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A Magical Cornish Village
Doc Martin is IN
S3E3
City Slickers
Martin arrives at Louisa's door for their dinner date.  She invites
him in and tells him that she has planned for them to eat outside.  
He is surprised, she asks if he is okay with it and he seems to
reluctantly agree.
Louisa offers Martin wine, but he declines and she suggests it's a
special occasion.  When Martin questions this she says that this is
not something they do every day.  Martin does agree that he
doesn't often eat in someone's back garden and asks whether
they will be having hot dogs and hamburgers?  While Louisa talks
about her new neighbors, Martin can't take his gaze off her face.
While Louisa is getting their starters from the fridge, Martin offers
to help.  Louisa asks him if he saw the dolphins earlier and he tells
her he was busy with patients all day.  The conversation is a bit
stilted, but Martin is again gazing at Louisa from across the room
as she moves back and forth in the kitchen.  Martin says her name
and she turns to look at him.  He sputters out, "You look very..."
and he pauses for several seconds while Louisa stops and looks
across at him.  He finally finishes up with, "...busy."  Louisa lowers
her eyes, smiles, and says "Thank you."  It seems that they were
on the same wavelength this time even though Martin was not
able to say what he was thinking.  Just then, there's a knock on
the door and the moment is over.
Martin has spent a little bit of time each with Anthony and Terri
Oakwood, but he just can't do it anymore.  He leaves Terri on the
patio and walks back into the kitchen where Louisa is talking to
Sam.  As he walks by Louisa he tells her that he is off and he has
to do that "thing".  Louisa asks what "thing" and he says, "Uh...
didn't I mention it?  Uh...anyway.  I...I'll see myself out."  Louisa is
not amused.
Louisa has called Martin to the school to check on a student
because she fears he may have measles.  Martin determines that
it is not measles, but a common infection.  When he tells the boy's
parents (who have just arrived) that it is common, the father takes
offense and thinks that Martin is calling him or his family
"common."  Louisa manages to defuse that bomb, but when Martin
tells the parents that he may have gotten the infection from
someone who kissed him or licked him, the parents are outraged.  
They turn to Louisa and ask her what kind of school she is
running.  Louisa glares at Martin in exasperation.  
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After seeing to the sick child, Martin and Louisa are walking
through the school hallway.  Louisa asks him if he got home okay
last night.  He says he did.  She sarcastically asks if he slept well?  
If he didn't lie awake feeling guilty?  Martin has no idea what she is
getting at.
After running into Sam and sending him off to his next class, Martin
and Louisa walk out into the school yard while Louisa tells him
about her concern that the sick child had measles.  Martin assures
her that it shouldn't be a concern since most of the children he
sees have been vaccinated.  They get into a discussion about the
safety of vaccines.  Louisa understands some parents' concern
that the vaccines might not be safe, but Martin is completely
dismissive of that notion and launches into a speech about the
increase in measles because of idiotic parents who believe the
studies that have been proven to be flawed.  The conversation
ends abruptly when Louisa says, "Thank you...Doctor", turns on
her heel and strides back into the building, leaving Martin
watching her with a frustrated look on his face.
Louisa is on her patio and sees Martin chasing Sam onto the
Oakwood's patio.  As Martin is demanding to know why Terri is
burning a badger on her patio, Louisa comes running up because
the smell is wafting all over the area.  Martin then tells Anthony
that he is there because he caught Sam vandalizing cars -
including Martin's car.  Anthony dismisses the actions of his son,
using his new-age theories about child-rearing.  When he tells
Martin that he will talk to Sam in private and tell him that some
people are a little too precious about their possessions, Louisa
steps in and defends Martin from the accusation.  Martin and
Louisa stand united in telling the Oakwoods that they need to
take responsibility to teach their son right and wrong.
