(Tom Basden)
Quacks - Season 1 follows the lives of four young doctors working in the emergency department of St. Luke's Hospital in London. The show centers around Struan (played by Jon Hamm), a charismatic American doctor who becomes the de facto leader of the group; Evie (played by Vicky Pattison), a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed junior doctor trying to make a name for herself; Rob (played by Richard Ayoade), a quixotic and lovable doctor who's always coming up with hare-brained schemes; and Sridhar (played by Sanjeev Bhaskar), a seasoned doctor with a dry sense of humor and a penchant for telling it like it is. Quacks - Season 1
Every “quack” idea they mock (washing hands, sterilizing tools, germ theory) is correct. Every “respected” treatment (bloodletting, purging, arsenic) is lethal. The show’s central joke is that they are the quacks by modern standards. (Tom Basden) Quacks - Season 1 follows the
For fans who want to revisit the season or experience it for the first time, here's a brief episode guide: Every “quack” idea they mock (washing hands, sterilizing
A morality play about addiction. When Caroline’s brother develops a heavy reliance on laudanum (a Victorian opiate), the gang argues over the ethics of selling "medicinal" poisons. It is both hilarious and darkly prescient.