etiennestories Review of The Doctor Blake Mysteries

The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013–2018)

Great show ruined by over-used recurring theme

[5/10 · 17 March 2019]

My partner and I loved this show from the beginning, and would have given it 8 or 9 stars. Would have, because the recurring theme of Doctor Blake dealing with an antagonistic Chief Superintendent was overdone. Supt. Lawson understood Blake's character, and the relationship worked. And we were glad to see that his replacement came to understand and appreciate the doctor's help. But no sooner than he'd arrived at that conclusion, he was abruptly replaced by Supt. Munro, a quintessential "by the book" clown. Enough is enough, writers. You've beaten that theme to death, left it out in the sun to die, driven a stake through its heart, and decapitated it. That vampire is toast. Also, there is often lack of attention to detail. In one of the first two episodes of season three, Dr. Blake discusses the deceased's stomach contents. Yet a few minutes later in the show, they're standing by the body on the autopsy table, with the sheet drawn down, revealing a chest with no "Y" incision sutured up. We decided last night, that if there was one more episode with the antagonistic Munroe, we would stop watching the series.