For much of seasons five and six, Louisa and Martin have had a very difficult time balancing their careers with a baby. They've gone through several baby sitters and FINALLY have found one who is ideal...Mike. However, the obsessive-compulsive guy has a secret and this episode introduces it--he's NOT an army vet but is supposed to be active army but has gone AWOL! Much of the show consists of him hiding and PC Penhale behaving like a buffoon (too much at times). Additional plots involve Martin's mother sowing discord simply because she's such a cold and nasty creature as well as Martin's concern that perhaps Louisa is VERY ill and doesn't know it. However, he needs to hurry in addressing it, as she's just announced that she's leaving for a time to think and reassess the marriage. So, she's leaving the emotionally cold Doc and going to stay with her emotionally cold mother in Spain!
I am knocking a point off this one simply because as the series progresses, PC Penhale's stupidity gets worse and more annoying. He is simply the stupidest cop in history--too much so. Apart from this, a very good show.
I am knocking a point off this one simply because as the series progresses, PC Penhale's stupidity gets worse and more annoying. He is simply the stupidest cop in history--too much so. Apart from this, a very good show.