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Dr. Nice(2023)

Upcoming · ZDF

6 eps
S04
DramaComedy
ON AIR: OCT 11Season 4

What to Expect

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Dr. Nice pairs warm comedy with the frustration of a surgeon whose confidence no longer matches what his injured hand can do. His loss is practical and personal: the skill that defined his working life is suddenly unreliable. Humor shares room with that discomfort, as a self-assured man faces problems that neither charm nor surgical expertise can fix.

Lea brings a different kind of adjustment, requiring him to reckon with a daughter he never knew rather than a career he already understands. That unfamiliar relationship unfolds alongside his physical loss, giving the story two changes to navigate at once. The Flensburg Fjord setting adds a quiet coastal backdrop to his displacement, keeping the drama rooted in a life that has become unfamiliar.

Best for

warm medical dramedy, career setback drama and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Comedy

Commitment

Season 4 · 6 episodes

Where

ZDF

Official Premise

Dr. Nice is a heartthrob and star surgeon, until an accident stiffens his right hand. An inheritance leads him to the Flensburg Fjord and to daughter Lea, of whom he knew nothing.

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