Quacks
Cineastas:
James WoodDirector:
Andy De EmmonyGuión:
James WoodMúsica:
Ian ArberReparto:
Tom Basden, Mathew Baynton, Ed Gaughan, Rory Kinnear, Lydia Leonard, Alison Lintott, Kayvan Novak, Marcia Warren, Will Jennings, Lisa JacksonSinopsis(1)
William has a bladder stone and needs Robert to perform a lithotrity on him - a grim genital operation. William has the unenviable choice of excruciating pain or taking John's potentially lethal new drug chloroform during surgery. In her quest to expand her medical knowledge, Caroline arranges for herself and William to meet Llantha Kapoor, a famous mesmerist. With John tagging along, the three of them meet the charismatic Kapoor at a local curry house for a demonstration of his hypnotic powers. Meanwhile, Robert is suffering from the shakes and having vivid nightmares of his time in the navy. All William knows is that something unpleasant happened to Robert. In a hammock. Believing in therapy as a form of treatment, William becomes determined that Robert should divulge his story to try to cure his shakes. (BBC)
(más)Reseñas (1)
The series thankfully stays on track. Even though the Indian mesmerist didn’t captivate me, the rest of the episode more than made up for it. Poor William. From what I’ve seen so far, it seems that becoming a surgeon in those days was mostly for men with sadistic tendencies. It reminded me of Al Swearengen’s suffering in Deadwood.
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