Doc (2001 TV series)
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| Genre | Medical drama |
| Created by | Dave Alan Johnson Gary R. Johnson |
| Starring | Billy Ray Cyrus Derek McGrath Richard Leacock Andrea C. Robinson Ron Lea Tyler Posey Tracy Shreve Ruth Marshall Paula Boudreau |
| Theme music composer | Billy Ray Cyrus |
| Opening theme | "Stand Still" |
| Composer | Jack Lenz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 88 |
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| Producers | Larry A. McLean George Bloomfield |
| Production companies | Pebblehut Productions Paxson Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | PAX TV |
| Release | March 11, 2001 – November 28, 2004 |
Doc is an American medical drama with strong Christian undertones starring Billy Ray Cyrus as Dr. Clint "Doc" Cassidy, a Montana doctor who takes a job in a New York City medical clinic. It aired from March 11, 2001 to November 28, 2004 on Pax TV.
Although set in New York City, the series was shot in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 88 episodes were produced.
Plot summary
[edit]Doc follows rural doctor Clint "Doc" Cassidy who has taken a position at Westbury Clinic, a small medical center in New York City. Doc is a young Christian bachelor from the mountains of Montana, who brings his small-town values and ideology to an environment that seems to lack familiarity with them.
Supporting characters include the doctors, nurses and other staff of Westbury Clinic; a 10-year-old orphan, Raúl García; and a young couple, Nate and Beverly Jackson, who live in the same apartment building as Clint.
Themes
[edit]Each episode has three interconnecting plot lines; the predominant plot line follows Clint and his involvement in the lives of his patients. Another plot line involves Clint's relationship with his clinic coworkers, and the third involves the Jackson family. In later seasons, the Jackson family plot line or the clinic plot line is occasionally left out in preference to the predominant Clint one. The plot lines are then resolved at the end of each episode, when Clint writes an email to his guardian, Doc Johansson, back in Montana.
Characters
[edit]Westbury Clinic
[edit]- Dr. Clint "Doc" Cassidy (Billy Ray Cyrus) is a kindhearted doctor from Montana who has moved to New York to work at Westbury Clinic, a medical center adjacent to the local hospital. He initially left Montana to be with his girlfriend Samantha (Claudette Mink), but he breaks up with her in the pilot because they're from different worlds. Clint has a love for God and for people, making him a popular doctor at the clinic. He often likes to insert some bits of wisdom from Montana into the clinic team's activity. It is mentioned in some episodes that Clint's parents died when he was young; he was taken in by his hometown's doctor, Doc Johansson. This adoption leads to Clint's love for medicine. He is the show's main character.
- Nancy Nichols (Andrea C. Robinson) is a young nurse who is smart, energizing, and a bit vain. She possesses good bedside manners, common sense, and a sharp wit. She isn't afraid to speak her mind. Nancy's parents divorced when she was 12, and Nancy had a touching reunion with her mother, who had cancer at the time. This reunion, and the mother eventually succumbing to her cancer, were the focuses of two episodes of the shows. She and Clint have a mutual relationship that is the focus of several episodes. Clint proposes to her in the final episode, and she says "yes".
- Dr. Derek Hebert (Derek McGrath) is a portly, witty, insightful doctor who is a very good friend of Clint's. Derek is friends with the majority of clinical team (except for Dr. Crane) and, despite his soft-spoken personality, never afraid to get involved in anything the clinic is involved in. Derek has a wife, Nellie, and a daughter, Gracie. He fears small rodents, especially rats and mice.
- Donna Dewitt (Ruth Marshall) is the clinic-hospital administrator. She combines a warm heart with a focus on the bottom line. Her occasional role as an antagonist as a result of her goal of cutting costs contrasts with her warmth, approachability and unfailing support of the rest of the staff.
