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tlc is a darkly surreal farce-like sitcom created and written by Fintan Coyle, set in a fictional NHS hospital called South Middlesex where coffee is traded like drugs and pretty much everyone has a personality complex.
Dr Laurence Flynn finds himself thrown in at the deep end when he gets his first job after leaving Medical School (where he failed his finals). Always the butt of jokes by other staff (being called on to revive dead people)he has to cope not only with the patients but mad colleagues too – an ex surgeon now the hospital chaplain and a German theatre assistant with a masochistic kink.
The show never confirms what 'tlc' stands for, although it's presumed to be a sarcastic reference to the widely used abbreviation for 'tender loving care', but could equally refer to the alternative yet related abbreviation 'total lack of concern'.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Staying AwakeNovember 17, 2002—Newly qualified junior doctor Laurence Flynn fights to stay awake during his first shift plus finds himself fearing a particular procedure. - S01E02
SectionedNovember 18, 2002—Whilst trying to find place to sleep in the hospital, Flynn finds himself sectioned under the Mental Health Act. - S01E03
Clean White CoatNovember 25, 2002—Flynn has to get a clean white coat before the next ward round, but not before encounters with Jesus, tropical fish, the local priest and th - S01E04
Three StarsDecember 2, 2002—South Middlesex loses all three of its NHS stars, and Flynn and Noble are charged with restoring the hospital to its former status... with p - S01E05
The Wrong LegDecember 9, 2002—Flynn saws off the wrong leg while operating on notorious criminal Frank Briggs, and there's a rooftop chase after a new directive is issued - S01E06
Agency NurseDecember 16, 2002—An agency nurse stirs things up between Judy and Flynn plus a few missed lunch breaks lead Flynn on a mission to find food.
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