The Italian DOC Medical Drama is renewed and moves to the United States with a Fox remake. Here are all the news and differences with the original
From the Ambrosian Policlinico lane in Milan to that of the Westside Hospital in Minneapolis, the most loved medical drama of recent years changes everything: language, cast and geographical coordinates. After the boom in Italy with Luca Argentero, DOC – In your hands landed in the United States In the remake version, produced by Fox, and now it also comes to us in its new guise: it is simply called Doc.
The appointment is for Tonight, Tuesday 20 Mayin early evening on Rai 1 at 21:30 with the first two episodes (If you can’t the first attempt And Come on, try again), already available also in streaming on Raiplay. In the USA, the series aired between January and March 2025, collecting reports and record listening.
The success of Doc in America
It is not easy to conquer the American public, which has always been accustomed to Medical Drama by Anthology – from General Hospital to Erup to the most recent Grey’s Anatomy And The Good Doctor. Nevertheless Doc He did it. At the debut he kept glued to the screen 2.2 million spectatorswith the streaming that saw a boom of +609% in the following days. The best debut for a Fox series in the last five years.
An immediate success, so much so that the Second season is already on siteand will be composed of Ben 22 episodes – A rarity of these times, in which the series tend to shorten. The strength of Doc? The human element: the loss of memory, lived as trauma but also as an opportunity to start again, has also brewed in the hearts of overseas spectators.
The differences between the Doc Italian and the American one
If the most evident change is that of the protagonist – who becomes a woman – the differences do not stop there. The Italian version, inspired by the true story of Dr. Pierdante Piccioni, begins with a shooting. In the American one, however, the triggering event is a road accident.
The new protagonist is called Amy Larsen: she is convinced that she is still married to her ex -husband and that her daughter is still a child. The American hospital, then, is a much more competitive and tense environment than the “quiet” Italian structure.
Curiosity: Molly Parkerwho plays Amy, revealed that she did not want to see the original series to avoid conditioning in building the character.
Who is Molly Parker, the new “Doc”
Class and experience do not lack. Molly Parker It is one of the most versatile actresses on the North American panorama. We remember it in House of Cards In the role of the ambitious Jackie Sharp, but also in films such as Wonderland, Sunshine, Hollywoodland, The Road And American Pastoral. Now we wear the coat of Dr. Amy Larsenprimary of internal medicine at the Westside Hospital in Minneapolis.
After a serious car accident, Amy wakes up with an amnesia that has canceled her the last eight years of life. As happened to Andrea Fanti, she too will have to reconstruct who he is – between confused memories, interrupted loves and unknown patients.
What happens in the first episodes
In the pilot we know Amy Larsen: brilliant, prepared, but not very empathetic. So much so that the Council of the Hospital begins to doubt its ability to lead the ward. After the suspicious death of a patient, he conflicts with a colleague, Richard Miller (interpreted by Scott Wolf) and orders an autopsy.
Tensions multiply, especially with her ex -husband Michael Hamda (Omar Metwally), who is also the hospital’s health director. After a heated clash, Amy is sent home to reflect. But during the journey, it has a serious car accident.
Upon awakening, his life is a broken puzzle: he believes he is still married to Michael, he does not know about the death of their younger son, and has completely forgotten the secret relationship with Jake Heller (Jon Ecker), a young doctor with whom he had a story.
Despite the hospitalization, Amy is unable to stay away from patients – and shows that she still has her talent, even if her memory makes water from all sides. Meanwhile, the primary place that was his … is no longer so safe.
