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The worst TV Doctor of all

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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Who was the worst TV Doctor of them all? Who lost the most patients? I would argue that it's probably one of the characters from the soap operas because losing patients gives them a chance to chew up the scenery and cry before going back to work to lose more. They also battle alcoholism and can have stories where they're operating drunk and somehow are able to get their careers back. Primetime TV Doctors usually save the day at the last minute and are considerably less flawed.

[–] nyctc7 (41244) 5 years ago

Major Frank Burns

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I was thinking from more dramatic stuff. One of the Ben Casey/Kildare/House/ER type docs. One that we're supposed to take seriously, but you wouldn't want to go to in real life.

[–] nyctc7 (41244) 5 years ago

Like this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts0XG6qDIco

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71750) 5 years ago

I don't know, that hair is very convincing😬

[–] mikethemartian (6067) 5 years ago

Was Frank Burns portrayed as being bad as a doctor as far as techical skills or was it just his human character?

[–] nyctc7 (41244) 5 years ago

Yes, it's his personality that is most memorable. A line from Wikipedia "In the TV series, Burns is a firm believer in military discipline and continues to fancy himself a superior surgeon, but his actions invariably reveal his incompetence and require one of the other surgeons to prevent him from making fatal mistakes. "

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Dr. Doug Murphy on Scrubs. The running joke was that he'd often accidentally kill his patients and eventually he becomes a pathologist working with dead bodies because that was what he was good at.

[–] Knish (1721) 5 years ago

The doctor from family guy.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Well, House, obviously. He was a stone cold sociopath who put his patients at risk for the sake of solving puzzles. Also, he almost killed his ex-GF and baby by deliberately driving his car into her living room in a blind rage, but then was able to keep practicing, anyway.

And maybe Mark Green of ER. He deliberately refused to resuscitate a dying patient (playing judge, jury and executioner), and just let him die.

[–] KatieHolland (95) 5 years ago

I thought this was about Dr Who. XD

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Me too. 😂

[–] sslssg (27746) 5 years ago

Yep, me too!

[–] BigWorm (683) 5 years ago

Quincy. No one ever got up from his table.

[–] nyctc7 (41244) 5 years ago

Ha!

[–] mikethemartian (6067) 5 years ago

Not to mention he liked to make cops lose their lunch and pass out.