Fans of FOX’s “Best Medicine” will get a chance to see the original Doc Martin when Martin Clunes guest stars as Dr. Robert Best, the father of Dr. Martin Best, played by Josh Charles. The episode airs Tuesday, March 3.
March 3 Episode Description:
When Martin’s parents make a surprise visit, Martin suspects that his father, Robert, blindsides his sister Sarah with some infuriating news, is experiencing a serious health condition. Also, while trying to avoid the school’s forthcoming closure amidst its annual Spirit Week sleepover, Louisa is made acting principal and Martin and Robert must operate together on Mark, in the all-new “Doc Martin” episode of BEST MEDICINE airing Tuesday, March 3 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Martin Clunes, star of the UK’s Doc Martin, guest stars as Martin’s father Robert Best and Judith Ivey guest stars as his wife, Vanessa.
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Who is Martin Clunes
Martin Clunes is best known as an actor for his roles as the title role in ITV’s Doc Martin, and before that as Gary in BBC’s Men Behaving Badly. His early career encompassed theatre and television and apart from a guest baddy in Doctor Who his first regular television roles were in television comedies like No Place Like Home, All at No 20, the Harry Enfield show and the Smell of Reeves & Mortimer. Amongst his other television credits are Jeeves and Wooster to name a few. Clunes is also starring in “Wuthering Heights,” with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.
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What is Best Medicine About
“Best Medicine,” which has been renewed for a second season, centers on Dr. Martin Best (Emmy Award-nominee Josh Charles, The Good Wife), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child with his Aunt Sarah (Annie Potts, Young Sheldon). There, he will meet the eclectic townspeople, including the charming schoolteacher Louisa Gavin (Abigail Spencer, Suits), lovable Sheriff Mark Mylow (Josh Segarra, Abbott Elementary) and Martin’s inept but endearing assistant, Elaine Denton (Cree, Twinless).
Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, and he quickly alienates the town, even though he’s all they’ve got. Although Martin can expertly address any medical ailment or mystery in this idiosyncratic town, he’s really just desperate to be left the hell alone. Instead, he keeps getting dragged right smack into the middle of their personal chaos, feuds and fantasies. What the locals don’t know is that Martin’s terse demeanor masks a debilitating new phobia and deep-seated psychological issues that prevent him from experiencing true intimacy with anyone. But tenacity is the creed of everyone in this small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.
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