If you were a fan of The Good Doctor, which finished last year, you may be interested in a new medical drama now showing on Sky Witness in the UK.
Doc is a 2025 American medical drama TV series starring Molly Parker as Dr. Amy Larsen, a brilliant but curt chief of internal medicine who loses the last eight years of her memory after a car accident. The show follows her struggle to rebuild her life and practice medicine while confronting medical mysteries and a tangled web of past relationships she can no longer recall. The series is an adaptation of the Italian show Doc and is based on a true story.
The series stars Molly Parker as Dr. Amy Larsen, a doctor navigating both her present and her past. The storytelling blends current events with flashbacks, gradually revealing how Amy’s relationships and career were shaped over time. Following a car accident, Amy is left unable to remember the last eight years of her life and attempts to remember who she once was.
In many ways, Amy has reverted to the happier, more optimistic version of herself—the one who existed before a series of personal tragedies, including a failed marriage, that pushed her into becoming a more hardened and cutthroat professional. This creates immediate tension in her present-day life, especially as she attempts to reconnect with people she had perhaps had created issues with.
My wife and I have already watched the first two episodes, which we enjoyed. The first season runs for 10 episodes, airing weekly. Thanks to its success in the US, a second (and longer) season is already underway. Hopefully, the UK broadcast will roll straight into it without a long break, as has happened with some other dramas.
One of the strengths of Doc lies in its storytelling potential. The flashback format doesn’t just build upon Amy’s backstory—it could also allow the writers to explore new story elements. If a character dies, they could still appear in flashbacks.
The main supporting cast is an ensemble which includes complex characters to carry entertaining stories while no doubt also juggling the usual “patient of the week” format that we expect with medical dramas:
- Dr. Michael Hamda (Omar Metwally) – Amy’s ex-husband and the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer.
- Dr. Richard Miller (Scott Wolf) – who has stepped into Amy’s role as Chief of Internal Medicine.
- Dr. Gina Walker (Amirah Vann) – Amy’s best friend and a neuropsychiatrist.
- Dr. Jake Heller (Jon-Michael Ecker) – Amy’s lover, though she no longer remembers their relationship.
If you enjoy medical dramas, Doc is definitely worth adding to your watchlist. It’s available now on Sky Witness in HD and 4K Ultra HD, with new episodes dropping weekly.
Edit (April 2026) – Having started watching this show in 2025, I absolutely love it. In fact, I enjoy it even more than The Good Doctor. While the show usually features a story about a patient each episode, it has a much more prominent story arc across all episodes and is a bit more soap opera-like which I really enjoy. I’m now up to episode 15 of series two and I am waiting for Sky to release the next seven episodes of series 2. They might be spacing them out a bit before series 3 later this year.
My favourite moments are watching new Amy, her friend Gina and Richard. Richard is brilliant and while the story obviously needs to include an absence for his character, I’ve been enjoying the return and can’t wait for the conflict already brewing with Michael and undoubtedly Amy too. Hopefully back permanently as he reminds me of Michael J Fox who I am also a fan of.
Hopefully this show will be around for a very long time.
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