Doc – Nelle tue mani
| Doc – Nelle tue mani | |
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| Genre | Medical drama |
| Created by |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 48 |
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| Running time | 50–60 minutes |
| Production companies | Rai Fiction Lux Vide |
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| Network | Rai 1 |
| Release | 26 March 2020 – present |
Doc – Nelle tue mani (in English, "Doc – In your hands"), titled Doc in the English translated versions, is an Italian medical drama TV series broadcast on Rai 1 since February 2020, written by Francesco Arlanch and Viola Rispoli.
The series is inspired by doctor Pierdante Piccioni, former chief of the emergency room of Lodi and Codogno, who forgot the previous 12 years of his life following a car accident.[1]
The set is the fictional "Policlinico Ambrosiano" hospital of Milan and the plot concerns the doctors working in the internal medicine department.[2]
Season 1 was directed by Jan Maria Michelini and Ciro Visco, while season 2's directors were Beniamino Catena and Giacomo Martelli.[citation needed]
All three seasons aired on Australian TV channel SBS Television's streaming service SBS on Demand, titled Doc.[3]
An American adaptation, Doc, airs on Fox, with Fox Entertainment Studios, Sony Pictures Television and 3 Arts Entertainment producing,[4] in 2024/5.
A Greek adaptation of the series, with the name Ο Γιατρός (O Giatrós, "The Doc"), will air on Alpha Channel by Green Pixel Productions.[when?][citation needed]
Plot
[edit]Season 1
[edit]Professor Andrea Fanti is a brilliant and famous doctor working at the Policlinico Ambrosiano hospital of Milan, where he is the chief of the internal medicine department. At the same time, he is also arrogant, painstaking and narcissistic.
Fanti thinks that doctors should not trust patients, as they lie. Consequently, he only follows his instinct and trusts his team, especially his assistant Giulia Giordano, a doctor with whom he has a secret relationship.
One day, the father of Giovanni Pavesi, a young boy died in Fanti's ward following a mistake (he was given the wrong medicine, the Satonal, due to a homonymy error), waits for Fanti to end his shift at the hospital and shoots him in the head. Though the doctor does not die, he suffers from an irreversible prefrontal trauma, which causes him to forget the previous 12 years. Indeed, when Fanti wakes up from the coma, he believes that it is June 2008 instead of 2020 and his last memory is him coming home after signing his first contract with the Policlinico Ambrosiano. Forgetting most of the staff he used to work with, he turns from an authoritative doctor into a patient of the hospital.
Thrown into a present he sometimes struggles to understand, obliged to start over most of his life and to deal with relevant trauma like his child's death and the separation from his wife (which he forgot), he perceives his loved ones as strangers. As a consequence, the hospital becomes the only place where Andrea feels really at home and where he can try to build a new private and working future.
No more able to be the chief of the department he used to be in charge of, he comes back to work as a "doctor with limitations", that is a kind of assistant for young residents, who nickname him Doc, and uses empathy to interact with patients and help solve their medical issues. In the meantime, he starts a psychological journey with doctor Sardoni, a longtime friend and colleague of his.[5][6][7]
Season 2
[edit]Set in an unspecified future, COVID-19 critical stage has ended and the Policlinico Ambrosiano comes back to normal activity.
Several flashbacks allow us to understand what happened during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Many wards were converted to face the emergency, including the internal medicine department. However, the hospital had limited resources and people to cope with thousands of patients in a very short time, so, once the emergency ends, the high number of dead doctors and patients leads to an investigation by both the Italian Magistrates' court and the hospital itself, involving all the medical staff, medical director Agnese Tiberi, Andrea Fanti and his team.
Among the victims of COVID-19, there is Lorenzo Lazzarini, a member of Fanti's team later identified as the patient zero, the one who unintentionally introduced the virus in the Policlinico: only his colleagues know the truth about him being the index case and they keep the secret to honour his memory. However, his death, which occurred under unclear circumstances, is also a matter of investigation.
In the meantime, Agnese is suspended from her role as director due to the investigation about the department he managed during the pandemic and starts working as a senior doctor in the ward she used to belong to, which doctor Sandri manages. The lawyer Caruso, also chief of the administrative department, is appointed as the new medical director with the aim of finding out the truth about how the doctors tackled the pandemic emergency.
At the same time, doctor Cecilia Tedeschi, famous virologist and scholar of infectious diseases, is appointed as chief of the internal medicine department, a vacant role after the imprisonment of professor Sardoni and temporarily held by doctor Giordano during the pandemic. Tedeschi is also a former Agnese and Andrea's university mate and was once in love with Andrea, who did not reciprocate her feelings.
Tedeschi secretly wants to turn the internal medicine department into an infectious diseases department with Caruso's help.
Trying to save his department, keep his team united and protect everyone from the investigation, Andrea decides to get his role as chief of the department back, facing several exams intended to certify his eligibility. While doing so, Andrea also needs to deal with Caruso, who does not want him to manage that department for some unknown reasons.[5][7][8]
Season 3
[edit]2023. Andrea is back as chief of the internal medicine department and must once again manage its responsibilities, including training new residents. Furthermore, the new administrative director pressures him to reduce the department's costs and increase efficiency. In the meantime, Agnese accepts the role of health director again. While going through a crisis phase with her partner, she often meets with Professor Bramante, her and Andrea's former Medicine teacher, with whom she seems to have a dark secret in common.