As they walk away from the Oakwood's patio, Martin trips over Mrs
Averill's cat and sputters that he hates cats.  Louisa agrees that
she does too.  Martin looks at her in surprise almost like he is
seeing her in a new light.  As they continue walking, he mutters,
"Badgers, cats, dogs.  This village is like a petting zoo."  As they
reach Louisa's door, he smells the sleeve of his suitcoat and says
that he needs to go home and change.  Louisa smells the sleeve
of her sweater and says that she does too - that she stinks.  
Martin simply says, "Yes.  Goodbye." and walks away.  Louisa
seems a little miffed that he simply agreed with her statement and
looks at his retreating back a couple of times before entering her
cottage.
Louisa and Martin walk into her classroom together and Martin is
telling her that they need to watch for any signs of TB in her
students, since he just diagnosed Mrs Averill with the disease.  
Louisa asks if she should notify the parents and he agrees that it
would be best.  Louisa sits down at her desk and coyly asks why
he didn't just phone her with this information?  Martin takes a seat
on top of one of the student desks across from her and says that
he was passing by.  He looks like he is settling in for a chat with
her when all of a sudden the door opens and her students start to
stream into the room.  She tells him that she needs to teach the
class and he says he has lots to do himself.  She stops him before
he leaves and tells him that he might want to check on Sam, since
they sent him home earlier that day.
Louisa is arriving home from school when she sees Martin leaving
the Oakwood's house and she asks after Sam.  While they stand
in front of the door to her cottage, Martin tells her that Sam is
marginally less irritating than his parents.  Louisa says that she
does feel sorry for Sam, having the type of parents that he does.  
But she then admits that maybe they're not being fair since they
are not parents.  Martin says, "You'd make a lovely mother."  
Louisa looks at him, startled.  It slowly dawns on him what he has
just said and his whole face opens up.  Just then, Anthony calls to
Martin to come quick because Terri has scalded herself with the
green soup.  It takes both of them a second to come back to earth
and understand what Anthony is saying.  Martin looks into her
face one last time, she nods to him, and he walks to the
Oakwood's door.  Louisa is still processing the conversation when
Martin looks back at her before entering the Oakwood's house.  
Louisa looks over toward their door and catches a glimpse of his
back before he disappears.  A small, shy smile comes over her
face and she turns to unlock the door to her cottage.
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S4E4
Driving Mr McLynn
Martin rushes to Louisa's new cottage after a call from Aunt
Ruth saying that Louisa has fainted/nearly fainted.  After his
initial check on her he states that it is looking less and less like
an emergency.  He then starts to get very agitated with Louisa
and tells her that she is doing too much for a woman in her
seventh month of her pregnancy.  He tries to tell her that she
needs to reduce her work hours, but she says that she can't
because she is the acting head - and that she has applied for
the permanent head job.  This infuriates Martin and he loudly
declares that she mad and asks how she expects to take that
position and care for a baby at the same time.  She says she
will get help and he shouts, "Not from me!".  After Aunt Joan
chastises him, he reminds her that Louisa has made it
abundantly clear that she wants no help from him and Louisa
agrees.  After complaining about the state of the cottage he
says that the conditions to lead to a miscarriage.  At that point,
Aunt Joan all but throws him out.
Martin runs into Mr Branning in town and he asks Martin if what
he heard from Stu is true - that Martin is against the
appointment of Louisa as the new permanent head of the
school.  Martin tells him that it is true and he goes on to tell him
that very few women have the mental and physical capacity to
work full time and bring up a small child.  He finishes by saying
that with the best will in the world, Miss Glasson is not one of
them.  What Martin doesn't realize is that Louisa has come up
behind him with the students she is leading back to school and
she has heard the insult.  Martin turns and sees her and they
exchange a hard stare.  Louisa marches toward the school
while Martin stands there watching her leave.  As he turns to
go in the opposite direction, Louisa turns back to glare at him.
