Martin and Louisa find sleepless night taking the toll on them and tempers are frayed as they try to find ways to comfort the baby. After the baby is woken up by Buddy's barking he takes him to Aunt Ruth. Ruth has to deal with an intruder on the farm who has stolen the hub caps from her car. He ends up being revealed to be Michael Dunwich who lives with his mother on a neighbouring farm. Ruth soon realises that Michael is a bit odd and sees that he has a collection of metal objects strewn around the garden. She later sees him taking pot shots at her hubcaps. Shirley goes to see Martin to talk about the crippling stomach pains she has been suffering with and shares her fears that her son is trying to poison her. Morwenna Newcross fails to make a good impression Martin by arriving late on her first day as his new receptionist. Shirley's test results reveal that there is a large concentration of arsenic in her system. After going to the farm Dunwich, Martin finds Ruth attempting to help Shirley and Michael aballoon. Penhale thinks he has been shot after a shot is fired and Martin manages to gain control of theballoon. Martin notices a strange smell from some old wallpaper in the house and ends up realising the copper arsenate from the old wallpaper which Michael had started to strip had produced deadly fumes and caused Shirley's illness.

Doc Martin Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Preserve the Romance
• s05e02 - Dry Your Tears
• s05e03 - Born With A Shotgun
• s05e04 - Mother Knows Best
• s05e05 - Remember Me
• s05e06 - Don't Let Go
• s05e07 - Cats and Sharks
• s05e08 - Ever After

Doc Martin Show Summary

Make an appointment with the brilliant but socially awkward and neurotic Doc Martin. When Martin develops an aversion to blood, he abandons his career as a celebrated London surgeon and becomes the only doctor in a sleepy small town where his tactless manner soon has the whole town in an uproar.