Doc Martin (TV Series) Rescue Me (2015) User Reviews

Fits like a comfy pair of old shoes

[A_Different_Drummer · 8/10 · 8 November 2015]

Reviewer's notes, humbly submitted:

1. Thrilled to have another full season. Happy happy joy joy.

2. Back to basics it is. After tinkering a bit with the formula in Seasons 5 and 6, we have here an episode which would not be out of place even in Season 1. Fits like an old pair of shoes. Solid performances, writing, characterizations.

3. This reviewer cannot help but marvel at the "turnabout" in the Louisa-Martin arc. This was of course the predominant second or "long" arc for most of the series, and it worked a treat. Now, astonishingly, here is Season 7, where, using the trope of the "missed phone calls," the writers are once again getting mileage out of the mere "anticipation" of the two getting together. Who was it that said that wishing for something was more fun than actually getting what you wished for? Again, this is familiar and comfortable ground for loyal fans. Worked then, works now.

4. Great start to the season.

Focus On Ridiculous Patients

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 29 March 2018]

Once again, we get to see some of the locals, dealing with a kind of event, where rescue boats are being tested. Al is hoping to get his B&B up and running, but he has hired a couple of incompetents. The secondary situation is that these men are quite ill. They are failing to show up for work and when there, don't do much. This leads to an engaging series of events that makes for an exciting conclusion. Of course, what we are wondering about is Louisa and Joe's trip to Spain and the possibility of them returning. Martin is extraordinarily unhappy, but can't seem to figure out a strategy.

A welcome first episode of Season 7

[planktonrules · 9/10 · 29 January 2016]

With very lengthy gaps between seasons, the problem with many British shows is continuity. A few times with "Doc Martin" that was a problem...with some characters just disappearing from one season to the next. Fortunately, Season 7's first episode shows that just about everything is intact. While you don't see Louisa (but you will later), the usual folks are back and the story line picks up where it left off with the previous season.

In this installment, Martin STILL has not heard from Louisa and he's afraid to call her. He also is in need of a therapist for his MAJOR personality problems...but things keep happening to prevent him from making the appointments. The biggies are a patient who is trying to fake his way past a medical certification...and the urine he gives him is VERY high in HGC...meaning the man is either pregnant or probably has testicular cancer*...and the man's real problem AND the urine donor's need to be addressed asap.

My only complaint is one I have about all the episodes is that I always find the police constable irritatingly stupid...too stupid to be realistic in the least.