Martin is working on the case of an apparently depressed, insomniac young man while at home he worries about Lisbeth.
The case of the week - tragic, but also filled with inconsistencies. It turns out the young man has a hereditary disease - and Martin tells the younger brother that he is unlikely to have it as well because the brother already has it. That's just not how statistics and genetics work. They don't care if the brother already has the defect, the younger one has the same statistical likelihood of having it. It doesn't lessen just because one of them already has it. Also - and in this episode this question is showcased even more than usual because the man can't pay for the battery of tests he's subjected to: Who pays for all the tests? The hospital? I'm just waiting for the board to demand justification or even decline paying for Martin's patients.
Family issues: Why do Martin and Lilli have to move back in when Lisbeth shows all symptoms of a psychosomatic illness? Caring about her, worrying about her, helping her to appointments does not mean moving back to your childhood home, especially if everyone lives in the same village anyway. They're all adults and now they're meant to live together again on an uncertain truce between Hans and Martin? That's pretty ridiculous. Still don't care about Caro and her issues (why is it that her blackmail of last season's no issue anymore?), and Paul should propose to Susanne. I mean the longer he waits the more unlikely it is that he'll actually do it.
Anyway, overall, one of the better episodes in a very long time.
Review by nicky2910BlockedParentSpoilers2024-01-18T09:17:14Z
17.03 Schuld
Martin is working on the case of an apparently depressed, insomniac young man while at home he worries about Lisbeth.
The case of the week - tragic, but also filled with inconsistencies. It turns out the young man has a hereditary disease - and Martin tells the younger brother that he is unlikely to have it as well because the brother already has it. That's just not how statistics and genetics work. They don't care if the brother already has the defect, the younger one has the same statistical likelihood of having it. It doesn't lessen just because one of them already has it. Also - and in this episode this question is showcased even more than usual because the man can't pay for the battery of tests he's subjected to: Who pays for all the tests? The hospital? I'm just waiting for the board to demand justification or even decline paying for Martin's patients.
Family issues: Why do Martin and Lilli have to move back in when Lisbeth shows all symptoms of a psychosomatic illness? Caring about her, worrying about her, helping her to appointments does not mean moving back to your childhood home, especially if everyone lives in the same village anyway. They're all adults and now they're meant to live together again on an uncertain truce between Hans and Martin? That's pretty ridiculous. Still don't care about Caro and her issues (why is it that her blackmail of last season's no issue anymore?), and Paul should propose to Susanne. I mean the longer he waits the more unlikely it is that he'll actually do it.
Anyway, overall, one of the better episodes in a very long time.