Question for Doc Martin fans (TV show, not the shoes)--and possible spoiler for newbies, I suppose

[MorningGlow]

Okay Doc Martin fans--I just started watching the series on Netflix, and as a fan of Northern Exposure and Ballykissangel, this is right up my alley, and I love it. I plowed through the entire first season, and started the second, in one day, and now I have to ask...(here's the spoilery bit)...

HOW THE HELL do you survive the departure of Elaine???? I didn't know she left after the first season and I am totally distraught without her! I realize Lucy Punch is an amazing actress and moved on to other great things, but damn, the show without her obnoxious character is just wrong...innit?
:rofl:

[bikebloke]

1. Oh Nooooo!

Elaine leaves. Damn. I was starting to fancy her (watching Series One now). Maybe she was tired of the hair extensions for the part.

Oh well, there's still the school teacher to fancy...

[MorningGlow]

3. The teacher is very pretty

I must admit that there is no eye candy on the show for me, as a straight female. The policeman is too Ken doll-ish (albeit amusingly goofy). Al's not half bad, I suppose. :)

Anyway, I felt like a lot of energy just slipped out of the show with her departure, but I haven't watched a lot of the second season yet. Maybe I'll adjust...

[ceile]

2. I honestly didn't miss her.

It was just "oh, there's a new girl". I like Pauline though. Maybe I'll rewatch the first season- it's been a while.

[MorningGlow]

4. I'll try to withhold my judgment till I watch more of the subsequent seasons

She was such a tour de force as a character that it takes some getting used to, not having her there.

[elleng]

6. Pauline's ok, 'like' her outfits.

Love the ambience, geography, and the Brits do SO WELL with dialogue!

[Rambis]

5. Cold feet making a comeback

COLD Feet star Helen Baxendale has been asked to sign up for a new series of the hit drama - even though her character is DEAD.



http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/3345775/Cold-Feet-star-Helen-Baxendale-may-sign-up-for-new-series-of-hit-drama.html

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. Didn't bother me a bit

Pauline grows on you.

(Our local PBS station is showing this. A friend of mine has seen Martin Clunes in other TV series and assures me that he's not a bit like Doc Martin in real life. He plays entirely different characters, sympathetic ones, even.)

[elocs]

8. Yes, the first 4 seasons of Doc Martin are available with online streaming on Netflix.

Check out our very own DU forum about Netflix streaming and DVDs: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=441

[elleng]

9. Watching now; tired of the rest.

[KT2000]

10. Pauline is great

and she cracks me up. You never know what is coming with her.

[blogslut]

11. I survived because I am in love with the actress who portays(ed) Pauline

Katherine Parkinson - Known to "The IT Crowd" fans as "Jen":



There's a quality to her speaking voice that fascinates me.