Martin and Edith are sitting side by side in his kitchen going
over the article she has written.  Edith tells Martin that she,
"has missed this".  Martin turns his head to look at her and it
looks like they might be about to have a "moment".  In a parallel
to all the times Martin & Louisa have been interrupted at key
emotional moments, at this moment there is a knock on the
kitchen door - and it is Louisa.  She obviously doesn't realize
that Edith is there and has a whole speech for Martin about
how he belittled her in front of colleagues and students and
that he told the governors not to vote for her.  She tells him
that he has a pompous and chauvinistic attitude toward her
and all women and it is why she never, ever thought they could
be together.  It's at that moment that she sees Edith sitting at
the table.  Edith decides to leave, but Martin becomes very
cold toward Louisa and tells Edith not to leave because Miss
Glasson is not staying.  The two women stand up for
themselves - Louisa says she is staying and Edith says she is
leaving and will be imagining all the fun she will be missing.  As
Edith tries to exit through the kitchen door, there is a very
awkward moment when she and Louisa both try to occupy the
space in the doorway and Louisa's baby bump is taking up
most of the doorway.  Martin closes the door behind Edith, and
still in that cold voice asks Louisa that now she has ruined his
evening if there is anything else she has to say to him.  Louisa
starts to tell him that she wants to lead her own life and that
she will never need that kind of help from him, but she starts
crying, opens the door, the door slams into Martin's forehead
and she leaves.  
Bert is following Louisa as she takes bags to the garbage bins
and he is asking her if there is something going on between
Louisa and Al.  (The village girl pack saw Al at Louisa's house
and misconstrued what was going on.)  As Louisa is putting the
bags in the bins, Martin walks by and asks if it is true?  He is
referring to what he heard from Sally - that Louisa was given
the head teacher's job.  Louisa asks, "Is what true?"  Bert, of
course, is on another planet and says, "What, that you were
kissing Al?"  Martin says, "That you were made head teacher."
and then looks at Bert as if to say, "Wait. What?"  Louisa gets
her back up and says that she has, and that now would be the
time for him to say "congratulations."  His concentration is back
on Louisa and he tells her no - that this is when he tells her that
he thinks she is mad.  Martin turns on his heel and walks away.
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S4E1
Better the Devil
Louisa is nowhere to be seen during most of this episode.  At one
point, right after Bert has been teasing him about Martin having a
"piece missing", he has to run to the school for a medical
emergency.  After dealing with the emergency, he is walking
through the school corridor and stops dead in his tracks.  He goes
right up to the window in the door of the classroom and stares at
the teacher he can only see from behind.  She has her dark hair
up in a ponytail and is wearing a salmon colored sweater just like
one that Louisa wore.  He starts to open the door, slamming into a
student standing there and the teacher turns to face him -
revealing a young woman who looks nothing like Louisa.
Martin is sitting in his kitchen with Edith and she is examining the
wound on the palm of his hand.  He stands up to go get antiseptic
when there is a knock on the kitchen door.  He opens the door
and is shocked to see Louisa standing there.  He says, "Louisa."  
She smiles and says, "Hello Martin."  He asks, "How are you?" and
then his eyes drop down and he looks back at her face in shock,
"You're pregnant."  Louisa sort of bites her lip, says, "Yes, I am"
and smiles at him.  

To be continued...
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S4E5
The Departed
Louisa calls Martin out to Aunt Joan's farm to attend to Theo
Wenn when he has a reaction after Aunt Joan disciplines him
by locking him in the chicken coop.  Martin acts as the
peacemaker when Louisa and Aunt Joan continue their
argument over what has happened.  He then says that he was
often locked in the cupboard when he was a child.  He seems
to indicate that it was a reasonable type of discipline, and that
it didn't affect him, but the startled look on Louisa's face says
that this is news to her.  You also sense that she is thinking,
"Oh yes, it didn't affect you - NOT AT ALL!"
Martin and Louisa both end up at Theo Wenn's house.  Martin
was called there because Theo has been getting worse.  
