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• Episode 1/8 Old Dogs

  Martin pays a visit to elderly villager Muriel Steel and has an unexpected encounter with one of Louisa's old boyfriends - handsome, successful architect Danny Steel. Danny thinks his mother is suffering from dementia and has arranged for her to go into a nursing home but Martin's initial examination suggests there is nothing wrong. Their fraught discussion isn't helped by Martin's anxiety that Danny wants to revive his relationship with Louisa.

• Episode 2/8 Loco

  Louisa is up for the head teacher job at Portwenn Primary School but Martin is on the board of governors and tells her she won't get any special favours from him. However, at the very time she should be preparing for her interview, Mrs Cronk - mother of one of her pupils - is injured in an accident at her fish and chip shop, and Louisa is obliged to look after her young son.

• Episode 3/8 Blood Is Thicker

  Martin has to visit two brothers at their isolated country home who are suffering from salmonella poisoning. The cause of their troubles soon becomes obvious when Martin opens the fridge and finds mould growing over the contents. But when he asks to speak to their mother, Doreen, he is told she lives in a locked room and he cannot enter. Knowing the son's passion for taxidermy, Martin worries that some terrible incident has taken place.

• Episode 4/8 Aromatherapy

  Village gossip has it that local radio presenter Caroline Bosman is an alcoholic. Her broadcasts are increasingly slurred and she has been spotted driving erratically. But when Martin calls her into the surgery to investigate, she is so outraged by the suggestion she walks out, leaving Martin with the dilemma of her dangerous driving to resolve. Meanwhile, an elderly patient asks Martin for help with his terrible body odour.

• Episode 5/8 Always on My Mind

  Tragedy strikes when Martin goes to treat ailing housewife Helen Pratt in her home. While he is examining her, she collapses and dies, leaving behind her devastated husband Phil who blames Martin for her death. When Phil discovers his neighbour is also Martin's Aunt Joan, he directs his anger at her by spraying pesticides close to her organic crops. Meanwhile, Pauline tries to make Al Large jealous. Tragedy strikes when Martin goes to treat ailing housewife Helen Pratt in her home. While he is examining her, she collapses and dies, leaving behind her devastated husband Phil who blames Martin for her death. When Phil discovers his neighbour is also Martin's Aunt Joan, he directs his anger at her by spraying pesticides close to her organic crops. Meanwhile, Pauline tries to make Al Large jealous.

• Episode 6/8 The Family Way

  The arrival of Martin's parents for a surprise visit brings to the surface all the buried family tensions. Martin's father Christopher is no more enamoured of his son's career path than he was the last time they spoke seven years ago, and his mother is distinctly distant. But it's when they pay a call on Aunt Joan that the true reason for their visit emerges, and sparks really begin to fly.

• Episode 7/8 Out of the Woods

  Martin turns down the chance to be Mark Mylow's best man but Al Large is happy to oblige and sets about organising a camping weekend instead of the usual boozy stag night. But the trip ends in disaster when Mark gets bitten by a snake and suffers a potentially dangerous allergic reaction. Back at the surgery, Martin has to treat a succession of weever fish stings among some village children who have been playing a dangerous game of dare.

• Episode 8/8 Erotomania

  Martin has advised patient, Mrs Tishell, to remove the neck brace she has been wearing for years because he doesn't think it's doing her any good. Mrs Tishell is adamant the collar prevents her neck pain but Martin manages to get her to remove it, although the process ends in an ambulance trip to the hospital. Meanwhile, Louisa rejects Danny's suggestion she move in with him and decides to see how Martin will react when she tells him.

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