- Dr. Oliver Crane (Ron Lea) is frequently the antagonist of the series. He is egotistical and selfish, and usually more concerned with his individual convenience and getting recognition from peers (especially outside the clinic) than with his patients. He is also a schemer in a sense, trying to get money and compliments, but these almost always fail. But despite his mean, outspoken personality, Oliver did soften slightly toward the end of the show's run.
- Tippy Williams, later Tippy Doss (Paula Boudreau), appears in the pilot episode, and joins Westbury later in the first season. She thinks differently than most people, and often comes across as a bit of a dimwit. She keeps the team on their toes in a silly, geeky way, but shining through Tippy's somewhat woolly mind is a heart of gold that loves, sacrifices, and longs to learn.
Jackson Family
[edit]- Nate Jackson (Richard Leacock) is an officer with the New York Police Department. Nate Jackson is initially skeptical of Clint's country ways, but the two become close friends quickly. Nate is also a building supervisor, and arranges an apartment for Clint. He affectionately gives Clint the nickname "Country".
- Raul Garcia (Tyler Posey) is an orphaned boy who is 8 years old when the series starts and around 11–12 when it ends. He and his single mother were homeless, and they slept in the basement of a New York church before Mrs. Garcia became ill and died. Despite attempts to take Raul into custody by his abusive father, Raul ends up getting adopted by Nate and Beverly Jackson. He is a normal preteen boy who gets instruction on making wise choices from and his parents and from Clint, among others.
- Beverly Jackson (Tracy Shreve) is Nate's caring, conscientious wife who teaches at Raul's school. She gets pregnant in the first half of season three and gives birth to baby Mattie at the season's end.
Other supporting characters
[edit]- Justin (Demetrius Joyette) is Raul's best friend from school. They're good friends who often hang out together. Justin is a bit younger than Raul and sometimes lacks his older friend's good sense.
- Elliot (Taylor Abrahamse) is an aspiring violinist, but somewhat of a nerd. Raul and Justin are reluctant to hang out with him at first, but they soon come to learn that he is a good friend indeed.
- Steve "The Captain (later 'Major')" Doss (Kevin Jubinville) is a soldier in the U.S. Army who falls in love with Tippy and eventually marries her. He is generally good-natured and very army savvy (he speaks in the manner of a soldier on duty), but he has a tendency to be turgid and act irrationally.
- Jelly Bean (Kenny Robinson) and Junior (Billy Otis) are street Peddlers and good friends of Clint's. When they first met they tried to rob Clint but he stopped them and helped them change their ways.
- Dr. Harley Johanson (Neil Dainard) Is a mentor and friend to Clint Cassidy. He lives in Montana and is one of Clint's Best friends. Clint sees Harley as a father figure. Clint often e-mail's Harley at the end of each episode. He appears in 23 episodes.
Notable guest stars
[edit]- Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman appears in the season two episode "Fearless", as Raul's music teacher, Daniel Parson
- Cyrus' real-life daughter Miley Cyrus appears in three episodes; her on-screen acting debut in the Pilot (Part one; uncredited) as Kylie in season two, episode eight (credited as Destiny Hope); and in season four, episode six as Raul's friend; Cyrus's daughter Noah Cyrus appears in six episodes as Gracie Hebert
- Michael Cera appears in two season two episodes as Max, a distraught preteen boy whose parents are on the edge of divorce
