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In Best Medicine a brilliant surgeon leaves Boston to become a small-town doctor where he spent childhood summers. Despite his medical skills, his rude manner alienates locals as he battles hidden phobias and struggles with personal connections.
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- 01
Mind Your Own BuboesPort Wenn goes on lockdown when a patient with fleas sparks fears of a plague outbreak and Martin must deal with the town gossip when it revolves around him and Louisa. Also, Aunt Sarah feels betrayed by Greg and George and Louisa has an epiphany. - 02
Port Wenn-ings and a FuneralAfter Martin invites Louisa to watch the annual bird migration over Port Wenn, he treats an elderly woman whose hallucinations lead to dire consequences. Meanwhile, Aunt Sarah fumes after the reading of a will leaves her nothing and Martin must perform an emergency procedure on his young friend. - 03
The BogfatherPort Wenn goes into high alert when a corpse is found in the town's bog and Martin's autopsy reveals that he was murdered; Martin's solo investigation trek leads him to a startling discovery about himself.
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Season01
- S01E01
DockedJanuary 4, 2026Brilliant and brusque renowned surgeon Martin Best leaves his lucrative career in Boston to become the general practitioner in the small sea - S01E02
Bean There Done ThatJanuary 13, 2026After Martin comes face to face with his childhood bully and diagnoses a potentially contagious illness, he is forced to cancel Port Wenn's - S01E03
Take Me Out of the BallgameJanuary 20, 2026On the eve of Port Wenn High School's baseball team's playoff game, the town is furious with Martin when he accidentally breaks the arm of t - S01E04
All the World's AblazeJanuary 27, 2026Port Wenn's favorite hunky wilderness survival instructor goes missing after Martin deduces that he desperately needs medical help. Also, th - S01E05
Hello Darkness, My Port WennFebruary 3, 2026While conducting a wellness check on the agoraphobic recluse who controls the town power grid and has stopped taking his meds, Martin's brus - S01E06
Eyewitness BluesFebruary 10, 2026On the eve of Port Wenn's annual blueberry festival, Martin treats a local man who has apparently become blue from eating too many blueberri - S01E07
There Might Be BloodFebruary 17, 2026When Port Wenn puts on their annual "Blood Factory," celebrating the gory horror novel set there, Martin must contain his secret debilitatin - S01E08The BogfatherFebruary 24, 2026Port Wenn goes into high alert when a corpse is found in the town's bog and Martin's autopsy reveals that he was murdered; Martin's solo inv
- S01E09
Doc MartinMarch 3, 2026When Martin's parents make a surprise visit, Martin suspects that his father, Robert, who blindsides his sister Sarah with some infuriating - S01E10Port Wenn-ings and a FuneralMarch 10, 2026After Martin invites Louisa to watch the annual bird migration over Port Wenn, he treats an elderly woman whose hallucinations lead to dire
- S01E11Season's bestMind Your Own BuboesMarch 24, 2026Port Wenn goes on lockdown when a patient with fleas sparks fears of a plague outbreak and Martin must deal with the town gossip when it rev
- S01E12
A Tale of Two Sister CitiesMarch 31, 2026Martin is skeptical when Port Wenn welcomes an extremely friendly delegation from their sister city in Norway and Louisa visits a specialist - S01E13
Norway No HowApril 7, 2026As the furious people of Port Wenn discover the truth about their deal with their Norwegian sister city, Martin must toggle between the pote
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