9/7/2023 0 Comments A young doctors notebook![]() ![]() Where last season saw Old and Young Doctor on opposite trajectories regarding morphine and its benefits/drawbacks, Season 2 unites them in shattering each other’s remaining self-delusions. The Old Doctor thus slips into a paternal/guardian angel/Ghost of Addiction Future role towards his younger self, struggling in vain to prevent outcomes he should know he can’t change. A Young Doctor’s Notebook isn’t terribly concerned with the mechanics of its central conceit technically, Old Doctor is the subject of his memories and Young Doctor the object, but more often than not Young Doctor flips the dynamic by ignoring Old Doctor, contradicting him, and on occasion, pressing him into dance practice, hence the Tumblr-ready screenshot above. ![]() By season’s end, Old Doctor is sweating out withdrawal in prison while Young Doctor is riding high, pun obviously intended.Īll this plays out through exchanges between Doctor and Doctor that quickly form the heart of the show. ![]() Young Doctor, meanwhile, shows where, when, and how that addiction began: as a straight-outta-med-school neophyte’s way of coping with the transition from acing exams to telling illiterate peasants that a gargle won’t cure syphilis. Said cops figure out that Old Doctor, the closest the show comes to giving its protagonist a name, has been falsifying prescriptions for morphine to feed a full-blown addiction. To review: a disgraced doctor (Jon Hamm) finds his old diary and recalls the exploits of his younger self (Daniel Radcliffe) while Soviet cops trash his office. Such cognitive dissonance may make A Young Doctor‘ s Notebook a disappointment to some, but when taken on its own terms, the show is a brilliant, black-hearted character study that’s only improved in its second four-episode run, which premieres tonight on Ovation. The SparkNotes version: Harry Potter and Don Draper! Harry Potter and Don Draper, playing the same person! Harry Potter and Don Draper, playing the same person, based - sort of - on Mikhail Bulgakov! The high-profile casting and source material, however, belie the series’ stakes (small) and its scope (smaller). A Young Doctor’s Notebook is a show that risks being overwhelmed by its own premise. ![]()
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