I saw a quick blurb about this show and thought it would be a good one for my wife and I to watch together. With a six-episode first season it felt like there was an overall arc plotted for at least the two main characters.
It’s a really good thing to see our autistic hero (Patience) as a full human being. It’s a sign of the quality that we watched the entire season over the course of a week where the latest Doctor Who took us months to even get started past the second episode. The show is already filming a second season. If you like your crime solving full of deductive leaps, you’ll enjoy Patience.
I have enjoyed seeing Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th-ish Doctor, but as an honest reviewer I can’t say that I’ve enjoyed his overall arc. He plays the Doctor as a little -too- emotional, even a bit much with vulnerability. I think the Doctor is hitting some of the same problems the Superman has encountered over his 87-year existence. How do you make the stories about a god interesting after all this time? Part of that is the Companion’s-eye-view of the adventures. This season there’s been an overarching “get her home on time” refrain, which really didn’t even pay off until the next-to-last episode. All in all, I’d call this Doctor a very uneven telling.
I admit that I came late to the party for this series. I am getting to the point in my life where I appreciate a series that can talk about the problems we encounter as we confront growing older. It’s also really nice to watch a comedy with simple interactions that can resonate.