Limerculer
A waste of 90 minutes of my life
Afouotos
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
CrawlerChunky
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
kinetikx
It seems that my parents love this show and every time I visit them they put this melodramatic garbage on. It's horrible. The swelling music to denote when I'm supposed to be emotionally invested. The just plain banal writing. The tired plots that seem to be made by a 15 year old girl who watches too much reality TV. It's all just trite.With the glut of absolutely great shows being produced on Amazon and Netflix I can't see why anyone with any modicum of taste would bother to watch more than five minutes of this offal. It's been made for the lowest common denominator of the mouth-breathers among us.Some of the actors in it have been good in other things. I guess that's about the best I can say about it. Stay away unless you want to watch people being incredibly serious in a show that tries too hard to be something that it's not.
Littlelep
I guess I didn't realize I would be watching what is and has been described as an Irish soap opera when I first clicked on the title on Acorn.com. Besides being addictive, it is totally nauseating and guilt producing. I could watch (NOT ENJOY) five series, where one character after another first gives hope that they can be normal and likable, only to fall by the wayside and become villainous or unredeemable. Perhaps in later series, there are some who do not fit that description, but that seems to be the case early on.I began to skip past any segment with Dan, and then those with Clodagh, and then the awful character of Liam's son, Ian. Then it just became intolerable, and as much as I wanted and waited for the writers to do in Dan and that pipsqueak Ian -- and to get rid of Clodagh and even Cara, I could not take one more minute!
pensman
The show has two main characters Dr. Cathy Costello (Aisling O'Sullivan) and Mr. Dan Woodhouse (Dominic Mafham). Cathy is driven to make Clarence Street Clinic successful. This is a private clinic originally owned with three partners: Cathy, her husband Ed, and Cathy's father a successful and well known surgeon. After Cathy's husband leaves her, he sells his share to Dan an up and coming plastic surgeon who is at odds with Cathy and her father. The partnership becomes more complicated when Cathy's father dies unexpectedly and then leaves his share to a girlfriend who has been completely unknown to Cathy. It is a surprise and one she does not deal with well with. Add in the problems of the staff, and there are a multitude of problems, and staff changes all with new problems, and you have a fascinating soap opera. One thing for sure, the way everyone blabs in this clinic the concept of patient- doctor confidentiality is a fiction. Let's try a biased description of a few major characters. Dr. Cathy Costello (Aisling O'Sullivan) who never met a conclusion she couldn't jump to. Mr. Dan Woodhouse (Dominic Mafham) goes from drug using smuck to a pretty decent guy who unfortunately has a fatal attraction. . Patrick Murray (Gary Lydon) goes from gullible, self-pitying, half-arsed counselor to incredibly gullible, self-pitying, half-arsed counselor. Daisy O'Callaghan (Amy Huberman) goes from dippy alcohol abusing receptionist to dippy, clue-less receptionist to self-righteous prig partner after inheriting Cathy's shares in the clinic. Surprise, Cathy dies. Keelin Geraghty (Rachel Pilkington) goes from so-so physical therapist to butinsky therapist who should have lost her license several times. Aine Flanagan (Gertrude Montgomery) goes from serious practice manager to receptionist after Cathy showing typical bad choice believes her long time employee might be a thief. Brendan Davenport (Chris O'Dowd) goes from slightly odd but highly competent accountant to wealthy but losing in love adult who chooses to live his life. Cara Madigan (Dawn Bradfield) goes from busy body manipulative instigating bitch receptionist to busy body manipulative instigating bitch practice manager. Dr. Clodagh Delaney (Leigh Arnold) goes from beginning mistake making doctor acupuncturist to settled in full staff mistake making doctor acupuncturist. This can be a very addictive series and all seven seasons are currently running on Acorn TV. There are some abrupt character shifts and it can be infuriating when their absence isn't explained. But the new arrivals tend to be interesting and bring their own issues to the clinic. Only a few of the original cast survive all seven season and it can be surprising to see who makes the cut. As this is an Irish cast, at times the accents are so thick it can leave the viewer (American) confused as to what was said. Add differences in meaning of words and the confusion increases. A fag is a cigarette; the title Mr. is used to identify a surgeon as opposed to Dr. which references a GP; the post is the mail; brilliant means a good idea. After a while you (American) will catch on. Just as binge worthy as any Netflix series.
ryan_in_jordan
OK, I will admit I am biased. I have been friends with the actor who plays Alex Walsh on the series for many years and therefore ordered the DVD's to view them in the states. However, now having seen all of season 1 and 2 (Season 3 is not yet out on DVD) I can say that the character development and plot lines are really good. Although originally I just ordered this to just see Sammy's performance, I was pleasantly surprised with the acting and writing on the series as a whole. The writers have done a good job developing each of the characters as individuals who have their own problems and issues outside the clinic and yet the series never looses its main focus of all the characters working together to make the clinic run smoothly. A used likened this series to the American TV series "ER". I would disagree. Being from the US and having watched ER for most of its run, I can say that ER is focused much more on the medical drama whereas "The CLinic" focuses much more on the interpersonal relationships and characters. Even without the medical drama, the show is highly enjoyable and I would recommend it
