best moment was when baby James was born in the Pub over the P A. system So happy to see them doing season 7. Hopefully the pharmacist gets written off.
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