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Title: Jumps shark in series 5
Review: Doc Martin was one of our favorite British TV shows...until Series 5. With Series 5 something has gone horribly wrong. The situations aren't funny, the characters are extremely irritating. Auntie Joan has disappeared and been replaced by a Martin's cold obnoxious mother. Louisa has had her baby and in almost every scene we have to see the baby drooling in his high chair. I suppose some people consider this to be cute, but it's very distracting. The humor of the first 4 seasons came from the rather compulsive and superior Doc interacting with quirky but good natured locals. Now, with Series 5, the locals are much more unlikable than before. Therefore there is very little humor. Doc Martin has just become another rather tedious soap opera. The dialog is no longer witty, the conflicts are dramatic, but unenlightening. As a soap opera it's just sub-par.
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