![]() ![]() Did you two film those live, or was it all done in post? So to make some space for more personal connection would be very important for him.Īll your scenes with Annette O'Toole this season were virtual. As Doc gets older, you reflect on your life and you want to focus more on the people in your life rather than the work in your life. And the reason he came there was to get away from that big-city thing where you don't get to know anybody and you don't have a moment for yourself. Because you're taking care of the town, you're taking care of the people. Oh, I don't think he could ever leave the clinic. Anecdotally I've heard from small-town doctors where you get chickens for payment.Ĭan Doc ever truly leave the clinic, or do you think he'd still have to keep like an admin position or something because it's this thing he built? There's more invested in your patients because you know who they're married to, what's going on in their life, what their losses are and their suffering, and what's happening. It requires a different kind of medical mind than somebody in a big city who spends 20 minutes with their patients and doesn't get personally involved. ![]() Every time you walk into Jack's Bar, there's 20 of your patients. What's really wonderful to me about a small-town doctor is you know everybody. I don't think that he wants to quit taking care of all his friends. How much longer can he be the only doctor at the clinic? We saw him launch a hunt for a potential replacement for the clinic, only to get cold feet. There's a silver lining to the cloud, which is we do come out stronger, ultimately. It gives you a perspective that other people don't have, knowing that it's so easily lost. ![]() But what I love about that is, that kind of trauma gives you grit, strength, and character. I think that's the story of Mel: She was young and healthy and had everything, and then lost it all. You're superhuman when you're younger, and when anything happens, my God. Especially as you get older and you get into the third act of your life, you take those things with a stride that is not what you would do when you're younger. And it wouldn't affect his functioning as a doctor. I don't think it's a debilitating illness. It's more about that than it is about her, and he's just taking it out on her.ĭoc's losing his eyesight, but he does seem to have a good care plan. Part of it was underneath at all, it's his defensiveness that he's got weaknesses and his human fallibility, and so he's pushing back against those things. I just justify it out of self-interest and self-protection. In his mind, she's a know-it-all and she doesn't listen. For you, how did you justify that?įor me, it was just that we're coming from such different places. This season we saw him retreat to some of his more brusque or crabby treatment of Mel after they've come so far. But Hope will come first over any personal issues. That's the biggest thing in his life, other than Hope. TIM MATHESON: In his case, he is faced with a challenge that would affect his career as a doctor. NETFLIX Tim Matheson and Gwynyth Walsh on 'Virgin River'ĮNTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What would you say is Doc's biggest challenge going forward: his health or Hope's? ![]()
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