In this season, Andrea's memories partially resurface, albeit fragmented and often not authentic, as his unconscious created them. Enrico and Giulia will again be at his side in his quest to reconstruct the events. However, the latter is engaged in scientific research to become the department chief in another hospital.
Cast and characters
[edit]Main
[edit]- Luca Argentero as Dr. Andrea Fanti
- Matilde Gioli as Dr. Giulia Giordano
- Pierpaolo Spollon as Dr. Riccardo Bonvenga
- Raffaele Esposito as Dr. Marco Sardoni (season 1)
- Sara Lazzaro as Dr. Agnese Tiberi
- Gianmarco Saurino as Dr. Lorenzo Lazzarini (season 1; recurring season 2)
- Simona Tabasco as Dr. Elisa Russo
- Alberto Malanchino as Dr. Gabriel Kidane
- Silvia Mazzieri as Dr. Alba Patrizi (season 1-2)
- Beatrice Grannò as Carolina Fanti
- Elisa Di Eusanio as Nurse Teresa Maraldi
- Giovanni Scifoni as Dr. Enrico Sandri
- Alice Arcuri as Dr. Cecilia Tedeschi (season 2-present)
- Marco Rossetti as Dr. Damiano Cesconi (season 2-present)
- Gaetano Bruno as Dr. Edoardo Valenti (season 2-present)
- Laura Cravedi as Dr. Martina Carelli (season 3-present)
- Giacomo Giorgio as Dr. Federico Lentini (season 3-present)
- Elisa Wong as Dr. Lin Wang (season 3-present)
Recurring
[edit]- Simone Gandolfo as Davide
- Mariarosa Russo as Irene Ceraldo (season 1)
- Pia Lanciotti as Dr. Fabrizia Martelli (season 1-2)
- Giusy Buscemi as Dr. Lucia Ferrari (season 2)
- Massimo Rigo as Umberto Caruso (season 2)
- Lorenzo Frediani as Father Massimo (season 2)
- Arianna Scommegna as Dr. Marrabini (season 3)
- Aurora Peres as Barbara (season 3)
Guest stars
[edit]- Valeria Fabrizi as Tilde Ravelli
- Fiammetta Cicogna as Vittoria
- Alberto Molinari as Edoardo Grotti
- Ilaria Spada as Serena Ruffo
- Giacomo Poretti as Giacomo
Episodes
[edit]| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 16 | 26 March 2020 | 19 November 2020 | |
| 2 | 16 | 13 January 2022 | 17 March 2022 | |
| 3 | 16 | 11 January 2024 | 7 March 2024 | |
Season 1 (2020)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Amnesia" | Jan Michelini | Francesco Arlanch | 26 March 2020 |
| 2 | 2 | "Selfie" | Jan Michelini | Francesco Arlanch | 26 March 2020 |
| 3 | 3 | "Niente di personale" | Jan Michelini | Viola Rispoli | 2 April 2020 |
| 4 | 4 | "Una cosa buona che fa male" | Jan Michelini | Viola Rispoli | 2 April 2020 |
| 5 | 5 | "L'errore" | Jan Michelini | Francesco Arlanch | 9 April 2020 |
| 6 | 6 | "Come eravamo" | Jan Michelini | Viola Rispoli | 9 April 2020 |
| 7 | 7 | "Like" | Jan Michelini | Francesco Arlanch & Francesco Balletta | 16 April 2020 |
| 8 | 8 | "Il giuramento di Ippocrate" | Jan Michelini | Valerio D'Annunzio & Francesco Arlanch | 16 April 2020 |
| 9 | 9 | "In salute e in malattia" | Ciro Visco | Francesco Arlanch & Francesco Balletta | 15 October 2020 |
| 10 | 10 | "Quello che siamo" | Ciro Visco | Francesco Arlanch | 15 October 2020 |
| 11 | 11 | "Cause ed effetti" | Ciro Visco | Lea Tafuri & Viola Rispoli | 22 October 2020 |
| 12 | 12 | "L'imprevisto" | Ciro Visco | Valerio D'Annunzio & Francesco Arlanch | 22 October 2020 |
| 13 | 13 | "Egoismi" | Ciro Visco | Viola Rispoli | 29 October 2020 |
| 14 | 14 | "Perdonare e perdonarsi" | Ciro Visco | Viola Rispoli & Gaia Rispoli | 5 November 2020 |
| 15 | 15 | "Veleni" | Ciro Visco | Francesco Arlanch | 12 November 2020 |
| 16 | 16 | "Io ci sono" | Ciro Visco | Francesco Arlanch | 19 November 2020 |
Season 2 (2022)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | "Una vita nuova" | Beniamino Catena | Francesco Arlanch | 13 January 2022 |
| 18 | 2 | "La guerra è finita" | Beniamino Catena | Francesco Arlanch | 13 January 2022 |