Louisa thought she was there just to drop off schoolwork, but
they actually want a statement from her over the incident at
Aunt Joan's farm.  Martin leaves and Louisa is about to follow
when she tells the Wenns, "You know, Martin is a very, very
good doctor." Mrs Wenn responds with, "You're carrying his
child, aren't you?"  When they are both outside they begin to
argue.  Martin thinks that Louisa should not have gotten into
the discussion about the incident, but Louisa says that
someone had to defend his aunt.  He tells her that he is a
doctor and needs to remain impartial.  She tells him, "Impartial
is fine.  Unemotional?  Not so good."  Martin say that she has
enough emotions buzzing around for the both of them.  He says
it is a product of her hormonal imbalance.  Louisa sarcastically
says that it's much better to spend time around people who
don't show any feelings.  He is puzzled and asks what she
means.  Louisa responds, "Why don't you complain about it to
your friend Edith then?  I'm sure she's the type who wouldn't let
annoying things like emotions get in the way."  Martin is even
more puzzled and asks what Edith has to do with it?  Louisa
says, "I'm just saying that I'm glad that I'm hormonal because it's
better than being cold and prickly and intimidating.  But if that's
what makes you happy, then that's fine then.  Great.  Good for
you."  At that point, Martin has become distracted by Louisa's
mismatched shoes.  He points it out to her, she tells him to shut
up and storms away.
As Martin is leaving Theo Wenn's house again, Louisa is
arriving to deliver more homework.  This conversation is a bit
calmer than the one earlier.  They both now seem to be on the
same page about the Wenns' lack of discipline for their son
and that is punctuated when Martin starts to say, "Be nice if
they applied that discipline..." and in unison they say, "...to
their own boy."  Martin then continues, "Well, sooner or later
they'll have to own up.  Have to take responsibility for their
own child."  Louisa looks down at her growing baby bump and
simply says, "Yes."  They both seem to realize that this
conversation could be about their expected child and there is a
slight awkward pause.  Martin then recovers and offers to take
the homework up, but Louisa says she can manage and she
shows him that she is now wearing the correct, matching
shoes.  Martin stands there and watches her walk into the
house with a thoughtful, but pained look on his face.
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S4E3
Perish Together
as Fools
Martin walks out onto his porch to enjoy his morning cup of
espresso when he spots Louisa walking up the hill.  The camera
moves to her viewpoint and she sees Martin standing there
watching her walk toward him.  She stops and seems to change
her mind about continuing.  She looks around like she has just
realized she meant to head in the other direction, turns around
and starts walking back down the hill,  Martin watches her walking
down the hill with a slightly perturbed look on his face and he
turns and strides back into the surgery.
Aunt Joan sees Louisa coming down the hill and Louisa tells her
she is concerned that the baby hasn't moved since the previous
day.  Aunt Joan drives her right back up the hill to see Martin and
he takes her into the consulting room.  When Aunt Joan leaves
the room, he seems a little uncomfortable that they are alone and
he is about to examine her.  When he asks her to unbutton the
bottom buttons of her blouse and she tells him it's awkward, he is
annoyed and asks why she came to see him if she's
embarrassed.  She responds that the buttons are a problem
because they are tiny and her fingers are getting fat.  Martin
backs down and comes over and says, "Let me help."  The two of
them fumble together with the buttons and he finally gives up and
just folds the blouse up and folds the top of her skirt down to
expose her expanding belly.  He sits down and applies the fetal
monitor to her bare skin and as they both hear the baby's
heartbeat, his face softens and we see a very rare, and very,
very slight Martin Ellingham smile.  He glances at Louisa and she
is relieved when he tells her that the fast heartbeat they are
hearing is completely normal.  They come out to the waiting room
and let Aunt Joan know everything is fine.  Louisa starts to say
something to Martin, but doesn't get it out and he starts to say
something to her, but she has already turned to follow Aunt Joan
out the door.  He watches her leave and she does a half turn
back to him before following Aunt Joan out the door.
