Quacks - Season 1 (2017)

When Robert suffers from nightmares Caroline arranges for herself, William and John to meet famous hypnotist Mr Kapoor though William is more concerned about his gall-stones. Mr Kapoor demonstrates his skills by hypnotizing Caroline, impressing all concerned but William, whilst anxious about his own condition, is keen to learn the reasons for Robert's bad dreams. John's lecture on the use of ether and chloroform goes awry when he inhales a surfeit of both but his use of Mr Kapoor's mesmerism may still be invaluable to William's operation - hopefully.

His stone removed, William is visited by childhood sweetheart Mina, who has marriage in mind whilst his progressive therapy is questioned and the asylum in danger of closing. His colleagues suggest a solution - paying the local innkeeper to feign madness so that William may be seen to 'cure' him - but the plan goes wrong. Mina is in a position to save William's family from ruin but he finds himself falling for Caroline. Meanwhile Robert is summoned to remove the diseased appendix of the Bishop of Lambeth, who mistrusts surgery but John's new lady love Nicola comes to ...

Robert's rival, the suave French surgeon Patrice DuPont is due to perform surgery on Dr Hendrick himself. Patrice makes John a tempting offer to join him.