DECIDER provides an exclusive first look at the upcoming episode of "Best Medicine," titled "Crate Expectations." In this highly anticipated third episode of Season 2, Mark and Louisa are revealed to be on separate dates in Milbridge despite their recent breakup. The scene shows them awkwardly encountering each other at a salon before deciding to carpool together, though the townspeople think it's unusual. The article highlights the episode's focus on the annual floating crate race competition and significant medical cases involving positive pregnancy tests for three men. Louisa’s IVF journey also plays a crucial role in her storyline this season, exploring what happiness means to her beyond motherhood.
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FOX's "Best Medicine" Season 2, Episode 3, titled "Crate Expectations," features Port Wenn residents engaging in a competitive annual floating crate race. The episode centers around Martin (Josh Charles) providing urgent medical advice to three men who test positive for pregnancy. Meanwhile, Eden (Eliza Coupe) faces social pressure after her singing causes someone to faint, and Sarah (Annie Potts), the former record-holder, trains Peter (Ben Lewis Doherty) in crate racing techniques. Notably, Mark (Josh Segarra) and Louisa (Abigail Spencer), former fiancés, are seen dating again but not each other; they encounter at Mane on Main, a new beauty salon in Milbridge, where they both have first dates scheduled.
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Love and competition are in the air in Best Medicine Season 2, Episode 3, and DECIDER has an exclusive first look at what’s in store.
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FOX’s official synopsis for “Crate Expectations,” the highly anticipated episode that showrunner and EP Liz Tuccillo said the team is “the most excited about” when we visited the Best Medicine set, reads, “As the citizens of Port Wenn get competitive during their annual floating crate race, Martin (Josh Charles) urgently tries to give important medical advice when three men have positive pregnancy tests.
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Meanwhile, Eden (Eliza Coupe) learns she wants to be liked after her singing ’causes’ a man to pass out, and former record-holder Sarah (Annie Potts) coaches Peter (Ben Lewis Doherty) in the art of crate racing.
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Sarah → learn → racing
The episode is so eventful that the synopsis didn’t have room to include a major development: Mark (Josh Segarra) and Louisa (Abigail Spencer) are dating again!
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They’re just not dating each other…
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DECIDER’s exclusive minute-long clip gives a buzzy glimpse of Best Medicine Season 2, Episode 3, in which ex-fiancés Mark and Louisa cross paths at the new beauty salon, Mane on Main in Maine, and realize they each have first dates in Milbridge later that night.
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As Irma (Alison Cimmet) shaves Mark’s face, she asks, “So, this date tonight — anyone I know?”
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I thought I’d cast a wider net.
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I’m going to Milbridge,” Mark replies, unaware that Louisa is getting her hair washed in a nearby sink.
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“Thought it would be nice to maybe find somebody who hasn’t already met my ma.”
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A surprised Louisa pops her head up and says, “I’m going to Milbridge tonight, too!”
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She initially lies and says she’s meeting a friend to spare Mark’s feelings, but she finally comes clean, admits she also has a date there, and the two take a crucial step forward in their friendship.
After Mark and Louisa say they’re happy for each other, Louisa reveals that Elaine (Cree) convinced her to try online dating, but she already wants to cancel because the date is so far.
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Mark suggests they carpool, the already tense salon grows silent.
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Noticing the uncomfortable looks, Mark asks if driving to their dates together would be weird, and receives a resounding yes from the townsfolk.
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Even Louisa admits, “It might be kind of weird.”
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I don’t think so.
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,” Mark replies, bringing a smile to Louisa’s face and seemingly convincing her it’s a good idea.
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While we’ll have to wait and see what becomes of Mark and Louisa’s big night out, we do have more insight into what the season has in store for their love lives.
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Though Louisa isn’t having a baby with Mark, her IVF and motherhood journey will be a big part of her journey this season that will undoubtedly impact her dating life.
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“I think [Season 2 is] about discovering what happiness means to Louisa,” EP Rodney Ferrell shared during our Best Medicine set visit.
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“There’s a lot of things spinning in her head: ‘Do I have a baby?
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Do I have a baby on my own?
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Is it okay to have a baby on my own?
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Does it mean I’m giving up happiness with someone that I could love and spend my life with?
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Or can I have both?'
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We also know a new love triangle in town will involve one of Martin’s monitors, Parker (Jack Cutmore-Scott), who has “sparks” with Louisa, because “she can’t just be sitting around pining for Martin for a whole other season,” Tuccillo told DECIDER.
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Despite new relationships and romantic detours, Tuccillo does think, “Louisa is the love of his life…
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And they really are meant to be together.”
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So where does that leave Mark?
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The lovable but lost sheriff will “be looking for love in all the wrong places this season,” Tuccillo teased, adding, “Hopefully he’ll get a win by the end of the season.”
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Until then, we’ll see Louisa’s lighthearted ex engage in soul-searching as he ponders his purpose in town.
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“I think when he steps outside of his relationship with Louisa, he’s like, ‘I’m the sheriff of this town.
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Am I taken seriously?
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What am I doing with my life?
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Is it okay that I sleep with people and don’t really settle down?” Ferrell teased.
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For more Best Medicine Season 2 insights and cast interviews, read DECIDER’s Season 2 set visit recap and 17 secrets we learned about the sophomore season.
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New episodes of Best Medicine premiere Tuesdays on FOX with next-day streaming on Hulu.
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