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.
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.
E2Bean There Done That
Jan 13, 202644m★ 7.0
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.
E3Take Me Out of the Ballgame
Jan 20, 202643m★ 5.7
On the eve of Port Wenn High School's baseball team's playoff game, the town is furious with Martin when he accidentally breaks the arm of their star player, who happens to be the son of his high school bully. However, Martin suspects the boy has a more serious condition. Meanwhile, Elaine moves into Martin's waiting room after fighting with her mom, Aunt Sarah rivals with a fan of the opposing team, and Louisa makes a conscious effort to make some female friends.
E4All the World's Ablaze
Jan 27, 202643m
Port Wenn's favorite hunky wilderness survival instructor goes missing after Martin deduces that he desperately needs medical help. Also, the locals are furious with Martin after he calls the health inspector on The Salty Breeze suspecting food poisoning and Elaine decides to skip her mother's wedding to the school principal.
E5Hello Darkness, My Port Wenn
Feb 3, 202643m
While conducting a wellness check on the agoraphobic recluse who controls the town power grid, Martin's brusque bedside manner ultimately causes a massive town black out; as the townspeople fight for electricity, Martin befriends a young boy who reminds him of himself; Louisa and Mark share a romantic moment in the dark.
E6Eyewitness Blues
Feb 10, 202643m
On the eve of Port Wenn's annual blueberry festival, Martin treats a local man who has apparently become blue from eating too many blueberries; Martin is disturbed by Aunt Sarah's lack of attention to her health.
E7There Might Be Blood
Feb 17, 202643m
When Port Wenn puts on their annual 'Blood Factory,' celebrating the gory horror novel set there, Martin must contain his secret debilitating blood phobia when Louisa gets seriously ill and needs his help. Meanwhile, the town is all atwitter when the novel's author is rumored to be making a surprise visit to the event.
E8The Bogfather
Feb 24, 202643m
Port Wenn eagerly goes into high alert when a corpse is found in the town's bog and Martin's autopsy reveals that he was murdered. Meanwhile, Martin's solo investigation trek leads him to startling discovery about himself and the new neighborhood watch turns into a gossip-seeking mission.
E9Doc Martin
Mar 3, 202643m
When Martin's parents make a surprise visit, Martin suspects that his father is experiencing a serious health condition; Louisa is made acting principal; Martin and Robert must operate together on Mark.
E10Port Wenn-ings and a Funeral
Mar 10, 2026
After Martin invites Louisa to watch the annual bird migration over Port Wenn, he treats an elderly woman whose hallucinations lead to dire consequences. Meanwhile, Aunt Sarah fumes after the reading of a will leaves her nothing and Martin must perform an emergency procedure on his young friend.
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E11Norway No HowUPCOMING
Mar 31, 2026
About Best Medicine
Best Medicine is a comedy, drama series on FOX. The show first aired on Jan 4, 2026 and currently has 1 season and 11 episodes. Best Medicine has been renewed and is returning for more episodes. The next episode airs on Mar 31, 2026. It has a rating of 7.4/10 based on 16 votes. The cast includes Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer, Josh Segarra, Cree Cicchino, Annie Potts. Created by Liz Tuccillo.
