Scripted series · FOX
Best Medicine
Small town doctor. Big time issues.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Josh Charles
Dr. Martin Best
14 eps
Abigail Spencer
Louisa Glasson
14 eps
Josh Segarra
Sheriff Mark Mylow
14 eps
Cree Cicchino
Elaine Denham
14 eps
Annie Potts
Aunt Joan
14 eps
Stephen Spinella
Greg Garrison
2 eps
Jason Veasey
George Brady
2 eps
Carter Shimp
Al Large
2 eps
John DiMaggio
Bert Large
2 eps
Clea Lewis
Sally Mylow
1 eps
Michael Potts
Gilbert Carlisle
2 eps
Didi Conn
Geneva
2 eps
Ben Lewis Doherty
Peter Cronk
6 eps
Wendy Makkena
Susan Carlisle
1 eps
Adrian Enscoe
Doug
1 eps
Martin Clunes
Dr. Robert Best
1 eps
Heléne Yorke
Savannah Michaud
1 eps
Eliza Coupe
Dr. Eden Montgomery
2 eps
Alison Cimmet
Irma
1 eps
Eston Fung
Ben
1 eps
Adam Shalzi
Foot Fungus Bill
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Best Medicine actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Best Medicine reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Martin Best is 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. 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.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
Bean There Done That
After Martin comes face to face with his childhood bully and diagnoses a potentially contagious illness, he is forced to cancel Port Wenn's monthly baked bean supper, angering everyone in the town. Also, Louisa observes Mark getting friendly with her teaching assistant, while Elaine steps in to help Martin in an unexpected, but very much needed, way.
S01E01
Docked
Brilliant and brusque renowned surgeon Martin Best leaves his lucrative career in Boston to become the general practitioner in the small seaside village of Port Wenn, Maine. One local teacher, Louisa Gavin questions his harsh demeanor, while Martin quickly gets annoyed by the antics of its town locals, all while hiding his debilitating aversion to blood.
- Directed by Jamie Babbit
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
A Tale of Two Sister Cities
- Directed by MJ Delaney
- Written by Cindy Chupack
S01E10
Port Wenn-ings and a Funeral
- Directed by Todd Holland
- Written by Scott Prendergast
S01E08
The Bogfather
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Liz Tuccillo
Showrunner
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Philippa Braithwaite
Executive producer
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Rodney Ferrell
Executive producer
Tyson Bidner
Executive producer
Howard T. Owens
Executive producer
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Mark Crowdy
Executive producer
Jamie Babbit
Executive producer
Jay Karas
Executive producer
Ben Silverman
Executive producer
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Matt Ward
Writer
Scott Prendergast
Writer
Cindy Chupack
Writer
Elizabeth Evans
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Philippa BraithwaiteExecutive Producer
- Rodney FerrellExecutive Producer
- Summer Crockett MooreProducer
- Tyson BidnerExecutive Producer
- Josh CharlesProducer
- Tony GlazerProducer
Writing
- Matt WardWriter
- Liz TuccilloWriter
- Scott PrendergastWriter
- Cindy ChupackWriter
- Elizabeth EvansWriter
Direction
- Todd HollandDirector
- MJ DelaneyDirector
- Jason WinerDirector
- Marcos SiegaDirector
- Jamie BabbitDirector
- Jay KarasDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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