- Sue Thomas appears in season five, episode seven
- Christian singer Jaci Velasquez appears in the season five episode "Nip, Tuck & Die"
- Christian singer CeCe Winans appears in season three, episode seven as Rosalyn Franklin, a poor Black widow whose young son has leukemia
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (2001)
[edit]| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | George Bloomfield | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | March 11, 2001 |
| 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Family Matters" | George Bloomfield | Dave Alan Johnson | March 18, 2001 |
| 4 | 4 | "All in a Day's Work" | E. Jane Thompson | Gary R. Johnson | March 25, 2001 |
| 5 | 5 | "You Gotta Have Heart" | Larry McLean | Joan Considine Johnson | April 1, 2001 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Ride" | George Bloomfield | Ed Tivnan | April 8, 2001 |
| 7 | 7 | "Captain Supremo: Have Tights, Will Travel" | Eric Till | Gary R. Johnson | April 22, 2001 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Art of Medicine" | Larry McLean | Ken Hanes | April 29, 2001 |
| 9 | 9 | "You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello" | George Bloomfield | Joan Considine Johnson | May 6, 2001 |
| 10 | 10 | "Love or Money" | Larry McLean | Gary R. Johnson | May 13, 2001 |
| 11 | 11 | "Face in the Mirror" | Terry Ingram | John Posey | May 20, 2001 |
Season 2 (2001–02)
[edit]| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | "Blind Alley" | Barry Bergthorson | Dave Alan Johnson | September 9, 2001 |
| 13 | 2 | "I've Got a Secret" | Dave Allen Johnson | Brad Markowitz | September 16, 2001 |
| 14 | 3 | "Second Opinion" | J. Miles Dale | E.F. Wallengren | September 23, 2001 |
| 15 | 4 | "Home is Where the Heart is" | Stacey Stewart Curtis | Ken Hanes | September 30, 2001 |
| 16 | 5 | "Easy Money" | Stephan Fanfara | Ed Tivnan | October 7, 2001 |
| 17 | 6 | "Garbage In, Garbage Out" | Terry Ingram | Joan Considine Johnson | October 14, 2001 |
| 18 | 7 | "First Impressions" | Holly Dale | Kim Beyer-Johnson | October 28, 2001 |
| 19 | 8 | "No Time Like the Present" | Don McCutcheon | Joan Considine Johnson | November 4, 2001 |
| 20 | 9 | "Some Gave All" | Larry McLean | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | November 11, 2001 |
| 21 | 10 | ||||
| 22 | 11 | "Gypsies, Janitors and Thieves" | Stephan Fanfara | Kim Beyer-Johnson | November 18, 2001 |
| 23 | 12 | "Tis the Season" | Larry McLean | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | December 16, 2001 |
| 24 | 13 | "All in the Family" | Barry Bergthorson | Ken Hanes | January 6, 2002 |
| 25 | 14 | "Busy Man" | Miles Dale | Brad Markowitz | January 20, 2002 |
| 26 | 15 | "My Boyfriend's Back" | Stephan Fanfara | Kim Beyer-Johnson | February 10, 2002 |
| 27 | 16 | "Fearless" | Carl Goldstein | E.F. Wallengren | February 17, 2002 |
| 28 | 17 | "Queen of Denial" | Larry McLean | Joan Considine Johnson | February 24, 2002 |
| 29 | 18 | "Citizen Crane" | Holly Dale | Gary R. Johnson | March 3, 2002 |
| 30 | 19 | "Love of the Game" | Larry McLean | Gary R. Johnson & E.F. Wallengren | March 24, 2002 |
| 31 | 20 | "Karate Kid" | Don McCutcheon | Brad Markowitz | March 31, 2002 |
| 32 | 21 | "The Commercial" | Larry McLean | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | April 28, 2002 |
| 33 | 22 | "My Secret Identity" | Stephan Fanfara | Ken Hanes | May 5, 2002 |
| 34 | 23 | "Time Flies" | Larry McLean | Joan Considine Johnson | May 12, 2002 |
| 35 | 24 | "Complicated" | Holly Dale | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | May 19, 2002 |
Season 3 (2002–03)
