Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:28 pm
That's what the show's about. How this big shot London surgeon (who has developed a fear of blood, though that subplot disappeared for a while) becomes a GP (Brit talk for general physician I think) in a small town on the southwest coast of England (in Cornwall if you know where that is). As a big shot, big city surgeon he could get away with being rude, condescending, etc., but as a GP in a small town, well, hilarity ensues.
Actually it's funny but not one of those over the top British comedies. More of a drama with funny bits. You end up liking the doctor, even though he acts like a jerk sometimes, because he's a great doctor who cares about the health of his patients, and there's a love interest who softens him up for a few minutes each season, and he's not rude, unfeeling, etc because he is in fact a jerk, he's just clueless about how the rest of the world works, people wanting to be happy and all that.
I think it's a great show that people should know about.
I'm new to this forum, have only posted a couple times. I admit I told Mr. Strether to chill out once, because he seemed to be getting hot under the collar. So I know who he is. But I really don't know anything about him other than the way he wrote in that one thread I was participating in, when he was going back and forth with someone else and things were getting personal and off topic. And frankly I don't care what he's like so long as he doesn't drag things off topic. (And of course it takes more than one person to drag things off topic.) I certainly didn't intend to take this thread off topic myself by somehow referring to him personally in a derogatory manner. I wanted to describe the show briefly. (Unlike the way I have here.)
The topic being great TV shows. I'm late to the party--most I would mention have already been mentioned. And with small kids I now mostly watch childrens' shows. Wild Kratz, a show about wild animals that combines solid facts with animated adventures, is great if you're four or five or six.
As for underrated ballplayers, I second the Anthony Rendon nomination. Jason Werth also doesnt get the praise he deserves. He plays within himself so well, doesn't try to hit the ball 500 feet even though he's strong enough to. Doesn't insult other players and make the game all about him--unlike that other guy I wont mention. No, I don't mean Mr. Strether--I mean the Nat's leftfielder, who's having to grow up in public.
