Frankie - Season 1 (2013)

Andy's patient Cheryl Fripp is worried when her daughter Bea, who has Downs Syndrome, announces that she and her disabled boyfriend Jake Gibson plan to move in together and the stress brings on an asthma attack which hospitalizes her. Andy manages to get Dr Evans on side to work out a compromise agreeable to all parties whilst cash-strapped Karen has trouble getting through to grumpy old Clive, who refuses to let people in his house though she succeeds by flattery. Frankie visits pregnant ex-hippie Rachel Ellis, desperate for a child after several miscarriages. Fear ...

Paula visits terminally ill Dee Olden, whose zest for life gives her confidence when Ian tells her he will support their baby materially but will not live with her. Mary helps Jess Madden, a surrogate mother suffering from post-natal depression by letting her have contact with the child but has to sort out her own wayward daughter. Orla Maguire is concerned that her partner Shane, an MS sufferer, has eschewed his medication for herbal remedies and a fitness regime and asks Frankie to speak to him. Frankie makes him see he must sort things out with Orla without her ...

Frankie discovers that her stalker has been in her house and done her washing and ironing. She calls Andy, who spends the night in the guest room before Frankie reports it to the police next day. In the supermarket she meets Nicky Humphries, a lupus sufferer, who despite being in pain has returned to work as she needs the money. Frankie persuades Dr Evans to consider an appeal but the two women end up rowing again after Nicky fails to show up. Andy is savaged by a dog belonging to a patient and rescued by Ian though they argue over Frankie. Next day Frankie and Andy ...