[edit]| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1 | "Full Disclosure" | Larry McLean | Joan Considine Johnson & Gary R. Johnson | September 15, 2002 |
| 37 | 2 | "On Pins and Needles" | Larry McLean | Brad Markowitz & Joan Considine Johnson | September 22, 2002 |
| 38 | 3 | "Stroke of Luck" | Steven Fanfara | James Kahn | September 29, 2002 |
| 39 | 4 | "See No Evil" | Ron Lea | Brad Markowitz & Kim Beyer-Johnson | October 6, 2002 |
| 40 | 5 | "Nobody" | Miles Dale | Story by : Joan Considine Johnson & Billy Ray Cyrus Teleplay by : Joan Considine Johnson | October 13, 2002 |
| 41 | 6 | "Full Moon Rising" | Carl Goldstein | Mary Hanes | October 20, 2002 |
| 42 | 7 | "The Price of a Miracle" | Holly Dale | Kim Beyer-Johnson | November 3, 2002 |
| 43 | 8 | "Second Time Around" | Larry McLean | Robert J. Brunner | November 10, 2002 |
| 44 | 9 | "The Producers" | Otta Hanus | Joan Considine Johnson | November 24, 2002 |
| 45 | 10 | "Man's Best Friend" | Holly Dale | Ken Hanes | December 8, 2002 |
| 46 | 11 | "A Clear and Present Danger" | Larry McLean | Patrick Q. Page & Gary R. Johnson | January 5, 2003 |
| 47 | 12 | "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" | E. Jane Thompson | James Kahn | January 12, 2003 |
| 48 | 13 | "Angels in Waiting" | Bruce Pittman | Joan Considine Johnson | February 2, 2003 |
| 49 | 14 | "Lost and Found" | Stephan Fanfara | James Kahn | February 9, 2003 |
| 50 | 15 | "Welcome to New York: Part 1" | Larry McLean | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | February 16, 2003 |
| 51 | 16 | "Welcome to New York: Part 2" | Larry McLean | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | February 23, 2003 |
| 52 | 17 | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | David Warry-Smith | Robert J. Brunner | March 9, 2003 |
| 53 | 18 | "Safety First" | Stephan Fanfara | Mary Hanes | April 13, 2003 |
| 54 | 19 | "The Checkered Flag" | Ken Girotti | Robert J. Brunner | April 27, 2003 |
| 55 | 20 | "Evaluate This" | Don McCutcheon | James Kahn | May 4, 2003 |
| 56 | 21 | "While You Were Snoring" | Ron Lea | Joan Considine Johnson | May 11, 2003 |
| 57 | 22 | "And Baby Makes Four" | Larry McLean | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | May 18, 2003 |
Season 4 (2003–04)
[edit]| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 1 | "Westbury: The Final Conflict" | Stephan Fanfara | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | October 5, 2003 |
| 59 | 2 | "The Way We Were" | Stefan Scaini | Gary R. Johnson & Kim Beyer-Johnson | October 12, 2003 |
| 60 | 3 | "The Candidate" | Stephan Fanfara | Lance Kinsey & Joan Considine Johnson | October 19, 2003 |
| 61 | 4 | "Pick Your Poison" | Larry McLean | Kim Beyer-Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | November 2, 2003 |
| 62 | 5 | "Rules of Engagement" | Larry McLean | Joan Considine Johnson & Gary R. Johnson | November 9, 2003 |
| 63 | 6 | "Men in Tights" | Stephan Fanfara | Gary R. Johnson & Robert J. Brunner | November 16, 2003 |
| 64 | 7 | "Donny's Millions" | Holly Dale | Gary R. Johnson & John Posey | November 23, 2003 |
| 65 | 8 | "Swing Shift" | John Bell | Mary Hanes | December 7, 2003 |
| 66 | 9 | "No Pain, No Gain" | Stephan Fanfara | Gary R. Johnson & Robert J. Brunner | January 11, 2004 |
| 67 | 10 | "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" | John Bell | Mary Hanes | January 18, 2004 |
| 68 | 11 | "Modelrageous" | Larry McLean | Kim Beyer-Johnson & Lance Kinsey | January 25, 2004 |
| 69 | 12 | "Arsenic & Old Spice" | Don McCutcheon | Gary R. Johnson & Stephen Beck | February 8, 2004 |
| 70 | 13 | "Leader of the Band" | J. Miles Dale | Lance Kinsey & Robert J. Brunner | February 15, 2004 |
