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Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
What's Alan Watching?May 4, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Will it win awards and wind up on critics' top 10 lists come December? No. Will you see every line and plot development coming well before they happen? Yes. Will you nonetheless feel a soft spot for it, particularly if you have preexisting affection for this specific kind of small town dramedy? Quite possibly.
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The GuardianJun 9, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Best Medicine is softer than Doc Martin. .... But it does exactly what it sets out to do – soothe viewers’ souls with a celebration of smalltown values, of the secret goodness hidden behind even the prickliest of men and the promise that nothing for the next 42 minutes plus ads will distress us. It’s perfect rubbish and we need it very much.
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Dec 31, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Charles is not the problem here. .... [The townspeople are] caricatures, not characters, and their antics start to feel a little debasing. “Best Medicine” certainly doesn’t deify small-town life; nor does the show condemn it. Instead, it amps up the quirk factor as high as it can go. Charles, as the straight man, looks on with dismay. So did I.
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