I think this episode is one of the best as humor is implicit in every speech of the actors.The intense emotional moment of drinking around the table finishes totally unexpected !!!!!!. Both are overwhelmed, but every one in a personal manner. Anyway, love is not in Martin's province! Louisa tried to find the real Martin and she succeeded to a certain point. She knows for sure that Martin loves her and actually that's what she wanted to find out first.
But, the doctor is so scared of love, of the complexity of his own feeling so that he tries to escape in a "medical" way. Of course, it is totally unacceptable for a woman like Louisa. That's why I said at the beginning it was one of the best occasions for Mrtin Clunes to show a nice sample of playing in a humorous and in the same time in a very serious manner.
But, the doctor is so scared of love, of the complexity of his own feeling so that he tries to escape in a "medical" way. Of course, it is totally unacceptable for a woman like Louisa. That's why I said at the beginning it was one of the best occasions for Mrtin Clunes to show a nice sample of playing in a humorous and in the same time in a very serious manner.