Louisa isn't in this scene, but it certainly involves her.  After
Martin and Edith's dinner at the restaurant, she pulls up outside
his door to drop him home.  She leans over and kisses him on the
cheek and he seems a little surprised.  Edith asks, "I think that
was appropriate, don't you?" and Martin responds with a slightly
drawn out (but not entirely convincing), "Yessss".
Martin has been called to Mr Routledge's house and as he is
about to leave, Louisa walks in to make Mr Routledge a cooked
breakfast.  Martin is surprised to see her there and during their
conversation realizes that Louisa is angling to rent out his cottage
if Martin can recommend him into a nursing home.  Martin has
been resisting Mr Routledge's demands that he should go into
nursing care, so he expresses disdain at Louisa's involvement in
the affair, tells her goodbye and turns toward the door.  But
Louisa stops him and pulls from her purse the scan from her
hospital visit.  She asks Martin to take a look at it and says that
Dr Montgomery told her that the baby was smaller than it should
be at this stage of the pregnancy.  Martin gazes at the scan, his
first look at his growing baby.  He looks back at Louisa and tells
her that it's not unusual for the baby to be smaller than usual
during development and reassures her that it all seems fine.  
When she goes to take back the picture, he won't let go of it and
asks to keep it to take some measurements and consult with
Edith.  Louisa gets her back up and says, "You're gonna talk to
Edith about OUR baby?"  Martin responds, "Is that a problem?"  
Louisa retorts, "With you discussing MY baby with YOUR
ex-fiancee?  Huh!" and now Martin has HIS back up, "I see.  It's
your baby when it suits you, but it's ours when you need medical
help."  Just then they are interrupted by Mr Routledge who falls
down the steps and breaks his hip - opening the path for Louisa's
new digs!  At the end of the episode, Martin sits down at his desk
to do some paperwork, stops, and opens his desk drawer.  He
gazes down into it and we see that he is staring at the scan of his
son with a look of wonder on his face.
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S3E7
Happily Ever After
Louisa calls Martin because Isobel injured her eye with the party
popper.  They both start out the conversation a bit stumbly with
each other, but Louisa calmly describes what happened and
Martin's voice gains confidence as he diagnoses Isobel's injury.  
Louisa then whisperingly asks him how he is and his voice turns
professional as he tells her he is with a patient.  Louisa
understands and says, "Right.  Yep.  See you later."  Martin turns
his back to his patient and quietly stutters into the phone, "Yes.  
I...um...look forward to it.  Bye." and they both awkwardly hang up
their phones.  
After Mrs Tishell arrives and tells Louisa there is a problem with
the vicar, she calls Martin (who is driving) and asks what
happened to the vicar.  Martin tells her that he broke his hip, but
Louisa is getting really worked up and asks when he was planning
to tell her?  When they arrived at the church and there was no one
to marry them?  Martin tells Louisa not to worry, that he has the
situation under control.  Louisa then lowers her voice (Mrs T is
listening into the conversation) and hesitatingly asks him if there is
something else behind this.  She says that people can
subconsciously ruin things. Martin confidently explains that the
vicar was drunk, it wasn't his fault, and to trust him that everything
will be fine.  Louisa asks him if he is sure and he says that he is
and will call her later and he hangs up to head to Mr Potter's door.  
Louisa doesn't look as confident as she clicks off the phone and
slowly turns her head in Mrs T's direction.
Louisa calls Martin to the top of the hill where Isobel has gone into
labour.  He rushes up the stairs with his bag and seems a little less
sure of himself than he usually does in a crisis.  Louisa can sense
this and asks if he knows what he is doing.  Martin responds,
"Theoretically" and then admits that he has never actually
delivered a baby before.  Louisa's response is simply an unsure,
"Oh" and she turns to support Isobel.  During the delivery, Louisa
says to Isobel, "You're doing really well!" and Martin says, "Thank
you!"  Louisa looks over at him and says, "I was talking to Isobel."  
