The new medical series “The Notary Doctor” starts on February 13th at 8:15 p.m. on Erste. After the opening episode “Emily”, the five further episodes will also be shown on Tuesdays before “In aller Friendship” (from 9 p.m.). At the center of the series is Dr. Nina Haddad. She is played by the Swiss actress Sabrina Amali (born 1992, “4 Blocks”), who will probably quickly fall in love with most viewers.
After six years in the hospital, she is now starting as an emergency doctor at Mannheim Fire Station III. For Nina it is a “new beginning, both professionally and privately” – this sentence becomes one of the running gags in the format, which is worth watching. However, you only learn the whole truth bit by bit over the course of several episodes. Things aren’t really easy for Nina in her new, predominantly male team of Mannheim rescue workers.
Aside from the entertaining and touching interpersonal stories, in the new medical series you will also learn a lot of interesting facts about the everyday work of these professions. “Without the fire department, there is no rescue service,” it says at one point about the teamwork between the emergency doctor and the fireworks display. “No help without an order”, meaning that help cannot be given against someone’s will. Or: “Piu [fire department chief, editor’s note] always says that we shouldn’t look people directly in the face if we don’t have to – self-protection,” explains firefighter Markus Probst (Max Hemmersdorfer, born 1985) the new one at a bad accident scene.
The TV audience also learns what an “F diagnosis” is and how you can discreetly measure the pulse of your counterpart. “Are you taking my pulse right now?” Markus asks as he shakes Nina’s hand and she places a finger in the appropriate place. The not very romantic emergency doctor’s bed in a guard room right next to the emergency vehicles doesn’t exactly invite you to dream. Nevertheless, the delicate attempts at flirtation between said fireman Markus, the charming womanizer of the fire station, and doctor Nina are sweet to watch.
In terms of content, the entire spectrum of possible missions is played through: everything is there, from a terrible car accident with suspected suicide, to a toddler who has locked a car from the inside, to a hypochondriac who triggers a catastrophic chain reaction. It almost never gets too bloody, but it often gets dramatic. “We still have the best job in the world,” enthuses Dr. Nina Haddad at one point – only to regret it straight away…
This series in the former residential city of Baden-Württemberg, which is not yet well-known in terms of cinema, definitely makes you want more. And if you don’t want to wait until next Tuesday, all six episodes are already available in the media library.