| 71 | 14 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | Ron Lea | Joan Considine Johnson | February 22, 2004 |
| 72 | 15 | "Searching for Bonnie Fisher" | Holly Dale | Gary R. Johnson & Stephen Beck | April 4, 2004 |
| 73 | 16 | "Wedding Bell Blues" | Don McCutcheon | Kim Beyer-Johnson & Joan Considine Johnson | April 11, 2004 |
| 74 | 17 | "Daddy Dearest" | Stephan Fanfara | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | April 18, 2004 |
| 75 | 18 | "Breaking Away" | J. Miles Dale | Ken Hanes & Brad Markowitz | April 25, 2004 |
| 76 | 19 | "Eminent Domain" | Stephan Fanfara | Gary R. Johnson & Robert J. Brunner | May 2, 2004 |
| 77 | 20 | "The Great Wall" | Ron Lea | Ken Hanes & Stephen Beck | May 9, 2004 |
| 78 | 21 | "Choices of the Heart" | Larry McLean | Stephen Beck & Lance Kinsey | May 16, 2004 |
| 79 | 22 | "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" | Dave Alan Johnson | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | May 23, 2004 |
Season 5 (2004)
[edit]| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 1 | "Get Me to Church on Time" | Stephan Fanfara | Joan Considine Johnson | October 3, 2004 |
| 81 | 2 | "Wake-Up Call" | Larry McLean | Kim Beyer-Johnson & Gary R. Johnson | October 10, 2004 |
| 82 | 3 | "Blindsided" | Holly Dale | Mary Hanes | October 17, 2004 |
| 83 | 4 | "Lights, Camera, Medicine" | J. Miles Dale | Jean Considine & Joan Considine Johnson | October 24, 2004 |
| 84 | 5 | "Nip, Tuck & Die" | Don McCutcheon | Homer Taylor | October 31, 2004 |
| 85 | 6 | "The Family Tree" | Ken Hanes | Story by : Robert J. Brunner Teleplay by : Dave Alan Johnson & Kim Beyer-Johnson | November 7, 2004 |
| 86 | 7 | "The Last Ride" | Larry McLean | Jean Considine & Joan Considine Johnson | November 14, 2004 |
| 87 | 8 | "Happy Trails" | Holly Dale | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | November 21, 2004 |
| 88 | 9 | "Til We Meet Again" | Dave Alan Johnson | Gary R. Johnson & Dave Alan Johnson | November 28, 2004 |
Broadcast
[edit]Doc was broadcast on PAX TV. It was written by Dave Alan Johnson and Gary R. Johnson. The producers and writers were also involved with the series Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. PAX TV, which had become Ion Television, resumed airing reruns on October 1, 2007, only to take it off the air again on November 16, 2007.
It was rebroadcast throughout 2005 on Network Ten in Australia on Saturday mornings at 4:00am.
During 2006, Doc was shown on the Canadian Showcase cable television specialty channel, Monday through Friday at 10:00am and 6:00pm. It also aired in Spanish on Mexico's National Broadcast channel at 10:30 pm Sunday through Friday.
In the United States, Doc has aired on Gospel Music Channel and on Hallmark Channel. It began airing on BYUtv weekdays at Noon and 6 PM January 16, 2012.
GetTV reran the series from July–September 22, 2017.
Most episodes are now available for streaming on the PureFlix streaming service.
As of 2023, Doc is available for streaming on The Roku Channel.
Home media
[edit]On February 3, 2004, PAX Home Entertainment (Distributed by Ventura Distribution) released Season 1 of Doc on Region 1 DVD.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Doc - Season 1 DVD Information | TVShowsOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
External links
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- 2000s American drama television series
- 2001 American television series debuts
- 2004 American television series endings
- 2000s American medical television series
- Christian entertainment television series
- American English-language television shows
- PAX TV original programming
- Television shows filmed in Toronto
- Television shows set in New York City