Martin safely delivers the baby, although he originally misidentifies
the sex of the baby.  Louisa continues to comfort Isobel and coos
over the baby as Martin hands her to Isobel.  Martin then looks
uncertainly over at Louisa and we see a look of relief and
vulnerability that we rarely see on Martin's face when he is in
"doctor" mode.
As Isobel is being loaded into the ambulance with her new baby,
she reminds Louisa to ask Martin about being the godfather.  
Martin stumbles on his words because this is the first he has heard
of this, but he does say "Yes".  As the ambulance drives away,
Louisa tells him that she will make an excuse for him.  Martin is
puzzled about what she means and she tells him that he doesn't
have to be the godfather.  He still seems a bit unsure of it all, but
thanks her.  Louisa looks at her watch and says that it's half past
two - the wedding is scheduled for 3:00.  They both become a little
uncomfortable and mumble that they need to get changed - him
into a new suit and her into her wedding dress.  Martin politely
says, "After you" and they start silently heading down the hill.
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Martin is sitting on the sofa in his living room silently contemplating
the gold wedding band.  His phone starts ringing (Pauline calling to
see why he isn't at the church yet), but he doesn't even seem to
hear it.  He does hear the back door open and turns his head to
see who it is.  It's Louisa, in her wedding dress, walking into the
kitchen with a white envelope in her hand.  As she is about to set it
on the kitchen table, she looks across the room and sees him.  She
softly says, "Martin." and he softly responds, "Louisa."  They each
ask what the other is doing there and Martin stands up and walks
over to her.  She hands him the envelope and as he starts to open
it she says, "It says that I love you.  And I really do.  But..."  He
interrupts and says, "I know.  I wouldn't make you happy."  Louisa,
"No."  Martin, "You wouldn't make me happy either."  Both of them
are speaking very softly and they both seem on the verge of
tears.  But this last line from Martin pulls Louisa up a bit and she
thinks about it for a few seconds and agrees that it is probably
true.  This seems to break the spell and Louisa asks him if that's
why he is still at the house.   Martin says that he thought if he just
sat there it would be in her best interest, but she sarcastically asks
if it would be in her best interest to be humiliated standing in the
church alone.  He starts to get his back up a little and says, "But
you weren't going to be in the church."  She starts to raise her
voice just a touch and says, "At least I had the decency to write
you a letter."  Martin responds, "That's not the point."  Just before
either going into a full-blown argument, or possibly actually sitting
down to talk it out, they are interrupted by the Dry Cleaner walking
in the back door with Martin's missing suit.  He thinks the wedding
must have already taken place and starts rambling on about his
sore knee.  Louisa says, "I'll leave you to it" and walks across the
living room toward the front door.  Martin watches her with a
stricken look on his face and then follows her to the door.
Louisa walks out onto the porch and closes the door.  As she is
walking across the porch, Martin comes out the door and softly
calls her name.  They face each other and Martin's lips move a few
times as if he is trying to say something.  Louisa softly says, "I
know.  Me too."  They stare into each other's eyes for a few
seconds and Louisa gets a little smile on her face and reaches up
to give him a soft kiss on the cheek.  He half leans his face into the
kiss, but he seems stunned.  Still with the slight smile she softly
says, "See you around."   She turns and walks down the stairs and
then down the hill.  Martin has not moved and his eyes never
leave her.  He still has the stricken look on his face.  The Dry
Cleaner comes to the door and continues to ramble about his
knee and starts teasing him about her leaving him already and
prenups.  Martin still hasn't moved and is still watching Louisa.  
Without turning around he finally, and again softly, says, "Shut
up.  Go and wait in the consulting room."  He continues to watch
her walk down the hill and finally turns and walks into the surgery
with just a slight slam to the front door.
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Martin & Louisa
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