

A Doctor in the Family
The adventures of the unpredictable Martini family led by the tireless Grandpa Libero.
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Seasons

1.The New House / The Mystery of Cetinka
06-12-19981h 39mThe Martini family moves to Poggio Fiorito, a residential area on the outskirts of Rome. Lele faces all the problems that the move entails. Luckily, his sister-in-law, Alice, is th...

2.A Cousin on the Run / Happy Birthday, Maria!
13-12-19981h 42mAlberto, Lele's only grandchild, runs away from home and takes refuge at the Martini house because his parents are divorcing. Meanwhile, Grandpa Libero, to save money, starts selli...

3.Lele, Meet Irene / A Question of Image
20-12-19981h 37mAlice and Giulio, Lele's best friend, are worried because the doctor hasn't dated women in years, so they decide to set him up with a 35-year-old doctor named Irene. Lele's salary...

4.Heartbreaks / Wounds Old and New
25-12-19981h 36mBarbara, a young intern who courts Lele, arrives at the local health authority. Meanwhile, Giulio is admitted to the hospital after suffering a heart attack; will Lele's timely int...

5.Forty-Four Cats / Missteps
27-12-19981h 38mDue to a sudden flood in his home, Giulio finds temporary shelter at the Martini house. Lele is obviously happy to lend a hand to his best friend... but only up to a point. Alice...

6.Let's Go... Slowly / Loves... and Non-Loves
03-01-19991h 37mGrandpa Libero, attracted to piano teacher Maritè, takes some piano lessons from her, and Alberto and his friends start smoking against Lele's wishes. Laura, a colleague at the lo...

7.The Great Fear / Love Means Jealousy
10-01-19991h 38mAlice has an unusual mole appearing on her skin. She'll have to undergo surgery, and she wants only Lele by her side. This will trigger intense jealousy in her current boyfriend, S...

8.Alice Is Getting Married / This Wedding Won't Happen
17-01-19991h 34mSergio and Alice set a wedding date. At the Martini household, no one is happy about Alice getting married, and they're right: one evening, in fact, after returning home drunk, Ser...

9.Libero in Name and Deed / Scandal at the Park
24-01-19991h 39mGrandpa Libero argues with his in-laws who want Maria to enroll in a very exclusive private school. Although things aren't going well, she's rather focused on her crush on a boy fr...

10.Reunited / The Allure of the Circus
31-01-19991h 39mLele organizes a weekend reunion at the Martini house with all his childhood friends, offering them room and board, but over the years his friends seem to have changed significantl...

11.Doubts and Suspicions / The Other Side of the Coin
07-02-19991h 38mGreat jealousy swirls in the air: Irene is angry with Lele because no doctor at the local health authority can resist his advances, while Maria is dealing with her first heartbreak...

12.Finally... Lele! / Brothers
14-02-19991h 40mLele finally manages to spend a passionate night with Irene, but things get complicated when he decides to introduce her to his family. Meanwhile, Giulio is grappling with a seriou...

13.Drawings and Projects / When the Cat's Away
21-02-19991h 37mMaria continues to hate Irene, hoping that Aunt Alice will fall in love with her father, because to her they seem like a perfect match. Meanwhile, Cettina rejects her boyfriend's o...

14.A Head-Stopping / Let Us Go Let Us Go
28-02-19991h 34mCiccio wears a hat lent to him by his girlfriend Susy, but it's full of lice, and the whole family becomes infected. Meanwhile, Alice and Giulio plan a night out, but it turns out...

15.Guests / The Martinis Conquer Venice
07-03-19991h 39mA new doctor arrives at the ASL: Doctor Oscar Nobili. One day a shot is heard from the newcomer's room, it is a man who is trying to commit suicide in front of Oscar. Lele will dis...

16.Fire! Fire! / Feelings of Guilt
14-03-19991h 35mWhile Lele and Irene visit the stalls of the neighborhood party where even Libero, Giulio and Giacinto sell modern objects, the Martini house catches fire. Lele is very worried: t...

17.Prognosis Reserved / The Announcement
21-03-19991h 37mAlberto hopes that his mother has finally found the man of her life. Unfortunately the woman has decided to resume the affair with her ex-husband, who comes to a strong clash with...

18.A Gem of a Husband / Dad Don Giovanni
28-03-19991h 42mGrandpa Nicola finally returns from Brazil, and Nonna Enrica decides to peek into his suitcase, discovering a beautiful necklace. The bad surprise, however, is that her husband ret...

19.Engaged at Home / Old Grudges
04-04-19991h 39mWhile Lele and Irene spend the weekend in Bologna, the new neighbors arrive, with whom Ciccio has some problems. Meanwhile Cettina argues with Alberto because of his snobbish frien...

20.Christmas Letters / Christmas at the Martini Home
11-04-19991h 39mA group of children from an institution for orphans arrive at the polyclinic for vaccinations. Among them is Robertino, a kid with Down syndrome who mistakes Lele for Santa Claus a...

21.Old Lonely Hearts / Thank you, Dr. Lele!
18-04-19991h 36mCiccio is looking for a girlfriend for Nonno Libero in a magazine for lonely hearts. Ricky, Jessica's boyfriend, ends up in a coma after a car accident. Maria, on the other hand, i...

22.Dad, will you let me go to the concert? / Awakening
25-04-19991h 36mAlice gives Maria tickets for the Backstreet Boys concert, but a worried Lele doesn't want to give her permission. Luckily grandfather Libero intervenes! Giacinto is fired, and it...

23.The Law of Silence / Cettina's Dilemma
02-05-19991h 36mCiccio steals from grandfather Libero's wallet and together with his friend Filiberto skips school and goes to the mall. But there the two are threatened by other kids, who force t...

24.Leonardo or Johnny? / Alice Superstar
09-05-19991h 38mMaria heard the news of Leonardo Di Caprio's arrival in Rome to shoot a film and goes to Cinecittà, where she meets Johnny, the bodyguard, and develops a crush on him. Meanwhile Gi...

25.Long Live the Countryside / Love Has No Age
16-05-19991h 36mThe Martini family relaxes in the countryside, where Maria meets a boy who invites her to a party. But the situation takes a turn for the worse: the boy shows too much insistence,...

26.... and I Among You
23-05-199951 minAlice meets François, a doctor and friend of Giulio who arranges for African children to stay with host families for a time, and decides to go with him to produce a report. And wha...

27.A Love Found on the Fly
30-05-199949 minLele and Alice spend the evening together to celebrate her departure, but he cannot bring himself to confess his feelings. However, when he learns from François that Alice is in lo...
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