A Young Doctor's Notebook
Created by Kenton Allen
On Sky Arts
A darkly comic period drama that uses flashback structure and a protagonist's morphine addiction to interrogate the gap between medical idealism and brutal rural reality.
A young doctor who has graduated at the top of his class from the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry is thrust out into an isolated and impoverished country side as the village's only doctor. As he learns to adapt to his new lifestyle, he develops a morphine addiction to stay his sanity while realizing what being a doctor in the real world means.
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Is A Young Doctor's Notebook sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of series.
Is A Young Doctor's Notebook one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 91% of series.
Does A Young Doctor's Notebook leave you hopeful? Barely. Less hopeful than 81% of series.
Is A Young Doctor's Notebook easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 75% of series.
Is A Young Doctor's Notebook scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 59% of series.
Is A Young Doctor's Notebook violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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Familiar shape, done well.
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
