A Young Doctor's Notebook
Season 1
20124 episodes
In the early 20th century, a young doctor arrives in a small Russian village around the time of the Russian Revolution to work in the local hospital.
Episode 1
Episode 1
Dec 6, 201223m
TMDB rating 6.0TMDB
A doctor finds his old diary while answering to the authorities about self-prescribing morphine. He has a series of comic exchanges with his young and inexperienced self, mocking him for his youthful looks and guiding him through his early difficulties on the job.
Episode 2
Episode 2
Dec 13, 201223m
TMDB rating 6.5TMDB
The inexperienced younger doctor is forced to carry out the operation of his career. His older self does little to ease his nerves.
Episode 3
Episode 3
Dec 20, 201223m
TMDB rating 6.7TMDB
In spite of his success in the operating room, life in the snow-bound hospital begins to take its toll on the young doctor. His efforts to combat his feelings of boredom and isolation are defeated and he wonders how much longer he can last. Nursing abdominal pains and two harrowing cases, the young doctor is tempted by the allure of morphine...
Episode 4
Episode 4
Dec 27, 201223m
TMDB rating 6.7TMDB
Balancing a heavy workload with a developing morphine habit, the young doctor finds it increasingly difficult to conceal his burgeoning addiction from his colleagues. After one humiliation too many, he resolves to make a clean start and a dedicated effort to combat the syphilis epidemic. But a blizzard-bound journey to visit a dying patient proves to be his toughest test yet.