In this episode we pay homage to Andrew’s mom, the PBS crowd, and all those suckers for British accents as we take on Doc Martin. Of course, the inevitable comparisons with House MD ensue, and we ask ourselves why the socially awkward savant is such a singularly popular figure in so much contemporary television (beyond the aforementioned, think Temperance Brennan–featured in our first installment–and Sheldon Cooper of The Big Bang Theory, for example.) We air our grievances regarding the show’s formulas, the horrible relationship between Louisa and Martin and the simplistic patterns of diagnoses. But we also delight in the charms of Portwenn and honor the show that has the power to get a grandmother to learn how to binge watch online.

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