| 19 | 3 | "Sfide" | Beniamino Catena | Viola Rispoli | 20 January 2022 |
| 20 | 4 | "Quello che sei" | Beniamino Catena | Silvia Leuzzi & Viola Rispoli | 20 January 2022 |
| 21 | 5 | "L'attenzione" | Beniamino Catena | Francesco Arlanch | 27 January 2022 |
| 22 | 6 | "Il gusto di vivere" | Beniamino Catena | Francesco Arlanch & Francesco Balletta | 27 January 2022 |
| 23 | 7 | "Fare una scelta" | Beniamino Catena | Francesco Arlanch & Fabrizio Madulla | 10 February 2022 |
| 24 | 8 | "Cane blu" | Beniamino Catena | Viola Rispoli | 10 February 2022 |
| 25 | 9 | "Streghe" | Giacomo Martelli | Francesco Arlanch & Francesco Balletta | 17 February 2022 |
| 26 | 10 | "Padri" | Giacomo Martelli | Gaia Rispoli & Paolo Piccirillo | 17 February 2022 |
| 27 | 11 | "Ragioni e conseguenze" | Giacomo Martelli | Viola Rispoli | 3 March 2022 |
| 28 | 12 | "Gold standard" | Giacomo Martelli | Francesco Arlanch | 3 March 2022 |
| 29 | 13 | "Così lontani, così vicini" | Giacomo Martelli | Francesco Arlanch & Francesco Balletta | 10 March 2022 |
| 30 | 14 | "Senza nome" | Giacomo Martelli | Francesco Arlanch, Ivano Fachin & Giovanni Galassi | 10 March 2022 |
| 31 | 15 | "Stigma" | Giacomo Martelli | Viola Rispoli | 17 March 2022 |
| 32 | 16 | "Mutazioni" | Giacomo Martelli | Francesco Arlanch | 17 March 2022 |
Season 3 (2024)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 33 | 1 | "Risvegli" | Jan Maria Michelini | Francesco Arlanch | 11 January 2024 |
| 34 | 2 | "Lasciar andare" | Jan Maria Michelini | Viola Rispoli | 11 January 2024 |
| 35 | 3 | "Perfetta" | Jan Maria Michelini | Francesco Arlanch & Silvia Leuzzi | 18 January 2024 |
| 36 | 4 | "Sogni" | Jan Maria Michelini | Edoardo A. Gino | 18 January 2024 |
| 37 | 5 | "Il beneficio del dubbio" | Nicola Abbatangelo | Francesco Arlanch | 25 January 2024 |
| 38 | 6 | "La vela" | Nicola Abbatangelo | Viola Rispoli | 25 January 2024 |
| 39 | 7 | "Fantasmi" | Nicola Abbatangelo | Umberto Gnoli | 1 February 2024 |
| 40 | 8 | "Salto nel buio" | Nicola Abbatangelo | Francesco Arlanch & Francesco Balletta | 1 February 2024 |
| 41 | 9 | "Evitarsi" | Nicola Abbatangelo | Francesco Arlanch, Gaia Rispoli & Paolo Piccirillo | 15 February 2024 |
| 42 | 10 | "Il fattore umano" | Nicola Abbatangelo | Francesco Arlanch & Silvia Leuzzi | 15 February 2024 |
| 43 | 11 | "Lontani" | Matteo Oleotto | Viola Rispoli | 22 February 2024 |
| 44 | 12 | "La scossa" | Matteo Oleotto | Francesco Arlanch | 22 February 2024 |
| 45 | 13 | "Legàmi" | Matteo Oleotto | Francesco Arlanch & Francesco Balletta | 29 February 2024 |
| 46 | 14 | "Vivere" | Matteo Oleotto | Edoardo A. Gino & Viola Rispoli | 29 February 2024 |
| 47 | 15 | "Quello che si deve fare" | Matteo Oleotto | Viola Rispoli | 7 March 2024 |
| 48 | 16 | "Liberi" | Matteo Oleotto | Francesco Arlanch | 7 March 2024 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Pierdante Piccioni: "Sono io il vero 'Doc'. Anzi, siamo tutti noi"" (in Italian). 27 January 2022.
- ^ "DOC, il Policlinico Ambrosiano esiste davvero?" (in Italian).
- ^ Morris, Anthony (1 August 2024). "In season three of 'Doc', Doctor Fanti might get his memory back – but at what cost?". SBS What's On. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (3 April 2023). "Fox Orders 'Doc' Medical Drama Series Based On Italian Format From Barbie Kligman, Hank Steinberg & Sony TV". Deadline. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b "DOC – Nelle tue mani" (in Italian).
- ^ ""Doc – Nelle tue mani": trama, cast e personaggi" (in Italian). 23 June 2021.
- ^ a b "DOC. NELLE TUE MANI" (in Italian). 2 April 2020.
- ^ "DOC Nelle tue mani 2 cast, streaming, uscita, anticipazioni" (in Italian). 17 March 2022.